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Physical modelling of tailings dam breach: exploring overtopping following shear failureBy W A. Take, M McKellar, A Walsh, S McDougall, S G. Evans
Recent tailings dam failures have heightened public awareness of the hazard posed by storage facilities for mining waste, illustrating the need for a more critical examination of tailings dam breach m
Jul 1, 2021
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A new cut-off grade method to maximise resource utilisation of underground metalliferous mining operationsBy M Nehring, M Kizil, P Knights, A Mousavi, F Sotoudeh
A cut-off grade is used to distinguish an economically viable block of ore from non-economical ones in mining operations. In order to obtain a high Net Present Value (NPV), a strategic and precise det
Nov 10, 2020
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Paper No. 197. Notes on Tin Sluicing in Tasmania.IN this paper an attempt is made to describe the sluicing operations on the tin fields of north-eastern Tasmania. No claim is made to completeness, for much of the ground has already been covered, and
Jan 1, 1911
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Stratigraphy of the Marra Mamba Iron Formation within the Chichester Range and its Implications for Iron Ore Genesis at Roy Hill - Evidence from Deep Diamond Drill Holes within the East Fortescue ValleyBy P Hawke, J Hurst, B KrapeP
Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (HPPL) drilled two deep diamond stratigraphic holes (ECD0001 and RHD0296) within the eastern Fortescue Valley in the Pilbara of Western Australia. Located south of the Roy
Aug 12, 2013
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Broken Hill - A Test Bed for Geology and TechnologyBy D H MACKENZIE
In common with several great orebodies and mineral camps around the world Broken Hill has been the subject of state-of-the-art technical and scientific scrutiny during its long working life. During
Jan 1, 1992
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Paper No. 185. Presidential Address. Statistics And Economics.GENTLEMEN, I have to thank you very much for the honour you have conferred upon me by electing me President of the Institute for this year. On behalf of resident members, I have to offer the visitors
Jan 1, 1911
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The importance and abundance of lichens and mosses on the restored landscape in the nickel-copper city of Sudbury, Ontario, CanadaBy S Wainio, P J. Beckett, T Miller
Lichens are a symbiosis of fungi and algae. Air borne elements and gases are absorbed very efficiently over the entire surface of the lichen, because they have no protective structures such as a waxy
Aug 2, 2023
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Using Reverse Circulation Drilling to Improve Sampling in a Complex Underground Gold Operation – An Innovative Approach to Underground Grade Control at the Sunrise Dam Mine, Western AustraliaBy F Clark, J T. Carswell
Ore definition for final stope planning is often a challenging prospect in underground (UG) gold mines which exhibit high geological and grade variability. Unlike the grade control (GC) scenario in an
Aug 18, 2014
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The Challenger Gold MineBy M Sandy, P Bamford
The Challenger Gold deposit was discovered in 1995 by Dominion Mining Ltd in a remote western area of the Gawler Craton in South Australia. Mine development commenced in 2002 with initial production f
Jan 1, 2008
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Lithium ore processing – an overview of the current and new processesBy N Setoudeh, A Nosrati, N J. Welham
The current surge of interest in lithium (Li) is due to the anticipated demand for electric vehicles and small scale power storage. Brine deposits contain most of the global Li resource, however hard
Sep 11, 2017
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Trajectory Design and Economic Analysis of Asteroid Mining Missions to Asteroid 2014 EK24By S Dorrington, J Olsen, N Kinkaid
Several studies have been conducted on the economic analysis of mining near-Earth asteroids for resources for use in Earth orbit. While these studies use detailed economic figures of merit, they often
Nov 4, 2015
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Physical and Technical Evaluation of Possibility Using Low-density Explosives in Smooth BlastingBy I Y. Maslov, S A. Gorinov
It was demonstrated that the stable propagation of the explosive process is possible in low-density emulsion explosives (EEs) obtained through mixing of emulsion with a significant amount of expanded
Aug 24, 2015
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High-Grade Uranium Mining at McArthur River, Saskatchewan, CanadaBy T Davis
Cameco Corporation operates the high-grade 140 tpd fly-in/fly-out underground McArthur River Uranium Mine in Northern Saskatchewan in a joint venture with Cogema Resources Inc. Reserve grade is in exc
Jan 1, 2002
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Recent Advances in the Simulation of Mineral Processing Circuits Using Artificial IntelligenceBy van der Walt TJ, van Deventer JSJ, Reuter MA
Owing to their complexity, many metallurgical processes are difficult to model fundamentally, and as a result more attention has been focused on the use of artificial intelligence techniques to simu
Jan 1, 1993
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A Review of BHP - Utah Coal Limited's Dragline Stripping OperationsBHP-Utah Coal Limited operates 33 draglines of varying sizes in the Bowen Basin of Central Queensland. The group's operations with draglines commenced in 1963 with the establishment of opencut
Jan 1, 1989
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Enhancing energy efficiency and reducing water consumption in TowerMill circuit through design and optimisationBy H Ishikawa, S Palaniandy
The gravity-induced stirred mill such as the TowerMill is an energy-efficient grinding solution used in secondary, tertiary, and regrinding duties in the mineral processing concentrator. The interest
Aug 24, 2022
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Thermal analysis of molten salts and their mixtures with metalsBy S Gezgin, F Beckstein, M Müller, D Rapp, D Sergeev, J Qi, A Lichtinger
Salts and their mixtures play an important role for industrial and energy sectors, eg metallurgy, biomass gasification and combustion, nuclear and solar powerplants and electrochemical processes. Depe
Aug 21, 2024
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The Role of Surface Silanol Groups in Flotation Separation of Quartz from Feldspar using Nonionic SurfactantsBy Nakahiro Y, Wakamatsu T
In the present study, from experimental results, a new concept of possibility of flotation separation of quartz from feldspar is presented. The effect of the nonionic surfactant Brij 58 on the flota
Jan 1, 1993
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Physical and Mechanical Characterisation of Paste Backfill by Laboratory and In-Situ Testing (6467738c-7044-43a0-9a73-ca12bdc18202)By Bidwell TJ, Servant S
Paste back-fill technology is gaining rapid acceptance in the Canadian mining industry. The authors were able to work on four different mining sites employing paste technology in their operation. In
Jan 1, 1998
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A Methodology for Rock Mass Characterisation to Control Blast-induced VibrationsBy A Karrech, E Hamdi
The uncertainty of geomaterials properties is commonly encountered in resource engineering applications, especially in mining engineering where the rock mass texture, joints, fractures and damage zone
Aug 24, 2015