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  • AUSIMM
    The Pebble Copper-Gold-Molybdenum Porphyry Deposit, South-West Alaska, USA

    By C M. Rebagliati, J G. Payne, K Roberts

    The Pebble deposit, located in south-west Alaska, is one of the largest Copper- Gold-Molybdenum (Cu-Au-Mo) porphyry systems in the world, with a current resource of >8 billion tonnes which contain

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Computer Simulation of Underground Room and Pillar Mining

    By Szymanski J

    The problems associated with underground mining continue to grow in size and complexity. As a result mine management is becoming aware of the benefits that can be achieved through the use of compute

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Portable Data Collection in the Mining Industry

    By Churchill J

    A suite of software programs has been written to provide the field engineer or geologist with the capability to collect and store data directly into small, portable handheld computers. This allows

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the Entrainment Mechanism and its Modelling in Industrial Flotation Processes

    This paper reviews the developments in understanding of the entrainment mechanism and its modelling in industrial flotation processes over the last 30 years. Both valuable and gangue minerals in the p

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Calibration of Parameters for Estimating Sampling Variance

    By P K. M Mazzoni, D Frantois-Bong

    This paper aims to show alternatives to the estimation methods used for finding the parameters in GyÆs well known model for sampling variance in the case of particulate materials. Many experiments des

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Banded Iron Formation to High-Grade Iron Ore - The Fallacy of Supergene Enrichment

    Martite-goethite high-grade iron ore deposits that show no trace of hydrothermal alteration may extend to more than 200 m below the permanent water table and are typically saprolite with evidence of e

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Statistics in the Study of Ventilation Problems

    Multiple regression analysis applied to ventilation records of stopes on the Witwatersrand showed that it was possible to estimate the temperature increase per 100 ft for a new stope with a standard d

    Jan 1, 1962

  • AUSIMM
    Longhole Pillar Mining at Pasminco Broken Hill Mine with Particular Reference to Driving through Sandfill

    By P Ormsby, T Hewitt

    Ore in pillars constitutes a significant proportion of the ore reserve at PasmincoÆs Broken Hill Mine. Many of these pillars are narrow (5 -6 m) and high (16 û 35 m) vertical blocks. High-grade ore ha

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Water Use in the Mining Industry ù Threats and Opportunities

    By C Hertle, B Goebel, R Fabre

    The mining industry maintains a ælove-hateÆ relationship with water. Dewatering, aquifer, water disposal, irrigation, process water, tailings water, run-off water, seepage, leachate and sumps are all

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Managing Mine Safety for Higher Profits

    Accidents in open pit mining have a high cost in lost time of person- nel, damage to equipment and installations, and lost production. The realities of export competition require that Mine Management

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    Value Options and Flexibility in Plant Design

    By B Cooper

    During the design of a new production facility for a greenfields or significant brownfields expansion many design decisions are made driven by an unquestioning objective to achieve 'lowest cash-c

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    A Survey of Stores Operations at Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty. Ltd.

    An efficient stores organisation is essential for an efficient undertaking. Unless the stores organisation is able to meet the requirements of its requisitioners promptly and economically, the underta

    Jan 1, 1951

  • AUSIMM
    Implementation Of BHA Computers Maintenance Management System At Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter

    Modern, high-output, continuous process plant requires heavy capital expenditure and is exroected to achieve a high rate of return upon the investment made, thus its high utilisation is an economi

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Valuing Mine Water - A South African Perspective

    Water is an integral and essential part of mining business. Two issues crucial in the management of this resource, scarcity and excess, are increasing awareness of the importance of water and changing

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Interpreting the Story of the Mining Landscape - Using Geotourism for Sustainable Community Development

    Landscape interpretation, geology and mining history are being successfully used to explore options for sustainable community tourism product development. Recent work by the author in Europe and Austr

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Dealing With Demands of Technical Variability and Uncertainty Along the Mine Value Chain

    By M Noppe, I Glacken

    There are many critical nodes along the mine value chain, from orebody to mineral product, and inter-disciplinary input is required to analyse the variability and uncertainty at each node in order to

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    The Importance of Geometallurgical Analysis in Plant Study, Design and Operational Phases

    If an orebody has been drilled to achieve some level of regulatory compliance, then a number of associated geological databases will exist, representing 10 000 to 100 000 m plus of core intervals. The

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Flash Point Test for Lead

    Mr. P. F. THOMPSON said this matter was one of very great importance to producers of lead. His association with the matter was that he happened to be the Institute representative on the Committee of t

    Jan 1, 1930

  • AUSIMM
    Valuation Methodology for Iron Ore Mineral Properties - Thoughts of an Old Valuer

    Having worked as a consultant for most of his 40-year working life, mostly as a mineral property valuer, the author has seen many poor valuations. Most were valuations of exploration tenements where t

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Environmental Leaching - Predicting Real Long-Term Site-Specific Leaching Performance

    Environmental leaching methods such as the toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) test or the ASLP test are used to assess wastes including mining and mineral processing by-products. These

    Jun 1, 2010