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New Zealand's Steel Industry and Other Mineral DevelopmentsGovernment established and financed the NZ Steel Investigating Co in 1960. Its investigations showed that a steel industry was feasible and desirable based uponNorth Island titanomagnetite ironsands,
Jan 1, 1993
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Mechanical Sampling PlantsIn 1997, the Australian coal industry through Standards Australia committee MN-001 Coal and Coke recognised the need to produce a Standard giving some instruction on how to inspect and audit mechanica
Jan 1, 2005
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Metana Minerals N.L. 1970-1990: An Emerging Diversified MinerMetana Minerals commenced life in 1970 and graduated to a mining company in 1981 with the opening of a small alluvial tin-tantalite mine at Wodgina (W.A.) The present board of directors assumed cont
Jan 1, 1989
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Improvement of the grade control procedure in open pit mine, at the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold deposits, Southern MongoliaBy O Otgonbayar, B Bayarmaa, D Batbyamba, S Amar-Amgalan, K H. Natsagdorj, J Nomin-Erdene, B Boldkhuu, T S. Sainzaya
The Argyle deposit in the Kimberley region of Western Australia was the world’s largest accumulation of natural diamonds. Following its discovery in 1979, the mining of associated alluvial diamonds co
Mar 22, 2022
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Notes on the Working of the MacArthur-Forrest Process for Extracting GoldIn redesigning the cyanide plant at Mount Torrens, in conjunction with Mr. L. W. Grayson, the manager, several minor alterations were introduced in order to have the operations under thorough control,
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Precision Analysis of Iron Ore Sampling, Preparation and Measurement -Overcoming Deficiencies in the Current Standard ISO 3085At Cliffs Natural Resources Ltd (CNR) crushing and shipping sample stations, precisions are estimated for the sampling, preparation and measurement stages of iron ore sampling in accordance with ISO 3
Mar 1, 2010
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Evaluating the Inclusion of the Implementation Variability into Fragmentation ModellingBy H Parra, D Zenteno
Fragmentation modelling has been in use in the mining industry for a long time; however, there are still some aspects to tackle with regard to its use for strategic/planning and day-to-day purposes.On
Aug 24, 2015
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Hydraulic Handling In Mining-Fully Automatic Large-Scale Test Unit On A Practical Scale (7820d56d-e8c9-4696-85e5-160c9e5556c0)The process of hydraulic transport through pipelines, world-wide well known for the trans- port of fine-grain solids is also being used to a greater extent in mining for the handling of 1rimarily c
Jan 1, 1980
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Brisbane Airport Link Earth Pressure Balance Machine Two Component Tailskin Grouting – A New Australian RecordBy A Reschke
The Thiess John Holland Group is undertaking the design and construction of Brisbane’s Airport Link Project, the largest single investment in transportation infrastructure in Australian history. Twin
Mar 8, 2011
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Geotechnical strata characterisation using geophysics and its application for coal mine designBy T Medhurst
Recent developments in geophysical borehole log analysis using the Geophysical Strata Rating (GSR) are now routinely used in a number Australian coal mining operations. This allows development of 3D g
Nov 30, 2018
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The Influence of Elements on the Properties of Lead Part X. The Influence of MagnesiumBy Met M, Orr C. W, Met B. E
As was mentioned in the last paper of this series(l), magnesium was added to lead with the idea that it would act as a de-oxidiser. The magnesium lead alloys give rise to an inter-metallic compound of
Jan 1, 1939
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Textural Evaluation of Nickel Sulphide GossansBy Travis G. A
The Mons Cupri Cu-Pb-Zn deposit is situated within a complex Archaean volcanic sequence dominated by rhyolitic fragmental rocks. This sequence is underlain by a 150 m group of rhyolitic ash flow t
Jan 1, 1973
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Geology, Alteration and Mineralisation of the Tampakan Copper DepositBy A Madera, R Watt
The Tampakan deposit is a strongly telescoped high-sulphidation-epithermal/ porphyry deposit pair which is hosted by a sequence of probable Pliocene age subaerial andesite flows. These host units lie
Jan 1, 1999
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Is Zero Discharge a Viable or Useful Concept in Mine Water Management?By S Vink, A Wolhuter
Increasingly the community and government regulators are calling for æzero dischargeÆ mines. Some mining companies are beginning to explore ways in which they can transition to zero discharge. When st
Nov 26, 2013
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Case study – an analysis of reliability and efficiency: ultrasonic versus annubar technologiesBy M J. Shearer
An investigation into the reliability of the data being collected at the Mount Isa Mines site operated by Glencore in Queensland allowed on-site ventilation personnel to scrutinise pressure and volume
Aug 28, 2017
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Managements' Changing Emphasis on Health and Safety in the 1990sThe 1990s present many challenges, not the least of which is in the area of health and safety. Integrating of safety and health into the management process to suit the overall needs of a company will
Jan 1, 1993
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Benchmarks of Performance for Truck and Loader FleetsThe cost of production from truck and loader fleets is influenced by management development of the culture of the organisation, work practices, systems and procedures of the production and maintenance
Jan 1, 1992
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Improving Production Drilling and Blasting in the Kim South Orebody at Agnew Gold MineBy T A. Carter
In 2010 Agnew Gold Mine (AGM) struggled to produce the required tonnages from its stopes. The longhole rises used to create void in stopes were unreliable and often failed to gain the designed rise he
Mar 24, 2014
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Installations of the Computer at Mount IsaMount Isa Mines Limited first installed electronic data processing equipment in 1959. The decision to replace this equipment with a computer was motivated by the need for greater processing power and
Jan 1, 1968
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Virtual Reality Scientific Visualisation – A Solution for Big Data Analysis of the Block Cave Mining SystemBy J Tibbett, A Colebourn, B Hebblewhite, F Suorineni
The concept of Big Data refers to data sets that are so large, variable and/or complex that traditional data processing applications struggle to integrate the data for effective investigation, analysi
Nov 4, 2015