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Iran Mining Industry Based on the 20-Year Perspective 2025By F Rashidinejad
Iran has had an active mining sector for some 7000 years. Exceptional in terms of its mineral diversity, Iran produces 62 minerals, and is ranked among the world’s 15 most mineral-rich countries. Many
Nov 22, 2011
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Machine Monitoring and Automation as Enablers of Lean MiningBy L Mottola
Three decades ago mining companies, principally in North America, aided by machine and explosive manufacturers, started significant attempts to develop and implement automated mining systems, mainly u
Nov 22, 2011
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Sustaining Minerals Education in Developing Countries – Lessons from Southeast AsiaBy D Laurence
Australians are at the forefront of exporting their mining expertise in a number of areas. Minerals education is just one example. The growing economies of Southeast Asia host some of the most prospec
Nov 22, 2011
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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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Wireless Ad hoc System for Positioning – Effective Equipment and Personnel Location for Mining OperationsBy M Hedley
Tracking plant and personnel in mining operations provides multiple potential benefits for a mine including improved safety, better monitoring of production, traffic control and, in the future, monito
Nov 22, 2011
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Rock Cutting Tool Research and Development for Step Changes in Rock Mechanical ExcavationBy X S. Li
The modern mechanical excavation machines have enough power for cutting hard rock. The ‘bottle neck’ which limits the use of machines for hard rock excavation is ‘cutting tool’. To cut hard and abrasi
Nov 22, 2011
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Sustainable Development and TailingsBy H Jones
The paper outlines the adoption and evolution of ‘sustainable development’ as a concept in tailings management practices in the mining industry over the last 30 years. Over 500 lives have been lost in
Nov 22, 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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Vision 2040 – Mining Technology, Policy and Market InnovationBy D Giurco
This paper presents the results from research undertaken in the CSIRO-funded Mineral Futures Collaboration Cluster on developing a future vision for the mining and minerals industry – Vision 2040 – in
Nov 22, 2011
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ROES® – Automated Rock ExtractionBy I Gipps
A vision of what the future mine involves all aspects of mining, ie orebody access, ore stoping, material transport, processing and waste material disposal. This paper examines one aspect of the futur
Nov 22, 2011
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Assigning Value to a Drill and Blast Wall Control Program Through Reduction in the Risk ProfileBy S B. Sheldon
Wall control programs tend to be expensive and consequently require financial justification in order to get approval for the expenditure required. The difficulty faced in getting this approval is that
Nov 8, 2011
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Productive Partnership – Controlling Vibration and Maintaining Critical Electricity SupplyBy M Nagarajan
Orica Mining Services (Orica) in partnership with Coal and Allied’s Hunter Valley Operations (HVO) has developed a risk management process to maximise mining efficiency whilst controlling vibration an
Nov 8, 2011
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Quantification of Drill Hole Deviation – Century Mine Case StudyBy C D. Pocock
Maintaining catch berm capacity in open pit mines through controlled blasting prevents production delays associated with managing risks associated with wall instability. A method has been developed to
Nov 8, 2011
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Through Seam Blasting – Leighton Wahana ExperienceBy S Agdaca
Leightons is the sole contractor at the Wahana Coal Mine Project (part of the Bayan Group), a multi-seam thermal deposit consisting of 13 coal seams with thicknesses ranging from 20 cm to 500
Nov 8, 2011
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Utilising Electronic Detonators at Hail Creek Mine for ‘Dynamic Buffering’By A Baker
Hail Creek Mine is an open cut coal operation owned by Rio Tinto. It is located 120 km south west of Mackay in the Bowen Basin region of central Queensland. Opened in late 2003, the mine produces two
Nov 8, 2011
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Controlled Blasting for Civil Construction in an Urban EnvironmentBy R Domotor
Brisbane’s Airport Link is Australia’s largest road infrastructure project, worth a total value of A$4.8 billion. The project is using surface and underground blasting to excavate hard volcanic r
Nov 8, 2011
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Prevention of Blast Induced Damage to Underground Mine Infrastructure from Open Pit Operations – A Case StudyBy A Campbell
Open pit blasting at Ernest Henry Mining has the potential to cause damage to nearby underground workings. This paper is a case study of the blast vibration management project that was conducted to en
Nov 8, 2011
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Applying Controlling Blasting to Minimise the Damage at the Water Dam Ramp 23 at Ensham ResourcesBy I Villalba
The need to continue the development of the Ensham mine has led to blast up to 75 m to the Eastern side of a water dam in the vicinity of Ramp 23. The water dam wall is exposed to blasting over a
Nov 8, 2011
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Application of Technology for Final Wall Damage Control at Cerro Vanguardia, ArgentinaBy W R. Adamson
Cerro Vanguardia SA (CVSA), property of AngloGold Ashanti, mines gold and silver from a system of vetiforme orebodies located in the south of the Argentine Patagonia, in the Province of Santa Cruz.Sur
Nov 8, 2011
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Blasting Near Mine Surface InfrastructureBy A J. Moore
Blasting operations in open cut mines results in airblast, ground vibration and rock movement with the potential for wild flyrock. In some mines there is a trend towards blasting closer to established
Nov 8, 2011