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  • AUSIMM
    An economic approach to optimising mill reline frequency – a case study of SAG mill relines at Rasp mine

    By C M. Standen

    The SAG mill at Rasp Mine has undergone a number of liner design modifications since commissioning in 2012, making liner wear and failure difficult to predict from historical data. During 2017, severa

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Groundwater Management Guidelines for Mining Industry in Arid Western Australia - Examples from the Pilbara

    By D Abbott

    Mining in Western Australia places significant economic and environmental responsibility on Government and the mining industry. Groundwater abstraction is regulated by the Department of Water. The Dep

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Mist Diffusion Experiment and Evaluation of Water Tube for Blasting Demolition Dust Control

    By H-S Yang, H Park, S-J Kim, Y-H Ko, H-S Kim, S-H Cho, J-K Kim

    An investigation was undertaken to devise a new method for reducing dust spread during blasting demolition utilising water tube and detonating cord. Modelling of smooth particle hydrodynamics (SPH) wi

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Case Study – Engineering Design for a Slurry Preparation Plant for a Paste Application in West Africa

    By G du Toit, P L. Gillot, M Swanepoel

    Randgold Resources’ Loulo-Gounkoto Complex is one of the largest gold mining operations in Mali, West Africa. The mine, which is situated on the western border with Senegal, treats more than 4 Mt/a of

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Air-core imaging in a hydrocyclone using non-invasive ERT Technique – effect of reconstruction algorithms

    By N Mangadoddy, P Jampana, S Diddi

    The study of air-core dynamics in hydrocyclone operation is essential for predicting separation efficiency in mineral processing. Electrical resistance tomography (ERT) allows non-invasive measurement

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    How is Automation Relevant to Cannington and Other Remote Mines?

    The Key Issues - An Overview Minerals industry needs Mining companies want technologies which are ò cost-effective, ò high likelihood of delivery (ie transfer existing technologies from other industr

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Improvements on Estimation Tools and the Effect on Mineralisation Base Definition on the Zulti North Heavy Mineral Sand Deposit, Richards Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

    By J M. Nel

    Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) has recently undertaken an exercise to improve orebody basal definition. Older mineralisation bases (pre-2005) were highly erratic using old protocol reverse circulation (R

    Oct 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Blast Fragmentation Modelling for a Green Field Open Cut Gold Deposit

    By G Chitombo, G Lewis

    The knowledge of the expected run of mine (ROM) fragmentation during the feasibility study of a green field site is essential for the design of downstream crushing and milling processes. However,the p

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Viscosity measurement of FeO-SiO2 based slags under controlled oxygen partial pressures

    By S-C Shim, H-R Lee, Y Kang, H Shin

    Since iron oxide and silicon oxide are major gangue components in various types of ore, FeO-SiO2 base slag, ie fayalite slag, has been often encountered in pyrometallurgical processes of non-ferrous m

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    An Integrated Approach to Proactive Tailings Management

    By T Huynh, K Tungpalan, E Wightman, M Edraki, S Palaniandy

    Most preventive environmental management practices promote proactive integrated approaches to waste management. For example, life cycle assessment is often used to find the ‘hot spots’ of environmenta

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Rehabilitating Post-Mining Landscapes for Wildlife - A Case Study from the Koala Venture Research Program in Central Queensland

    By F Carrick, W A. Ellis, D R. Mulligan, S I. FitzGibbon

    "One of the major environmental impacts of mining is the destruction of habitat. The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an iconic Australian marsupial that has been severely affected by land clearing a

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Radar-Based Surface Scanning with the World's First Fully Digital Beam Forming Technology Sensor Especially Developed for Mining Productivity and Safety

    By J Berg, M Hahn, R Winkel

    Imaging sensor systems designed for the mining and minerals industry incorporate different physical measurement technologies that can be used to detect the machine environment, such as laser, ultrason

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Using Life Cycle Analysis to Assess the Toxicity Impacts of Waste Streams from Metal Production Processes

    By N Haque

    Base metal ores contain low levels of toxic/hazardous elements such as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, lead and mercury. Given the large tonnage of base metal ores mined and processed each year g

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Assessment of Mill-Feed Sampling Strategies Based on a Variographic Experiment

    By K L. Olzard

    At the WMC Resources Phosphate Hill operation, monitoring the quality of the ore delivered by the mine to the beneficiation plant is of prime importance to ensure the fertilizer is produced cost-effec

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    ROES« û A Low-Cost, Remotely Operated Mining Method

    By A Castleden, G Cavanough, M Kochanek, J Cunningham

    ROES« is a proposed new mining system for underground hard rock mines. Ore is accessed from within a shaft, which is located close to or within the stope, and pitched either vertical or within approxi

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Pyrite depression at Boliden Tara using F-250 – a biopolymer

    By Y Peng, C Burns, Y Mu, R A. Lauten

    In both laboratory flotation experiments and from analysing the composition of the lead concentrate at the Boliden Tara lead-zinc mine in Ireland, it has been found that F-250 may replace cyanide as a

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Kinetics of Reclamation of E-Waste by a Bioleaching Route

    Kinetics of Reclamation of E-Waste by a Bioleaching Route

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Establishing the Design Parameters of a Control Blast for Long-term Stability of the Hang Wall at Rampura Agucha Mine

    By R Shrimali, P Rajmeny, L Shekhawat, A Joshi

    Rampura Agucha open pit mine has successfully been excavated to a depth of 320 m, incorporating multistage working. The key to success is the implementation of presplitting as control blast measures a

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Investing in new process improvement technology: reducing the risk of implementation – a way forward

    By S H. Algie, E J. Knoblauch, I A. Lovatt, S G. Doig

    Mill operating teams are expected to engage in a perpetual quest for process improvement – pushing the boundaries of practical process limits and testing new technology to achieve the next step-change

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Mineral Changes that Occur During Coal Gasification

    Mineral Changes that Occur During Coal Gasification

    Sep 13, 2010