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  • AUSIMM
    Truck Haulage Using Overhead Electrical Power to Conserve Diesel Fuel and Improve Haulage Economics

    By Brzezniak W

    Conversion to trolley assist is a means of minimizing diesel fuel consumption, which in many mining situations offers a rapid payback of capital investment plus the inherent flexi- bility and maneu

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Geometallurgical Modelling Techniques Applicable to Prefeasibility Projects – La Colosa Case Study

    By P A. Montoya

    La Colosa is a world-class porphyry Au project located in Colombia, currently undergoing prefeasibility analysis. As part of collaboration between AngloGold Ashanti and the AMIRA P843A GeMIII Project,

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Inverstigations of Material Distribution and Permeability-Improvement of the Permeability of No. 7 Blast Furnace

    By Flierman GA, Van Toor CH

    Investigations were carried out of burden distribution using a full scale model of the furnace top. Various charging sequences were used and large differences were found between ore charged as sinter

    Jan 1, 1975

  • AUSIMM
    The Obuasi Mine - Longitudinal Retreat Mining Method Application and Challenges

    By F Owusu-Mensah, F Nsarko

    The Obuasi Mine has been in operation for the past 100 years. Within this period a host of mining methods have been employed during its various changing phases. The causes for the changes are multiple

    Mar 26, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Introduction of Down-Reaming in Australia

    By G Mulder, M Adams

    Since the introduction of raiseboring 30 years ago there have been many operational and mechanical design improvements in the raiseboring machine, its reamers and associated cutters. These have now ma

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Pyrite Flotation With Xanthate Under Alkaline Conditions ù Application to Environmental Desulfurisation

    By M Ben, P de Donato, M Kongolo

    The extensive literature on sulfide flotation indicates that pyrite poorly floats under alkaline condition. Xanthate concentration has a positive effect on pyrite flotation, but above a pH of 11, pyri

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Leveraging the Bottom Line of Your Mining Business Through Effective Management of the Mineral Resource

    The mineral resource that a mining company has access to, represents the majority of the embedded value that exists within the company, as well as the competitive advantage that the company has over i

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Silica-Kaolin Sand Wet Sizing

    Silica-Kaolin Sand Wet Sizing The Bulgarian deposits of silica-kaolin sand are localised in the eastern part of the Danube plain. After wet separation the raw material yields two products - washed ka

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of Flocculants in Coal Washeries Operated by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited

    By Mackenzie J. M W

    The mechanism of clay slime flocculation in coal washing circuits is considered and it is concluded that polymer flocculants are most suitable. It was found that the addition of sea water with a polym

    Jan 1, 1962

  • AUSIMM
    The FutureMine Collaborative Research Initiative ù Making Research Work

    By J du Plessis, W Marx

    The FutureMine Collaborative Research Initiative has been successfully completed after three years of activity. The main objective of this initiative was to provide applications of research previously

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Perimeter Control in Development Mining

    By A J. Tucker, L Bottomley

    The principle objective of development mining is to create thoroughfares that can be accessed by personnel and machinery for the entire life of an underground mine. The drill and blast process, being

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Vaal Reefs Mine, South Africa, and the Role of the Geologist

    Vaal Reefs Mine annually produces some 75 tonnes of gold. Stoping operations, using a scattered mining method, are conducted on several reef horizons within Witwatersrand Supergroup metasediments of t

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AUSIMM
    Fluid-Dynamic Aspects in Blast Furnace with Gas Injection into the Stack

    By Quintiliani G, Giordano V

    A research field of interest and a topical subject with the aim to reduce a considerable amount of coke in ironmaking is the injection into blast furnace stack of hot reducing gas combined with use o

    Jan 1, 1975

  • AUSIMM
    Coal Mine Main Fan Power Saving Project

    By F J. van Zyl, C A. S Thomson

    "Anglo American Thermal Coal conducted a high level study of all of its underground collieriesto determine if there were electrical power saving opportunities at the main fan stations.A systems approa

    Jun 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    First Mexican Coal Mine Recovery After Mine Fire, Esmeralda Mine

    The fire started in the development section from methane released into the mine through a roof-bolt hole. The date was 8 May 1998. The flames spread quickly as the coal was ignited. After eight hours

    Jan 1, 2005

  • 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
    The Mabilo Copper-gold-iron Deposit – A New Skarn Discovery in the Philippines

    By G Maude, R Ayres, R N McLean, N A. Reynolds

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The Mabilo copper-gold-magnetite skarn deposit is located in southern Luzon in the Paracale

    Mar 18, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Reducing the Cost of Tunnel Design in Australia

    By B Rouvray, R Bertuzzi

    The development of a design-and-construct tunnelling project in Australia from its concept to its construction requires designs to be prepared and reviewed at several distinct stages prior to document

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Stope Design Based on Realistic Joint Networks

    By J Hadjigeorgiou

    The stability of open stopes in underground hard rock mines is influenced by several factors including the shape and size of the excavation, surrounding stresses as well as the degree of jointing. Thi

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Project Hobson – New Technology in Auckland

    By T Ireland

    The Project Hobson tunnel excavation was the first use in New Zealand of an earth pressure balance (EPB) tunnel boring machine (TBM). The tunnelling on the project was very successful and break-throug

    Mar 8, 2011