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  • AUSIMM
    Leveraging Accuracy and Precision ù Multi-Phase Mass Balancing and Reconciliation as a Tool for Quality Data Management

    By M Dunglison, P M. Cameron

    Simultaneous mass-balancing of a mineral processing flow sheet results in adjustments to each data point that reflects the accuracy and precision across the full set of data. In this way, all the good

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Truck Haulage Improvements at the Phu Kham Mine – the Journey to 97 per cent Utilisation of Availability

    By S P. Young, K R. Monro

    Reducing metal prices have forced mining operations to become more efficient and innovate in order to do more with the existing base. Much of this effort has focused on improving the efficiency of loa

    Jun 22, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Determining the Impacts of Salinity on Freshwater Organisms

    By R Mann, R Prasad, S Vink, V Nanjappa

    The level of salinity that various aquatic organisms can tolerate without incurring any adverse effects is dependent on several environmental and evolutionary factors. These factors include the relati

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Surface and groundwater monitoring and seepage control at the Sungun Copper Mine

    By N Pirouznia, F Rashidi Nejad, S Naraghi

    Sungun Copper Mine, which is the second largest copper mining operation in Iran has a large tailings storage facility with a seepage control dam located downstream of the main dam. Surface and groundw

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    A Simple Technique for Using High Energy in Blasting

    By S J. Hawke, L A. Dominguez

    In non-ferrous metal mining operations, it is generally necessary to crush and grind the ore to a very fine particle size to effectively liberate the contained mineral from the host rock. Fragmentatio

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Wallaby - The Horizontally Challenged Opportunity

    Barrick Gold Granny Smith Mine is currently undergoing conversion from an open cut operation to an underground mine at the Wallaby deposit. The underground project commenced in 2005 with the developme

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Preliminary Investigation of the Effect of Pressure on Flotation Performance

    In a previous study, various pyrite depressants were examined to improve the flotation performance of a copper-sulfide ore. Optimal results from this study were used to examine the effect of elevation

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of Rezoning Techniques to Model Historic Tailings Failures

    By D Reid

    Run-out analyses of tailings storage facilities are typically undertaken using methods based on rheological theory. These are reasonable techniques to model the behaviour of tailings that, through sig

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Vertical Pit Mining - A Novel Alternative to Open Pit or Underground Methods for Mining of Appropriate Massive Shallow Orebodies

    By P J. Terbrugge

    The concept of vertical pit mining has been developed as an alternative mining method for the exploitation from surface of small, vertical or near-vertical, massive orebodies down to depths of some 20

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Dynamic Pit and Waste Dump Schedule Optimisation at Tropicana Gold Mine

    By S Graskoski, S Craig, C Myburgh

    Too often in mine planning, maximising revenue-generating material takes precedence over minimising costs. The ability to target both revenue and cost optimisation enables mine plans to fulfil corpora

    Sep 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Optimisation and Control of a Copper-zinc Grinding and Flotation Circuit

    By D Hatton, S Wilson, F Orrante, M Taghimohammadi, F van der Walt, N Arslan, M Westcott

    "Cayeli Bakir Isletmeleri is an underground copper-zinc mine in turkey. The ore is highly variable with feed grades ranging from 1–4 per cent copper and 1–10 per cent zinc. Due to this variability, or

    Oct 10, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Selectively targeting hydrophobic gangue minerals at the Mount Isa Mines Copper Concentrator

    By M L. Muller, A R. O’Donnell

    The Mount Isa Mines (MIM) Copper Concentrator has an extensive history of reagent trials, with different reagents coming in and out of favour over the years. The research and use of carbon depressants

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Off to a Good Start with Lift #2: Drawbell Extraction ù Northparkes

    By M Lovitt, T Hewitt

    The extraction of drawbells in Lift #2 at Northparkes Mines E26 orebody was achieved by single shot blasting, enabled through the use of electronic detonators. This paper discusses the designs conside

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    New Zealand Gold Potential - Using Mineral Prospectivity Modelling to Evaluate Gold-Bearing Mineral Systems in an Underexplored Country

    By K Peters, C McKenzie

    New Zealand has an established history of gold production beginning with the gold rushes of the 19th century in the Coromandel, Nelson/Marlborough, West Coast and Otago regions. Despite this, the numb

    Sep 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Oxygenation System Upgrades and Leach Plant Performance Improvements at Morila Gold Mine - 2009 to 2012

    By D M. Verster, P L. Gillot, A Kone

    Randgold ResourcesÆ MorilaÆs gold leach plant is subjected to uncommon æoxygen stressesÆ. Feed ores exhibit very high oxygen demands, primarily caused by iron sulfides. In addition, ore oxygen demand

    Sep 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Development of a Predictive Geometallurgical Recovery Model for the La Colosa, Porphyry Gold Deposit, Colombia

    By S Leichliter

    La Colosa, Colombia is a large gold-porphyry deposit currently undergoing feasibility studies by AngloGold Ashanti. This period of development allows the opportunity to apply innovative and emerging t

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Simulation Aided Engineering – Integration of Monitoring, Modelling and Planning

    By D Beck

    Open access to forecasts of mine geotechnical performance in the form of open databases of model results has been considered risky in the past, with a concern that the results will not be understood o

    Mar 21, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Simcoa's Continuous Drive Towards a Quality Organisation Through its Quality Leadership Process

    By Brosnan J. G

    Simcoa Operations is the only silicon smelter in the region and since the plant was commissioned in late-1989, has progressed from supplying silicon metal to the secondary aluminium market to the cu

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of Ok Tedi's Medium-Term Production Schedules Using the Life of Business Optimisation System (LOBOS)

    By D Horacek, I K. Sheppard

    Ok Tedi is in a period of transition. By 2008 mill feed will consist of higher levels of high-grade but metallurgically challenging skarn ores. Additionally, the Taranaki pit will start production in

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Ventilation considerations and modelling of lithium battery fires inunderground mining

    By C M. Stewart

    Lithium battery electric powered vehicles and machines (BEVs) continue to gain traction inunderground mining use, with predictions they will dominate the underground light and heavy vehicle fleets for

    Oct 12, 2022