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Re-opening of Mining at Mt LyellThe Mt Lyell Mine at Queenstown, Tasmania was re-opened in 1995 by Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mt Lyell Mining Co Ltd. The re-opening followed over 100 years of copp
Jan 1, 1998
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Goldilocks – value of information for geoscience applied to coal in tactical time horizonsBy D Lucato, B Haase, R Saha, S Limberger-Forte, J Lishman
Cadia East Mining operations have employed geometallurgical techniques to advance the understanding of the in situ rock hardness variability across existing Panel Caves (PC). Geometallurgy advances th
Mar 22, 2022
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Caterpillar 3500 Series Engines for Off Highway TrucksA new engine family has been developed by Caterpillar Tractor Co. for application in off-highway trucks. This family, the 3500 Series is available in three configurations, covering a 600-1200 kilow
Jan 1, 1982
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Prediction of Burden at the Sungun Copper Mine by Artificial Neural NetworkBy H Khoshrou, A Siamaki
Blast designs can have productive and non-productive impacts on downstream stages, mine productivity and operating costs. On the other hand, ground vibration, fragmentation, and back break caused by b
Sep 26, 2011
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An innovative application of LJC Automatic Magnetic Flotation Separator in magnetite processingBy L Ding, B Xu, C Wang
In this paper, we introduce the term ‘LJC’ to refer to the LJC Automatic Magnetic Flotation Separator, which is an advanced technology developed by Longi Magnet, integrating various techniques such as
Sep 18, 2023
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Air Pollution - Risdon Works of Electrolytic Zinc Company of Aust. Ltd.The metallurgical works of the Electrolytic Zinc Company is situated on the Derwent Estuary, approximately five miles north of the city of Hobart and near a relatively dense housing area. Zinc conce
Jan 1, 1971
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Production of an Iron Ore Super-Concentrate From the Samarco Concentrator Via FlotationBy A E. C Peres, J D. Donda
With the aim of producing a concentrate with silica content lower than 1.0 per cent SiO2, laboratory experiments were conducted using a sample of the final concentrate from the Samarco iron ore flotat
Jan 1, 2005
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New Methods for Quantifying Geology and Geological Engineering Risk in Large-Scale Deep Tunnelling – Both in Design and in the Build PhaseBy D FitzGerald
A critical component of any new tunnel design in a complex geological setting is the development of an integrated three-dimensional (3D) geology model with a full set of geotechnical properties of the
Mar 8, 2011
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The Toka Tindung Gold Project Northern Sulawesi, IndonesiaBy Tuckey SH, Wake BA, Ariti J
Astute exploration on the northern Minahasa Peninsula, North Sulawesi, resulted in the discovery of the Toka Tindung, Pajajaran, Blambagan and Araren low-sulphidation quartz-adularia vein and stockwor
Jan 1, 1997
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Making Sure that the Amount of Grade Variation is a Known KnownBy G K. Robinson
Variations in many aspects of physical and chemical grade are often of concern to mining operations and mineral processing plants. In most circumstances these amounts of variation are predictable. At
May 24, 2012
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Infrared Spectroscopic Drill Core Logging - Making Inroads to Deposit Scale 3D MineralogyBy A Hacket, M Haest, I Vitins
Infrared spectroscopy has the ability to accurately measure mineralogy of drill cores, allowing for better spatial characterisation of iron ore deposits and potentially improving the prediction of key
Aug 12, 2013
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Energy complexities in complex orebodiesBy M Ziemski
The provision and management of energy in both fuel and electricity forms is an increasingly important consideration for mines. Pressures from communities, governments and markets are increasing towar
Nov 21, 2018
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Some Basic Features of the Dongshan Terrane, Fujian Costal Region of ChinaBy Huafu L, Ruishi N, Hongnian Y, Qinglong Z, Yangshen S
The Dongshan terrane was first recognized in 1984 (Guo,et al., 1984, 1989) as an old continental crust block of migmatized granitic gneiss in the Southeast Coastal Hercynian-Indosinian orogen, and it
Jan 1, 1990
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Rotary Blast Hole Drills a ComaparisonThis data is intended to provide a quantative cost comparison of one 40 800 kg. pull down rotary blast hole drill versus two smalter drills in the 18 100 kg. pull down class. While this cost anal
Jan 1, 1986
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Commissioning New Equipment in Continuously Operating PlantsOver the past 5 years, Bougainville Copper Limited has undertaken a number of major plant expansions to the copper concen- trate production plant at Bougainville in the North Solomons Province of P
Jan 1, 1986
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Chemical Degradation of the Refractory Lining During Vacuum Refining of Stainless SteelsBy P Wollants, B Blanpain, R Ding
Vacuum oxygen decarburisation (VOD) is the refining process used by ALZ (Genk, Belgium) for their production of stainless steels. The process consists of three stages: oxygen blowing at a pressure of
Jan 1, 2000
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Tectonic Controls on Magmatic-Hydrothermal Gold Mineralisation in the Magmatic Arcs of SE Asia and the SW PacificBy R Hall
The magmatic arcs of SE Asia and SW Pacific contain some of the worldÆs major magmatic-hydrothermal gold deposits. Most gold deposits in SE Asian and SW Pacific arcs formed during periods of plate reo
Jan 1, 2005
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Advancements in Condition Monitoring on Mill Drive Trains for Proactive Maintenance and Early Fault Detection PurposesBy T Roesch, M Neurohr, S Stratton
"Dwindling commodity prices are forcing today’s mining operations to increase output. Sometimes the solution is to upgrade the existing infrastructure; however, in most cases it has to be achieved wit
Oct 10, 2016
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Microbiology of an Industrial-Scale Chalcocite Heap Bioleaching OperationBy J J. Plumb, P D. Franzmann
A study was conducted to describe the microbiology of the MICCL Monywa chalcocite heap bioleaching operation. Microorganisms were detected in the heap using culture-based techniques and cultureindepen
Jan 1, 2004
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Virtual Reality Scientific Visualisation – A Solution for Big Data Analysis of the Block Cave Mining SystemBy J Tibbett, A Colebourn, B Hebblewhite, F Suorineni
The concept of Big Data refers to data sets that are so large, variable and/or complex that traditional data processing applications struggle to integrate the data for effective investigation, analysi
Nov 4, 2015