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  • AUSIMM
    Estimating the Rock Mass Strength of Hawkesbury Sandstone

    By R Bertuzzi

    "This paper presents preliminary results of ongoing research being carried out at the University of New South Wales Australia (UNSW) into improved methods for estimating rock mass strength. In this pa

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Kinetics of Collector Adsorption on Mineral Surfaces

    By A Holmgren, W Forsling

    In the present study infrared attenuated total reflection (IR-ATR) was used to monitor the rate of in situ adsorption of heptyl xanthate on a layer of zinc sulfide synthesised on a germanium ATR cryst

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Full-round Numerical Modelling of a Macro Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Tunnel Boring Machine Tunnel in the Shanghai Metro Extension

    By L Nagy, K P. Juhasz

    The authors were engaged to optimise a traditional rebar cage reinforced concrete segmental lining by means of finite element analysis (FEA) using macro synthetic fibres for the Shanghai metro extensi

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Ventilation Model Validation - ItÆs not Rocket Science!

    By J Rowland

    "Ventilation models are invaluable tools for both prediction of routine daily ventilation changesin an operating mine to circuit performance expectations at the mine in 20 yearsÆ time. Arguably ventil

    Jun 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Rapid Resource Modelling – A Vision for Faster and Better Mining Decisions

    By P F. Hodkiewicz

    "Our understanding of mineral resources relies on three basic steps: data capture data interpretation model construction. Until recently, all three of these steps required significant time and ma

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Structuring Meaningful Mentoring

    By J Coombes

    Within the mining industry there is a growing trend of placing inexperienced technical people into positions of responsibility beyond their readiness. Their responsibilities often include providing th

    Nov 20, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Project Evaluation and Valuation – An Investor’s Golden Rule

    By L I. Rozman

    "There have always been development projects that fall short of expectations. In the last decade, we have seen more than the usual number of mining and oil/gas development projects taking significantl

    Mar 8, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    A Logical Approach to Determination of Density and Porosity Values for Iron Ore Deposits

    The importance of the accurate determination and interpretation of the bulk density and porosity of a given iron ore deposit is very often disregarded or neglected. Large amounts of time and money are

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Case Study – Application of RISKGATE to Managing Strata Failure in an Australian Coalmine

    By J Harris, J Turner, P Kirsch

    Coal mining is recognised globally as a hazardous activity, and as a result operates under high levels of regulatory and public scrutiny while managing a workforce operating in a high-risk environment

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Commercial Underground Space – Planned Development for the Future

    By A C. Robertson

    World urban expansion puts constraints on the available land surface area of our major cities both for accommodating people as well as providing infrastructure and services whilst at the same time att

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of Risk Analysis in the Selection of a Mining Method

    It is very rare in the underground hard rock environment to find a deposit that is ideally suited to a specific mining method. Usually the irregular shape of the orebody will allow the deposit to be e

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Responsible Tailings Management

    By J Boshoff

    The management and operation of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) are often neglected until the process plant has to shut down as a result of this negligence or as a result of a catastrophic failure

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Mining through Sandfill Using Spiling Bars

    By D Carroll

    Mining of the zinc, lead and silver deposit at the Broken Hill Southern Operations site has been occurring for over 100 years. As a result of this, a significant amount of high-grade ore is now taken

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Production Drilling and Blasting in the Kim South Orebody at Agnew Gold Mine

    By T A. Carter

    In 2010 Agnew Gold Mine (AGM) struggled to produce the required tonnages from its stopes. The longhole rises used to create void in stopes were unreliable and often failed to gain the designed rise he

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Integrated Photogrammetry and Discrete Fracture Network Modelling for Improved Rock Mass Characterisation and Engineering Design

    By S F. Rogers, P W. Booth

    Digital photogrammetry is revolutionising the task of geotechnical mapping of jointed rock masses and has greatly increased in popularity and sophistication in recent years. Modern commercially availa

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Issues Confronting Major Expansions and New Developments

    The mining industry has expanded significantly in the Pacific Region over the past two decades through a mix of new developments and brownfields expansions of existing operations. Despite this overall

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Magnesium Alloy Production in China ù The Quay Magnesium Experience

    Quay Magnesium Limited (QMG) listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in late September 2004 having raised approximately A$30 million with the object of designing, constructing, commissioning and opera

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Cost Management Optimisation

    By B King

    Processing expansion options and mining fleet purchases are major cost items that receive due focus in most cost management analyses. If these items are not needed, they can significantly reduce a pro

    Nov 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    A New Semi-automated Method to Rapidly Evaluate the Processing Variability of the Orebody

    By J Jackson, K Nguyen, A Nguyen, E Manlapig

    "With the recent advancement in drill core imaging systems, a large volume of high resolution drill core images can now be rapidly collected and mineralogically classified. This paper introduces a nov

    Jun 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    A Critique of the Push-Pull Hybrid Ventilation System

    By A S. Derrington

    This paper describes a hybrid ventilation system, which uses secondary fans that also act as de-facto primary fans to extract fresh airflow from the mine intake raise system. Also discussed are the as

    Jul 1, 2013