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  • AUSIMM
    Current Project of the Geological Survey of Queensland in Northern Queensland

    By Kay JR

    In 1984 a new Regional Geological Mapping Program (RGMP) was commenced by the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ); the new program was in response to the withdrawal of the Bureau of Mineral Resource

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Getting Value From R&D

    New knowledge has no economic value unless it can be applied, or æcapturedÆ, as the R&D jargon has it. Australia probably spends more than $500 m per year on mineral industry R&D, distributed amongst

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Application of steel bollards for managing the hazards associated with open stopes, Waihi Underground Operations

    By C E. Gawith

    The Waihi underground mining operation currently mines epithermal veins ranging from two metres up to ten metres in width using a ‘Modified Avoca’ stoping method. This method consists of longhole benc

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    The Hishikari Gold Deposit A Case History and Present Status of Exploration

    By Ibaragi K

    High grade ores were intersected in 1981 by a scout drill carried out by the Metal Mining Agency of Japan during a reconnaissance dril ling programme. The original aim of the hole was to explore

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Automated Location of Gold in Samples from Australian Concentrators

    By Sparrow G. J

    In a recently completed AMIRA project, 20 samples were searched for gold mineralisation using the automated location facility (ALF) for rare phases on a scanning electron microscope in the CSIRO Div

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Improvements in Process Control and Instrumentation at Batu Hijau

    By B Dunstan, F Wirfiyata

    PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) operates the Batu Hijau copper and gold mine and process plant on the island of Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara (Barat)  NTB, Indonesia. The plant consists of a nominal ca

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Morro do Ouro Geological Model with a Metallurgical View

    By Y Akiti, J Moller, E Esper, R Rugolo, A Pains

    "Morro do Ouro Mine is a high tonnage/low-grade mine located in Paracatu, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The mines move around 55 Mt of ore per year at an average grade of 0.4 g/t. The auriferous mineral

    Sep 29, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    An Analysis of the Geological Factors Leading to Outburst-Prone Conditions at Collinsville, Queensland

    By Rogis J

    The basic parameters causing outbursts are rock pressure, gas characteristics and the physico-mechanical properties of the coal. The three sets of factors are to some degree interdependent. At Colli

    Jan 1, 1980

  • AUSIMM
    Molten Salt Process for Debismuthising Lead

    By Denholm WT

    The Dittmer process for the debismuthising of lead by electrolysis beneath molten caustic soda has been scaled up to 100 kg lots for batchwise operation and to 20 kg per hour for a continuous flow

    Jan 1, 1975

  • AUSIMM
    Vivien Mine modelling back analysis to forecast ground conditions and ground support

    By J Player, P Mikula, G Sweby

    A numerical modelling back-analysis exercise was carried out at a WA gold mine at which early signs of seismicity (rock noise, scatts from active faces) were becoming apparent as depth of mining incre

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Vaporization During the Combustion of a Complex Copper Concentrate

    A laminar-flow furnace technique was used to study the combustion of 37-53 µm size fraction of Woodlawn copper concentrate containing 7.4 per cent zinc, 5.0 per cent lead and 22.5 per cent copper

    Jan 1, 1985

  • AUSIMM
    Advances in Optical Image Analysis of Iron Ore Sinter

    By S Hapugoda, M Peterson, A Haileslassie, A Poliakov, E Donskoi, L Lu

    Most metallic iron in the world is produced in blast furnaces from different feed stocks – sinter, lump ore and pellets. Sinter is the main iron-containing feed to the blast furnace and can constitute

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Equilibrium distribution of Pb between copper metal and slags

    By C Chen, T Kan

    The distribution ratio of Pb (LPb s/m) between three types of slags (FeOx–SiO2, CaO–FeOx and FeOx– CaO–SiO2) and molten copper after equilibrium was measured at 1300°C and oxygen partial pressure (pO2

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Mid Sampling and Reserve Estimation Practice in the Base Metal Orebodies

    The Mount Isa mine in North West Queens- land produces a total of nearly 10 million t/yr from separate copper and silver lead zinc orebodies. Sampling information is mainly obtained from diamond dr

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Exploration of Porphyry Copper Lithocaps (7b4c8dbd-2256-4f4e-a1fc-af8b844fc435)

    Lithocaps are potentially voluminous zones of advanced argillic and associated argillic alteration located above the subvolcanic intrusive environment. They constitute exploration objectives for epit

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Adaptive management in deep sea mining – looking like you know what you’re doing when it’s never been done before

    By R L. Grogan

    Regulators of deep-sea mining projects are becoming increasingly hesitant about the concept of adaptive management as a tool to facilitate compliance and continuous improvement. Adaptive management is

    Jul 25, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Chlorine Based In-Situ Leaching of Alluvial Gold Deposits

    Alluvial mining even of shallow deposits is often economically a marginal proposition and causes significant disruption of the land surface through the need for large scale excavation. In-situ leach

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Proterozoic Iron Oxide-copper-gold Mineralisation in the Kangdian Region, South-west Yangtze Block, China – A Case Study on the Yinachang Fe-Cu-Au-Rare Earth Element Deposit

    By J Ding, H J Peng, S B. Zhu, L Hou, J R. Zhang, S Y. Wu

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Numerous Fe-Cu-Au-rare earth element (REE) deposits have been identified within the Palaeop

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Planning, Investigation and Design of the Burwood Beach Ocean Outfall, Newcastle NSW

    By Osorio J. D C, McMahon M. D

    Burwood Beach Sewage Ocean Outfall is being constructed by the Hunter District Water Board as part of an amplification scheme to eliminate pollution from adjacent bathing beaches. The outfall cons

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Evaluation of Iron Ore Fines From the Viewpoint of Their Metallurgical Properties in the Sintering Process

    By N Nosaka

    Sinter plants currently have to use many types of ores with different properties due to the great demand for iron ores, which was driven by the massive growth in Chinese iron and steel industry. On th

    Jan 1, 2005