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  • AUSIMM
    The Evolution of Modern Canadian Shaft Sinking Technology

    This paper deals with the evolution of Canadian shaft sinking technology over the last 15 years. Most, if not all, shaft excavation projects in Canada prior to 1990 were sunk using traditional benchin

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Pre-Set Delay Electronic Detonators: Merits Opposite Programmable Systems

    By C Robertson, J Campos

    The South African mining industry first experienced en-masse use of electronic detonators in the Narrow Reef environment using AELÆs ElectrodetÖ pre-set delay system. In recent years, programmable sys

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Estimating the Rock Mass Strength of Hawkesbury Sandstone

    By R Bertuzzi

    "This paper presents preliminary results of ongoing research being carried out at the University of New South Wales Australia (UNSW) into improved methods for estimating rock mass strength. In this pa

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Real-Time Risk Analysis and Hazard Management

    Safety remains a critical priority for the Australian mineral resource industry and will receive increased focus in the future. This is particularly evident in underground coal mines where reserves ar

    Jan 1, 2005

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    A waste fines cell with a multitude of concurrent activities

    By J J. Boshoff

    This iron ore mine site, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, commenced operations in 1998, with ore derived by mining of open-cut pits in Channel Iron Deposits (CIDs). A portion of the

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Integrated Communications for Surface and Open Pit Applications

    By G Booth

    Whilst communications systems in the mining industry have evolved over the years, the premise remains consistent that reliable communication is vital for safety and operational efficiency. TodayÆs ope

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Quantifying the energy efficiency transformation at Cadia due to HPGR crushing

    By J Seppelt, G S. Lane, E Wang

    Newcrest’s Cadia concentrator operated from 1998 to 2012 with a traditional SABC grinding circuit treating Cadia open pit ore. The Cadia comminution circuit was well characterised through surveys and

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    The Great Oil Debate – Does Quenching Oil have a Deleterious Effect on Flotation?

    By C J. Greet

    Oil can enter a flotation circuit from a number of sources (for example, from mining equipment, oil leaks from the grinding equipment and coatings on the grinding media, but to name a few). Folklore g

    Aug 8, 2011

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    Microseismic Monitoring of Shear Zones and Related Seismic Activity at Broken Hill

    By G C. Reed, J M. Murray

    During more than 100 years continuous mining of the lead-zinc orebody at Broken Hill, an immense amount of geological data has been collected about shear zones related to the orebody. The challenge to

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Boundary Classification for Automated Geological Modelling

    By P Hatherly, A Melkumyan, D Wyman

    Chemical species distributions in rock sequences can be modelled using Gaussian processes (GPs) to predict the weight percentage between known data points. This method can be improved by dividing the

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Intersection reinforcement with self-drilling anchors for improved productivity at Kanmantoo

    By J Jardine

    An improved ground support method for development intersections, wide spans and stope brows was implemented at Kanmantoo mine. The method uses a jumbo to simultaneously drill and install self-drilling

    Mar 29, 2023

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    Blast design and execution drives mine site profits

    By J Loeb, J Dampney, P Cameron

    Optimisation of Blast Design and Execution must be done right the first time. It is too late after the ore is broken. Consequences of poor design and execution negatively affect productivity from load

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Engineering Tools for Design, Analysis and Information Management Applied to Underground Drilling and Blasting

    By D La Rosa, G Power, K Riihioja

    In underground mining, the often unpredictable variability in ground conditions may lead to the application of suboptimal drilling and blasting patterns, resulting in poor performance. Experience and

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    An evolution of drill hole spacing studies at Newmont Corporation

    By A Jewbali, L Allen

    At Newmont Corporation drill hole spacing studies are done to support the business in understanding the cost of collecting additional information (with a specific focus on drill hole sampling density)

    May 24, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    A Double Drum Separator for Triboelectric Separation of Very Fine Materials

    By K Schonert, K Eichas

    Electrostatic separation of non-conductive materials can be accomplished by triboelectric charging. The efficiency of convential separators becomes worse in the size range below about 100 ¦m. These

    Jan 1, 1993

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    From Magnetite to Chalcopyrite – A Story of Versatility and Efficiency at Glencore’s Ernest Henry Mining?Operation

    By K Barns, H Law, T Whebell, P Scobie, T Perkins, J Siliezar, M Larson

    With processing a variety of orebodies at Glencore’s Ernest Henry Mining (EHM) has come a changing mineralogy and more complex requirements for treatment in the concentrator. From mid-2013 and into 20

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Diamond drilling at Efemçukuru gold mine, Turkey – a case study on the benefits of timely and cost-effective drilling to short-term planning

    By M Ozkayhan, N Arslan

    "The Efemçukuru underground mine in western Turkey is an intermediate sulfidation, epithermal gold deposit. The bulk of the mineral resources and all of the mineral reserves lie within the Kestanebele

    Sep 20, 2017

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    Modern X-Ray Diffraction Techniques as a Fast Industrial Analysis Method for Iron Ores - From Exploration to Process Control

    By L Gobbo

    X-ray diffraction (XRD) provides useful information about the composition of an ore sample in terms of quantification of crystalline phases and amorphous content. The use of new, fast detection system

    Jan 1, 2009

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    An assessment of the rate of construction of an upstream raised tailings dam

    By J J. Moreno, J Willis, P Garvey

    Many of the tailings storage facilities (TSFs) in Australia are upstream raised facilities for which the consolidation of the hydraulically deposited tailings is essential to the stability of the TSF.

    Jul 1, 2021

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    Driving improvements to underground diamond drilling effectiveness through real-time implicit modelling at Olympic Dam

    By J Taylor, M Smith, A Tunnadine, D Nikolakopoulos

    As Olympic Dam rapidly expands into the Southern Mine Area (SMA) the Mine Geology team has concurrently ramped up underground diamond drilling to sustain rates of above 175 km/a. With >10 underground

    Mar 22, 2022