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Simulation investigation of flow patterns and feeder loads at hopper/feeder interface
By J Guo, K Williams, J Y. Guo, A W. Roberts, M Jones, B Chen
Numerical simulations using the discrete element method (DEM) were carried out to investigate the flow patterns and stress field redistribution at the hopper and feeder interface. The influences of di
Jul 24, 2017
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Geology as Applied to the Mining of Silver-Lead-Zinc Ores at Mount Isa
This article attempts to outline essential features of the Mount Isa ore deposit, to reveal the agencies thought to be responsible for its localization, and to describe methods used for obtaining and
Jan 1, 1939
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Cenosphere Formation during the Combustion of Pyrite
Magnetite cenospheres 40-270 I/m in diameter have been found during the combustion of pyrite concentrate.Micrographs of the surface and internal structures are presented together with comment on the m
Jan 1, 1980
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Soil Formation on Martha Hill Tailings - Waihi
By P E. H Gregg, R B. Stewart
Restoration trials established in 1985 included a treatment where pasture seed was sown directly into fertilised tailings. After seven years, accumulated soil data was used to compare physical and che
Jan 1, 1993
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Observations on the Zinc-Lead Lode at Rosebery, Tasmania
The zinc-lead lode at Rosebery, on the West coast of Tasmania, has a total length of over 4000 ft. It consists of five elongated lenses parallel to the foliation planes of the quartz sericite schist,
Jan 1, 1934
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Filter-Pressing
THE filter-press, which has done so much for the successful treatment of the sulpho-telluride ores of Kalgoorlie, has a serious rival in the vacuum process, and this paper is written with a view to ar
Jan 1, 1910
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Tertiary Training - Non-degree Courses
In addressing the need for non-degree tertiary training, let us examine some recent reviews of engineering and geoscience education. The Finniston Report (1) criticised the formation of engineers in
Jan 1, 1989
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Proposals to Reopen the Sylvia Mine
This paper describes a proposal to reopen the Sylvia gold mine for underground exploration and development for an initial production of 10 000 tpa. A combination of trackless mining equipment and rail
Jan 1, 1987
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Battery Grade Manganese Dioxide From Risdon Anode Mud
A process was developed to produce electrolytic manganese dioxide, suitable for use in high quality dry cells, from Risdon anode mud. ImpurItIes present In the anode mud were removed prior to the elec
Jan 1, 1968
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IsaMills™ at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines – from the M3000 to the M10 000 and Replacement of the Roasters at Gidji Processing Plant
By G S. Anderson, N W. McDonald
"The IsaMill™ was originally developed to address liberation issues at Mount Isa Mines (now Glencore) operations, McArthur River and Mount Isa in the early 1990s. Following on from the industria
Oct 10, 2016
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Contract Versus Owner Mining ù An Update on Australasian Open Pit Mining Practice
With the advent of the resources boom in the late 1960s most of the larger scale resources projects in Australasia were commissioned on an æowner miningÆ basis, where the mine owners owned and operate
Jan 1, 2002
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Stacking and Reclaiming Facilities at the Thiess Bros Pty Ltd, South Blackwater Coal Mine from Conception to Operation
By R Hoskings
Conceptual studies of the run of mine stockpiling and reclaiming requirements commenced in 1975. Final selection of equipment was made in 1978 and the equipment was commissioned in June, 1979. Equipm
Jan 1, 1980
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In-pit In Situ Recovery – a New Approach That May Allow for Increased Value Extraction before Pit Closure
By D J. Robinson, L L. Kuhar
"Regardless of orebody value, at some stage, the pit will reach a depth where the reward for mining wider and/or deeper is not justified by the anticipated returns. ‘Last-blast’ strategies may help to
Nov 15, 2016
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Integrating Bulk Ore Sorting into a Mining Operation to Maximise Profitability
By P Holtham, K Duffy, W Valery, A Jankovic
As high grade ore deposits are depleted, remaining deposits are generally lower grade and require the mining and processing of larger volumes of material per tonne of product. These low grade deposits
Sep 7, 2015
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Relationships Between New Zealand, Australian and New Caledonian Mineralised Terranes: A Regional Geological Framework
By C J. Adams, H J. Campbell, A J. Tulloch, I J. Graham
New Zealand can be regarded as a rifted part of mineral-prospective eastern Australia. Geologically credible comparisons between selected trans-Tasman and SW Pacific geological provinces and units, es
Jan 1, 2005
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Small Scale Carbonization and Coke Studies in Coalfield Exploration and Mine Development
Reliable and discriminating small, laboratory scale methods of study have been developed and used successfully in the critical evaluation and interpretation of the carbonization characteristics of a w
Jan 1, 1969
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Gold Placer Exploration Models: Inferences from Placers in the Waitaki River Catchment, South Island, New Zealand
By J Youngson
Gold placers can be difficult to locate in areas where tectonic activity and paleogeography have changed significantly since placer formation. Existing placer exploration models are useful in areas th
Jan 1, 1999
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Normal Fault Hosted Quartz-Scheelite Lodes and Associated Vein Swarm, Glenorchy, NW Otago
Lower greenschist quartzo-feldspathic schists within the N-S trending Earnslaw Synform of the Upper Wakatipu area are pervaded by late-stage quartz filled extensional and extensional shear fractures,
Jan 1, 2001
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Metallurgical Fuel from Victorian Brown Coal
A hard lump char containing only 4 to 5 per cent ash, 0·25-0·30 per cent sulphur and a trace of phosphorus has been produced from Latrobe Valley brown coal by slow drying and carbonization o
Jan 1, 1956
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Full-scale Flow Marker Experiments at the Ridgeway Deeps and Cadia East Cave Operations
By B Mobilio, G B. Sharrock, J L. Lett, I Brunton, T Thornhill
Full-scale marker experiments at Cadia Valley underground operations have been ongoing for over 14 years. Initial marker experiments were undertaken in the Ridgeway sublevel cave (RW) (2002), and subs
May 9, 2016