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  • AUSIMM
    Formulating and Solving Complex Minerals Industry Optimisation Problems û A Systems Approach to Complex Systems Problems

    The paper provides an overview of the development and content of APCOM symposia since their inception in 1961. This development is set within the context of the academic environment in which much of t

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Detailed Orebody Mapping Using Borehole Radar

    By I Mason, G Turner, J Hargreaves

    One of the key objectives in production from any mine is the minimisation of ore loss and dilution. This can only be achieved when the distribution of ore within the mine is known. The distribution of

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Use of Geometallurgy to Predict Tailings Leach Acid Consumption at Olympic Dam

    By E Macmillan

    For any processing plant there will be deleterious elements or minerals which affect production or quality, and a strategy to predict their occurrence and mitigate their impact is required. An early o

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Quantitative X-Ray Mineralogy of Iron Ore and Scales

    By K Knorr

    Desktop X-ray powder diffraction using a D2 PHASER equipped with fast linear detector was performed on several iron ore and mill scale samples. Data were analysed using cluster analysis and Rietveld q

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Sulfur distribution ratio in iron and steelmaking slags

    By R G. Reddy, A Yahya

    The sulfur distribution ratio (Ls) is an expression of the amount of sulfur in slag to the amount of sulfur in molten metal. The sulfide capacities calculated from Reddy-Blander (RB) model were used t

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Understanding the Susceptibility of the ZA-27 Zinc Base Alloy to mAcrosegregation and Inverted Pipe Formation

    By Nava-Vasquez E, Torres-Torres J, Mendez-Nonell J

    The ZA-27 zinc base alloy was poured into cylindrical moulds and solidified under different conditions ie normal freezing and unidirectional freezing. In addition a cylindrical ingot with rheocast m

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Unique Coal Mine Drift Construction Method

    By C Donnelly

    Redpath Australia is using a unique mining method for the Australian underground coal industry at Kestrel Mine Extension in the Bowen Basin, Central Queensland.The project involves completing two sepa

    Mar 21, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    A Modern Mass Transit System for Hanoi - The Capital of Vietnam

    By N Van Buc, E Coroiu

    The rapid socio-economic growth of Hanoi City coincides with a corresponding growth of the transport demand. Today, the transport in Hanoi is completely dependent on private modes of transport. Becaus

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Economically Mineable Resource in an Underground Metalliferous Mine

    By Bell I. F

    In 1985, ZC Mines (now Pasminco South) had been unprofitable for some years due to a combination of high operating costs, low metal prices, low head grade and an aging and inadequate mining infrastr

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    State-of-the-Art in Monitoring Respirable Mine Aerosols

    By E E. Hall, S, E D. Thimons, R J. Timko

    The heart of mine ventilation science and technology is the protection of the life and health of the miner. Lung diseases that result from overexposure to various mine aerosols can largely be prevente

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Drive Stability through Efficient Development Blasting Design and Practices

    By P Klaric

    Drive stability is critical in block/panel cave mining. The production levels of these mines are required to remain operational for the entire life-of-mine which can be in excess of 30 years. It is th

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Some Novel Shaft Appliances at the State Coal Mine.

    A description of:1. Air-lock at No. 14 Upcast shaft.2. Pit-top gates at Dudley winding shaft.3. Safety rider employed in sinking No. 18 shaft.1. AIR-LOCK AT No. 14 SHAFT.Some time ago it became desira

    Jan 1, 1928

  • AUSIMM
    Is the Python Right for Me? Python

    Gekko Systems Pty Ltd have developed the Python Underground Processing Plant for the concentration of gold and sulfide ores. The Python plant has an established flow sheet including fine crushing, scr

    Aug 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Blast Fragmentation Impacts on Downstream Processing at Goldfields Cerro Corona

    By D La Rosa, K Caron, H Mamani, W Valery, R Diaz

    The Gold Fields Cerro Corona copper-gold deposit in Peru has heterogeneous rock characteristics in terms of its mineralogical, geological and geotechnical properties. Blast design variations in these

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Mount Carlton comminution circuit design, start-up and optimisation

    By B Putland, I Lovatt, D Schwann, A Cervillin

    The Mount Carlton project in Queensland's North East sits on a high-sulphidation epithermal style deposit rich in gold, copper and silver. Mt Carlton is an open pit mining operation with ore proce

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    A comparison of the performance of fully versus partially encapsulated cable bolts based on laboratory-scale testing

    By P Hagan, S Wang, D Li, B Loh

    A study was undertaken to quantify the differences in performance between a full-length encapsulated cable bolt and a partially encapsulated cable bolt. Much research has been reported on the differen

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Tight slot blasting for routine fault-slip seismicity control at Mt Charlotte Mine

    By P Mikula, R Geranmayeh, R Carlton, M Ferguson, R Whiting

    The concept of using specially designed slot blasts to mine through stress abutments that intersect faults, while controlling fault-slip seismicity, has come of age at Mt Charlotte Mine. Due to the hi

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Development and implementation of a digital sleep and circadian management tool for optimising sleep, health and safety in shift workers

    By S M. W Rajaratnam, P Varma, T L. Sletten

    Mining employees undertaking shift work are at considerable risk of experiencing sleep disturbances and circadian rhythm disruptions. In the complex, high-risk environment of mining, these sleep and c

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Potential TWA changes for gas monitoring instruments are alarming

    By P Aspinall

    Safe work Australia (SWA) has a number of proposed amendments to existing Workplace Exposure Standard (WES) values that may dramatically change how mining workplaces using personal gas monitoring inst

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Project Evaluation and Valuation – An Investor’s Golden Rule

    By L I. Rozman

    "There have always been development projects that fall short of expectations. In the last decade, we have seen more than the usual number of mining and oil/gas development projects taking significantl

    Mar 8, 2016