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Improved recoveries and environmental outcomes from complex ores utilising EcoTechnologyBy M Noakes
EcoTechnology refers to a series of potential metallurgical processes for complex ores, concentrates, tailings and slags that are all based on an initial chlorination step at low to moderate temperatu
Nov 21, 2018
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The Preparation and Consolidation of Tantalum PowderFollowing the preparation of tantalum oxide and carbide (1) an investigation of the details relating to the production of tantalum metal powder was planned. From the literature (2) it was evident that
Jan 1, 1946
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Modelling Dust Plume Movement Resulting from Surface Blasting OperationsBy S Bhandari
A model for predicting dust plume dispersion from blasting operations using the Eulerian mathematical algorithm has been developed. This model considers atmospheric stability, and wind velocity and di
Nov 8, 2011
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Stable Isotope Relationships in Epithermal Gold Deposits, QueenslandBy Wilson AF
Gold-silver mineralization at Cracow and Ukalunda in Queensland comprise quartz-filled veins, fissures and breccia zones hosted by propylitically altered volcanics and epizonal intrusions which are st
Jan 1, 1984
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Advanced Ventilation Control – An Analysis of Innovation and Environmental SustainabilityBy V S. Mutton, M J. Shearer
"The current economic challenges faced by the mining industry led to a review of options for reducing the cost of ventilation control devices (VCDs). The VCDs at the Mount Isa Mines site operated by G
Aug 31, 2015
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QAQC – proactive Quality Management (QM) supporting reconciliation resultsBy O Dominguez
Significant value can be added to ore supplied from the mine to the mill by measuring its quality in real time and performing grade control additional to that within the mine. Responsibility for ore q
Mar 22, 2022
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Sampling Quality Assurance and Quality Control Requirements for Mining ProjectsThe creation of an accurate and precise enough database requires the collection of many representative samples, subsampling and assaying them without destroying their integrity. The selection and impl
Mar 1, 2010
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Excavating a Tunnel in the Foothills of the Southern Alps of New ZealandBy E Giles
Pike River Coal Limited (PRCL) is opening a new underground coal mine in the Paparoa Ranges north-east of Greymouth. To access the coal reserves, PRCL have had to build a 13 km access road through reg
Jan 1, 2008
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Issues Confronting Major Expansions and New DevelopmentsThe mining industry has expanded significantly in the Pacific Region over the past two decades through a mix of new developments and brownfields expansions of existing operations. Despite this overall
Jan 1, 2004
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Sensible Cost Cutting for Resource ProjectsBy D Connelly
As the resources sector becomes tougher with rising costs and cyclical metal prices, mining companies need to continue to reduce their costs and do more with less. Many new resource projects fail to c
Aug 8, 2011
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Issues in Capital Raisings and DisclosureBy B Dodd
This paper details how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), as a disclosure and conduct regulator, approaches regulation of continuous disclosure, capital raising and control t
Nov 20, 2012
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A Simple Technique for Using High Energy in BlastingBy S J. Hawke, L A. Dominguez
In non-ferrous metal mining operations, it is generally necessary to crush and grind the ore to a very fine particle size to effectively liberate the contained mineral from the host rock. Fragmentatio
Aug 24, 2015
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CIP ù Who Needs It? A Combination Circuit of Gravity, Flotation and Intensive Leach May Provide the Optimal Environmental and Cost Outcome for Gold Plants ù Stage II ù ResultsBy A McCallum, J Abols, G Patrick, G Johansen
The authors challenge the traditional thinking that whole ore cyanidation followed by Carbon in Pulp (CIP) or Carbon in Leach (CIL) should be applied as a standard process in the majority of gold proc
Jan 1, 2004
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Comparison of Empirical Fragmentation Models at the Gol-Gohar Iron Ore MineBy M Jahani, M Taji
For suitable production planning in an open pit mine, and also to carry out the optimisation process during the mining production cycle, prediction of fragment size distribution is required prior to c
Aug 24, 2015
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Case History of the Discovery of the Hishikari Gold Deposit, JapanThe Hishikari gold deposit, discovered by the Metal Mining Agency of Japan, has become a giant class epithermal gold deposit with the highest grade of gold yet recorded in the world through detailed
Jan 1, 1995
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The Status of Gold Exploration in Papua New GuineaABSTRACT' The first references to gold in New Guinea were by the Portuguese in 1525. The first significant discovery and gold rush was on Sudest Island in 1888 and was a natural extension of
Jan 1, 1984
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Ventilation Design for Xstrata Copper's Ernest Henry Underground Project Prefeasibility StudyThe Ernest Henry Mine is an open pit copper-gold mining operation located in north-west Queensland, Australia. It is owned and operated by Xstrata Copper with a current concentrator throughput of appr
Jan 1, 2008
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æDryÆ Granulation of Slags for Producing Cement BinderBy B, T Norgate, S Sanetsis, R Davidson
Global cement production accounts for about five per cent of man-made CO2 emissions (WBCSD, 2002). Such operating practices will increasingly be considered unsustainable, unless significant reductions
Jan 1, 2004
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Origin and Provenance of Submarine Volcaniclastic Rocks in the Late Permian Drake Volcanics, Northeastern New South WalesThe Late Permian intermediate to silicic talc-alkaline Drake Volcanics of New England, N.S.W., consist largely of shallow marine, redeposited volcaniclastic rocks which host epithermal Ag-Au depos
Jan 1, 1987
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Unmanned Aerial Robots for Remotely Operated and Autonomous Surveying in Inaccessible Underground Mine VoidsBy A Grace, C Sennersten, T Taylor, A Davie, R Lyu, D Pentecost, C A. Lindley, J Craig, L De Macedo Camargo
Many underground mine void spaces are not suitable for human entry due to unprotected roofs, instability or having an unknown safety state (eg if they are many decades old). Investigations of these vo
Nov 4, 2015