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  • AUSIMM
    Comparison of two and three‐dimensional seepage analysis in tailings dams – a case study

    By N Yarahmadi

    Characterization of pore pressure is critical for appropriate design of tailings dams. Furthermore, if seepage rates through tailing embankments increase unexpectedly or become uncontrolled, undesirab

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Conceptual Design of a Dry-stacked Coal Rejects Facility in a Subtropical Climate

    By A M. Barrett, P J. Chapman

    As filtering technology improves and there is an increased focus on environmental impacts, the concept of managing fine coal rejects by filtering, mixing with coarse rejects and dry stacking them is b

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    An Open Pit Multistage Mine Production Scheduling Model for Drilling, Blasting and Excavating Operations

    By S Q. Liu, E Kozan

    This paper proposes a new multiresource multistage scheduling problem for optimising the open pit drilling, blasting and excavating operations under equipment capacity constraints. The flow process is

    Nov 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Working within the Current Legislation and Economic Environment: What are the Implications for Efficient, Productive and Safe Operations?

    This is what I term ... the graveyard end of any Conference. It's almost over. Those of you remaining are either all talked out or past the information overload stage.

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Rock Deformation and Mineralization at Mount Isa

    By Hall G

    The Mount Isa silver-lead-,zinc deposit possesses a number of features which sets it apart from usual occurrences of ores containing those metals. The deposit has been described in vario:us papers, bu

    Jan 1, 1942

  • AUSIMM
    Building a Geometallurgical Model for Early-Stage Project Development – A Case Study from the Canahuire Epithermal Au-Cu-Ag Deposit, Southern Peru

    By R Baumgartner

    The Canahuire deposit is a recently discovered Au-Cu-Ag epithermal deposit in Southern Peru. A geometallurgy program is a key study element of the project Feasibility study. Metallurgical, mineralogic

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    In situ Stress Measurement Using Acoustic Emission from Cored Rock

    By G Baird, M Seto

    Reliable evaluation of in situ stress is an important phase in the analysis and design of underground excavations, particularly for evaluating the stability of underground structures to prevent failur

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Considerations on Quality Assurance/Quality Control and Sample Security

    By G Gosson

    An important requirement in every geological quality control program is that the identity and grades of the control samples (duplicates, certified reference materials (CRMs), and blanks) must remain æ

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    The 'Geophysical' Approach to Metallogeny of the Mt Isa Inlier - What Sort of Orebody do you Want?

    The discovery since 1990 of four major orebodies in the Mt Isa Inlier - Century Zn-Pb, Osborne Cu-Au, Cannington Pb-Zn and Ernest Henry Cu-Au - only serves to enhance the already high stature of th

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Effect of Pre-oxidation and Filtration on Cyanidation of Contaminated Gold from a Flotation Concentrate (677149c7-49e9-4819-8439-028f9085926e)

    By Sparrow GJ, Woodcock JT

    A sample of pyrrhotite flotation concentrate pulp assaying 15.3 g/t An, which had been prepared from an old tailing dump, was treated to extract the gold. Examination of the concentrate with an SEM sh

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AUSIMM
    Sensitivity Analysis and the Mine Development Decision

    Traditionally, the development of a mineral resource project goes through a fairly set pattern of decisions from what commodities to search for; where to look; how to locate; what are the reserves

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AUSIMM
    Life cycle GHG emission considerations in overland conveyor design

    By T Hicks

    Designers of mining facilities play a significant role in defining the overall mine greenhouse gas emissions performance. This demands an appreciation of all the greenhouse gas emissions sources, incl

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis of Early Warning Technologies Impact for Wall Failure Risk Management in Surface Mines

    By J Joy, A Bye, G V. Kizil

    This paper presents an application of the newly developed risk-cost-benefit (RCB) framework to support risk management decisions for the selection of wall monitoring technologies at an open cut mine s

    Sep 18, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Activities of NiO in Solid Solutions of Ternary System MgO-NiO-SiO2

    By Kuwasaki N, Mitsune Y

    Many activity measurements of components in liquid oxides have been reported in the field of slag chemistry. However, very little is known about the thermodynamic behavior of compo- nents in oxide

    Jan 1, 1980

  • AUSIMM
    The Golden Mile – 125 years of mining and the challenges posed for today’s mine geologist

    By M Watson, A V. Engelbrecht, E Murray-Hayden

    Whereas mine reconciliation is a well-established month-end process for most modern mining operations, the resource sector has yet to endorse uniform reporting factors against which model accuracy and

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Tailings Revegetation and Arsenic Levels in the Environment

    By D Craw

    Oceana Gold as part of their environmental strategy are looking at various methods for cost-effective revegetation of their tailings dams. Under the concept of revegetating the tailings this study loo

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    The CSA ventilation upgrade – geotechnical challenges and learnings

    By T M. Brettell, D Sidea

    The CSA Mine is located in Cobar, New South Wales and is operated by Glencore. Large scale underground production started from 1965, with zinc, lead, silver and copper extracted in the past. The curre

    Oct 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Negatively Geared Ore Reserves – A Major Peril of the Break-even Cut-off Grade

    "Recognising that the mining industry is wedded to the break-even cut-off grade rather than a cut-off grade that optimises value, the author examines some perils and pitfalls in the use of break-even

    Mar 8, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Mining Scenario Analysis and Mine Variable Value

    By B E. Hall, J Poniewierski, A J. Hills

    Following a review of life-of-asset work at MMG’s Rosebery mine in which a proposal to increase production from 0.8 Mt/a to 1.2 Mt/a was mooted, questions were raised as to the seemingly arbitrary rea

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    NO2:NOx Ratios in Australian Road Tunnels

    By P Gehrke, S O’Gorman

    The precise measurement of NO2 was historically difficult in road tunnels, hence criteria and design analysis was based on converting from NOx concentrations via a set NO2:NOx ratio. The reliable dire

    Sep 17, 2014