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  • AUSIMM
    Sampling Techniques for Flash Smelter Shafts

    By Stevenson I, Dickinson W, Taylor R. N

    Despite flash smelting's widespread use little is known about the actual processes taking place in flash furnace shafts and comparatively few reports of sampling campaigns have appeared in the

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Macroinvertebrate Tolerance across a Range of Conductivities in the Isaac River Catchment (Central Queensland)

    By L Stitz, S Kinnear, L D. Fabbro

    Sensitive and tolerant species of macroinvertebrates were present across a wide range of conductivity concentrations in the Isaac River catchment in Central Queensland, indicating the need for further

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Whither Lime? In Situ Hydrotalcite Precipitation as a Method of Remediation for Acidic Mine Lakes

    By G B. Douglas

    Lime-based neutralisation has long been the remediation treatment of choice for acidic mine pit waters. While suited to the attenuation of acidity, lime-based neutralisation may be difficult to implem

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Underground Mines of Tomorrow

    By P Hatherly, H Gurgenci

    With the depletion of the mineral reserves that can be mined by surface mining, demand for highly productive and safe underground mines will increase. Underground drill and blast techniques continue t

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Improved iron ore processing through digitalising conveyed ore flowsusing representative real time multi-elemental analysis

    By H Kurth

    High specification Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) has been successfully applied to conveyed flows at iron ore operations since 2002 to representatively measure ore quality for improv

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Evaluation of Low Profile Electric Loader in Conjunction with Electric Monorail Haulage System in Narrow Vein Mining

    By B Besa, E K. Chanda

    It has long been recognised that narrow vein mining needs innovative approaches to mine access and mining methods in order to improve the economics of this vital part of the mining industry. The minin

    Mar 26, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    A Technology of Precious Metals Recovery from Gold-Bismuth Ores

    By V P. Beskrovnaya

    Tests for the development of a metals recovery technology from samples of a Russian gold-bismuth deposit were carried out. Gold, silver and bismuth assay reported 5.6 g/t, 3.0 g/t and 0.08 per cent, r

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Monitoring of the Performance of a Crushed Waste/Classified Tailings Backfill for Shaft Pillar Pre-Extraction in the South Deep Section, Western Areas Gold Mine (277410f0-6562-47cc-84ec-f0b4e2938751)

    By James JV, Petho SZ

    The South Deep surface shaft system is being sunk to a final depth of 2750 in below surface and on completion will be the deepest single drop haft in the world. The shafts will intersect the target

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Removal of Phosphorous from Australian Iron Ores

    By C I. Edwards

    Phosphorous is typically present in iron ore either in the mineral apatite, Ca5(PO4)3OH, or associated with the goethitic fraction of the ore. In this paper, we present results that show that phosphor

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Reduction of Iron Content from Silica by Gravitational Processes

    Reduction of Iron Content from Silica by Gravitational Processes In this research work, it was attempted to reduce the iron contents (Fe2O3) in silica sample which was provided from Shenin silica min

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Modification of Some Failure Criteria for Rock and Coal

    By V S. Vutukuri, K Shariar

    This paper present a modification of selected strength criteria for coal and rocks containing weakness planes. The three strength criteria, namely, Murrell (1965), Bieniawski (1974a, 1983) and Hoek a

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Justifying Slope Design Risks and Costs

    By N M. Player, R P. Varden, E Jones

    "An effective geotechnical design provides an accurate and appropriate assessment, balanced with a mining company’s risk profile. Justifying the cost of slope assessment requires an understanding of t

    Nov 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Application of Engineering Discipline and a Full-process Optimisation Focus – Productivity to Profitability without Profuse Pruning

    By W R. Adamson

    "Optimisation of drill and blast design and engineering can deliver a significant positive impact on the profitability of any mining operation; however, true engineering of the blasting process is les

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Design of Copper-Cobalt Hydrometallurgical Circuits

    Copper-Cobalt hydrometallurgy has seen a resurgence in recent years with the development of projects in Zambia and the DRC. Many of the flow sheets are unique in their use of hydrometallurgical techni

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    An Analysis of the Mixing of Air and Methane in the Stream Produced by the Mine Injector Station - Presenting Preliminary Results of Measurements and Modelling

    By J Janus, J Krawczyk

    Local accumulation of methane in workings of a longwall is one of the most common causes of mining accidents. This gas has many sources: it may leak from goaf through permeable sealings, or through ga

    Jul 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    A Robust Methodological Approach for Mine Site Water Accounting

    By N Collins, A Woodley, A N. Danoucaras, C McCombe, N C. Kunz

    Over the past decade, the mining industry has come to recognise the importance of water both to itself and to others. Water accounting is a formalisation of this importance that quantifies and communi

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    The Expanding Role of Mine Geophysics

    Just as geophysics, in the form of 3D seismic and wireline logging, plays a key role in petroleum reservoir management, so too will geophysics play an important role in mining of coal, metals, and min

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Flotation Cell Development

    By G J JAMESON

    The flotation cell has undergone a number of changes since the process was first introduced in Broken Hill in the early years of this century. The development of the mechanical flotation cell is rev

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    The Density, Porosity and Magnetic Mineral Content of Ironsand at the Taharoa Ironsand Deposit, New Zealand

    By J Mauk, R Ruddock

    The Taharoa ironsand deposit is 1600 hectares in size and is located 144 km south of Auckland on the west coast of the North Island, New Zealand. The sand predominantly contains heavy mineral-rich sed

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Nickel and Cobalt Losses During Dissolution and Oxidation of Iron Powder in Ammoniacal Medium Using Oxygen over Pressures

    By Rath M. C, Das R. P

    Studies were carried out on dissolution and oxidation of iron powder in ammonia-ammonium carbonate solution using oxygen over pressures. Cobalt and nickel losses during iron oxidation under differen

    Jan 1, 1992