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  • AUSIMM
    Solubility of nitrogen and inclusion characteristics in high aluminium steels

    By M M. Pande, M Ishfaq

    The effect of aluminium on nitrogen solubility was investigated by equilibrating melt comprising master alloy of Fe-Al with pure electrolytic iron in a controlled atmosphere (pure argon) at 1873 K. Ni

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Earth Pressure Balanced Tunnelling in a Dense Urban Environment, C917A

    By G Jones

    The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has been procuring the expansion of their underground mass rapid transit rail network at a prodigious rate since the first line opened in 1987. Four lines

    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
    Faulting in Heavy Mineral Deposits – Friend or Foe?

    By C Buchanan

    For a long time there has been a known relationship between the northern Heavy Mineral (HM) deposits of the Murray Basin to the extensive north east trending ridges in the area. These ridges have been

    Aug 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    A New Metaheuristic Algorithm for Long-Term Open Pit Production Planning

    By C Niemann-Delius

    The problem of long-term open pit mine planning is a large combinatorial problem, which canÆt be solved easily by mathematical programming models because of the large problem size. In this paper a new

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Discovery, Geology and Development of the Tom's Gully Gold Mine, Northern Territory, Australia

    The Tom's Gully gold mine is located 90km ESE from Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The orebody is the auriferous portion of a large sulphide rich quartz reef, hosted in the Wildma

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AUSIMM
    Relocating Waihi's Cornish Pumphouse

    WaihiÆs Cornish Pumphouse is located on the edge of town in a dynamic and changeable area where history affects the future. As in any successful project, ingenuity and team work have been significant

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Some Practical Problems in Running Statistically Valid Plant Trials, and Their Solution

    Operating metallurgists spend a significant part of their time running plant trials to compare two or more conditions in order to improve the process, such as a new reagent, flow sheet or piece of equ

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Secondary Ventilation as a Value Proposition – A Case Study

    By A Golsby

    Both primary and secondary ventilation is important in underground mining. Secondary ventilation refers to the provision of ventilation to development ends, stopes and services facilities, which const

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    New Backfill Binder and Method

    By M Grossi, G Baiden

    This paper describes a new mine backfill method based on a newly invented binder with several years of test results from laboratory and onsite applications. The new binder has several advantages over

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    An Alternative Approach for Assessing In Situ Stresses in Sydney

    By D A. F Oliveira, C J. Parker

    The role of the virgin in situ stress field in tunnelling projects is well known in the Sydney area. The effect of in situ stresses is mostly considered through the use of published relationships that

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Ventilation Design for Xstrata Copper's Ernest Henry Underground Project Prefeasibility Study

    The Ernest Henry Mine is an open pit copper-gold mining operation located in north-west Queensland, Australia. It is owned and operated by Xstrata Copper with a current concentrator throughput of appr

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Zooming Out – Learning to See Rehabilitation through Stakeholders’ Eyes

    By J L. Merritt

    The mining industry seeks to engage with and respond to stakeholders through open consultation processes during the various phases of a mining project (Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, 2

    Jun 28, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Analysis of Stability and Design of Face Support for Cross Passages – Waterview Connection Tunnels, Auckland, New?Zealand

    By M G. Wansbone, R Bhargava

    The inferred ground conditions for the proposed mined cross passages at the northern end of the Waterview Connection tunnels consist of an overburden of alluvial and residual soils, with mixed face ge

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Ore Shoot Targeting by Recognition of Upflow and Outflow, Low Sulphidation Epithermal Gold Deposits

    By J V. Lawless

    Two types of low sulphidation epithermal deposits that have different gangue mineralogies and ore shoot geometries are recognised. One has laterally near-continuous ore shoots over a significant verti

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    The use of the Main Ramp as a Mine Exhaust at the Kencana Mine, Indonesia

    By D J. Brake

    Faced with the need to improve workplace conditions in both its development and production headings in its existing K1 orebody, as well as its new K Link and K2 orebodies, the Kencana mine in Indonesi

    Mar 21, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Mine geology standardisation – providing the foundation to consistent short-term geometallurgical product predictions in a complex multimine and supply chain environment

    By B L. Sommerville

    "The theme of this International Mining Geology Conference is ‘Setting New Standards’. Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations include a complex integrated supply system to deliver ore from 15 mine operations

    Sep 20, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    QueenslandÆs Experience in Implementation of Risk Based Safety and Health Legislation and Development of Future Strategies

    By B Lyne

    In 1990, the Queensland mining industry had come to the conclusion that new safety and health legislation based on risk identification and control was required if the mining industry was to be effecti

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    An Automated Analyser for Mine Geological Sample - Operational Performance

    By Ryan A, Dennis R, Dekker D, Ellis W, Sowerby B

    An automated facility for non-destructive elemental analysis of mine samples has been developed and tested at Mount Isa in association with the CSIRO. The analysis is based on the prompt and delayed m

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Automated joint mapping using the concentric shells algorithm

    By P Valenzuela

    Joint mapping is a fundamental input for rock mass characterisation and slope stability analysis. The usual way to do it is using a compass in the field or digitising structures on a screen, with a so

    Sep 20, 2017