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Training our New Starters – Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceBy M Davis
Increasing growth in the minerals industry over the past decade has raised the question of whether the standard of training for new geologists has been negatively impacted. This hypothesis was tested
Aug 22, 2011
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Magnetite Production for the Coal IndustryBy Williams J. D
Magnetite has been used in coal processing for many years and it is likely that its use will continue well into the twenty first Century. While magnetite is only a minor cost component in coal proc
Jan 1, 1991
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Which Way is the Wind Blowing Today? A Control Strategy Which Considers Meteorological Effects on Tunnel VentilationBy D J. Gray
The 4 km long Huguenot Toll Tunnel in the Western Cape region of South Africa celebrated its tenth anniversary on 18 March 1998. At present a single (South) bore with bi-directional traffic flow is op
Jan 1, 1999
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Mining What's in it for New Zealand?By B M. H Sharp, R P. Hide, S P. Devine
Uncertainty and debate currently pervade the mining industry in New Zealand. The operational uncertainties, whether external (eg gold prices, the exchange rate), or internal (eg coal expansion difficu
Jan 1, 1985
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Geohazmap Implementation in Block Cave MinesBy S Talu, E Savage, S Howe
Major falls of ground, strainbursts, airblast and mudrush events are the major hazards in block caving environments, resulting in both safety and financial consequences and losses. Rio Tinto mines hav
May 9, 2016
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Rotary Drilling Automation Increasing Operator Productivity and Drilling QualityBy L Eriksson, D Penn, J Appelgren
Atlas Copco, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the mining and construction industries, is consistently pursuing its strategy to offer the most productive and economical solutions by cont
Sep 18, 2012
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Cooling on demand – the next step in ventilation automationBy F C. D Michelin
As mines get deeper, the critical underground temperature limits will be exceeded, and an increasing number of mines will need to implement, expand or modify cooling systems. Surface cooling plants ha
Oct 12, 2022
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The Testing of Autogenous Grinding in Laboratory and Pilot Scale and the Design of Full Scale Comminution CircuitsBy Morsky P, Kalapudas R, Natunen H, Virtanen M
The development of autogenous grinding modification in Outokumpu, known with the name 'Outogenius Comminution', was 'reversed'. At first the metallurgists studied and tested tens
Jan 1, 1993
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Smelting of different hydrogen-reduced bauxite residue-calcite pellets for iron and alumina recoveryBy J Safarian, M K. Kar
Bauxite residue is one of the most important by-products from the alumina industry with no commercial use till now. The utilisation of bauxite residue through pelletising with different lime additions
Jun 19, 2024
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Changing Over from Acid to Alkaline Circuit in Flotation Practice at the Mill of the Zinc Corporation Limited, Broken Hill, New South Wales, AustraliaFOR some time it has been recognised by the Metallurgical Staff that the presence of pyrite in the ore was adversely affecting the grades of the flotation concentrates.Following experimental work, it
Jan 1, 1930
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A Description of the Stripping and Re-Timbering f the Ivanhoe South Extended Shaft, with Work Incidental TheretoWith the post-war expansion of mmmg activities on its Western group of mines, the management of Lake View and Star Limited has commenced a project for the improvement of underground ventilation.The ma
Jan 1, 1948
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Drilling of Shallow Marine Sulfide-Sulfate Mineralisation in the South-Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, ItalyBy R Sharpe, M D. Hannington, K Perrin, K Simpson, S Petersen, H Gibson, N Augustin, K Lackschewitz, T Monecke
Semi-massive to massive sulfides were drilled in a shallow-water (630 m) hydrothermal system in an island arc volcanic setting at the Palinuro volcanic complex in the Tyrrhenian Sea,Italy. Overall 12.
Jan 1, 2008
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Some Aspects of Folding and Shearing at Mount IsaA statistical investigation of folding at Mount Isa disclosed similar patterns in both the shales and the "silica dolomite" zones. Analysis of these patterns yields 3 groups of folds fully d
Jan 1, 1961
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Aluminothermic production of silicon using different raw materialsBy M Zhu, G Tranell, N Simkhada, K Jakovljevic, M Wallin
Silicon is a vital element in many products today, such as electronic components, solar devices, high-quality alloys, and many others. The growing global demand highlights the need for the development
Jun 19, 2024
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Sulfidisation of Ilmenite Concentrates Contaminated with Chrome Spinels – A New Approach to Impurity SeparationBy M I. Pownceby
High temperature roasting studies on chrome-spinel contaminated ilmenite concentrates showed that sulfur, introduced through a sulfidising roast treatment, selectively reacted with the chromium in the
Oct 5, 2011
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Increasing stope recovery in an underground gold mine by using effective analysis, corrective action and employee engagement processesBy R F. Cota, C Freeman, A Heberle
"The Lamego mine is an underground gold mine in the Iron Ore Quadrangle in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The mine produces 48 to 50 koz per annum, as part of the larger Cuiabá-Lamego Complex. This combi
Oct 16, 2017
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Functional Performance of Ball Milling Circuits – A Plant Metallurgist’s Tool for Process Characterisation and OptimisationBy O Arafat, K M. Bartholomew
A voracious consumer of energy and grinding media, the modern ball milling circuit has a huge direct cost impact on a mineral processing operation. Through optimisation, grinding also has the potentia
Sep 1, 2014
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Iron Ore Final Grinding by High Pressure Grinding Rolls and Air ClassificationBy F P. van der Meer, E Lessing, E Matthies
High pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) technology is growing to be a common comminution tool in iron ore processing. The technology finds a wide acceptance and presents specific benefits in coarse ore gr
Jul 13, 2015
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The Implementation of FloatStar Grade-Recovery Optimisation Control Solutions using Blue Cube Online Grade Analysers on Industrial Flotation CircuitsBy D Phillpotts, S M. Mantsho, P Strobos
A challenge on many industrial flotation circuits is controlling concentrate mineral grades using measurements that are provided infrequently. The mineral grades in concentrate streams are a critical
Oct 29, 2012
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Control and Monitoring of International Organization for Standardization Compliance for Industrial Sampling SystemsBy R Shaw, T T. Neidel, C Adams
Sampling equipment manufacturers endeavour to ensure that the mechanical equipment installed in sampling systems are designed and manufactured to adhere to the requirements of the International Organi
Jul 29, 2014