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  • AUSIMM
    Advances in Optical Image Analysis of Iron Ore Sinter

    By S Hapugoda, M Peterson, A Haileslassie, A Poliakov, E Donskoi, L Lu

    Most metallic iron in the world is produced in blast furnaces from different feed stocks – sinter, lump ore and pellets. Sinter is the main iron-containing feed to the blast furnace and can constitute

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Electrical conductivity measurement of CaO-Al2O3-CaF2 slags by van der Pauw-Ohta Method

    By K Nakashima, K Aya, T Sumita, N Saito

    Electro slag remelting (ESR) is one of the methods used to produce high-cleanliness steel. In the ESR method, the product steel electrode is immersed in flux, and the electrode is melted by the Joule

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    CFD modelling of slag fuming, with focus on freeze-lining formation

    By N Voller, A Ishmurzin, G Hackl, M Wu, A Kharicha, M Chintinne, C M. G Rodrigues, A Ludwig

    Slag fuming (SF) is a critical process for recycling zinc-containing slags, but the corrosive nature of molten slag poses challenges to the reactor durability. The freeze-lining (FL) technique offers

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Refurbishment of Brisbane's Rail Tunnels for Electrification

    By Fejes G

    An integral part of the Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification involved the relining, refurbishment and track lowering in the Roma Street, Brunswick Street and Gloucester Street double track tu

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Measuring the Redistribution of Stresses Resulting from New Excavations with Ambient Seismic Noise Correlations

    By F Brenguier, R A. Lynch, G Olivier

    The seismic velocities of intact rock are dependent on the applied stress. Unfortunately, the low susceptibility of seismic velocity to stress changes mean that changes in seismic velocity have to be

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Extraction of 5 Orebody Crown Pillar at the Isa Lead Mine, Mount Isa Mines Limited, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

    By G Varley

    This paper describes the mining methods and strategy used to extract the 5 Orebody crown pillar at the Isa Lead Mine over the past five years. The bulk of the crown pillar was extracted by the use of

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Structural Control of Mineralisation at the Karangahake Epithermal Au-Ag Deposit, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

    By J Mauk, J Rowland

    The Karangahake epithermal Au-Ag mine consists of two main lodes, the Maria and the Welcome/Crown hosted in Miocene andesites. Mineralisation is strongly constrained to major structures and is genetic

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Reactivity of Pyritic Shales From Mt Whaleback Mine Towards Ammonium Nitrate Based Explosives

    By D K, S Freij, A Rossiter, X Han, B Feng

    In mining operations, the removal of overburden to expose the ores is achieved by rock blasting using ammonium nitrate based explosives, eg ammonium nitrate-fuel oil mixtures, commonly known as ANFO.

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    The Relationship between Blasting Parameters and Muck Pile Configuration

    By D Van Doorselaere

    The purpose of blasting during mining is to produce a muck pile that can be efficiently loaded and transported. There is an increasing awareness of the variation in muck pile characteristics and its e

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    The Re-opening of CSA Mine, Cobar NSW

    By M Scamardella

    The CSA Mine is located at Cobar, New South Wales, where it was in continuous operation from 1966 to the time it went into receivership on 29 January 1998. When it closed it was under the ownership of

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    LaModel – A Program for Coalmine Modelling

    By K A. Heasley

    The LaModel program was initially developed in 1993, and it is used to model the stresses and displacements in thin tabular deposits such as coal seams. It uses the displacement-discontinuity variatio

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Geology of the Eastern Distributor Tunnel

    By T R. Justice

    The Eastern Distributor tunnel is located approximately 24 m beneath the suburbs of Woolloomooloo and Darlinghurst to the east of the central business district of Sydney. The 1.7 km long tunnel will c

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Bulk sensing of trucks, in-pit equipment and the mine bench for preconcentration

    By R Yong, A McEwan, D G. Miljak, D Milinkovic, A Curtain, P J. Coghill, R Stefulj, B Lovric, G Roberts

    The CSIRO has pioneered the development and use of certain classes of magnetic resonance (MR) for mining applications. The MR technique is a radio frequency-based spectroscopy that provides highly qua

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    The Direct Outokumpu Nickel Smelting (DON) Process and the Harjavalta Expansion

    By MattelmSki M

    Outokumpu Harjavalta Metals Oy has been producing nickel since 1962, based on conventional flash smelting technology followed by electrowinning of nickel. In the 1980s, a research project was initia

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Ten Decades of Progress in Mineral Exploration Geophysics

    By S N SHEARD

    The use of geophysics in mineral exploration in Australia, and overseas, has increased dramatically over this century. This paper shows that using simple equipment with clever interpretation that th

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Contrasting Styles of Mineralisation from the Western Arm and Bridge Creek Deposits and their Relevance to Regional Exploration in the Pine Creek Geosyncline, Northern Territory

    By Cooper W. C, Stokes M. A

    Proterozoic gold deposits in the Pine Creek Geosyncline are at present receiving renewed attention with the opening of old mines and several new discoveries. This important polymetallic province co

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Resource Recovery in Space

    By M Manefield, G Bournival, S Ata

    Asteroids contain an abundance of valuable resources such as: nickel, cobalt, gold, platinum and rhodium. Whilst the consumption of mineral resources on Earth continues to deplete, meteoroids have the

    Nov 4, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Spaceborne Radar Interferometry for Mine Subsidence Monitoring in Australia

    By C Rizos, A Ng

    Land surface deformation can be caused by underground mining activities. The maximum subsidence normally occurs directly above the location of the excavation of the coal seam. In the case where the lo

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Flux smelting behaviour of pre-reduced Mn ore by hydrogen at elevated temperatures

    By P Kumar, J Safarian

    Understanding how ore interacts with flux particles at elevated temperatures to create molten slag is crucial since it governs the dynamics of a chemical reaction. This study explores the smelting beh

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Comparative study of oxide dissolution modelling in secondary steelmaking slags

    By S K. Michelic, N Preisser

    For certain applications, steels have to feature a very distinct and well-defined level of cleanness in terms of the number and composition of non-metallic inclusions. Therefore, one crucial aspect of

    Aug 21, 2024