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  • AUSIMM
    The 250 million ton per annum spatial digital twin

    By M Pomery

    BHP’s Western Australian Iron Ore Operations (WAIO) move approximately 250 million tons of ore per annum. The magnitude of the constant changes to the terrain models along with the diverse output and

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Modelling of an Integrated Waste Storage Facility

    By P Edmondson, S Narendranathan, S Setchell

    The complexities of mining in current economic conditions, where ore extraction schedules are varied on a weekly basis so as to ensure constant supply to the process plant, can result in a number of s

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Overview of the Acid Rock Drainage and Overburden Management Program at PT Freeport Indonesia Operations in Papua Province, Indonesia

    By D Michaelsen, S Miller

    The Grasberg Mine is a copper and gold open pit mine operated by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) and located in the high equatorial mountains of the Indonesian province of Papua. The climate is alpine/su

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Australia's North West Shelf LNG Project

    I congratulate The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy on its decision to hold its Annual Conference here in Western Australia. Western Australia, with its abundant mineral and energy r

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    Advancing sustainability in pumping systems – a comprehensive methodology for calculating, monitoring and minimising power and water consumption

    By A Karrech, G M. Hassan, A Varghese, E Lessing, S Martins

    Pumps play a critical role in mining operations, and their energy consumption and environmental impact are significant. This paper addresses the need for a holistic approach to sustainable pump deploy

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Detecting Sampling Biases in Metal Accounting

    By L Lachance, F Flament, D Leroux, S Gariépy

    The pervasiveness of poor sampling practices in and around mineral processing plants could seem intriguing in view of the various documented evidences both for causes and consequences. To this extent,

    Jul 29, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    A novel innovation for reconciliation

    By J R. Ruiseco, D La Rosa, L Julian, W Hunt

    The DeGrussa copper-gold deposit is located 900 km North of Perth. Copper-gold bearing massive sulfide lenses occur in lower greenschist facies meta-sedimentary and mafic volcanics of the Bryah Basin.

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Scale Suppression using Swirl Flow Technology

    By J Wu

    Swirl Flow Technology (SFT), a novel approach for agitation in large industrial slurry tanks, was jointly developed and patented by CSIRO and Queensland Alumina Ltd (QAL). Currently, SFT is used in 16

    Aug 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Development and Testing of a Small-Scale Uranium Leach for Geometallurgical Applications

    By N L. Turner, K Ehrig, V Liebezeit, D J. Robinson, L L. Kuhar, N Francis

    Conventional industry tests used to determine leach recoveries are often fully monitored and may be time-consuming and expensive. Such tests may be limiting in geometallurgical applications where larg

    Sep 29, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Blasting for Mine to Mill Optimisation

    By S S. Kanchibotla, S Morrell

    In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the impact that mining practices have on the efficiency of mineral processing operations. Head grade, dilution, particle size distribution and t

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Open Cut Mine Machinery Automation – Going Beyond Global Navigation Satellite System with Locata

    By C Rizos

    Many of the ‘new paradigms in mining’ and notions of ‘sustainable mining’ have at their core the requirement for reliable, continuous centimetre-level positioning accuracy to enable increased automati

    Nov 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Minerals Processing ù Continuing Down the Path of Innovation

    Mining and mineral processing makes a vital contribution to AustraliaÆs national export income, and our society today is critically dependent on its products. Despite the importance of this industry,

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Study of prevention methods for stress corrosion cracking in underground coalmines

    By A Crosky, S Saydam, H Chen, H L. Ramandi

    Cable bolts and rock bolts are used as primary and secondary anchoring systems in many underground mines. Reports on the premature failure of cable bolts and rock bolts due to stress corrosion crackin

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of High Resolution Geophysical Technologies to Map the Base of Ore at BHP Billiton Æs Yandi Channel Iron Deposit

    By G Hall

    BHP BillitonÆs (BHPB) Yandi ore deposit is a channel iron deposit (CID) in the Pilbara district of WA. The ore is predominantly a goethite-hematite pisolite and overlays a clay at the base of the depo

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Buckling of Sheave Wheels

    Sheaves are a critical safety component in a winding system and are expected to survive such extreme loading events as rope break. Sheave designs have often been developed and evolved empirically, con

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Recovery Improvement Project for the Ridgeway Concentrator at Newcrest's Cadia Valley Operations

    By F Cesnik

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort to improve the recovery of gold along with its co-product copper from the æhigh-gradeÆ Ridgeway concentrator at Newcrest Mining LtdÆs Cadia Valley Operat

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Production of High-quality Sinter by Controlling the Sintering Reaction

    By Y K. Ji, B J. Chung

    In recent years, the utilisation of ultra-fine ore in ironmaking has gradually increased due to the depletion of high-quality iron ore. The use of ultra-fine ore in the ironmaking process is typically

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Implementation of an Expert Control and Online Image-Based Oversize Detection at the Pilbara Iron Tom Price Operation (c28c0d5f-5fb9-42f8-9b13-de3161c056c3)

    By M Wortley, J McKay, D La Rosa, O Guyo

    It has been a generally held concept that crushing operations were, by their nature, too simple to benefit from the implementation of advanced process control. The commissioning of an OCS¬ expert cont

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Oxidative combustion law of water soaked coal under oxygen-lean condition

    By H Y. Niu

    The coal left in the goaf is easily submerged by groundwater damage. During the mining process of the underlying coal seam, it is necessary to drain the water in the overlying goaf. The coal sample is

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Effect of C/A ratio on the crystallisation behaviour and structure of calcium-aluminate based alternative mold fluxes for casting medium and high Mn/Al steels

    By A Nigam, K Biswas, R Sarkar

    Because of the problems with 1st and 2nd generations of Advanced High-Strength Steels (AHSS), a 3rd generation of AHSS steels has become prominent and these steels have properties in between the 1st a

    Aug 21, 2024