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  • AUSIMM
    Features of an Intact Fossil Hydrothermal System and Implications for Gold Mineralisation: Onemana, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

    By M R. Stevens, W Mori, G B. Boswell

    The Onemana prospect is located on the eastern Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand. Systematic exploration involving surface geological mapping, geophysics, rock and soil geochemistry, rev

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Proximity Cameras and Global Positioning Systems - An Integrated Approach

    Safe, efficient production is a common objective for all large open pit mines. Despite comprehensive policies, procedures and regulations aimed at protecting workers, several people die each year in m

    May 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Rock Mass Classification as an Aid to Estimating the Strength of Coal Pillars

    By Tyler DB, Thin LGT

    Coal mass strength properties must be estimated to obtain realistic estimates of coal pillar strength. The limitations of existing techniques for approximating these properties are discussed. The c

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Structural Controls on Gold Mineralisation in the South-eastern Truong Son Fold-thrust Belt and its Significance in Regional Metallogeny

    By T X. Le, H T. Tran, K Zaw, T Manaka

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The Truong Son fold-thrust belt (TSFTB) is a prominent tectonic component of mainland Indoc

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Effect of mill-scale and calcined dolomite on high Al2O3 sinter and its reduction behaviour

    By S J. Kim, S W. Kim, L Tomas da Rocha, S Jung

    Al2O3 has been regarded as a harmful gangue component in iron ore, especially causing reduction degradation in industrial sintering of iron ore. The current study aimed to utilise low-grade iron ore c

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Characterising Liberation and Flotation Potential Using Image Analysis, Simulated Fragmentation and Small-Scale Flotation

    By J Hunt

    A critical aspect of geometallurgy is quantifying mineralogical and textural relationships that affect mineral processing (eg, liberation and recovery). However, to date, this has been an expensive an

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Implementation of a Structured Performance Improvement Program at Cannington

    By D Syme

    In the middle of 2000, BHP Billiton implemented a Six Sigma Plus business improvement program known as Operating Excellence. It was developed based on a business bottom line initiative to deliver 35 -

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Accelerated degradation and modified slake durability testing of clay mineral-rich coal mine spoil

    By B Miles, D J. Williams, J Ahn, T A. Vangsness

    The flooding of open strip coal mines in the Bowen Basin and Hunter Valley Coalfields of Eastern Australia has the potential to soften the spoil and floor materials to produce “mud”. This mud can act

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Some considerations on rock dynamics issues in Mars

    By Ö Aydan

    Rock dynamics is one of the most important topics in the field of rock mechanics and rock engineering. The spectrum of rock dynamics is very wide and it includes the failure of rocks, rock masses and

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Fractals and Spatial Geometry - An Application to Veins in the Otago Schist

    Most people are familiar with Euclidean dimensions: zero for a point; one for a line; two for a plane; and three for a volume. Howeverbobjects are not actually Euclidean, but lie somewhere between Euc

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Some Practical Aspects of Design and Operation of Water and Ore Addition Points in Grinding Circuits

    The design of water and ore addition points has an important bearing on the ease of operation of a grinding circuit. The nature of some of the design decisions and the possible options of the desi

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AUSIMM
    Minerals Council of Australia Review of Tertiary Minerals Education ù What Does it Do for Minerals Education?

    Mining education in Ballarat has a long and proud history dating back to the 1870s. Today the School of Engineering continues this tradition at the University of Ballarat. The recent review of Tertiar

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Selection of undrained shear strength parameters of residual soils and their application in stability analysis

    By Y Xu, T Rowles, B Dareeju, A Dissanayake

    Recent updates on tailings dam design guidelines require analysis of undrained (short-term) stability with the application of the SHANSEP model. The SHANSEP model, which was originally developed for a

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    New Ore Types from the Cauê Banded Iron Formation, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil – Responses to the Growing Demand

    By L Q. Amorim

    The mining district of the Quadrilátero Ferrífero (QF) in southeastern Brazil contributes to 70 per cent of the Brazilian iron ore production, which reached 370 Mt in 2010. Traditionally, four iron or

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Fractured Vertical Wells Versus Horizontal Boreholes for Methane Drainage in Advance of Mining U.S. Coals

    By Mahyera A, Sakashita B, Ahmed U, Abou-Sayed AS

    Gas in U.S. coals is primarily composed of 90 to 99 percent methane and up to 10 per- cent carbon dioxide. In composition and heat- ing value, this coal-bed gas is similar to natural gas and can be

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AUSIMM
    Iron ore tailings and value addition – a short review

    By G Senanayake, K Hazarika

    The demand for iron-ore is ever increasing with the industry directly employing 60 500 people in a range of highly skilled roles in Australia. In the year 2019, the global iron-ore production was 2.85

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    A new gas emission prediction model based on Australian longwall mining conditions

    By Q Qu

    Reliable prediction of longwall gas emission sources and rate plays a critical role in mine ventilation and methane drainage capacity planning. Over the years, Australian longwall mines have been usin

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Tackling the Gorillas - Hairy Scary Complacency to Safety in Mining or a Banana Packer's Story

    Shane is enjoying his new work. Six months ago, he was stocking shelves at his local supermarket and decided to make the big move to a job in mining with more challenge and, of course, more dollars. H

    Jun 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Industrial Relations in the Broken Hill Mining Industry - A Discussion

    To explain in any depth the industrial relations of Broken Hill I believe that it is necessary to trace some of the many happenings that created the present industrial climate. While appreciating

    Jan 1, 1975

  • AUSIMM
    Numerical Simulation of the Drainage in a Mining Stope Filled with Hydraulic Bakcfill

    By Servant S

    In the mine of this study, cemented hydraulic backfill is placed under the form of a slurry at a percentage of solid by weight varying from 50 to 65 per cent. This slurry settles and cures in the st

    Jan 1, 1998