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  • AUSIMM
    Developing a best practice framework for inrush risk management

    By L Manca, P B. Hills, D Tyler, N Pollington

    This paper describes a collaborative project undertaken by Newcrest Mining Limited (Newcrest) and pitt&sherry to identify, develop and then implement global best practices to manage the exposure to in

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Managing continuous improvement of Mine to Mill begins with measurement

    By J Loeb, R Ramanathan, H Ingham, P Cameron

    Most mining operations, including iron ore, maintain a focus on continuous improvement and asset optimisation in their operations. As all the unit operations in the Mine-to-Mill value chain are interd

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Laboratory Testing and Stability Analysis of Paste Backfill at the Golden Giant Mine (d53b2c09-d9ab-48b2-94c6-0c6f856d783f)

    By Bawden WF, Paynter JT

    This investigation involves laboratory testing and stability analysis of paste fill at the Golden Giant Mine. Site-cast samples are tested in unconfined, confined, and consolidated-undrained triaxia

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    A New Method for Sampling from High Capacity Screens

    By B W. Atkinson

    Full-stream mechanised sampling apparatus, that collect a full cross-sectional increment from the complete screen discharge, will always be the preferred option for sampling screen overflows. However,

    Aug 21, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Comparing Energy Efficiency of Multi-Pass High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR) Circuits

    Comparing Energy Efficiency of Multi-Pass High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR) Circuits With increased emphasis on reducing costs and carbon emissions in mineral processing, it is becoming essential to

    Sep 13, 2010

  • 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
    Controlled Recirculation and Refrigeration at ValeÆs Taquari Potash Mine

    By S Bluhm, LádeáOliveira, R Funnell

    Taquari Vasouras potash mine (Vale Fertilizantes) has many interesting features including virgin rock temperatures of 50¦C at depths of 700 m. The mine has a relatively small shaft system with limited

    Jul 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Setting Best Practice: FIFO at the Mount Keith Concentrator

    By S O. Hille

    Modern remote mining operations in Australia are more commonly trending towards fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) sites. This trend is driven by numerous factors including increased business centralisation, reduc

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Can Australian Coal Alleviate Energy Poverty in India – a Case Study

    By H von Blottnitz, A C. Keith

    The influence of the life of a mine extends beyond its immediate vicinity both in geographic and temporal terms. Decisions around mine approvals are generally made based on economics, for the mine own

    Jun 28, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    "The Business Case for Early-stage Implementation of Geometallurgy– an Example from the Productora Cu-Mo-Au Deposit, Chile"

    By J L. Macdonald, G S. King

    "The development of a predictive geometallurgical model is a multidisciplinary and iterative task that involves both discovery and integration aspects. In this paper, the authors discuss the concepts

    Jun 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Recovery of Iron Ore Fines and Ultrafines from Tailings by Using Wet High-intensity Magnetic Separation – JONES WHIMS

    By M Gerards, M Steinberg, T Graham

    The quality and quantity of Australia’s secondary deposits, which include tailings streams and tailings dams, are higher than most countries’ primary deposits. In addition, these secondary deposits ha

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Paleomagnetic Constraints on Terrane Tectonic in New Guinea

    By Davies H, Pigram C, Sunata W, Falvey D, Loxton C, Giddings J, Rogerson R

    PALAEOMAGNETIC CONSTRAINTS ON TERRANE TECTONICS IN NEW GUINEA Chris Klootwijkl), John Giddingsl), Wahyu Sunata2), Chris Pigraml), Charles Loxton3), Hugh Daviesl), Rick Rogerson3) and David Falveyl) 1

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    New technologies that will potentially enable processing of complex orebodies

    By F Shi, G Ballantyne, K Runge

    There has been minimal innovation in the methods used to process an ore over the last 50 years. Productivity increases have largely resulted in increased equipment size without implementation of paral

    Nov 21, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    RISKGATE and Underground Operations

    By J Harris, J Li, M Shi, P A. Kirsch, D Sprott

    Australia has an enviable global reputation as a leader in health and safety outcomes in the hazardous industry of mining, in part due to an increased application of risk management regarding operatio

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Calculating the Value of Iron Ores in Ironmaking and Steelmaking

    By T Honeyands

    At present we are witnessing large investments in the iron ore industry, fuelled by demand from Asia. At the same time, there is a changing landscape in pricing of iron ores, with the recent demise of

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Mine value chain reconciliation – demonstrating value through best practice

    By H Arvidson, C Morley

    Reconciliation has become very topical over the last ten years but how do we distinguish what is good practice, and even more importantly, show how it adds value? Reconciliation at Anglo American has

    Sep 20, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Spontaneous Combustion Management Comparison between Australia and China

    By B Poborowski, A Chen

    "For some time, the Australian and Chinese underground coal mining industries have evolvedindependently with minimal infl uence on each other. Despite the fact that in recent years severaltechnologies

    Jun 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Mt Wright – managing unique risks

    By S Long, D Carnovale, L Louwrens

    The Mt Wright underground mine (MTW) is located near the town of Ravenswood in north Queensland and is operated by Carpentaria Gold – a wholly owned subsidiary of Resolute Mining Limited.The Mt Wright

    Oct 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Geochemical Mass Balance and Characterisation of Pollutants Draining from a Nickel Mine Site

    By N Dube, K L. Sandvik, C Mutevhe

    Trojan Nickel Mine is the largest producer of Ni, Cu and Co in Zimbabwe. The mine has operated a nickel flotation concentrator and base metal refinery continuously since 1969, creating 28 million tonn

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Multi-source data fusion for geological boundary modelling via Gaussian Processes

    By K L. Silversides, A Chlingaryan, A Melkumyan

    Multiple data sources can be fused to improve boundary modelling in stratified deposits such as the banded iron formation (BIF) hosted deposits in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Accurate bou

    Mar 22, 2022