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Improvement strategies for accurate underground drilling and blasting effectiveness at the Barrick Kibali Gold MineBy F M. Senda
This paper highlights strategies used at the Barrick operated Kibali Gold Mine (KGM) to improve the drilling accuracy and blasting effectiveness for longhole open stoping. The mine currently uses Solo
Mar 29, 2023
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Profitable and Productive Partnerships ù Optimising Coal Recovery in Close Proximity to the Hunter RiverBy D Stacey, J Matthews
Hunter Valley Operations in partnership with Orica Explosives designed a process to optimise coal extraction at depths greater than 65 m below the Hunter River in a safe and cost effective manner. The
Jan 1, 2001
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Production Drill and Blast Practices at Ridgeway Gold MineNewcrest Mining Limited (NML) owns and manages the Ridgeway Gold Mine (RGM) located outside Orange in the state of New South Wales. RGM is a new underground sublevel caving (SLC) operation that is ram
Jan 1, 2002
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The role of fleet management in reducing carbon emissions from haul trucksBy D Prior
The Australian mining industry is a significant contributor to the nation’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and like any industry, it must make efforts to reduce these. Medium- and long-term strategie
Jun 22, 2022
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Mentoring - Fostering Relationships to Enrich Decision-MakingMother Nature controls, technical professionals model and miners decide. Decisions to explore, mine and mill. Mine decisions, mine design, planning and scheduling are subject to the quality of models
Jan 1, 2006
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Life-of-mine Development and Production Scheduling Optimisation for Sublevel Cave OperationsBy G Chitombo, A Perryman, A D. Campbell, J White, B Hollis
This paper describes the development and implementation of an optimisation tool developed as part of the Mass Mining Technology (MMT) Project. The tool, known as the SLC Schedule Optimiser, is capable
May 9, 2016
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In-Pit Tailings – World’s Best Practice for Long-Term Management of TailingsBy G M. Mudd
Mine tailings represent one of the two largest sources of mine waste from the minerals industries (the other being waste rock). Given the problems of declining ore grades and growing production, taili
Aug 8, 2011
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Highwall Mining Trials at Callide MineBy Boyd G
This paper describes the planning, analysis, design and operational experience of highwall mining based on auger drilling techniques applied to thick coal seams exposed in an opencut highwall. Bein
Jan 1, 1991
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Distribution of Pb, Zn, Fe, As, Sn, Sb, Bi and Ni between oxide liquid and metal in the ‘CuO0.5’-CaO-AlO1.5 system in equilibrium with Cu metal at 1400°CBy E Jak, G Khartcyzov, M Shevchenko
The increasing complexity of ore resources and recycled materials in the feed of pyrometallurgical processes present a technical challenge to the metallurgical engineers working on maximising the reco
Jun 19, 2024
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Advancements in Condition Monitoring on Mill Drive Trains for Proactive Maintenance and Early Fault Detection PurposesBy T Roesch, M Neurohr, S Stratton
"Dwindling commodity prices are forcing today’s mining operations to increase output. Sometimes the solution is to upgrade the existing infrastructure; however, in most cases it has to be achieved wit
Oct 10, 2016
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Phreatic uncertainty in the unsaturated zone of tailings storage facilities: an examination of two Australian case studiesBy E J. Coyle, L A. Millington
Tailings storage facilities are geotechnically complicated structures that develop heterogeneous strength profiles and varied porewater conditions. The monitoring of porewater pressures is one of the
Jul 1, 2021
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Robust construction and quality assurance culture for tailings storage facilities – equally important as robust design and review practiceBy M Laxman, A Kundu
After multiple tailings dam failures in recent times, the owner organisations have made increased efforts to step up the governance systems to industry best practise in the design, construction and op
Jul 23, 2018
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Separation of Pyrite and Arsenopyrite in a Gold Sulfide ConcentrateBy D E. G Connelly, K Y. Wong
Gold at the Harbour Lights Mine (HLM), WA occurs principally in pyrite (Py) and arsenopyrite (AsPy) minerals rendering it inaccessible to direct cyanidation. Froth flotation produces a concentrate wit
Jan 1, 2005
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Unlocking Processing Potential by Empowering Our OperatorsBy X Li, W McKeague, M S. Powell
This paper explores the importance of operators in the overall efficiency of mineral processing plants. With the potential of future control configurations becoming more remote, it is time to review t
Oct 29, 2012
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A Review of the Applications of Tunnel Boring Machines in MinesBy Q Gong, J Li, J Zhao, Y Zheng
Excavation by tunnel boring machines (TBMs) offers many advantages over conventional excavation methods, in terms of safety level, working environment, advance rate and overall cost. While TBMs have b
Sep 17, 2014
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Assessment of Environmental Quality Impacts Caused by Red Mud Storage Facilities in ChinaBy S Zheng, Y Zhang, Z Wen, S Ma
Red mud (RM) is a solid waste product generated during alumina refinery process, and is usually stored in SFs (SFs) because it canÆt be disposed of easily. In this paper, environment degradation cause
Jul 10, 2012
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Maximising the Output of a Surface Bulk Air Cooling Installation on a South African MineBy T Baard, A Pieters
This paper deals with the design and implementation of a 17 MW (nominal) surface cooling installation at Impala Platinum No 14 shaft located in Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa.The coolin
Jan 1, 2005
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Costerfield – a Narrow Vein Case StudyBy M McCarthy
Over the last six years Mandalay Resources has increased production rates and improved safety outcomes at its Costerfield mine in Victoria, Australia. This mine is an underground operation utilising n
Jun 22, 2016
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Assessing Uncertainty with Drill Hole Spacing Studies – Applications to Mineral ResourcesBy H M. Parker, G Verly, T Postolski
Assessing the uncertainty and risk in mineral resource estimation is required for best practice and is implied by the public reporting codes in the categorisation of mineral resources and reserves. On
Nov 24, 2014
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High Energy Bulk Explosives and Mine to Mill Focus – the Mt Rawdon StoryBy D Morton, G Wallace
"Evolution Mining is the sole owner of the Mt Rawdon open cut operation, located 75 km south-west of Bundaberg in Queensland, Australia (Figure 1). It is a massive, volcanically hosted, low-grade gold
Nov 15, 2016