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An assessment of battery trolley systems’ performance in surface minesBy H Bao, M Nehring, M Kizil, P Knights
The mining sector, a notably energy-intensive industry worldwide, is a major consumer of fossil fuels, leading to significant carbon emissions globally. The move towards electrification, coupled with
Sep 1, 2024
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Competitiveness of Australian Coal in Relation to Transport DistanceBy Gillies A. D S
Rail, port and shipping charges represent 30 to 50 per cent of landed costs for Australian coal mines selling to Asia. This proportion is higher for sales to Europe, yet it is in Europe where Austra
Jan 1, 1994
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The Future of Australia’s Mineral Wealth – Leasing to Support an Ageing PopulationBy K Morrison
Australia’s ageing population means that by 2050 there will be 2.7 people of working age to support each Australian aged 65 years and over compared with five working people per retiree today and compa
Nov 22, 2011
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Real Option Valuation of Mineral Exploration/Mining Projects using Decision Trees - Differentiating Market Risk from Private RiskBy A Chandra, P Guj
Only a few complex real options can be valued using closed-form equations, such as the Black and Scholes formula, because these algorithms are restrictive and prevent the construction of practical pro
May 24, 2012
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Stratigraphy of the Marra Mamba Iron Formation within the Chichester Range and its Implications for Iron Ore Genesis at Roy Hill - Evidence from Deep Diamond Drill Holes within the East Fortescue ValleyBy P Hawke, J Hurst, B KrapeP
Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (HPPL) drilled two deep diamond stratigraphic holes (ECD0001 and RHD0296) within the eastern Fortescue Valley in the Pilbara of Western Australia. Located south of the Roy
Aug 12, 2013
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Maximising asset value through optimal block by block decisions on marginal materialBy F Phillips, E Deucker, J Kato
It is challenging to determine the optimal mining strategy to maximise value when a mine plan includes mineralised material which does not meet the full cost of mining but has value exceeding the vari
Mar 15, 2021
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Sand Mining Restoration on the Swan Coastal Plain using Topsoil – Learning from Monitoring of Previous Rehabilitation AttemptsBy E J. B van Etten
This paper reports on the results of several years of monitoring rehabilitation at a silica sand mine on the Swan Coastal Plain, south of Perth. Mining here occurs below the regional watertable and le
Oct 5, 2011
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Broken Hill - A Test Bed for Geology and TechnologyBy D H MACKENZIE
In common with several great orebodies and mineral camps around the world Broken Hill has been the subject of state-of-the-art technical and scientific scrutiny during its long working life. During
Jan 1, 1992
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Breadth and Depth – Ground Breaking Shafts for Melbourne Sewer ProjectsBy N Lewis
Recent major urban trunk sewer infrastructure projects in Melbourne have involved construction of nearly 10 km of tunnel boring machine (TBM) driven tunnels in a range of geological conditions varying
Mar 8, 2011
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Improvements on Estimation Tools and the Effect on Mineralisation Base Definition on the Zulti North Heavy Mineral Sand Deposit, Richards Bay, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South AfricaBy J M. Nel
Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) has recently undertaken an exercise to improve orebody basal definition. Older mineralisation bases (pre-2005) were highly erratic using old protocol reverse circulation (R
Oct 5, 2011
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Tunnelling in the Andes in Chile – By Drill and Blast and Tunnel Boring MachineBy R Fletcher
Pacific Hydro, a leading renewable energy company from Australia, is developing a series of cascading run-of-river hydro electricity projects in the Cachapoal Valley at the base of the Andes Mountains
Mar 8, 2011
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Staffing Mines in the Future – Learning from a Gender Study for an Ore Establishment in Northern SwedenBy L Abrahamsson
This paper describes results from a gender study for a new mine in Pajala, a small community in northern Sweden. Using a gender perspective, the study examines migration, education, local culture, the
Nov 22, 2011
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Specification and Selection of Hand-held Gas Monitors (Detectors) for Underground MinesBy D J. Brake
There are many sources of gas in underground mines including development and production blasting, strata gases, spontaneous combustion, diesel equipment, chemicals used for a wide range of functions,
Aug 31, 2015
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Reducing Grade Uncertainty in High-Nugget Effect Gold Veins ù Application of Geological and Geochemical ProxiesBy G F. Johansen
The erratic and localised occurrence of economic gold grades is a common feature of high-nugget effect gold veins. The nugget effect is a consequence of small-scale geologically controlled enrichment,
Jan 1, 2004
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A Guide to Selecting the Optimal Method of Resource Estimation for Multivariate Iron Ore DepositsBy H Arvidson, J Vann
When only wide-spaced drilling is available, for example at concept, prefeasibility and feasibility stages, properly implemented linear estimation (including ordinary kriging) predicts grade tonnage r
Jan 1, 2007
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Early Development of the Theory of Froth FlotationBy 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
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Pre-Competitive Exploration Research in Australia û A 30 Year AssessmentBy May J. R
Exploration, including research, has fuelled the enormous expansion of the Australian mineral industry in the last three decades. Analysis of success and failure in exploration and research has the
Jan 1, 1992
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Closure Planning for a Going ConcernHow do you initiate closure planning for a mine site that is on the doorstep of a major community without generating the extremes of panic or complacency? That is the question that is faced by Austral
Jun 1, 2010
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On the Influence of Fundamental Detonics on Blasting PracticeBy A Minchinton
With blasting, all far-field phenomena including, but not limited to, stress wave propagation, fracture, vibration and muck pile formation are intrinsically and irrevocably dependent upon near-field p
Aug 24, 2015
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Transition from owner mining to contract mining – a structured tender process using a holistic approachBy Y G. Anoman
This paper discusses the operating model within Endeavour Mining Corporation regarding the options of owner mining against contract mining. It’s based on the concept of ‘are we carrying out the most e
Jun 22, 2022