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  • AUSIMM
    Appin Colliery Belt Drift Fire

    By Fisher AEJ

    On Sunday morning 7th November, 1976, at approximately 2-25 a.m., smoke was discovered issuing from the 1912 m long belt drift at Appin Colliery. A Clouth steel cord rubber belt approximately 940 m

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Landforms And Revegetation After Mineral Sand Mining

    By Lewis J. W

    The mineral sand orebodies of the east coast of Australia occupy approximately three per cent of the dune-heath-wetland coastal environment. They are associated with coastal plant communities rangi

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    A Combined Sorption-Flotation Technology for Gold Recovery From Cyanide Solutions and Pulps

    A viable flow sheet of the sorption-flotation technology for gold recovery from low-grade ores and concentrates using powdered activated carbon modified by organic compounds as the sorbent-bearer has

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    The Effect of Nickel on Fire Assaying Processes for the Determination of Silver

    A study of the effect of nickel on the cupellation process has shown that a very low "nickel limit" must be imposed for cupellation (0·08 grams nickel or 0·05 grams when copper is

    Jan 1, 1960

  • 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
    Mining 4.0 initiatives – a pathway to a smarter mining fleet

    By K Rau

    The overall success of a mining operation is directly impacted by the reliability and availability of mining equipment. Heavy-duty vehicles such as excavators and haul trucks are used for conveying of

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Osborne Deposit

    The Osborne copper-gold deposit (within the Trough Tank project area) is located in the Cloncurry Shire about 195 kilometres south-east of Mount Isa. It is hosted by Proterozoic metasediments of the E

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Integrated process modelling for the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter

    By G Sartor, A Rich, D Grimsey, R Forzatti, M White

    An in-depth process model was developed for the pyrometallurgical, off-gas systems and water balance of the Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter. This model was used to assess plant capacity with changing concen

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Mulga Rock Tertiary Uranium Deposit

    A significant resource of uranium has been discovered within a buried palaeochannel located in the south western corner of the Officer Basin of Western Australia by PNC Exploration (Australia) Pty

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Emerging Technology for Economic and Ecological Sustainability in the Rehabilitation of Metal Mine Tailings

    By L Huang

    "Successful rehabilitation of tailings landforms of tens to thousands of hectares in size at base metal mines is critical to mining companies’ ‘social licence to operate’. Rehabilitation technology us

    Jun 28, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Detailed Underground Measurements of Roof Deflection and Bed Seperation

    By Prohaska G, Jackson F, Jack B

    To learn more about the fundamental roof behaviour in South African coal mines, accurate underground measurements of roof deflection were conducted in bord and pillar panels during development and

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Optimum Management of Truck Tyres in a Mine

    By S Casas Castellanos

    "Tyres consumption is one of the costliest branches of the operation in a truck-based haulage mine. Off-the-road (OTR) tyres working within undesirable conditions have a considerable negative impact o

    Nov 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Impact of Quartzite Additions on Hot Metal Silicon

    By Waters A. G, Nightingale R. J

    The quartzite added at the blast furnace for the purpose of adjusting the chemistry of the burden inputs is shown to have a disproportionate impact on both the level and the variability of the hot met

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Submerged Combustion Technology* Applied to Copper Slag Treatment

    By Leahy GJ, Wright DJ, Player RI

    The operation of a one tonne submerged combustion pilot plant for the recovery of copper from anode furnace and converter slags is described and the effects of variables discussed. Using coal as r

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AUSIMM
    MineSense technology empowering bucket resolution Mine to Mill reconciliation

    By M Haest, S Sandler, R Botha, H Lang, K Hume

    Benchmark practices in the mining industry include the establishment of Quality Programs — Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QAQC) — to monitor the correct execution of sampling protocols and con

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Increased Performance Through Flash Flotation and Cyclone Optimization

    By Rais SA

    In June, 1986, Freeport Indonesia, Inc., in conjunction with Out- okumpu USA, laboratory tested the Flash flotation concept on Primary ball mill underflow. These laboratory results indicated a possib

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    BHP Billiton West Australian Iron Ore Geometallurgy - Past, Present and Future

    By M Flanagan, T Sua, B Wright, T Carroll, B Van Dijken

    "BHP Billiton (BHPB) West Australian Iron Ore (WAIO) conducts an extensive geometallurgy (geomet) program for its iron ore deposits in the Pilbara. The geomet program provides accurate information to

    Sep 29, 2013

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    Fragmentation Control and Underground Automation

    Compared with modern longwall coal mining systems, automation has not been developed very far in the underground metal minin industry. One of the main reasons for this is that present har rock mining

    Jan 1, 1985

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    Dredger drop impact on slope stability – Hazelwood Mine

    By J Stipcevich, N Patel, J Faithful5, S Narendranathan, L Tatnell4

    ENGIE, the current owner and operator of the Hazelwood Open Cut coalmine, are in the process of rehabilitating the mine site in preparation for mine closure. Bucket wheel excavators (dredgers) used du

    Jun 21, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Key insights for the successful implementation of proximity detection and collision avoidance technology for reducing vehicle interaction risk – a surface technology provider perspective

    By C Hoffmann

    Given that each year, 30–40 per cent of mining industry deaths are attributable to failures of vehicle interaction controls (EMESRT, 2023), the mining industry is now armed with a growing body of know

    Apr 16, 2024