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  • AUSIMM
    Coal in the Context of Sustainable Development ù Implications for the Minerals Industry

    The concept of æsustainabilityÆ can largely be defined as development that will not compromise the ælivabilityÆ of the planet for future generations. It has multiple dimensions, such as the triple bot

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Calibration of post blast gas simulation using mine site readings

    By F C. D Michelin

    Blast fumes are a significant health risk to underground workers, containing several dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and ammonia. To ensure safe working conditions,

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Maximising Value Through Maintaining Your Flotation Equipment

    By B Murphy, S O’Connell, J L. Heath

    In the 1989 best-seller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the author, Stephen Covey, highlights the importance of maintaining not only ‘production’, but also, ‘production capacity’. When operat

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Enhance the Exploration-to-mining Value Chain

    By D Smith, A Ramdhani, J Francke

    Ground penetrating radar (GPR), a well-established geophysical technique generally used for shallow civil engineering applications, has, in the last decade, found increasing acceptance as a complement

    Aug 18, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Incorporation of ore sorting into a proposed greenfields tin mining and processing project in Morocco

    By A N. Parry

    In May 2018 Kasbah Resources Limited (“Kasbah”) completed an ore sorting test work program which was a precursor to releasing in July 2018 an updated Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) for the Achmm

    Nov 10, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Assessing and monitoring food and feed safety – a 15 year quest for proper sampling

    By C Paoletti

    About 15 years ago the debate on the reliability of sampling procedures for agricultural food and feed commodities was initiated by a few brave scientists who questioned the representativeness of what

    May 9, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Development of a remotely operated robotic mechanism for accessing and removal of metal tramp from primary gyratory crushers

    By H Lemos, E Nunes, D Jacobson, R Costa, L Ono, A Alves, H Delboni Jr

    Oversize rock breaking and metal tramp removal are key issues for reducing primary crusher downtime, as well as improving the safety associated with its operation. Remote operation of such tasks would

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Special Purpose Simulator for Improved Estimation of Day-to-Day CIL/CIP Recoveries

    Sampling of CIL/CIP circuits is typically done by compositing samples of feed and tails over eight or 12 hour periods. As the residence time in the leaching tankage may be approximately 20 hours, the

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    A Comprehensive Dynamic Model of the Pierce-Smith Copper Converter: A First Step Towards Better Converter-Aisle Operation

    By I T. Cameron

    The commercial production of copper metal involves a sequence of purification stages. One step of this process eliminates bulk quantities of iron and sulphur from matte Cu2S(FeS to produce blister con

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Automated Production Data Collection and Reporting at a Large Open Pit Mine

    By T Mattiske

    The Fimiston Open Pit (commonly referred to as the æSuper PitÆ) is a part of the Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd (KCGM) operation in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. KCGM manages the Fimiston Open Pit,

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Union Reefs: A Project Assessment and Development Case History

    By Giles D, Wegmann D

    The Mt Todd Gold Project is located 42 km northwest of the township of Katherine within the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated in the southeastern portion of the Pine Creek Geosyncline.

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Professional Development for Metallurgists – Improving Technical Skills

    By D Drinkwater

    In 2009, Peter Munro and Peter Tilyard examined the “human capital” in the mineral processing sector in a paper entitled Back to the Future (Munro and Tilyard, 2009). One of their major concerns was

    Aug 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Introduction of the Robbins Mobile Miner to Mount Isa Mines Limited

    By Neill T. J, Howarth D. F, Malcolm J. McPhersqn

    For many years Isa Mine has seen the need for a continuous mining machine which will economically cut hard rock. Tunnel borers are unsuitable due to the size and inflexibility of the machine and t

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    The North Strathfield Rail Underpass – Driven Tunnel Design and Construction

    By E Nye and T Schroeter, B Muir, M Kitson, M Gonzalez, D Mares

    The single track North Strathfield Rail Underpass (NSRU) consists of a dive structure either end of a 148 m long driven tunnel skewed under three live railway tracks. The tunnel is 8 m high, 9 m wide,

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Friction bolt performance over the past ten years in Australian mines

    By T M. Nester, D J. Reardon, A N. Page, B J. Barsanti

    The load capacity of a friction bolt has long been regarded as 4 t/m of embedment for ground support design analysis and supported by in situ pull test results. In recent years, the authors have obser

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Sustainability Aspects of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) û An Approach to a Holistic CCS Assessment

    By L Rattmann, T Katz, J B. Pateiro-Fernßndez

    Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is expected to become one of the main technological instruments for mid-term reduction of CO2 emissions into the earthÆs atmosphere. Besides the reduction of CO2 emiss

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Early Development of the Theory of Froth Flotation

    By J T. Smit

    The theory of froth flotation developed slowly, in almost all cases lagging behind practical developments in the operation of flotation processes. This was largely the result of a lack of understandin

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Improving compliance in mining through an effective geoscientific information management framework

    By S Mundell, A Atkins, S van de Water

    Geoscientific information management enables the capture, management and delivery of the original geoscientific observations and measurements of the earth’s natural resources. However, original observ

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    How Safe is Safe Enough?- A Paper on Risk Management in the Mining Industry

    By Neville Rockhouse

    This paper examines the interrelationship of conducting full risk assessments in the context of the coal mining industry and under the framework of the Health's Safety in Employment Act 1992. In the c

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Sampling and blending in geoenvironmental campaigns – current practice and future opportunities

    By A Parbhakar-Fox, S C. Dominy

    The prediction of acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) from mine waste materials is critically important during all stages of the mine value chain. However, to determine such geoenvironmental charact

    May 9, 2017