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  • AUSIMM
    Managing remediation, and risk of failure, to complete extraction of a short life open pit

    By C E. Woolley, A Hosseini, J Foster

    Northern Star’s Thunderbox Open Pit C-Zone cutback was designed to maximise extraction in a short life excavation; In fresh rock on the western wall this included 20 m to 30 m bench heights with 6.5 m

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Past Achievements and Future Challenges in the Underground Coal Sector

    By B Robertson

    Over the 40 years that the author has been engaged in the Australian underground coal mining industry, there has been a continuous improvement in safety performance as the sector has grown in size and

    Jul 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Jacked Box Versus Cut and Cover Technique for the Pedestrian Underpass Construction in Brisbane

    By A Purwodihardjo

    Evaluation of the construction method used for the pedestrian underpass construction at Ipswich Road, Brisbane, Australia is presented in this paper. The pedestrian underpass was constructed through t

    Mar 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    An explosion of variety in the DeGrussa structural vineyard

    By P J. Willems, B J. Junor

    Blackwater Mine is in the central-southern Bowen Basin, immediately south of the township of Blackwater on the Capricorn Highway. The current open cut operation extracts coal from three main seams, de

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Geotechnical assessment for the waste rock backfilling of the decommissioned Rum Jungle Open Cut Pit

    By J Hartnett, B Tarrant, A Rayner, D O’Toole, P Davies

    Since 2009, the Northern Territory and Australian governments have been working under a national partnership arrangement to inform a rehabilitation plan for the former Rum Jungle uranium mine. Part of

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Automating Communications between Laboratories and Mines – A Case from the Coal Industry

    By S Mundell, J Armstrong, M Evans

    "Automation is a common goal within the coal industry for reasons such as efficiency, reliability and sustainability. However, it requires standards and frameworks so business systems can communicate

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Domains Concept – 20 Years on Retrospective, Obstacles and Opportunities for Effective Life-of-Mine Implementation

    By B E. McCarthy

    Red Dome Mine was a highly complex gold copper operation developed over a number of phases between mid-1986 to October 1997. With only three years of production ahead at any time, a proactive practica

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Current Drilling Practice at Isa Mine

    By Stevens P

    The Isa Mine of Mount Isa Mines Limited currently produces 5.4 million tonnes of copper ore and 3.3 million tonnes of silver, lead and zinc ore annually. Of this, 5.1 million tonnes of copper ore

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AUSIMM
    Effects of Initiation Delay Time on Narrow Reef Stope Blasting

    By Brinkmann J. R

    In the narrow stopes of South African gold mines, rockbreaking is carried out by drilling and blasting with safety fuse and igniter cord being used as the initiation system. The fuse/gniter cord sys

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AUSIMM
    The Minerals Sector and Sustainable Development in Saudi Arabia

    There is no doubt that the mining sector is considered to be the backbone of many countries. Furthermore, it has played an important role in the prosperity of nations, whether developed or developing.

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Rock Strength Anisotropy and Its Importance in Underground Geotechnical Design

    By M Sandy, A Vakili, J Albrecht

    Although rock strength anisotropy is a well-known phenomenon in rock mechanics, its impact on geotechnical design is often ignored. No widely accepted guideline currently exists for its characterisati

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Operational Experiences and Performance Assessment of HPGR Technology at Argyle Diamond Mine

    By C Morley, B Costello

    In 2002 the Argyle Diamond Mine upgraded the process plantÆs recrush circuit to include a High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR), or High Pressure Rolls Crushers (HPRC) as they are termed in the diamond i

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Leadership in Projects – A Recipe for Success

    By A A. Roberts, R F. Dewhirst

    "Extensive literature surveys, research in the project environment and personal experiences both within and consulting to project teams have revealed some consistent ‘people factors’ that contribute m

    Mar 8, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Segmental Tunnel Lining Breakouts and Cross Connection Tunnels – Adelaide Desalination Plant, Australia

    By L Drowley

    The Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADP) draws raw sea water into the facility and returns saline concentrate to the Gulf St Vincent via subsea conduits. This paper describes the detailed design and cons

    Mar 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    A guide to ground disturbance permitting and managing ESG risk

    By H Arvidson, B Spence, S Helm

    Mining is the art of disturbing ground. All phases of a mine’s life cycle from exploration to building and operating a mine, through closure, has a physical impact on the earth. There is currently inc

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Bulk carrier vessel tracking automation – the Dalrymple Bay use case

    By W Russell, P Wighton, J Franke

    Recent advances in ruggedised industrial control system technology and architecture in combination with latest technologies in the fast-evolving 3D LiDAR sensor sector becoming available have enabled

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    How the Global Experience and Reach of Tunnelling’s True Multinationals Helped Solve a Road Tunnel Fit-out Challenge

    By S Strong, L I. Sanz Vivanco, T Brown

    One of the most significant technical and practical challenges facing the tunnel construction team on the Legacy Way road tunnel project in Brisbane, Australia was how to erect the prestressed precast

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Removing some Subjectivity from Traditional BS 848 and ISO 5802 In Situ Fan Flow Tests

    Traditional in situ fan flow test methods under accepted standards require determinations to be made of both static pressures and total pressures during testing. This is to determine the resultant vel

    Jul 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Using technology to support best practice for tailings storage facilities (TSF) management, governance and disclosure

    By H Arvidson, A Walker, N Pollock

    Following the recent tailings tragedy in Brumadinho, the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative was formed representing institutional investors in the mining industry. This Initiative, led by

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Gas Evolution Trends for Coal from Two Different Areas at Clarence Colliery

    By J Sargeant, T Levi, J Theiler, B Beamish

    Two coal samples (810 Panel and Area 900) collected from Clarence Colliery have been tested under a controlled heating procedure to evaluate the gas evolution trends corresponding to increasing temper

    Aug 31, 2015