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Microanalytical Evaluations of the Savage River Old Tailings Dam, North-?west TasmaniaBy A Hughes, J Agius, T Ferguson, A Parbhakar-Fox, D Lester, L M. Jackson
Management of historic tailings is a major challenge facing the mining industry and its regulators. However, through improved mineralogical and chemical characterisation of such materials the opportun
Jul 27, 2015
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Laboratory Testing and Stability Analysis of Paste Backfill at the Golden Giant Mine (d53b2c09-d9ab-48b2-94c6-0c6f856d783f)By Bawden WF, Paynter JT
This investigation involves laboratory testing and stability analysis of paste fill at the Golden Giant Mine. Site-cast samples are tested in unconfined, confined, and consolidated-undrained triaxia
Jan 1, 1998
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Heat Load Estimation from Conveyor Systems in Mass MinesBy R Moreby, J Kok, L van den Berg
The high production rates achieved from mass mining methods such as block caving, sublevel caving and longwall mining require large conveyor belts, trucking loops (diesel/electrical) and rail systems
Aug 31, 2015
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Underground Mining Operations at The Selwyn ProjectSince the 1950's drilling has been rapidly mechanised. First from hand held drills with air legs to pneumatic jumbos, then to more effective hydraulic jumbos. Development of underground drill
Jan 1, 1988
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Spatial distribution of geohazards in Western Australia and Imposed risks to tailings storage facility inventoryBy J Penman, N Turner, H Liu
This paper aims to present a snapshot of the risk profile for tailings storage facilities within Western Australia by comparing the spatial distribution of known facilities against common geohazards s
Jul 1, 2021
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Operational readiness – what is it and how to get it done?By A G. L Pratt
Operational readiness is a commonly used term in mining and many other industry settings. However, translating this term into a coherent scope of work that is practical and meaningful is a challenge f
Mar 29, 2023
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Recent advances in tailings testing methodsBy D J. Williams
The majority of surface tailings storage facilities continue to employ sub-aerial tailings slurry deposition. Surface TSFs are typically sized and operated in a way to minimise the initial capital cos
Jul 23, 2018
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An Application of Simultaneous Optimisation – Improving the Payback Period of a Zinc-Copper Open Cut ProjectBy D J. Thobaven
Project financing challenges caused by declining commodity prices have heightened the need to improve project metrics such as minimising capital payback and maximising net present value (NPV). Khnaigu
Nov 24, 2014
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Leading Practice Water Management at Moranbah North Underground MineBy D Yates, C C(te, M Rodgerson
This paper describes how specific technical and regulatory issues related to water management have been dealt with at Anglo AmericanÆs Moranbah North mine. It compiles the collection of practices that
Nov 26, 2013
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Minimum Industry Gold Room SecurityGold rooms represent a high security area and preventing theft is a challenging task. Where gravity concentrates or high value unit intermediate products are present, particular and specific security
Aug 1, 2010
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The Simple Facts about Sampling Gold OresBy T Day, I G. Robertson, G J. Lyman
"Various approaches are used in the industry for establishing procedures (sample mass estimation and method of subsampling) for sampling and analysis of gold ores. The key factors that determine the a
Oct 10, 2016
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Changing Restoration Priorities in the 21st Century – Opportunities for Novel Ecosystem Design in Mine ClosureBy P Audet, D Doley
The mining industry often embraces mine closure criteria that require the reinstatement of predisturbance or even presettlement (ie historic) ecosystems. However, the extent and severity of disturbanc
Jul 16, 2014
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The Dilemma of Gold CompaniesThank you for your introduction and the opportunity to speak at such an important forum. I feel honoured to be the Tas McKee speaker for this yearÆs conference. I can honestly say that Tas McKee typif
Jan 1, 2006
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Catalysing lower-carbon mining supply in AustraliaBy M Rea, E O’Connell
Decarbonising explosives manufacturing and catalysing low-carbon mining supply is a significant global challenge. Low-carbon manufacturing precincts – clusters of geographically close businesses acros
Sep 1, 2024
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Subtek™ 4D™ – Optimised blasting performance through the application of new underground bulk explosive technologyBy B Taylor, S Evans
Bulk explosive technology for underground mining has not seen any significant technological advances since the widespread transition from ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) to ammonium nitrate emulsions
Sep 1, 2024
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Operations versus Projects - How Do People Think and What are the Implications?By B Clements, G Lane
The operations and project environments are very different, but overlap in many areas. The development of mineral processing projects is goal oriented, is schedule focused and is a contractual environ
Oct 29, 2012
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Fosterville Gold Mine Heated Leach ProcessBy M Binks
The Fosterville Gold mine is located approximately 20km to the East of Bendigo in central Victoria. The gold at Fosterville occurs as solid solution within disseminated arsenopyrite and pyrite. The Fo
Aug 8, 2011
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Calibration of post blast gas simulation using mine site readingsBy F C. D Michelin
Blast fumes are a significant health risk to underground workers, containing several dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and ammonia. To ensure safe working conditions,
Oct 12, 2022
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Minimum sample mass from reverse circulation grade control drilling at Rocklands copper projectBy M G. Hawtin
The Rocklands copper project is a multilode, iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) + cobalt mineralised system located in the Eastern Fold Belt of the Mt Isa Inlier. Rocklands orebodies cover a range of oxida
Sep 20, 2017
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Outotec Pressure Oxidation - More out of Sulfide OreBy J Tiihonen, J OÆCallaghan, T Haakana
Outotec is today capable of providing technologies, process equipment and engineering for the construction of pressure oxidation leaching (POX) plants in any location in the world. Outotec works with
Sep 26, 2013