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  • AUSIMM
    Paper No. 187. Roasting Sulpho-Telluride Gold Ore at The Kalgurli Gold Mines LTD.

    To obtain the best economic results in treating the comparatively high-grade ore of the Kalgurli Mine a good roast is essential, and the effort of this paper will be to briefly describe the plant and

    Jan 1, 1911

  • AUSIMM
    Increased drilling accuracy leads to significant improvement in ore recovery and dilution

    By R Stimpson, B Johnson, B Hesse

    During a period of twelve months between FY18-19, a series of trials were conducted to compare production drilling accuracy using two different methodologies, and the subsequent impact this had on sto

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Real Option Value Optimisation

    By J Gould, T Elkington

    Mine operation strategies are commonly optimised with a net present value (NPV) maximisation objective. There are well known properties of a typical mining project optimised for NPV, including high pr

    May 24, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of the Peak Gold Mine’s Processing Plant through Advanced Process Control

    By J Hartog, V Beehan, D Beeson

    Treating an ore blend from five different deposits at Newgold’s Peak Gold Mine (PGM) has always been a challenge due to the inherent variability between each of the orebodies.Operating the processing

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Performance Enhancing Blends – Concentrator Feed Blending at Iron Magnet

    By M Darvall

    Magnetite ore blending has yielded signifi cant performance improvements in OneSteel’s magnetite concentrator. The magnetite concentrator beneficiates magnetite ore from the Iron Magnet Deposit and pr

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Resue Mining with eDev™ Electronic Detonators at Stawell Gold Mines

    By C Hamilton

    Stawell Gold Mines (SGM) is an underground mining operation located in Victoria, Australia. The mining method employed is long hole retreat stoping, utilising up and downholes and artificial concrete

    Mar 21, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Construction of the Seven Thousand Tonne per Day – Big Gossan Production Shaft

    By N Herault

    PT Freeport Indonesia recently completed preproduction development and construction of the Big Gossan underground copper and gold mine, located in the Ertsberg mining district of Papua, Indonesia. Pro

    Mar 21, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Modern Mining Geology

    By G Fahey, S Rose

    "Mining geology as a defined profession is only about 100 years old. The successful modern mine geologist needs to be a multidisciplinarian, but also needs to maintain a focus on the key outputs of th

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Some Comments on How Mining Departments and Schools Can Survive a Cyclic Downturn

    By S Thomas, E Grimsey

    Mining education in Australia has undergone another cyclical downturn over the past five years and several departments have been discontinued while others are still teetering on the brink of destructi

    Jan 1, 2004

  • 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
    Performance of fully mechanised rock reinforcement using self-drilling anchors with pumpable resin technology

    By P Jere

    Mechanically coupled rock bolts encapsulated in cementitious or polyester cartridge resin grouts have been widely adopted for various underground rock reinforcement applications. Resin grouts are cons

    Mar 29, 2023

  • 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
    Advanced Grinding Mill Relining Methods

    RME has a vision for a new mill operational paradigm made possible by RMEÆs fast, safe Mill Relining System. This vision can be moved forward into reality at any time with or without guidance from rec

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Development and Implementation of Major Hazard Management Plans

    By D Hume

    During 2001 the Ridgeway Gold Mine, driven by company initiatives and recent NSW legislation (General Rule 2000), developed and implemented Major Hazard Management Plans to control significant hazards

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Some Aspects of Rock Mechanics Applicable to Underground Coal Mining

    By Katsuyama K, Nag DK

    Three aspects of rock mechanics, namely, in-situ stress estimation by acoustic emission (AE) method, strength of rock mass and role of chemicals to reduce the strength are covered. It is possible to d

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Martha Mine Tailings Storage Facilities ù How Do They Stack Up?

    By K M. Brodie, D I. K McLeod, J Ruddock

    Environmental incidents involving mine tailings and waste rock inevitably become highly publicised and serve to damage the credibility of the entire industry. The recent serious incident involving a s

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Effect of Al2O3/SiO2 ratio on structure and properties of mould flux for high-Al steel continuous casting

    By J Zhang, O Ostrovski, C Zhang D Cai, Q Wang

    The conventional CaO-SiO2-based mould fluxes are not suitable for high-Al steel casting because of the strong reaction between silica in the flux and aluminium in the steel strand. In the process of c

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Depositional Behaviour of Coal Tailings, Co-Disposed Coal Washery Wastes, and Loose-Dumped Coarse Reject

    Coal washery wastes comprise tailings, finer than 0.5 to 0.1 mm depending on the sophistication of the washery, and coarse reject, typically finer than 50 mm. Subaerial disposal of coal tailings slurr

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Design, Installation, Commissioning and Operation of Fine Grinding Technology at the Kevitsa Mine

    By B Nielsen, H Lehto, B Musuku

    "The demand for fine and ultra-fine grinding associated with the processing of more challenging, finer grained orebodies and the global driver of minimising energy consumption has been an increased fo

    Oct 10, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    A Cost Benefit Analysis to Explore the Optimal Number of Blast Movement Monitoring Locations

    By J Loeb, D Thornton

    Blast movement measurement is a key component of grade control, enabling mines to carry all of the precision involved in locating ore blocks, through a chaotic blast, to production. A monitoring syste

    Aug 18, 2014