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  • AUSIMM
    Comparison of Field Estimated Strengths

    By A Duran

    When dealing with rocks in the geotechnical profession, a common activity involves providing an estimate of the intact strength. The tactile approach and descriptions of strength that apply to soils i

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Twenty-Five Years of Mine Filling: Developments and Directions (b390a014-dbd9-4431-8acc-7b7e158ab629)

    The sixth international symposium on mining with fill nearly coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Jubilee Symposium on Mine Filling. That symposium, held in August 1973 in Mount Isa, in part

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    A Fortunate Life – 45 Years in Heavy Minerals

    By A R. Sale

    This paper highlights two aspects of the mineral sands industry in Australia: the development of the industry from approximately 1870 through to 1980, and the author’s experience in the industry from

    Oct 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    From Mt Goldsworthy to Area C ù Reflections on Forty Years of Iron Ore Exploration in the Pilbara

    By D A. Kepert, I J. Tehnas, M A. Pudovsk

    BHP Billiton (BHPB) was the first company to start iron ore mining in the Pilbara at Mt Goldsworthy in 1966 through Goldsworthy Mining Limited (GML - then Consolidated Goldfields Australia, Cyprus Min

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Chromite in Beach Sands from Norrie's Head and Stradbroke Island

    By Baker G

    Chromite was recorded among the rare minerals in the natural beach sand concentrates on the coast of Northern New South Wales by Whitworth(l) in 1931, and the commercial production of zircon and rutil

    Jan 1, 1948

  • 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
    New Slurry Sampling Systems for Mineral Processing Plants

    By J Weir

    Accurate sampling of slurry streams is extremely important for metallurgical accounting in mining operations, not only for measuring the ore grade from the mine, but also for measuring the recovery of

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    An investigation of potential wear occurring on refractory lining and coating formation – a remedy of wear in a basic oxygen steelmaking furnace using CFD modelling

    By S Mitra, B J. Monaghan, T Honeyands, G Evans, R Chowdhury, D Scimone

    Due to the harsh operating conditions, wearing of the inner refractory lining in a Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) furnace reduces the useful life of the refractories and incurs a significant cost comp

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Remodelling the Purnama Deposit – An Interpretation Case Study from G-Resources Martabe Project, Indonesia

    By A N. Kusnanto, D Sims, L Henim, S Crispin, J Hertrijana

    The high sulfidation Purnama Au-Ag deposit located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra entered production in mid-2012 following a two-year program of construction and development. Discovered in 1997 f

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Development of Models in Minerals Processing

    By I Cameron

    Simulation is increasingly being used to analyse mineral processing operations and explore efficiency options. Engineers that use simulation are rightly concerned with the quality and applicability of

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Effective Contracting Through Partnering

    By Stewart R. D, Lawrence W, Youl M. J

    The trend towards contracting by major coal mining companies such as BHP Coal and MIM Ltd is examined. Reasons why this trend is occurring are discussed and the concept of partnering is examined.

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Strategy and Tactics Implemented to Achieve Energy-efficient Ventilation and Cooling of Mines

    By J J. L du Plessis

    Escalating energy and electricity costs have become one of the biggest expenditure drivers in mining operations. During the last eight years, energy costs have trebled when expressed as a percentage o

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Water Flow in Uncovered Waste Rock ù A Multi-Year Large Lysimeter Study

    By L Smith, R Beckie

    An intermediate scale (8 m + 8 m + 5 m high) constructed waste rock pile experiment was built upon a contiguous grid of 16 gravity drainage lysimeters to investigate the flow of water in unsaturated w

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Metallurgical Performance of Outotec’s e500 TankCell® at the Kevitsa Cu-Ni-PGE Concentrator

    By B Murphy, T Mattsson, R Crosbie, T Maksimainen

    "An Outotec e500 TankCell, with 500 m³ of actual flotation volume, was commissioned at the Kevitsa Cu-Ni-PGE concentrator in northern Finland during 2014. This flotation cell was implemented at t

    Oct 10, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Crushers – An Essential Part of Energy Efficient Comminution Circuits

    By R Bearman

    The importance of crushers in the mining industry declined with the introduction and resultant dominance of AG and SAG based circuits, but the recent move to consider more energy efficient circuits ha

    Aug 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Measurements and Modelling of Evaporation from Abandoned Mine Pit Lakes

    By T van Niel, M Trefry, B Baker, I Rea, A Hawdon, D McJannet, D Boadle, R Fandrich, A Littleboy

    Many open cut mines extend to depths well below the natural water table level with constant dewatering required to maintain operations. When mining activities cease the groundwater starts to fill the

    Jun 28, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Examining the relationship (if any) between elevated phosphorus and ore textural type in Pilbara iron ores

    By M I. Pownceby, N Karimian, J R. Manuel, M J. Peterson

    The CSIRO ore classification scheme for Pilbara ores was used as a reference frame to target recognisable ore types/textures with potentially elevated phosphorus content for detailed analysis. Particl

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    NO2:NOx Ratios in Australian Road Tunnels

    By P Gehrke, S O’Gorman

    The precise measurement of NO2 was historically difficult in road tunnels, hence criteria and design analysis was based on converting from NOx concentrations via a set NO2:NOx ratio. The reliable dire

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Making Studies Work – Organisation, Communication and Management

    By P McCarthy

    "This paper is based on 30 years of involvement in feasibility studies as a participant, study manager and the leader of a firm that provides study components and overall study management. The followi

    Mar 8, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    The use of Geometallurgy to Estimate Comminution Parameters within Porphyry Copper Deposits

    By G J. Harbort, K Lam, C Sola

    The relationship between the geology of porphyry copper deposits and their processing performance is an area of interest. Being able to predict comminution properties of the ore from physical characte

    Sep 29, 2013