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Measurement of sub-surface strata movement by multi-wire borehole instrumentation
By Armstrong M
The Coal Mining Engineering Branch of the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Mineral Resources, in its continuing effort to improve coal recovery from underground coal mining operations, has undertak
Jan 1, 1986
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Mineral Resource Policy Issues for Sustainable Development: Corporate and National Imperatives
Constraints on the mineral industry are best treated as issues that have to be understood and managed in partnership rather than in conflict with communities. TheZapopan development at Mt Todd in Aust
Jan 1, 1995
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Blasting at the Mt Wellington Quarry - 1997-1999
By M Lentz
This paper will discuss the issues associated with blasting in an urban mining environment that have been addressed by Winstone Aggregates at the Mt Wellington Quarry. These issues include - control o
Jan 1, 1999
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Some New Ideas on the Age and Origin of the Etheridge Goldfield, Queensland, and their Exploration Implications (495c9435-8309-4f05-8133-4703aafde3c7)
Close spatial relationships between the deposits of the Etheridge Goldfield (23 000 kg of bullion) and various regional geological and geophysical features suggest that genesis of the ore deposits was
Jan 1, 1981
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Cadmuim-Base Bearing Metals
In considering the preparation of any paper concerning bearing metals, one feels a certain amount of diffidence in venturing into a field which has been capably explored at great length and in great d
Jan 1, 1934
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Methods of Restoring New Zealand Native Forests after Mining
By C Ross
This paper uses the results of research trials by Landcare Research and Forest Research Institute and assessments of reclamation plantings at mines and other drastically disturbed sites to describe me
Jan 1, 1995
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Environmental Monitoring - The Use of Geophysics
Geophysical methods are useful non-invasive means of collecting subsurface information on the environmental impacts of resource developments. Techniques such as seismic refraction, ground probing rada
Jan 1, 1994
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Spray Nozzles in Colliery Dust Suppression
The efficiency of water sprays in suppressing airborne colliery dust depends on many variable factors. A survey of previous work in this field shows that swirl spray nozzles are the best dust suppress
Jan 1, 1964
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Green Policies at Home and Abroad
Green policies have gained momentum since the 1972 Stockholm, Environment Conference. The environmental movement has influenced political initiatives both in New Zealand and abroad. Governments and in
Jan 1, 1990
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Thinking Outside the Lease - Towards a Strategic View of Regional Water Management by the Mining Industry
In the last 30 years, human appropriation of global renewable resources has accelerated to the point where 35 per cent of the earthÆs land surface is now in managed agro-ecosystems, consumptive water
Jan 1, 2009
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Pattern recognition in transformed data – the search for domain shapes in mine geology data
By S McKinley, S Juras, E Uludag
More and more, today’s mining geologists are asked to identify and create 3D value domains for multidisciplinary usage: grade definition, geometallurgical performance and geotechnical characteristics,
Sep 20, 2017
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The Technored Process - Redefining the Steel Business
The rush for alternate iron-units in the last few years spurred a true outbreak of new alternate iron units projects many of them incorporating new process in what can be classified as the.most fru
Jan 1, 1999
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Historical Sketch of the Geological Relations of Australia and Tasmania.
To the industrial geologist, as wen as to the general or historic geologist, the possession of a reliable key to the true order or sequence of the stratigraphy or position of the various upper rocky e
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The Factors That Control the Depth of Ore Deposits
When asked to lecture at Bendigo on the geological factors that determine the depths of ore deposits, I hesitated for a little before agreeing to lecture on the theory of deep ores in the city world f
Jan 1, 1902
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Human Resources Management at Grey River Gold Mining Limited
Grey River Gold Mining Limited (GRGML) has constructed and largely completed the commissioning of an alluvial gold dredge designed to recover gold from a low grade gold deposit in the Grey River Valle
Jan 1, 1989
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Features of the New Lead Refinery at Port Pirie
A new lead refinery with a capacity of 230,000 tons per year commenced operation at Port Pirie in October, 1959. This plant superseded the refinery which had operated from 1933 with the advent of the
Jan 1, 1963
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Delivering a healthy atmosphere underground in a cost-conscious environment
By D Reid, J Black
The adverse health impacts from diesel particulate matter (DPM) exposure are a well-known global concern. The building evidence has triggered underground mining operations to review existing atmospher
Aug 28, 2017
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Philosophy of Slope Design: A Case Study of Geotechnical Investigations at Macraes Flat Gold Mine
Site specific geotechnical data, deposit characteristics and method of mining are key factors when assessing an appropriate slope design philosophy. Mining geotechnics should be viewed as an iterative
Jan 1, 1992
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The Processing of a Tantalite Ore and The Preparation of The Carbides of Tantalum and Columbium
By Greenwood J. N
This is the fourth paper in the series on Australian w,ar materials and the work was undertaken as part of the programme for producing hard carbides. It had been intended to determine the influence of
Jan 1, 1943
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Opportunities and Future Directions for Aluminium Smelting Technology
The 115-year history of the Hall-Heroult process for production of aluminium has been characterised by a sustained technology-driven improvement in costs and productivity. In the past decade the indus
Jan 1, 2000