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Ministry of Commerce Investigation into the Mineral Resources of the Proposed Northwest South Island National Park - A Summary
By W L. Jennings
This paper summarises work undertaken to date as part of an investigation into the mineral resources of the proposedNorth West South Island National Park. The area covered by the proposed national par
Jan 1, 1993
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The Production of Gold in Australia
GOLD has played a part in the development of Australia. The total yield exceeds SIX hundred million pounds sterling, while the glamour of gold-mining and the unfailing demand for the product have enha
Jan 1, 1924
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The Truth is Stranger than Fiction – the Story of Ridgeway Gold Mine
By G Dunstan
The Ridgeway gold mine has been an enigma of the international underground hard rock community for nearly 20 years. It nearly didn’t eventuate as it was more than 500 m below a farmer’s paddock in Cen
May 9, 2016
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After Blast Re-Entry Time for a Room and Pillar Operation
By A Agasty, O Langefeld, MáKellner, E Clausen
The lowering of the pollutant concentration limits at the workplace subjects the mining industry to higher requirements for dilution; this situation is worsened with the current discussions within the
Jul 1, 2013
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Automated Mineralogical Techniques - A Drive Towards Plant Optimisation
For years traditional optical microscopic techniques have been used successfully to carry out mineralogical studies on processing products. Essential information could be obtained by supplementing mic
Sep 13, 2010
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The Dwight-Lloyd Blast Roasting Section for Sintering Lead Ores at The Broken Hill Associated Smelters Proprietary Limited, Port Pirie, South Australia
This Department handles all ores prior to blast-furnacing, the object of the operations being to mix the lead-bearing material with fiuxes, eliminate sulphur from the mixture, and produce a homogeneou
Jan 1, 1937
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Presidential Address-The Hauraki Goldfields, N.Z. (d4987ecd-7c0b-443f-b1ef-df0f3c599ca2)
YOUR Excellency, Fellow Members of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers and Gentlemen:-Nearly a decade has passed since our Institute first met in New Zealand. May I, at the very outset of t
Jan 1, 1912
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Paper No. 133. The Treatment of Cassilis Ore, East Gippsland, Victoria, as Carried on by The Cassilis Gold Mining Company N. L.
The ore is very 'refractory. It consists essentially of arsenical pyrites, iron pyrites, zinc blende, galena, antimony as sulphide and probably, in combination with galena, as Jamesonite, magnesi
Jan 1, 1903
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A Robust Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic Separation Technology
A Robust Chemically Enhanced Electrostatic Separation Technology Physical separation processes such as gravity, magnetic and electrostatic separations are extensively used in heavy minerals separatio
Sep 13, 2010
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The Geology of the Golden Cross Orebody - Complex Veining and Evolving Mining Responses
By W C. Cook, S J. Mathews, A H. Purvis
The Golden Cross Gold Mine is located at the head of the Waite kauri Ri ver, 8 km northwest of Waihi near the southern end of the Coromandel Range. The mine produces gold and silver from epithermal ve
Jan 1, 1993
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Understanding the State of Innovation in the Iron Ore Industry
By D Andrew, G Stanway, P Mahoney, C Griebel
The iron ore mining industry is currently going through an adjustment from high to more moderate growth as China’s economy transitions from capital-intensive investment to a more services-oriented eco
Jul 13, 2015
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Pressure Leaching of a Manganese Ore Part I: Kinetic Aspects
By Woodcock J. T
When an aqueous suspension of pyrite and manganese ore reacts with oxygen, manganese is dissolved by the ferrous sulphate and sulphuric acid produced by the oxidation of pyrite. The kinetics of certai
Jan 1, 1958
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Mineralization at Aberfoyle Tin Mine Rossarden, Tasmania
By Lyon R. J P
The quartz-cassiterite-wolfram veins at the Aberfoyle Tin Mine, north-eastern Tasmania, form a sheeted zone about 200 ft. wide and 1,600 ft. long in slightly contact metamorphosed shales, slates and g
Jan 1, 1957
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Optimal goaf hole spacing in high production gassy Australian longwall mines – operational experiences
By B Belle
In a predrained gassy coalmine, ventilation control plays a secondary role to the longwall (LW) goaf drainage systems to safely manage panel return gas levels. Typically, the LW specific gas emission
Aug 28, 2017
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Addressing the challenges associated with the modelling of iron ore in vibrating screens
By S Reid, W Chen, T J. Donohue, A Katterfeld
The use of discrete element modelling (DEM) is widespread in the materials handling field, and is used for many applications. One of the important limitations in using DEM is the number of particles t
Jul 24, 2017
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Coal Cargo Stability
This paper reviews the likelihood of instability occurring within coking coal cargoes from BHP CoalÆs northern Bowen Basin mines. In coal cargoes, initial moisture redistributes vertically towards the
Jan 1, 1997
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Mining Induced Cleavage, Cleats and Instantaneous Outbursts in the Gemini Seam at Leichhardt Colliery, Blackwater, Queensland
By Shepherd J
Megascopic and microscopic studies of cleats and mining induced cleavage in Ihe first workings at Leichhardt Colliery reveal the presence of four distinct fracture sets. Microscopic studies confirm un
Jan 1, 1981
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Filtration of coal washery slurries using a horizontal belt filter
By Slechta J. J
An evaluation of a pilot scale Delkor horizontal belt filter at Bellambi's South Bulli Colliery showed high productivities and low moisture contents for a range of feed slurries. When treating fl
Jan 1, 1986
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Fissure Vein Structures and Brecciation in the Upper Levels of the Broken Hills Epithermal Au/Ag Deposit, Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand
By J L. Mauk
Broken Hills is an adularia-sericite epithermal Au-Ag deposit, hosted in flow-banded rhyolites and overlying rhyolitic pyroclastic rocks in the eastern Hauraki Goldfield. The 7.1 Ma deposit was
Jan 1, 2005
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Mobilisation of Antimony and Arsenic Around Mesothermal Stibnite Deposits and Environmental Implications
By P M. Ashley
Antimony (Sb) is an element similar to arsenic that forms anions in surface waters, rather than cations like other metals. Little is known about natural mobility of antimony in the environment. Howeve
Jan 1, 2002