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Practicalities of the use of fayalite slags for recovery of metals from urban wastesBy E Jak, J Chen, B Hogg, S Nikolic, S Nicol
The quantity of post-consumer ‘waste’ materials generated each year is rapidly increasing. These materials can contain significant quantities of critical metals and present an environmental challenge
Jun 19, 2024
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Microseismic Monitoring of Shear Zones and Related Seismic Activity at Broken HillBy G C. Reed, J M. Murray
During more than 100 years continuous mining of the lead-zinc orebody at Broken Hill, an immense amount of geological data has been collected about shear zones related to the orebody. The challenge to
Jan 1, 2000
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Express Rail Link – Challenges of Tunnelling Through Hong Kong and into Mainland ChinaBy A Morris
The Express Rail Link (XRL) will provide high-speed rail services from Hong Kong to Guangzhou and a connection to the national high-speed passenger rail network serving major cities throughout Mainlan
Mar 8, 2011
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Effect of Dynamic Pressure on Electronic Detonator TimingBy R Ibarra, H Solis, G Teowee, B E. Papillon
The authors have previously described a piezoelectric-based system to measure the dynamic pressure during actual detonation in the field. This technique is used in a water hammer test set-up where a d
Aug 24, 2015
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Direct Detection of Buried Orebodies Using GradiometryBy R Paterson, A Christensen
The routine use of gravity gradiometry for the detection of orebodies with no outcrop is now being undertaken. The commodities and orebody styles range from banded iron ore formations to volcanogenic
Sep 26, 2011
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Sakmarian (Early Permian) Branchiopod Biogeography and Constraints on the Timing of Terrane Rifting, Drift, and Amalgamation, in SE Asia, with Reference to the Nature of Permian 'Tethys'By Waterhouse BJ
Occurrence data of Tastubian,Sterlitamakian, and Aktastinian (all of Sakmarian Stage of Early Permian) brachiopod genera are analysed by Q-mode cluster analysis, principal component analysis, and disc
Jan 1, 1990
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MMG Century Mine, A Case Study – Maximising Project Net Present Value Through Targeted Capital Expenditure and Process Optimisation Against a Backdrop of Falling Metal Prices and Feed GradesBy R Wynn, T J. Akroyd, C Costa
In an environment of lower zinc prices, falling revenues and reducing zinc feed grades, Century mine implemented a fast-tracked capital upgrade program in less than 15 months. The program was designed
Sep 1, 2014
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Opening Supports to Segmental Linings – A Novel Shotcrete Support SolutionBy M Burdick, A Harding, M Krulc, M Chappell
Substantial schedule advantages can be made on projects if cross-passage construction can occur at the same time as tunnel boring machine (TBM) operation with little or no impact on TBM logistics. How
Sep 17, 2014
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Integration of Geological and Geotechnical Data for Three-dimensional ModellingBy K Zunica, A R. Penney
The principles of three-dimensional geological modelling are well understood and routinely used. Sample data is collated and geostatistical tools used to ensure that sample data is suitable for its en
Aug 18, 2014
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An electrochemical and spectroscopic study of the leaching mechanisms of enargite and chalcopyrite in sulfuric acidBy Y L. Ma, M Chen, W Bruckard
With the extensive exploitation and gradual depletion of high-grade copper reserves, the mining industry is paying more and more attention to the hydrometallurgical extraction of copper from lowgrade
Aug 24, 2022
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Flotation of Hematite Using C6-C18 Saturated Fatty AcidsThe homologous series of saturated fatty acids investigated in this study generally show a steady gradation of properties with chain length. The solution pKa values were assumed constant at 4.9, howev
Jan 1, 2005
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BHP Port Hedland wind fence – innovations in dust controlBy R Peiffer, L van Wyk
The Port of Port Hedland is the largest bulk export terminal in the world and is one of Australia’s most important pieces of economic infrastructure. BHP is the largest Port user to support the export
Sep 18, 2023
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Iron Ore Characteristics and their Application in Optimising the Granulation ProcessBy R Zhang, X Huang, M Zhou, X Lv, C Bai
Iron ore sinter accounts for a large proportion of blast furnace ferrous burden in Chinese steel mills. Depleting high-grade iron ore resources and spreading complexity of iron ores in mineralogy and
Aug 12, 2013
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Water Conservation at Construction ProjectsBy 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
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Why I don’t believe in reconciliationBy S Dunham
For decades we’ve been focusing on reconciliation as a tool to validate mineral resource estimates. And for decades we’ve been misleading ourselves. The concept of reconciliation is simple. Predict, m
May 24, 2023
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Optimisation of Grinding Circuits at the Lead/Zinc Concentrator, Mount Isa Mines LimitedBy Drinkwater DJ, Watsford RMS, Johnson NW, Munro PD
This paper describes the use of modelling and simulation techniques in the analysis and optimisation of grinding circuits at the Lead/Zinc Concentrator of Mount Isa Mines Limited.The objectives of the
Jan 1, 1985
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A Novel Approach to the Characterisation of Iron Ores and Concentrates Using Recent Advancements in Wavelength- and Energy-dispersive X-ray Fluorescence SpectrometersBy M Rayner, C Tsouris, A Komelkov
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is a widely accepted technique for the elemental analysis of iron ores and their concentrates. Wavelength-dispersive, or WDXRF, and energy-dispersive, or EDXRF, spectrometers
Jul 13, 2015
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Virtual Reality Scientific Visualisation – A Solution for Big Data Analysis of the Block Cave Mining SystemBy J Tibbett, A Colebourn, B Hebblewhite, F Suorineni
The concept of Big Data refers to data sets that are so large, variable and/or complex that traditional data processing applications struggle to integrate the data for effective investigation, analysi
Nov 4, 2015
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The Protection of Surface Ventilation Fan Installations from Underground ExplosionsBy R Bourcier, T Rafferty
Following an underground coal mine explosion, it is important that ventilation is quickly restored to ventilate the mine and affect a mine rescue. To achieve this, surface ventilation fans must be sui
Jul 1, 2013
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The Median versus the Mean Fragment Size and Other Issues with the Kuz-Ram ModelBy F Ouchterlony
Soviet precursors to Cunningham’s Kuz-Ram model from 1983 are described. They are rooted in the mean fragment size and Rosin-Rammler (RR) fits to sieving data and rely on approximations. Three version
Aug 24, 2015