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  • AUSIMM
    Open Pit Strategic Mine Planning with Automatic Phase Generation

    By M Recabarren, A Echeverria, J Ronda, J I. Guzman, R Dodds, G Juarez, E Vila-Echague

    A strategic mine plan is a fundamental part of any mining operation. It must provide a realistic and operative extraction and processing schedule, and yield the highest value for the business. For ope

    Nov 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Investigating psychosocial incidents and gendered violence for enhanced mine safety outcomes

    By D Flint, K Vague

    The Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) (WHS Act; DMIRS, 2020) and associated Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulations 2022 (WA) (WHS Regulations; DMIRS, 2022), supporting guidance materials and ot

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Depositional Facies and Heavy Mineral Deposits of the Yoganup Shoreline, Southern Perth Basin

    By Hochwimmer B, Baxter JL

    Heavy minerals are mined from two fossil strandlines on the southern Swan Coastal Plain. The Capel shoreline, 7 km inland, and the Yoganup shoreline, 15 km inland are arcuate, northwest-facing, an

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Innovations in underground hard rock operator efficiency – through simulation-based training technologies and processes

    By J A. de la Torre, I R. Cerna, G K. Karadjian

    The La Colorada underground mine in Zacatecas, Mexico is a mechanised cut-and-fill silver mine with a capacity of 1250 t/d. The project focused on training the mine’s experienced operators for a fleet

    Oct 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Hydrothermal Processes, Sulphide Deposits and the Ocean Drilling Program

    The Ocean Drilling Program is the largest international geoscience project in the world, and the state-of-the-art drill ship, the JOIDES Resolution, is permanently at sea. Each year there are six sc

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Innovative Beneficiation of Iron Ore Fines with allflux® Two-Stage Fluidised Bed Classifiers and gaustec® Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separators

    By A Horn

    Mineral processing is characterised by a constant adaptation to changing raw materials and market conditions. It is the link between the mined raw material and a marketable product. As a lot of high-g

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Properties of Surface Films on Chalcopyrite and Pyrite and their Influence in Flotation

    By Chander S

    Properties of surface films on chalcopyrite and pyrite differ due to variations in the mechanism of oxidation of the two minerals. In the case of chalcopyrite the first step in the oxidation is the

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    The Scratch Test – An Attractive Method to Measure the Strength of Iron Ore Material

    By L Mariano

    Three selected iron ore samples from the major bedded and channel iron deposits of Western Australia were analysed using a scratch test commonly used in the oil and gas industry. The portable commerci

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Progress in the Development of Computerised Mineral Databases and Their Integration in a Geographic Information System

    Recent work on computerised mineral resource databases at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited has concentrated on the development of the GERM, REGCHEM, and MINLIT databases, and t

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Real Option Value Optimisation

    By J Gould, T Elkington

    Mine operation strategies are commonly optimised with a net present value (NPV) maximisation objective. There are well known properties of a typical mining project optimised for NPV, including high pr

    May 24, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Comparison of two and three‐dimensional seepage analysis in tailings dams – a case study

    By N Yarahmadi

    Characterization of pore pressure is critical for appropriate design of tailings dams. Furthermore, if seepage rates through tailing embankments increase unexpectedly or become uncontrolled, undesirab

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    The effect of soluble cations on monazite flotation

    By B Tadesse, L G. Dyer, B Albijanic, M Jung

    The presence of high concentrations of dissolved ions in groundwater, sea water or recycled water may alter the water structure, particle surface wettability and colloidal interactions between bubbles

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Diesel Particulate Matter in Underground Mines ù Controlling the Risk

    By F Djukic, T Fisher, G Irving

    Questionnaires were sent to 12 underground metalliferous mines in Queensland to enquire how these mines control diesel emissions from mobile diesel engines used underground. Where responses or control

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Experience with Capping of Tailings Storage Facilities for Decommissioning Projects in Australia

    By W Ludlow, C Harrington

    This paper presents an overview of the design and construction challenges to implement capping systems on Tailings Storage Facility’s (TSF) based on recent projects in Australia. Key aspects discussed

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Future Exploration Techniques for the Coal Mining Industry

    By Hatherly P, Holt GE, McNally G

    The current methodology for delineating and subsequently evaluating coal reserves is based on the use of vertical drill holes and surface based geophysics/geology. These techniques have three major pr

    Jan 1, 1985

  • AUSIMM
    New Technology for the Treatment of Base Metals

    By Dredge K, Becker G

    The successful dissolution of the valuable metal components of a solid phase is often a basic requirement for a successful hydrometallurgical treatment process. Sulphide concentrates are often an in

    Jan 1, 1995

  • 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
    Effect of Concentrate and Micropellet Addition on Iron Ore Sinter Bed Permeability

    By A M. Nyembwe, A M. Garbers-Craig, R Cromarty

    With the depletion of high-grade lump iron ore, concentrates have been identified as an alternative material for sinter making. Adding concentrates to the sinter mixture reduces sinter bed porosity an

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    In Situ Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil or Rock Formations by Directed and Controlled Crystallisation of Natural Occurring Minerals

    Based on the idea to copy crystallisation and precipitation phenomena occurring in nature, a new technology was developed allowing the preparation of metastable, mineral forming solutions. If these so

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Characterisation and calculation method of friction resistance based on fractal theory of roadway rough surface

    By B Wu, C Zhao, B Lei

    At present, the friction factor is calculated by measuring pressure drop and airway configurations. However, the workload of on-site measurement is heavy, and the measurement results are easily distur

    Oct 12, 2022