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Mining Operations and Slurry Pipelines Update and Future
By R. A. Hill, J. D. Pitts
"Long distance slurry pipeline systems have been successfully trans-porting steam coal, iron concentrates, copper concentrates and limestone for an aggregate of nearly 60 years and nearly three billio
Jan 1, 1978
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Human Aspects of Automation - The Diamond Drilling Case Study
By Helen Francis
Over the last decade, lower ore grades and deeper mine environments have demanded that mining companies develop new technologies (tools and processes) to ensure a mine?s economic sustainability. At In
May 1, 2002
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Effect of Grinding Operation on Product Morphology in Stirred Mills
By Bern Klein, Randy Blaskovich, Reem Roufail
"Morphology is a tool that is rarely used for mineral breakage mechanism evaluation. Ground particles are typically assessed for their size distribution. They are also visually analyzed using image an
Jan 1, 2011
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Development of Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu Mine
By John Frostiak
"Kahama Mining Corporation Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation, poured the first dore bar and filtered the first concentrate produced at the Bulyanhulu mine on February 28,
Jan 1, 2003
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Integrated Operations for Maximizing Results
By D. Schleiss
Reduced access to knowledgeable workers is creating challenges for operations. We are doing more 4D Operations - dirty, dull, dangerous, and distant. Personnel costs in these environments are high, an
Jan 1, 2014
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Cost-effective Air Separation Plants for the Mining and Mineral industry
By Goutam H. Shahani
Today, the mining and mineral sectors are being impacted by highly fluctuating supply ? demand, extreme price volatility and tremendous market uncertainty on a world-wide basis. This pattern is expect
Nov 1, 2011
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Convergence of Safety Technologies ISARC ? World Mining Congress 2013
Pressure for Better Safety Practices ? Increase Government Regulation ? Safety practices evolve from: ? Increased efficiency and performance ? More knowledgeable workforce ? Focus on decreasing
Aug 1, 2013
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The Use of Fibre Reinforced Shotcrete Fill Retaining Walls with Engineered Drainage System to Achieve Safe and Efficient Hydraulic Fill Placement in Underground Voids
Safe underground mine backfilling with hydraulic fill requires efficient fill drainage and stable fill retaining walls or bulkheads. If any or both the above two requirements are not satisfied, such
May 1, 2007
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Strategies for Mining in the Vicinity of the Creighton Fault at Vale?s Copper Cliff Mine
By Mehdi Razavi
Scope of the Study The possibility and risk associated with mining two stopes at the same time The influence of Creighton Fault on the stability and dilution The effect of irregular shape of stope
Oct 1, 2010
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Using Millmapper ™ to Reduce Milling Costs and Improve Performance
By Tom Gabardi, Peter Clarke
"MillMapperTM is a new 3D laser scanning technology that has only recently been introduced into the North American mining industry. It enables mill operators to gain a much more complete understanding
Jan 1, 2012
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The Development of a Novel Zinc Collector Using Both Lab and Mil Scale Trials
By D. E. M. Plaumann, B. S. Fee, R. D. Hansen, R. R. Klimpel
"The steps from experimental curiosity through to commercial product can be slow and tortuous in spite of the quality of the technological advances offered by the new development. Data generation and
Jan 1, 1990
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Properties and Potential Applications of Meso-Porous Gold
By Michael B. Cortie
Mesoporous gold sponge has the unique property of being both metallic and highly resistant to oxidation. It has potential application in catalysis, in bio-sensors, in optical coatings, in analytical c
Oct 1, 2003
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Online Elemental Analysis of Slurry Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
By Tano Balbin, Valery Astakhov, Juha Timperi, Lauri Koresaar
"Online elemental analysis is the basis of optimal flotation control in mineral concentrator plants. Traditionally XRF analyzers have been used as the online analysis method. However, online XRF analy
Jan 1, 2017
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The Importance of Water Utilization for Maximizing Grinding Circuit Classification System Efficiency
By Robert E. McIvor
"The Functional Performance Equation for ball milling circuits allows us to isolate the circuit classification system efficiency (CSE) from the mill’s grinding performance. The factors which affect ci
Jan 1, 2009
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Terraflow: A Cost-effective Alternative Binderin Backfill Application
By Ike Isagon
Outline 1.Background Sudbury Backfill Operations 2.Alternative Binder 3.Alternative Binder Trial Process Flow Diagram ?Laboratory Results ?Plant Trial ?Final Evaluation and Approval ?Manageme
Nov 1, 2011
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Simulating the Mine-Mill Interface
By J. A. Meech, G. R. Baiden
"A dynamic simulation of a mine-mill complex has been conducted using networked microcomputers (IBM PC/AT and IBM PC/XT). These models allow simultaneous operation of an open pit using shovels and tru
Jan 1, 1987
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The JORC Code —Maintaining the standard (5ac53f1e-7e19-4af1-878c-db9069b75b44)
By P. R. Stephenson
"The Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves (JORC Code) has been operating successfully for 14 years, and has an ancestry dating back over 30 years. Together with comple
Jan 1, 2004
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Error Associated with the Sampling of Gold Ores
By Raphaël Mermillod-Blondin, Claude Bazin
"Sampling is an important step for ore body evaluation and daily plant material balances. The Gy’s equation is regularly used to assess the size of the samples to be collected and to estimate the repr
Jan 1, 2012
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Improving Sulphide Recoveries in Complex Gold Ore Bodies Using Cost Effective Pre-Concentration by Gravity
By Yaw Boadi, Andrew McCallum, Sandy Gray, Yavuz Atasoy, Peter Wemyss
"Various full-scale test programs and installations of the InLine Pressure Jig (IPJ) have provided evidence that pre-concentration of the difficult to leach sulphide mineral through gravity can provid
Jan 1, 2004
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Improvements in Dust Control Technology in the Precious and Base Metals Industries
By David R. Macedon
"Through the years, a wide variety of dust control methods have been utilized at mineral processing operations. While some have been successful, many have been highly ineffective. Dust Control systems
Jan 1, 2004