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The basics of grinding circuit optimisationBy A Giblett, B Putland
This paper provides a simple guiding framework for grinding circuit optimisation, focussing on common themes in past optimisation success stories, the conditions for success and techniques that can be
Aug 29, 2018
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Process optimization of Mount Morgan gold tailing retreatment plantBy Hampshire MJ
The tailing retreatment project rated at 10 000 t/day commenced operations in October 1982. The operation consists of dredging, feed preparation, cyanide leaching and carbon-in-pulp (CIP) gold reco
Jan 1, 1986
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Investing in new process improvement technology: reducing the risk of implementation – a way forwardBy S H. Algie, E J. Knoblauch, I A. Lovatt, S G. Doig
Mill operating teams are expected to engage in a perpetual quest for process improvement – pushing the boundaries of practical process limits and testing new technology to achieve the next step-change
Aug 29, 2018
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Monitoring and Control in the Recirculation of Underground Ventilation AirBy Walker K, Burton RC
An outline of the ventilation and refrigeration requirements of deep South African gold mines is presented. This is followed by a brief description of the history of controlled recirculation in mines
Jan 1, 1985
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Exploring the Use of Fibre Reinforced Shotcrete in Large Diameter ShaftsBy D J. Kilkenny, D A. O’Toole, P B. Hills, K L. Seah
An investigation was undertaken to critically analyse the use of fibre reinforced shotcrete (FRS) for a variety of applications in large diameter shafts. Those applications included the use of FRS wit
Nov 5, 2014
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Bolivia - A New FrontierBolivia, due to its turbulent past with a history of constant military coups, has given an image of complete instability to the foreign investor. The effects of this have been several fold, the majo
Jan 1, 1991
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Technology change by regulation – a cresting wave?By J D. Pease, J M. I Tuppurainen, P D. Munro
This paper examines how legislation and regulation can be external drivers of technical change in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy and how the industry can respond. Two examples are consid
Sep 11, 2017
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Flotation of Unclassified Ball Mill Discharge for the Recovery of the Lead and Zinc ConcentratesThe sulphide ore occurring in the North Mine at Broken Hill is of a complex nature, consisting of an intimate mixture of argentiferous galena, marmatite (zinc-iron sulphide), and gangue minerals. A ty
Jan 1, 1933
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Concentrating Practice of the Broken Hill South Limited, Broken Hill, New South Wales, AustraliaBy Read T. A
THE Broken Hill South Ltd. is one of ten companies operating on the Broken Hill lode (See Fig. 1). It has two leases-Blocks 7 and 8-of a total length of 2250 ft. on strike of lode.From the surface to
Jan 1, 1921
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The Solvent Extraction of Uranium from SlurriesA 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
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Characterisation of Coal Micro-Structure Using Scanning Electron MicroscopyBy 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
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Real Time Mine Management Systems - Delivering Value Adding Information to the Mining WorkplaceThe Macquarie Dictionary defines `information' as: knowledge communicated or received concerning some fact or circumstance; (in communicating theory): a quantitative measure of the contents of
Jan 1, 1995
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Australian Participation in the Ocean Drilling Program: an Economic Geology Perspective (Australian ODP Secretariat, Department ofEarth Sciences)By Rowena C. Duckworth
The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) is the largest international geoscience project in the world, and the state-of-the-art drill ship, the JOIDES Resolution, is permanently at sea. Each year there are s
Jan 1, 1995
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Reducing the Cost of Drill and Blast Tunnel Work by Use of Tunnel Operations AnalysersBy Maidl B
A tunnel operations analyser is a new high technol- ogy instrument for use in underground work. By remotely sensing the acoustic emissions from operating machines and processes in a tunnel or shaft
Jan 1, 1987
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Not for the Faint-HeartedBy J Whittle
This paper describes what is involved in carrying out a comprehensive optimisation of a long-term operating schedule for a mining complex. It details the data that must be assembled and discusses the
Nov 24, 2014
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Transfer Function – New Method to Accurately Predict Resonant Frequencies of a HighwallBy R Osterman
As mining companies have to go deeper in search of ore and coal, the importance of protecting the highwall increases. Wall fatigue also increases with importance of the long life expectancy of a highw
Aug 24, 2015
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Sampling Systems for Process Control and Metallurgical AccountingBy F F. Pitard
The optimisation of a metallurgical plant requires two kinds of sampling systems. The first provides samples to follow process changes, so in due time actions to maintain key parameters within pre-est
Jul 29, 2014
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Case History of the Discovery of the Hishikari Gold Deposit, JapanThe 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
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Aligning Resource Estimates with Mine PlanningBy D Kentwell
A resource model serves two main purposes depending on the stage of a project. The first is to provide an early indication of likely tonnages and grades at certain cut-offs so that decisions can be ma
Nov 24, 2014
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Above/Belowground Feedback May Facilitate and Sustain Mono-Dominance on Rehabilitated North Stradbroke IslandBy V Glenn, P McKenna, H Vickers, P Audet, M J. Gillespie, A Gravina, D R. Mulligan
A requisite corollary of mineral sand mining on North Stradbroake Island (Queensland (Qld), Australia) has been the progressive rehabilitation of post-mined lands for the revegetation of native subtro
Jul 10, 2012