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A Robust Methodological Approach for Mine Site Water AccountingBy N Collins, A Woodley, A N. Danoucaras, C McCombe, N C. Kunz
Over the past decade, the mining industry has come to recognise the importance of water both to itself and to others. Water accounting is a formalisation of this importance that quantifies and communi
Nov 26, 2013
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Beyond Geometallurgy – Gaining Competitive Advantage by Exploiting the Broad View of GeometallurgyBy S Dunham
A cross-discipline approach combining geology, metallurgy and mine planning, geometallurgy is seen as the next logical advance in improving the design and operation of mining businesses. This rapidly
Sep 5, 2011
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Eliminating Unidentified Misfires at Xstrata ZincÆs Open Pits Through the Application of Electronic DetonatorsBy R Small, S Combrinck, R Lindsay
Maintaining your competitive edge in the growing Australian mining sector today is an arduous task. With an ever increasing demand to extract more ore, safely, complete visibility throughout the blast
Sep 18, 2012
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Using a Sustainability Assessment Framework to Achieve Enhanced Legacy OutcomesBy S R. Green, G D. Corder
The legacy issues from mining can, and have often, extended well beyond the closure of operations. However, conventional cost-benefit analysis provides little incentive to implement initiatives at the
Jul 10, 2012
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Measurement? Assessment? The Real Challenge is CommunicationOne of the earliest and continuing challenges in driving sustainable development in large scale resource industry projects is around the issue of assessment û how do you measure the sustainability of
Jan 1, 2009
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Examples of Groundwater Sustainability Issues in MiningFor Australian mining projects, sustainable groundwater use is typically defined as a groundwater extraction regime, measured over a specified planning time frame, which allows acceptable levels of st
Jan 1, 2006
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Coalmine ventilation – examining the past, looking to the futureBy J M. Galvin
History attests to the catastrophic consequences that fire, explosion and contaminated, noxious andirrespirable atmospheres can have for workplace health and safety in underground coal mining. It also
Oct 12, 2022
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How Robust Are Your Asset Integrity Management Processes?By R Cannings, J Wallace, M McCamley
The mining industry continues to have major disasters (Bingham Canyon, Pike River, Upper Big Branch, Mount Polley and Samarco), which often have a devastating effect on the enterprise, in terms of per
Jun 22, 2016
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Now to the Future – A Path Toward the Future MineBy I Gipps
Each of us has a vision of what the future mine will be and, generally, these visions have many similarities and some differences. One of the major discrepancies in visions of the future mine is not t
Nov 22, 2011
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Setting for Success – Private Equity Exploration and Mining Project Buy-in to Listing and DivestmentBy A Keogh, P Allen, P Stoker
"An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Private equity (PE) firms are comparatively free of mandatory requirements for the level an
Mar 18, 2015
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Mill Modelling Using an Extensible Station-Based FrameworkBy E A. Gunn, J Zhou
In this paper a project to develop a joint optimisation/simulation model for production planning in a mine-mill complex is presented. The system involves a mill receiving ore from a number of differen
Sep 26, 2011
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A Systems Approach for the Application of Eco-Efficiency Indicators for Process Design in the Minerals IndustryBy H von Blottnitz, J L. Broadhurst
Eco-efficiency has been proposed by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development as an environmental performance indicator framework that contributes to sustainability by assisting corporate
Jan 1, 2009
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Controlling Blast Related Fumes with Unconventional ExplosivesBy J Rock, K Bambrook
"Hanwha Mining Services was approached by Glencore Coal to provide a series of (trial) demonstration blasts at its Clermont coalmine. The intent of the project was to trial a bulk explosive product th
Nov 15, 2016
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Applying control frameworks to enhance vehicle interaction technology outcomesBy P Standish
Qualitative risk assessment methods are not well suited to considering complex systems and potential interactions of new technology. As part of supporting tier one mining organisations and internation
Jun 22, 2022
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Cultivating Minerals Sector Skills in GraduatesThe Australian minerals sector has a shortage of skilled professionals to satisfy an industry that is experiencing renewed vitality. Graduate numbers are low throughout Australia and the world, while
Jan 1, 2004
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New perspectives in iron ore flotation – from fundamental studies to on-site pilot testingBy L O. Filippov, A Piçarra, I V. Filippova, N P. Lima, K Silva
The reverse cationic flotation using the starch as depressor of iron oxides is the most efficient upgrading process when is applied to the simple systems composed by hematite/magnetite and quartz. The
Aug 24, 2022
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Evaluating All the Alternatives to Select the Best Project StrategyIt is well known that the ability to influence project value reduces significantly as planning progresses and decisions regarding project parameters are made. However, at the prefeasibility stage in p
Jan 1, 2007
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Spontaneous Combustion Management Comparison between Australia and ChinaBy B Poborowski, A Chen
"For some time, the Australian and Chinese underground coal mining industries have evolvedindependently with minimal infl uence on each other. Despite the fact that in recent years severaltechnologies
Jun 1, 2012
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RISKGATE and Underground OperationsBy J Harris, J Li, M Shi, P A. Kirsch, D Sprott
Australia has an enviable global reputation as a leader in health and safety outcomes in the hazardous industry of mining, in part due to an increased application of risk management regarding operatio
Mar 24, 2014
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Ventilation Upgrade at the FrogÆs Leg Mine - Case StudyBy A Llewellyn, M Varvari
The ventilation circuit at the FrogÆs Leg Mine was originally designed to permit mining to progress down to 440 m below surface at a maximum production rate of 500 kt/a, as per the feasibility study.
Jul 1, 2013