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Geotechnical Milestones at Mount Lyell Mine
By D A. Cuello, G B. Sharrock
The Prince Lyell orebody at Mount Lyell Mine has a rich mining history commencing with the open pit in 1935, which transitioned underground in 1972. Between 1972 and 2014 a total of 64 Mt was mined un
May 9, 2016
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Separation of Magnetic Minerals by a Linear Motor Device
By F E. Grader
A linear motor properly wound can serve as a mechanism for separating paramagnetic sulphide minerals, like pyrrhotite, from other sulphides and associated gangue minerals. The effectiveness of separat
Jan 1, 1980
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Manufacture of Cement From Blast-Furnace Slag (6eef645a-945d-4a5e-8744-528d84407d12)
THE successful establishment of iron blast-furnace plants at Newcastle and Lithgow naturally invites attention to the economic utilization of the various products and by-products arising out of the in
Jan 1, 1918
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The Failure of Lead by Creep
From time to time lead, which is normally considered to be a soft ductile metal, fails by cracking. The cracks which form appear to be of two distinct types-(a) those which follow a zig-zag course aro
Jan 1, 1935
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The Introduction of Full Face Multiple Shotfiring at Collinsville State Coal Mine
By Hargraves A. J
The paper outlines events at the Collinsville State Coal Mine, Queensland, leading to the practice of full face multiple shotfiring in bord and pillar development places. The 1954 disaster is referred
Jan 1, 1960
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Some Experiments on Water Jet Cutting and Consideration of Its Use as a Drilling Tool in Rocks
An account is given of experimental apparatus for generating a short duration high velocity water jet and the effect of its impingement on various rock samples under air or water cover. The penetratio
Jan 1, 1969
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Down-Hole XRD Analyses as a Guide to Hydrothermal Alteration in the Wharekirauponga Epithermal Gold-Silver Prospect, Hauraki Goldfield, New Zealand
By R Soong
The Wharekirauponga (WKP) epithermal gold-silver deposit is located about 10 km north of Waihi in the Hauraki Goldfield east of Auckland. WKP is notable for its sheeted to stockwork quartz veins hoste
Jan 1, 2001
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Government Coodrination and Liaison: The Lihir Project
By Van Dusen M
The involvement of concerned parties in all aspects of the Lihir Project from an early stage has promoted good relations between all groups. Activities involving landowners, the Lihir community, t
Jan 1, 1991
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Hydrocyclone Classification Studies of a Complex Nickel Ore
By Nageswararao K
A series of tests was carried out on one of the rock-pebble milling circuits treating complex nickel ores at Kambalda Nickel Operations of Western Mining Corporation. A mathematical model to describe
Jan 1, 1981
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Gold Mining and Dairy Farming - Effective Land Restoration Processes - Poutini Gold Project 1993-1998
Rehabilitation, reclamation and restoration are all terms used to describe the repair of land after mining. Here, restoration is used to mean restoring the land's original use, capability or prod
Jan 1, 1998
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Gippsland Basin Resources for Long Term Economic Prosperity
It has long been recognised that Australia can benefit substantially in an economic sense from its rich resource base. The significant resources of the Gippsland Basin are a good example of the weal
Jan 1, 1992
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Sorting the future? Possibilities at Obuasi Mine
By V Chamberlain, M Appeah Owusu, M Aniawu-Asumakah, A Anyimadu, R Peattie
This is an integrated geology and plant improvement study arising from the heterogeneity seen in mineralogy and gold association at the Obuasi goldmine in Ghana. This heterogeneity comes from the two
Nov 10, 2020
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A Model for the Intrusive Sequence and Cu-Zn Skarn Formation at the Antamina Deposit, Peru
By Z Chang, S A. Mrozek
"An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Antamina, Peru is the largest Cu-Zn skarn deposit in the world. Skarn mineralisation is foc
Mar 18, 2015
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Blast Furnace Department at The Broken Hill Associated Smelters Proprietary Limited, Port Pirie, South Australia
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TELPHER HANDLING AND BLAST FURNACE EQUIPMENT.The various sections will be described in the following order:(a) Telpher Handling and Storage Bins.(b) Blast Furnaces.(c) Slag Disp
Jan 1, 1937
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Design of Reinforced Concrete Chimney at Yallourn Briquetting Works
THE Yallourn chimney has aroused interest, as it is, for the time being, the tallest structural erection in Australia. Its height was not decided on, however, with the object of breaking records, but
Jan 1, 1924
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Alteration at Kisladag gold mine, Turkey – a progressive study in geology, geotechnics and geometallurgy
By Y Öztas, S McKinley, T Baker
The Kisladag Mine, Turkey, is a large porphyry gold deposit which is mined by open pit methods. In operation for over ten years, Kisladag provides an excellent example of how attention to a geologic f
Sep 20, 2017
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Bulk Shipping of Industrial Minerals
By French D
In presenting this paper may I preface my remarks by recognizing the presence here to-day of the many delegates from the overseas mining communities throughout the world. That is to say - those del
Jan 1, 1989
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Landslide Stabilisation at the Clyde Power Project: A Major Geotechnical Undertaking
Construction work on one of the world's largest landslide stabilisation projects is drawing to a close in Central Otago. Begun in mid 1990, major stabilisation work has been carried out on seven
Jan 1, 1992
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Enhancing magnetite concentrate granulation by blending with hematite ore
By J Addai-Mensah, M Adam, W Skinner, J Begelhole, K Quast
Granulation of iron ore fines into robust granules is critical to successful sintering and blast furnace operations in iron and steelmaking. Iron and steelmakers desire iron ore granules with high str
Jul 24, 2017
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The Batu Hijau Porphyry Copper - Gold Deposit, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
By G H. Clark
Batu Hijau is a porphyry copper-gold deposit located onSumbawa Island in the western Banda Arc of Indonesia. The deposit has been evaluated from 54 000 m of drilling in 105 diamond drill holes over a
Jan 1, 1995