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  • AUSIMM
    Improvements on Estimation Tools and the Effect on Mineralisation Base Definition on the Zulti North Heavy Mineral Sand Deposit, Richards Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

    By J M. Nel

    Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) has recently undertaken an exercise to improve orebody basal definition. Older mineralisation bases (pre-2005) were highly erratic using old protocol reverse circulation (R

    Oct 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Sandgate Avenue Flood Alleviation Project, Stage 1 –Slurry Treatment Plant – Lessons Learnt

    By M Weeks

    Melbourne Water Corporation, through the Pipelines Alliance, has commenced construction of a new drainage pipeline to provide additional flood protection within the Sandgate Avenue Main Drain catchmen

    Mar 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Homogeneity assessment of crushed and pulverised iron ore certified reference materials – implications for laboratory quality control

    By J Carter, B J. Armstrong

    Best practice for the submission of samples to an internal or commercial laboratory requires quality control materials to be included for the purpose of independently and comprehensively assessing lab

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Assessing Contaminant Risk Associated with the use of Mine Water for Dust Suppression

    By C Gimber

    Dust suppression is an important environmental control in most mining operations. The poorest quality water within a mine site is often used for dust suppression since it provides an effective means o

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Enhanced fine particle recovery with the Concorde Cell

    By P G. Bourke, A Yáñez, G J. Jameson, N M. L Kupka

    The kinetics of fine and ultrafine particles in conventional mechanical flotation cells are limited (Feng and Aldrich, 1999; Trahar, 1981; Wang et al, 2016). Accordingly, even limited recoveries with

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Modelling of Froth Transportation in an Outokumpu 3 m<sup>3</sup> Tank Cell

    By J-P Franzidis, E V. Manlap

    Froth transportation characteristics have a significant impact on the flotation recovery especially in large flotation cells. The probability of an attached particle being recovered into the concentra

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Potential of the Overburden Cast Blasting Technique in Indian Surface Coalmines – A Modular Approach and its Financial Implications

    By M D. Uttarwar, R R. Yerpude

    India is the world’s third-largest producer of coal and is endowed with the fifth-largest coal reserves in the world. Surface mining straddles the entire domain of the Indian coal mining industry, yie

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Should earthquake loading be considered for open pit slope design in Australia?

    By F Weir, B Estrada

    The impact of seismic loading on open pit slope stability in Australia is often only considered where the slopes are located adjacent to tailings facilities or other major infrastructure. The debate r

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Understanding Rock Mass Behaviour through the Development of an Integrated Sensing Platform

    By E Widzyk-Capehart, C Hölck Teuber, S Steffen, V Rivero, O Fredes, E Sanchez, I Pedemonte, N Gonzalez

    This paper summarises the research, development and initial application of a sensing platform that has the potential to monitor subsurface deformations, pore pressure and other variables simultaneousl

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    InnovativeApplications of Hydrocyclonic Devices

    The operation of cyclones and cylinders is briefly described and com- pared, and a number of recent applications in mineral, gold and coal plants discussed. The capacity of an existing pump and cyclo

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Vibration Reduction to Presere the Integrity of an Aboriginal Rock Shelter Near Blast Operations

    By D P. Blair

    Rio Tinto’s Hope Downs Operations are currently mining iron ore in their South Central Pit. Prior to the commencement of mine operations, Hope Downs carried out an extensive archaeological investigati

    Nov 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Drive Stability through Efficient Development Blasting Design and Practices

    By P Klaric

    Drive stability is critical in block/panel cave mining. The production levels of these mines are required to remain operational for the entire life-of-mine which can be in excess of 30 years. It is th

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Kinetics of Reduction of Arsenic(V) to Arsenic(III) with Sulphur Dioxide in Aqueous Solution

    By Lawson F

    The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy is a society of engineers and scientists formed in 1893 (incorporated by Royal Charter in 1955) to advance science and engineering in the mineral

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    Rock Mass Characterisation and Analysis for Excavation Design – A Discrete Fracture Network Approach

    By F M. Weir, M Fowler

    The design of excavations in rock must, implicitly or explicitly take into consideration the influence of small- and large-scale geological structures. For most sites the complexity of a fractured roc

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Managing the Giant – A Mine Geologist’s Perspective to the Mining of the Olympic Dam Deposit

    By M K. Kapo, S C. Nzama

    The success of a mining operation depends on the quality of data used in decision-making processes and the people involved in making operational decisions. At Olympic Dam, mine geologists form an inte

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Internalising Ecological Costs in Evaluating and Planning a Mining Project

    By Q Wang

    Net present value (NPV) has been the main criterion in mining project evaluation and production plan optimisation. It is a common practice in NPV calculations to take into account only the tangible co

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Investigation and Development of Pasminco No 5 Ventilation Shaft, Broken Hill

    By de Bruin J H

    A method new to Australia was used for sinking a vertical shaft at Broken Hill in the development of Pasminco Southern Operations No 5 Ventilation Shaft. The 6 m diameter shaft of 820 m depth was plan

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Olympic Dam open stope observations, tactics and characterisation

    By G Capes, L Morizzi, N Mitkas, E Jones, D Grant

    This paper describes the mining setting for the sub-level open stoping (SLOS) mining method used at Olympic Dam (OD), and investigates the range of stope performance conditions encountered over 30 yea

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Driving improvements to underground diamond drilling effectiveness through real-time implicit modelling at Olympic Dam

    By J Taylor, M Smith, A Tunnadine, D Nikolakopoulos

    As Olympic Dam rapidly expands into the Southern Mine Area (SMA) the Mine Geology team has concurrently ramped up underground diamond drilling to sustain rates of above 175 km/a. With >10 underground

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Metal Prices and the Differences between Forward and Consensus Pricing – Which One is Better for Use in a Discounted Cash Flow Model?

    By L A. Martinez Tipe, J McKibben, S Barry

    "Metal prices are central to a mineral investment decision and have a profound impact on the financial performance of companies in the mining industry. At its most basic level, metal prices are influe

    Mar 8, 2016