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  • AUSIMM
    Design and Construction of Large Caverns in Granite – Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project, Malaysia

    By B Chapman, B Gaida, L Drowley

    The 372 MW Ulu Jelai Hydroelectric Project is a peaking power scheme located in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. The main features of the project include an 84 m high roller compacted concrete dam; tw

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Rational Sampling and Standard Deviations for Random Variables in Phase I Application of Statistical Process Control

    By W P. Breytenbach

    "The phased application of statistical process control (SPC) infers that processes are classifiable as pre-SPC (or phase zero), phase I and phase II processes, with different objectives being pursued

    Jul 29, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Insights from evidence-based safety analyses

    By M Hassall

    There is a plethora of activities that have been, and continue to be, performed to improve the health, safety and well-being of workers involved in resource industry activities. These activities inclu

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Goafstream Sampling and the Barometer

    By M Brady

    "It has long been recognised that the barometer infl uences areas of underground coal mines that havebeen sealed off from the current, or active, mine workings but it appears litt le formal research h

    Jun 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Guidelines for Selecting Pellet Plant Technology

    By J Bolen, I Cameron, M Huerta, M Okrutny, K O’Leary

    As greater amounts of fine iron ore concentrates enter the marketplace, new investments in iron ore pelletising capacity are inevitable to deliver these concentrates to steel industry consumers. When

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Secondary Ventilation as a Value Proposition – A Case Study

    By A Golsby

    Both primary and secondary ventilation is important in underground mining. Secondary ventilation refers to the provision of ventilation to development ends, stopes and services facilities, which const

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    How innovation trumps isolation, one mine at a time

    By J Pearce, R Ramanathan

    hortly after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the words ‘social distancing’ entered the global lexicon. The effects on the public of social distancing, lockdowns and travel

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    No assumptions, no surprises

    By G Deans, M Longbottom

    OZ Minerals’ Carrapateena mine is one of Australia’s newest ‘greenfield’ mining deposits. It will be a 4.25 Mtpa sub level cave underground operation, with an estimated mine life of 20 years. The inte

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Case study of a practicable, risk-based solution in response to new regulatory approaches to Mining Health and Safety using Queensland Recognised Standard 22 (Management Structure for the development and implementation of the SHMS)

    By S Amor, A Beasley

    This paper provides an example of how industry can respond to the implementation of new regulatory approaches to mining risk, health and safety by adopting a robust, practical, software-based approach

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Safety and Production – The Transition to Electronic Detonators at George Fisher Mine

    By M Breen

    In 2009, George Fisher mine began to seriously consider the transition from pyrotechnic detonators to electronic detonators. Initially, the electronic detonators were used for complex crown shots or a

    Nov 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Large Diameter Core Sampling

    By P J. Jacobs

    FORACO is the third-largest global drilling services company, and recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The company’s historical roots are in French-speaking West Africa, delivering hydrogeologica

    Jul 29, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Ventilation Design for Xstrata Copper's Ernest Henry Underground Project Prefeasibility Study

    The Ernest Henry Mine is an open pit copper-gold mining operation located in north-west Queensland, Australia. It is owned and operated by Xstrata Copper with a current concentrator throughput of appr

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Application of Ground Magnetic Surveys over Heavy Mineral Sand Strands to Increase Confidence in the Interpreted Continuity of the Modelled Resources

    By V O’Brien

    The suitability of magnetic surveys flown at low altitudes to identify buried heavy mineral (HM) strands has long been accepted. This is despite the low intensity magnetic response often obtained from

    Oct 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Conveying of Paste Backfill ù Focusing on Zero Harm on the Environment at Cannington

    The BHP Billiton Cannington Mine uses paste as the principal method of backfill. The paste consists of mine tailings and cement. The pastefill process at Cannington includes a surface plant where the

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Visual Computing and Mine Design

    Visual computing opens the design process to a wider audience and allows rapid communication of mine plans to all stakeholders. The integration of software and hardware technologies that take advantag

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Technology of Dust Suppression by Foam for Fully Mechanised Heading Face

    By H Wang, D Wang

    Mine dust is the most serious occupation hazard in coalmines. And many coal workers suffer from pneumoconiosis because of long-term inhalation of respirable dust. Reducing the dust concentration of wo

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    A novel fluorescence sensor for the detection of fluorine bearing minerals in base metal ores

    By J E. Moffatt, N A. Spooner, T J. de Prinse, D J. Ottaway, E Klantsataya, L d. S Teixeira, B W. Smith, T B. Payten, G Tsiminis

    Single wavelength fluorescence sensing has been used in the preconcentration of ores for many years in situations where it is typically specific to the mineral of interest. Examples of fluorescence se

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    From Blasthole to Reverse Circulation Sampling – Changing Grade Control Methods at Black Star Open Cut Zinc-Lead Mine, Mount Isa, Queensland

    By B Young

    Variable bench heights, interaction with underground workings and a steeply dipping orebody are challenges faced daily by geologists at Xstrata Zinc’s Black Star Open Cut (BSOC) Zinc/Lead/Silver mine

    Aug 22, 2011

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    The significant role inattention plays in safety incidents

    By C Sylvestre

    For the last 50 years, traditional safety management has improved safety performance by: • Fixing the environment (eliminating the hazard). • Improving the system (more/less rules, procedures etc). •

    May 5, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    New occurrence of banded iron formations in the Minvoul Region, Ntem Complex (Northern Gabon)

    By M Iglesias-Martínez

    The potential for iron ore in the Central African Archean belts has received much less attention by comparison to their equivalents in other cratonic regions of West Africa, South Africa, Australia an

    Sep 18, 2023