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  • AUSIMM
    Loading Mechanics of the æCanÆ and Implications for Improved Strength and Stiffness Properties

    Improved roof control in high deformation tailgate environments has been achieved over the last decade through development of stiffer and increased capacity standing support products. æThe CanÆ is one

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Geology and Ore Estimation at the Callie Underground Gold Mine, Tanami, NT

    By J Emslie

    Newmont AustraliaÆs Callie Underground Gold Mine is located on the Dead Bullock Soak Mining Lease, approximately 600 km NW of Alice Springs, NT, in the Granites-Tanami Goldfield. Dead Bullock Soak is

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    The necessity of 3D analysis in open pit, rock slope, stability analysis – in theory and practice

    By A Mcquillan, N Bar

    Geotechnical models developed during the open pit mine planning stage are generally three-dimensional (3D) in component to capture the spatial variation in geological, structural, hydrogeological and

    Nov 29, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    A Further Study on the Attenuation Laws of Blasting Vibration Frequency

    By M Chen, G H. Wang, J R. Zhou, P Yan, W B. Lu

    Blast vibration analysis is one of the important topics in the control technology of blast vibration damage. Nowadays, blasting vibration safety standards are based on both the particle velocity and t

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of a Stochastic Rock Fracture Model Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation

    By D Wyborn, P A. Dowd

    The characterisation of rock fracture networks is an important component of rock engineering applications involving stability assessment or fluid flow analysis. However, the derivation of a reliable r

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Production Schedule Optimisation – Meeting Targets by Hedging against Geological Risk while Addressing Environmental and Equipment Concerns

    By M Spleit

    A long-term production schedule for the LabMag iron ore deposit in northern Quebec, Canada is derived using stochastic integer programming. The optimisation formulation maximises the schedule’s net pr

    Nov 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Central Eyre Iron Project – Process Selection and Design

    By D Connelly

    The Iron Road Limited Central Eyre Iron Project (CEIP) area, located on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, covers extensive Archaean iron formations that occur as coarse-grained magnetite bearing

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Kinetics of Collector Adsorption on Mineral Surfaces

    By A Holmgren, W Forsling

    In the present study infrared attenuated total reflection (IR-ATR) was used to monitor the rate of in situ adsorption of heptyl xanthate on a layer of zinc sulfide synthesised on a germanium ATR cryst

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Liquefaction behaviour of tailings under cyclic simple shear testing

    By A Li, H Jinto, M Laxman

    The behaviour of tailings under cyclic loading has an impact on the stability and deformation of tailings dams and a good understanding of the cyclic behaviour of the tailings under earthquakes is imp

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Expansion of the Mount Isa Mines Copper Concentrator Phase One Cleaner Circuit Expansion

    By G Harbort, V Lawson

    Mount Isa Mines Limited operates one of the worldÆs largest underground mines in North West Queensland. ItÆs mining and smelting complex produces copper anode, crude lead bullion (containing silver),

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    NCSC Policy Release No. 149

    Thank you for that introduction and especially thank you to the organisers for inviting me. I've had a considerable interest in this area and I've had the advantage of an education from Nei

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    Indicator kriging saves the day – improving reconciliation

    By A Purton, C Taylor, E Conroy

    The spatial modelling of geometallurgical domains is an important step in the characterisation of an ore deposit allowing for the quantification of various rock types, their differing rock properties

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Advances in Flotation Process Control at Porgera Gold Mine Using JK FrothCam Imaging Technology

    The Porgera gold mine has made significant progress with the successful installation of a JK FrothCam image analysis system. The system is used to measure and control froth velocity on the scavenger c

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Thermal analysis of molten salts and their mixtures with metals

    By S Gezgin, F Beckstein, M Müller, D Rapp, D Sergeev, J Qi, A Lichtinger

    Salts and their mixtures play an important role for industrial and energy sectors, eg metallurgy, biomass gasification and combustion, nuclear and solar powerplants and electrochemical processes. Depe

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    The Application of Virtual Reality Technology and Scientific Visualisation to the Understanding of Block Cave Mining Systems

    By J Tibbett, F T. Suorineni, B Hebblewhite

    Block caving is an important mining method for the future economic exploitation of large, low-grade, steeply dipping orebodies. While block caving is not a new method, there are still many unknowns su

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Integrating Measurement, Systems and Leadership to Build Safe, Productive Cultures

    By M I. Roberts

    As Australia’s mining industry painfully retrenches, mining executives and managers strive to remain viable by seeking significant productivity increases directly through process improvement and indir

    Nov 4, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Increased productivity using theory of constraints at the Argyle Diamond Mine

    By B Murphy, N Strong, J Albrecht

    Rio Tinto’s Argyle Diamond Mine has a history of underperformance with delivery of ore from the underground operation to the surface for processing with no real clarity in sources of loss and value. I

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Justifying Slope Design Risks and Costs

    By N M. Player, R P. Varden, E Jones

    "An effective geotechnical design provides an accurate and appropriate assessment, balanced with a mining company’s risk profile. Justifying the cost of slope assessment requires an understanding of t

    Nov 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Explosibility Limits - Establishing Criteria for Mine Re-Entry

    By D Cliff

    "Recent underground coal mine incidents have again raised the issue of: under what circumstanceis it safe for personnel to re-enter the mine? Mine rescue guidelines make recommendations aboutthe limit

    Jun 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Development of Goaf Gas Drainage Strategies for Start-up Areas of Highly Gassy Longwall Panels

    By K Tanguturi, B Belle, R Balusu

    Management of high rates of goaf gas emissions between 4000 and 6000 L/s of methane gas in longwall panels is a challenging issue, particularly in start-up areas of the panels. There is a need for inv

    Aug 31, 2015