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  • AUSIMM
    Ranges of Validity of Some Distribution Functions for Blast-fragmented Rock

    By J A. Sanchidrián

    The general ranges of validity of some distribution functions are assessed from their behaviour with 119 sets of fragmentation data from bench blasting obtained by sieving. The emphasis is on determin

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    In-Line Pressure Jig Preconcentration Plant at the Pirquitas Mine

    By A H. Gray

    Gekko Systems Pty Ltd engaged in the test work, design, manufacturing and commissioning of the pre-concentration plant at Silver Standard Resources Inc’s Pirquitas mine in the north western Jujuy prov

    Aug 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Setting and Origin of Miocene Giant Ore Deposits in the Central Andes

    By C Mpodozis

    Central Andean (22¦S to 34¦S latitude) Miocene giant ore deposits share common features that reveal their origin. Tectonic and magmatic features include a relation to a shallow subduction zone, an ass

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Performance Optimisation of the Imhoflot G-Cell for Fine Coal Cleaning

    By V Gupta, Z Huang, S K. Biswal

    G-Cell is a new design modification of the Imhoflot pneumatic flotation technology, which utilises a self-inducing aerator inside a downcomer, where bubble-particle attachment takes place. The present

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    The Structural/Stratigraphic Development of the Sishen South (Welgevonden) Iron Ore Deposit, South Africa, as Deduced From Ground Gravity Data Modelling

    By W J. Botha

    The Palaeoproterozoic Transvaal Supergroup in the northern Cape Province of South Africa hosts high grade (>60 per cent Fe) hematitic and specularitic iron and manganese mineralisation. The mineralisa

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    The Solvent Extraction - Electrowinning Recovery of Zinc from Eskay Creek Pressure Oxidation Solutions Using Cyanex 302 Extractant

    By West-Sells P, King J. A, Patel C

    The Eskay Creek orebody is located in north-central British Columbia (Canada). The ore contains major gold and silver values and minor but economically significant quantities of zinc. The refractory

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Holistic Management of Sulfides at Rio Tinto Iron Ore's Pilbara Mine Sites

    Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) manages eleven mines in the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Three of these mines have previously or are currently mining black shale that contains varying amounts of pyrit

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Water Conservation at Construction Projects

    By B Hannah, M Uriarte, F Labarca, C Madore, G Ganapathi, L Martin, T Haase

    BechtelÆs Mining and Metals projects across the globe are executed in remote arid and semi-arid countries where providing even basic water supplies impose considerable challenges. Opportunities for wa

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    The Evolution of Sublevel Caving at Trojan Mine, Bindura, Zimbabwe

    By R Chinamatira

    Several technical and economic factors have to be taken into consideration in developing an optimal mining method. This paper describes some of the important factors learnt during the evolution of the

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    How Details of the Geometallurgical Optimisation Influence Overall Value

    By S Matos Camacho, K G. van den Boogaart, R Tolosana Delgado, U Mueller

    "The precise formulation of a geometallurgical optimisation problem is by necessity a simplification of reality. It includes implicit choices such as data availability or mining block geometry. Additi

    Jun 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Mine Environment Monitoring

    By P J. Cullen, B P. Banerjee, S Raval

    Continuous monitoring of mining impacts on the surrounding environment is a necessary sustainability criterion. Traditional monitoring approaches such as in situ sampling and airborne and satellite-ba

    Nov 4, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    The Application of Lean Manufacturing in a Mining Environment

    By B Lavin, R Sanford

    This paper examines the application of Lean Manufacturing in a mining environment, based on experience within the Rio Tinto entities: Rio Tinto Aluminium, Northparkes Mines and Hunter Valley Operation

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Quantitative studies on the microstructures of ternary CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 glasses, melts and correlation with their high-temperature viscosities

    By S Wan, F Zhang, J You, K Tang, X Tang, C Bessada, A Canizarès, Q Zhang, L Lu

    Microstructure of CaO-SiO2-based glassy samples with various Al2O3 contents were examined quantitatively by Raman spectroscopy and 27Al MAS NMR (magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance). Seque

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Keer Quarry Project

    The exposed high face of Kerr's Quarry has dominated the township of Ferntree Gully for half a century. The near perpendicular face of bare dacite rock is a crumbling scar in an area of signi

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    Perspectives on the Canadian Mining Industry

    By D McKeon

    In July 2006, ten Mining Engineering students and Associate Professor David Laurence from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) participated in the universityÆs inaugural overseas mining field trip

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    The Design, Installation and Commissioning of an Absorption Refrigeration System at Gwalia Gold Mine in Western Australia

    By J deVries, A Broodryk, P Kyselica, K McLean

    Gwalia gold mine is located close to the town of Leonora in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, some 830 km from Perth. The mine is wholly owned by St Barbara Ltd, an Australian Securities Exc

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Sulfidisation-Acidification-Recycling-Thickening (SART) for Complex Gold Ores

    By A Hall, D Kratochvil, P Littlejohn

    Economic recovery of gold from complex gold ores, including poly-metallic deposits, is impacted by the presence of cyanide-soluble base metals. These base metals can create both a metallurgical challe

    Sep 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Stable Isotopes and Ore Fluid Chemistry of Gold Mineralisation at Waitangi Deposit, Thames District, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

    By C G. Ryan, D R. Cooke

    The Thames gold-silver deposits are part of the Hauraki goldfield, situated within the Miocene to Pliocene calc-alkaline Coromandel Volcanic Zone (CVZ). The Waitangi vein system is one of the minerali

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of Spontaneous Combustion Incidents

    Heatings, fires and explosions in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland coal mines since 1972, are reviewed. Geological and mine settings are outlined. Where available, gas analysis and critical decisi

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Carbonate in Synthetic and Biological Apatites

    By X Liu

    The crystal chemistry of carbonate in Ca apatites, including Na-free and Na-bearing hydroxylapatite (CHAP) and Na-bearing fluorapatite (CFAP) and chlorapatite (CCLAP), has been investigated by Fourier

    Jan 1, 2008