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  • AUSIMM
    Drill hole spacing analysis for classification and cost optimisation – a critical review of techniques

    By J Levett, O Rondon, I Glacken

    Reporting Codes are not prescriptive on methodologies to report or classify Mineral Resource Estimation results, but the assessment of risk and uncertainty is required, and is likely to be increasingl

    May 24, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Linking Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve classification with technoeconomic study levels and forecast relative accuracy

    By D Reid, J McKibben, M Noppe

    International mineral disclosure standards and guidelines aligned with the CRIRSCO (Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards) template were developed to inform stakeholders abo

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    The coalmine roof rating – an update in its calculation and mechanistically why it works

    By M Colwell

    The Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) is a rock (roof) mass classification (RMC) system/index that was originally developed by the United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) for aspects of underground coalmine g

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Newmont Tanami Operations – Tailings Storage Facilities

    By S Thacker, M Noakes

    The Newmont Tanami Operations (NTO), formerly the Granites Gold Mine, commenced operation in the mid-1980s with tailings deposition evolving over the past three decades as production has increased and

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Quantifying segregation of minerals and metals in particulate materials using computed X-ray tomography and variography

    By G Gilchrist, S C. Dominy, T Jashashvili, R C. A Minnitt

    The grouping and segregation error is one of Gy’s seven errors that cannot be measured in any qualitative manner because of its transient and changing characteristics each time the sample is handled m

    May 9, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Waste Cover System Design ù Linking Predicted Performance to Groundwater and Surface Water Impacts

    By C Wels

    Current best management practice requires the placement of a cover onto most types of mine waste including tailings, waste rock and/or spent heap leach rock at closure of the mine. The objectives of a

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Determination of Bulk Density in Anglo American plc, Methods and Impacts, with a Case Study from Los Bronces Mine

    By R M. Arellano, D M. W Harney, M Makhuvha

    Mineral resource and ore reserve estimates are founded on two sources of data: tonnage and grade. The tonnage is a product of volume and density; both of which are estimates. Density impacts numerous

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Data Collection and Analysis for the George Fisher Project, Mount Isa, Qld

    By S Versace, D Arnott, D Bojcevs, A Shaw

    The George Fisher deposit is a significant sediment hosted silver-leadzinc resource located 2 km north of the Hilton Mine in NW Queensland. The George Fisher feasibility project involved the completio

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Controls Being Used to Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter Exposures in US Underground Metal and Non-Metal Mines

    By M J. Schultz, R L. Rude, D M. Tomko

    The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) conducted compliance assistance diesel particulate matter (DPM) sampling throughout the underground metal and non-metal mining industry. Based on th

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Buzwagi Open Pit Study

    By M Sebbag, T Taimre

    Barrick Gold Corporation is proceeding with development of the Buzwagi Mine in the Lake Victoria Greenstone Belt District of Tanzania. The Buzwagi orebody occurs in the Nzega Shear zone within the Gre

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Total Integrated System Simulation for Master Planning of the Dalrymple Bay Coal Chain

    By B Olsson, R Norman, M Volz

    Australia has seen unprecedented demand for coal exports in the last ten years and this demand is set to expand further still according to many analysts. This rapid increase in demand has placed press

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Former metal mining areas in England and Wales – local residents’ preferences for the management of wastes

    By A M. Sardo, D E. Sinnett

    This study uses the Q Method to examine how those living in former metal mining landscapes value this heritage and their preferences for the long-term management of mine waste. Such sites are often pe

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Developments in Tube Bundle Gas Monitoring

    By M Watkinson

    Tube bundle monitoring systems have come a long way from their first introduction to coal mining in the late 1960s/1970s. Early developments in the United Kingdom (UK) commenced with single gas analys

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Integrating Environmental Impact Assessment into Life-of-Mine Planning

    By J Jones, J Blunt

    "The requirement for environmental approvals and associated environmental impact assessments (EIAs) is now commonly regarded as a key milestone and body of work during project development. EIAs can be

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    The Geology of the Kidston Gold Mine

    By Lewis RW, Tullemans FJ, Gallo JB

    Gold mineralization at Kidston occurs in a semicontinuous zone near the margin of a large, late Palaeozoic breccia pipe. The pipe is ovoid in plan, funnel-shaped in cross section and straddles a c

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Mineral Sands Resource Security – Underpinning Market Share in a Global Growth Context

    By R Kjar

    Globally, it is anticipated that the mineral sands industry will enter a period of short supply. Demand for both titanium dioxide and zircon is forecast to continue increasing, with new projects neede

    Oct 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Blasting Logistics at Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Hail Creek Mine

    In March 2003, Rio Tinto Coal AustraliaÆs (RTCA) new Hail Creek open cut coal mine commenced operations in the Bowen Basin. Hail Creek is a two-seam strip mining operation utilising two 90 m3 dragline

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Depositional Behaviour of Coal Tailings, Co-Disposed Coal Washery Wastes, and Loose-Dumped Coarse Reject (AuslMM '98 - The Mining Cycle)

    By D J Williams

    Coal washery wastes comprise tailings, finer than 0.5 to 0.1 inn depending on the sophistication of the washery, and coarse reject, typically finer than 50 mm. Subaerial disposal of coal tailings sl

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Overcoming implicit modelling software limitations using Python scripting – an innovative geological modelling workflow for George Fisher Mine, Queensland, Australia

    By L Bertoss, D Carvalho

    In the last decade, the use of advanced implicit modelling software/algorithms in mineral resource workflows has become a best practice in the mining industry. In most cases, these workflows can easil

    May 24, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Towards the Elimination of Conventional Surface Slurried Tailings Storage Facilities

    By D J. Williams

    The approach to the disposal and storage of mine tailings is slowly evolving. Tailings disposal has been based on minimising short-term capital and operating costs, with rehabilitation costs discounte

    Jul 27, 2015