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  • AUSIMM
    Styles of High-Sulphidation Gold, Silver and Copper Mineralisation in Porphyry and Epithermal Environments

    High-sulphidation (HS) gold, silver and/or copper deposits are generated in both the epithermal and the upper parts of the underlying porphyry environments over vertical intervals of up to 2 km. The H

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Project Selection and Process Development for Mining Juniors

    By L Lorenzen, H Muller

    "Every year a large number of projects are evaluated by small listed and unlisted mining companies that are hoping to find the ideal project, which will catapult them from a mining junior status to th

    May 24, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Stability of Hydraulic Backfill Barricades

    Hydraulic backfill is generally retained in stopes using permeable barricades. Mitchell et al (1975), Mitchell (1992) and Grice (1989) have shown that under normal drainage conditions, barricades expe

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Chain Pillar Design ù Can We?

    By H Jalalifar, N Aziz

    In the ten years since the University of NSW proposed a pillar design methodology for bord and pillar operations, the Australian coal mining industry has changed substantially. What was primarily a bo

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    A Mapping-based Approach to Geological Continuity Prediction Using Examples from the Balmat-Edwards-Pierrepont Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA

    By R H. Knight

    Uncertainty in prediction and modelling of geological (physical) ore continuity in geometrically complex ore deposits is a key risk factor in mining. Reducing geometric uncertainty of hard-boundary or

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Spontaneous Fire Risk Rating of a Colliery Proposed to be Developed by Short Wall Method of Mining

    By Sen S. K, Banerjee D. D, Nandy D. K

    It has been stressed that the intrinsic spon- taneous heating characteristics of a coal is not enough in predicting spontaneous fire risk of a mine. The influence of extraneous conditions created f

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Scenario-based Project Evaluation – Full Mineral Value Chain Stochastic Simulation to Evaluate Development and Operational Alternatives

    By S Coward, S Jackson, S Moayer, J E. Vann

    The variability and uncertainty of mineralisation, coupled with subsequent uncertainty in mining and processing, is often paid scant regard or overlooked during the evaluation of mining projects. In m

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Extending Drill and Blast Limits - The Carpathia Experience

    Mining the Carpathia orebody at the Ardlethan tin mine in the late 1970s involved an innovative approach to underground mining which stretched the limits of drilling and blasting techniques. Holes of

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    A Description of the Treatment of the Copper Impurity in the Lead Ores Smelted at the Sulphide Corporation's Works, Cockle Creek

    THE question of dealing with the small quantities of copper found in a great many of the purchased ores became a factor of importance when the Sulphide Corporation decided to refine its own lead bulli

    Jan 1, 1920

  • AUSIMM
    Key insights for the successful implementation of proximity detection and collision avoidance technology for reducing vehicle interaction risk – a surface technology provider perspective

    By C Hoffmann

    Given that each year, 30–40 per cent of mining industry deaths are attributable to failures of vehicle interaction controls (EMESRT, 2023), the mining industry is now armed with a growing body of know

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Energy Recovery from Hot Particulates

    There are a number of mineral processing operations which produce at some point a stream of hot particulates. At today's energy prices it becomes important to recover the energy held in the ho

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Getting Back in Front – Time for a Step Change in Engagement Practices

    By K Eglinton

    The extractive industries response to community engagement due to social and political pressures in the 1980s and 1990s was the starting point of development leading to the modern function of corporat

    Nov 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Testing of Soil Covers for Waste Rock in the Ronneburg WISMUT Mine Closure

    By S Jahn, M Noel, E M. Rykaart, M Pau

    Three soil cover test areas were constructed on waste rock backfilled into the Lichtenberg Pit, near Ronneburg Germany. A fourth, uncovered area was included as a control. Each test area measures 50 m

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Blasting in Reactive Ground

    By N Tyson

    Throughout Australia and the world, there have been in recent years a number of incidents involving the reaction of ammonium nitrate based explosives with ground containing certain types of sulphides.

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Data-driven visualisation for the development of mining digital twin

    By C Zhang, R Liang, I Canbulat, S Saydam, B Li

    The integration of digital twins in mining represents a significant advancement towards enhancing operational efficiency and decision-making. Central to this development is the role of visualisation,

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Julius Kruttschnitt Rotary Breakage Tester (JKRBT) - Any Ore, Any Mine

    By S Larbi-Bram, F Shi, E Manlapig

    Mining companies have recognised that characterisation of particle breakage plays an essential role in the design and optimisation of comminution circuits. Recently the JKMRC comminution research team

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Dilution, Ore Grade and Blast Movement Calculation Model

    By I C. Carrasco, V G. Mirada, J F. D Domingo, F S. Leite

    This paper investigates ore loss and dilution produced by rock movement in bench blasting. A total of four blasts, in which electronic detonators have been used, were monitored in Cobre Las Cruces Ope

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Geotechnical Challenges and Requirements for the Subsurface Development: The Case History of the Brasilia Metro

    Subsurface development requires some geotechnical conditions and challenges. Most of then are related to the compatibility between tunnelling system and surrounded ground conditions, and design criter

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Environmental Monitoring in Polish Coal Mines

    Polish coal mines are well equipped with methane monitoring systems,nevertheless the worsening conditions force a continuous impro- vement in the field of environmental monitoring. Application of m

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Potential of the Overburden Cast Blasting Technique in Indian Surface Coalmines – A Modular Approach and its Financial Implications

    By M D. Uttarwar, R R. Yerpude

    India is the world’s third-largest producer of coal and is endowed with the fifth-largest coal reserves in the world. Surface mining straddles the entire domain of the Indian coal mining industry, yie

    Aug 24, 2015