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Underground Mining Methods at Mount Morgan, Queensland
OWING to two large falls of ground which resulted in serious accidents occurring towards the end of 1908, it became evident that the "open chamber" system then in use was unsuitable for the
Jan 1, 1910
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Copper Mineralization in the Lachlan Geosyncline, New South Wales
Copper ores are widespread through the Lachlan Geosyncline in New South Wales, but the size of the orebodies is generally small. The largest deposits occur in the Cobar district where an iron-rich cop
Jan 1, 1970
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Contamination of Samples for Analysis When Using Ring Grinder Mills
Ore samples generally require preparation before analysis. Serious problems can occur with contamination degradation and particle size effects. Both grinding element contammation and sample cross cont
Jan 1, 1978
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Some Notes on the Geology of Stannary Hills, North Queensland
THE following notes were accumulated during the years 1905 to 1911, when the writer was employed at Stannary Hills. The writer's duty took him over the underground workings daily. In odd moments
Jan 1, 1918
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Multistage Evolution of High-Grade Hematite Orebodies From the Hamersley Province, Western Australia
By G R. Dickens, N H. S Oliver
Deformed regions of the Hamersley Province, Western Australia, contain several major iron ore deposits where banded iron-formation (BIF) of the Dales Gorge Member was converted to martite-microplaty h
Jan 1, 2002
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Swelling of High Grade Iron Ore Pellets Reduced by Hydrogen in a Fixed Bed
A study of the swelling behaviour of a single batch of high-grade iron ore pellets during hydrogen reduction in a fixed bed showed that the extent of swelling is governed by the nucleation and growth
Jan 1, 1978
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Active and Passive Seismic Monitoring of Cave Front Evolution
By R A. Lynch
The state-of-the-art in cave seismic monitoring is reviewed, with the latest developments in active seismic monitoring included. Seismic monitoring systems are routinely used by most of the world’s bl
May 9, 2016
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Control of Manganese Level in an Electrolytic Zinc Plant Circuit by Anodic Deposition of Oxide
By Bratt G. C
When zinc is electrowon from concentrates or residues of high manganese content, the zinc sulphate electrolyte may contain high levels of manganese. The manganese level is usually controlled by remova
Jan 1, 1975
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Leaching of Metal Sulphide Concentrates at Atmospheric Pressure Using SO2/O2 Mixtures
By Matthew I. G
A new process for leaching zinc sulphide concentrates with gaseous mixtures of SO2 and O2 in aqueous solution is described.The reaction of SO2/O2 with Rosebery, Mt. Isa, Broken Hill and Elura zinc con
Jan 1, 1981
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The Canadian Mining Industry - Corporate Development Strategies for the 1990s
Currently in Canada there are 15 major mining companies with a minimum of $1 billion in market capitalization or net private value. This group forms the core of an important sector for Canada. The
Jan 1, 1989
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Discovery of the Basangka Gold Prospect, Eastern Highlands Province
In late 1989, first-pass reconnaissance exploration delineated a 4km x 6km geochem- ically anomalous area centred 10km WNW of Kainantu in the Eastern Highlands Province at 6¦13'S and 145047&ap
Jan 1, 1991
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Environmental Procedures and Mining - An Introduction
In the last two years the Commission for the Environment has received four Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) for Audit and has been or is involved with at least four environmental impact assessments
Jan 1, 1986
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Petroleum's Contribution to the Economic Progress of Australia
Any Australian who knows of the poverty of the early settlers in the first few years following the arrival of Captain Arthur Phillip with his "first fleet" at Botany Bay must feel proud of the progres
Jan 1, 1962
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The Estimation of Titanium in Beach Sands
By Parkhurst D. H
It is shown that a differential colorimetric technique can be used as a routine method for the estimation of titanium in beach sands, and their ore dressing products. The method will tolerate the pres
Jan 1, 1957
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Quantifying Domain Uncertainty for an Iron Ore Deposit
By A Jewbali, J Phillips, C Boyle
Normal practice in the mining industry is the creation of a single geological model. These models provide a single interpretation of the geological and mineralisation domains. These interpretations in
Aug 12, 2013
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Element abundance data for Australian oil shales
By Fardy J. J
Abundance data are presented for a comprehensive range of elements in oil shale samples from deposits located in Queensland. The techniques of instrumental neutron activation analysis and spark source
Jan 1, 1986
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In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) - An Economic Alternative to Trucks that Delivers on Safety and the Environment
If the industry keeps doing what it has always done, it will continue to get what it has always got - rising operating costs. Why is this so? Generally grades being chased are becoming lower, strippin
Jun 1, 2010
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Waihi Basin Structure in Light of Recent Geophysical Surveys
By R L. Brathwaite
As part of an investigation of the deep structure of the Waihi Basin, an extensive set of resistivity measurements was recently collected by DSIR Geology & Geophysics. The objective of this work i
Jan 1, 1991
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Removal of Iron Oxides from Bauxitic Ores
A process was developed, on a laboratory scale, for the removal of iron oxides from Weipa pisolitic bauxite. The technique involves the chemical reduction ofthe iron oxides by carbon, followed by sele
Jan 1, 1971