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  • AUSIMM
    Current Status and Future Trends of Monitoring Technology for Drills

    By Vynne J. F

    Drill monitors for blasthole and exploration drills have been available to the mining industry since the 1970s. The early monitors were pen strip chart recorders which were developed for the oil drill

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Geostatistical Texture Modelling in Enhancing Ore Reserve Estimation in Base Metal Deposits

    By Dimitrakopoulos R

    Ore textures in base metal deposits are an important factor in the liberation of the economic components of the ore, metal recovery and reagent consumption during beneficiation. Optimising the mine

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Mitigating Geothermal Hazards at Lihir Gold Mine

    By R Rodriguez, S Gumo

    The Lihir Gold Mine, in Papua New Guinea, is a large open pit operation within an active geothermal system inside a collapsed volcanic crater. This unique setting has a big impact on the mine operatio

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Characterisation of Coal Micro-Structure Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

    By Beamish B. B

    In this study, a systematic examination of the scale and variety of micro-structures in coal using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) has been carried out, using coal samples of differing stages of

    Jan 1, 1991

  • AUSIMM
    Resource Evaluation of Nuggety Slate-Hosted Gold-Quartz Reefs

    By A E. Annels, G F. Johansen, B W. Cuffley

    Nuggety gold-quartz reefs are characterised by localised, high-grades and in many cases coarse free-gold. Geometrical and grade complexities are often observed. The high-grade regions are generally er

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Successfully Implementing Technology-driven Change in the Mining Environment

    By B McCarthy

    Mining has been typified of late as a boom and bust, cyclical industry operating against a steady decline in the size and quality of mineral deposits. Decreasing deposit grades and increasing costs of

    Jun 22, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    The Application of Special Stainless Steels in the Smelting and Refining of Non Ferrous Metals

    By Bukovinsky SB

    The smelting, refining and hydrometallurgical operations practised in the winning of non-ferrous metals are associated with severe aqueous and high temperature corrosion problems.With the increasing c

    Jan 1, 1985

  • AUSIMM
    Corrosion behaviour of ferrite and aluminate refractories in cryolitealuminium melts

    By M A. Rhamdhani, R Z. Mukhlis

    Removing the ledge formation in the Hall-Heroult cell during the electrolysis process may significantly reduce the energy requirement of the aluminium production process. In the absence of the ledge,

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    A review of the AARL process for the elution of gold from activated carbon

    By Schmidt CG

    Parameters affecting gold elution using the AARL process are reviewed and critically analyzed in an attempt to optimise metallurgical efficiency and minimise costs in both current and future carbon

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Recovery and Removal of Uranium by Using Biosubstances

    By Nakajima A

    Some attempts were made to recover uranium from aqueous systems by using various biosubstances including microbial biomass. Of hundreds species of microorganisms tested, extremely high uranium absor

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Mining Zinc-Rich Massive Sulphide Deposits on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

    The Myra Falls minesite, of Westmin Resources Limited, is located at the geographic centre of Vancouver Island, within the confines of Strathcona Provincial Park. The operation includes two active u

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Case History of the Discovery of the Hishikari Gold Deposit, Japan

    The 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

  • AUSIMM
    The Solvent Extraction of Uranium from Slurries

    A great range of contacting equipment is used in solvent extraction. However, a tower filled with a regular packing offers many advantages in the direct extraction from slurries. A study was made of

    Jan 1, 1969

  • AUSIMM
    The Practical Design of a Hydraulic Hoist

    The intention of this work was to con struct a machine on a pilot scale which could hoist a mixture of ore and water through a height of 300 metres and to operate the mach- ine to determine the para

    Jan 1, 1973

  • AUSIMM
    The successful deployment of a fatal risk system, designed for the front-line

    By C J. Pitzer

    The prevention of fatal risks is a key objective for the global resources industry, especially considering poor performance with regard to fatality rate reduction and the continued occurrence of mine

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    The Practice of Engineering Geology in the Planning and Construction of the City of Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

    By de Vries D, Wilson EG, Henderson GAM, Carter EK

    Canberra is a planned city in which the natural environment, rather than existing development and land tenure, has until recent times at least, imposed the major constraints to development. Even r

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of the Peak Gold Mine’s Processing Plant through Advanced Process Control

    By J Hartog, V Beehan, D Beeson

    Treating an ore blend from five different deposits at Newgold’s Peak Gold Mine (PGM) has always been a challenge due to the inherent variability between each of the orebodies.Operating the processing

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Building Stone Industry - Its Resurgence in Otago

    Dimension stone is the term generally given to rock used in building construction. During early European history in Otago, locally available dimension stone products were easily obtained. Crude rock s

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    The Chemical Basis of Flotation (4f77fd10-2462-403e-873d-32f147f6cfd3)

    Dr Wark said: I have not come to Broken Hill to tell you how to conduct flotation operations; indeed, during my short stay here I have already learned much concerning the process, of the many difficul

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Thermal Coal Industry – Is Longwall Mining Currently a Life-of-mine Option in Australia?

    By T W. C Stambolie

    Longwall mining is a form of underground mining and the principal extraction method for underground coal mining in Australia. The method is used in the mining of both thermal and metallurgical coal. T

    Jun 28, 2016