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Dewatering the Bowmans Trial PitBy Waterhouse J. D, Harris B. M
This paper briefly describes the construction in 1979/80 of a 70m deep trial open pit coal mine near Bowmans S.A. and describes more fully the hydrogeological aspects of the exercise. The primary p
Jan 1, 1981
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The Upgrading of the Zinc-Lead Smelter of Commonwealth Smelting Ltd for the 1990ÆsThe Imperial Smelting Process (ISP) for the simultaneous smelting of zinc and lead was developed at Avonmouth from the 1930's with activity intensifying in the late 1940's/early 1950'
Jan 1, 1989
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Risk Elements Characteristics of Mining InvestmentsThe exploration and mining risks are investigated and compared to the risks of smelting, secondary processing and other normal industrial activities. This study concentrates on the risk before, or
Jan 1, 1986
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Recent Port Kembla experience with iron ore use – sintering and blast furnaceBy S Chew, A Bennett, N Di Giorgio, B Osborne
After relining one of two blast furnaces and enlarging its sinter plant in 2009, BlueScope radically restructured its Port Kembla steelworks operation in 2011, shutting a blast furnace and halving its
Jul 24, 2017
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Process and Engineering Improvements Increase Production at Hamersley Iron's Pellet PlantBy Lynch K. S, Street R. P
Hamersley Iron's pellet plant at Dampier involves ore drying, dry grind- ing in ball mills, disc balling and, indurating by use of the straight grate system. After five years of operation, the
Jan 1, 1973
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Wellington Gold (A Brief Review of the Gold Mining History of the Wellington District, New Zealand)Alluvial gold was found in the Terawhiti area, West of Wellington, in the 1850s. This led to the discovery of reef gold. Periods of minor 'gold fever', company flotations, and mining activit
Jan 1, 1993
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The Effect of Clearance Angle on Penetration Rate of Rotary-Drag BitsIn conjunction with a study on wear of drag bits the effect of clearance angle on penetration rate was studied.Increases in clearance angle from 24 1/2 up to 30° gave an increase in penetration r
Jan 1, 1969
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Hdyrocyclone Research and Development at Bougainville Copper LimitedThe developments in hydrocyclone classification in the milling circuit at Bougainville Copper Limited are discussed. A major change in cyclone size and improve- ments in operating conditions have be
Jan 1, 1978
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Horizontal Drilling Technology for Coal Seam Methane RecoveryBy Bockhorst R. W, Christopher D. A
Over the past fifteen years, horizontal drilling in coal seams for advance degasification has become an established practice in the United States of America. Consolidation Coal Company pioneered t
Jan 1, 1988
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Open ForumMcLeod: Without getting into the argument as to how well we can know our resource levels specifically in the immediate short term, I would like to make one or two points about the future, and perhaps
Jan 1, 1975
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Direct observation of the fayalite slag formation behaviour from large SiO2 grainsBy S Natsui, Y Goto, S Kawanishi, J Takahashi, H Nogami
The demand for copper increases yearly, and further improvements in copper smelting efficiency using flash furnaces are required. This study was conducted to understand and promote the interfacial rea
Jun 19, 2024
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A System Approach to Mine Waste Remediation, the Kristineberg Mine, Northern SwedenBy H Holmstr÷m, A Widerlund, M Lindvall
At the Kristineberg mine in northern Sweden sulfide-rich, poorly buffered tailings have been deposited in five impoundments located along a valley. The tailings area has been remediated by applying a
Jan 1, 2003
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Bio-Mineral Processing - Its Potential to Revolutionise the IndustryBacteria can play a key role in the processing of 'difficult' ores. Bioleaching opens the way to potentially extract copper from vast amounts of otherwise hard to process refractory low-grad
Sep 13, 2010
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Presidential Address, 1974 Ore to Metal - The Education NeedsAs we look back through the Proceedings of our Institute, we find few papers dealing directly with education and recruitment. Apart from papers prepared in the earlier decades of this century, there w
Jan 1, 1974
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Review of Australian Longwall Panel Ventilation PracticesBy S Gillies, H W. Wu
A study has been undertaken into mine ventilation systems currently in use within Australian modern coal longwall (LW) extraction mines. It reviews systems and discusses evolving changes being adopted
Jul 1, 2013
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Consolidation and shear strength testing and stability analysis of coal mine spoil degraded to mudBy L Bergin, D J. Williams, S Islam, T A. Vangsness
The flooding of open strip coal mines in the Bowen Basin and Hunter Valley Coalfields of Eastern Australia has the potential to soften the spoil and floor materials to produce “mud”. This mud can act
Jul 23, 2018
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Evaluation of rock joint on construction tunnel face using convolutional neural networkBy H Kusumi, A Nishio, K D. Halim, Y Yun
In Japan, evaluation of rock mass is crucial in mountain tunnels that are constructed using the NATM (New Austrian Tunneling Method) to determine the support pattern that in turns determine the final
Nov 29, 2022
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Carbonate Alteration of the Upper Mount McRae Shale at Mount Whaleback, Western Australia ù Implications for Iron Ore GenesisBy G R. Dickens, N H. S Oliver
The genesis of giant hematite ore deposits in northwest Australia remains a contentious topic in part because key evidence supporting a unifying genetic model has not been found at all deposits. In pa
Jan 1, 2005
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Multi-factor integrated data analytics and data-driven decision-making for ground control managementBy R Carstens, L Munsamy, L Prinsloo, C Huang, C Zhang, R Liang, I Canbulat
With recent advances in machine learning, data-based automated decision-making has been proven successful with promising outcomes in many industries. Its application in the mining sector can be ground
Nov 29, 2022
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Responsible Management and Transparent Reporting across the Project Life CycleBy M A. Noppé
"Mining is an inherently risky business: from the technical, environmental, social and economic uncertainties associated with advancing an exploration concept to a viable project; to the risks associa
Jun 28, 2016