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Sampling Techniques for Flash Smelter ShaftsBy Stevenson I, Dickinson W, Taylor R. N
Despite flash smelting's widespread use little is known about the actual processes taking place in flash furnace shafts and comparatively few reports of sampling campaigns have appeared in the
Jan 1, 1992
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New Zealand Gold Potential - Using Mineral Prospectivity Modelling to Evaluate Gold-Bearing Mineral Systems in an Underexplored CountryBy K Peters, C McKenzie
New Zealand has an established history of gold production beginning with the gold rushes of the 19th century in the Coromandel, Nelson/Marlborough, West Coast and Otago regions. Despite this, the numb
Sep 26, 2013
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Continuous Monitoring Techniques for Environmental Control of Waste Water Discharge at Northern Territory Mine SitesBy Mine F. J, Woods P. H
The Top End of the Northern Territory lies in the monsoonal zone and receives rain during the November-April period. Initially, at the start of the wet season, rain storms are localised, but, follow
Jan 1, 1994
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Post-mining Land Use Options in the Appalachian Coal Mining Region of the USABy J Skousen, C E. Zipper
"Prior to the 1950s in the USA, surface coalmines were generally left without any reclamation. As government regulations advanced, mine operators were required to backfill the area and plant grasses o
Jul 16, 2014
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Tailings Dam Seepage at the Rehabilitated Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine, Northwest Queensland, AustraliaBy P M. Ashley, M T. Costelloe
The Mary Kathleen tailings storage facility (TSF) contains 7.1 Mt of uranium mill tailings. This waste repository was rehabilitated in the mid-1980s using a multibarrier dry cover. At the time of mine
Jan 1, 2003
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The Impact of Residence Time on Copper Recovery in Telfer Gold MineÆs Cyanide Recycling ProcessBy P Breuer, A Simons
The sulfidisation, acidification, recycle and thickening (SART) process is currently being used at NewcrestÆs Telfer Gold Mine to recover cyanide and copper from the cyanidation tails of the pyrite co
Sep 26, 2013
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Quantifying the Opportunity Cost of New Zealand's Mineral PotentialBy A B. Christie, R Barker
Recent studies carried out to support the development of a strategy for the New Zealand mineral industry by the NZ Minerals Industry Association have included investigations of mineral potential, and
Jan 1, 2002
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Low Intensity Rotating Magnetic Field SeparationMagnetic separation using particle rotation in a continuously rotating magnetic field offers very low to insignificant non-magnetic particle entrapment, and precise magnetic fractions. The precision o
Jan 1, 2000
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Design and Use of Backfill for Support in Polish Coal Mines (80b269b9-766a-4488-9ab9-f96403287b88)By J Palarski
Over the last 100 years in the Polish mining industry considerable work has been done to assess optimum slurry, develop flexible delivery systems and adjust the fill technology to a wide variety of
Jan 1, 1998
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Activities of components in Ca2SiO4-Ca3P2O8 solid solution at 1573 KBy K Saito, M Hasegawa
In steelmaking processes, it is known that P2O5 in dephosphorisation slags often exists in solid solutions between Ca2SiO4 and Ca3P2O8, <C2S-C3P>SS, and thus the solid solutions play an important role
Aug 21, 2024
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Research Into the Revegetation of Concentrator Tailings Dams at Mount ISABy Whiteman P. C, Stacey G. S, Hunter G. D
Processing of lead-zinc and copper ores by Mount Isa Mines Limited produces large quantit- ies of concentrator tailings waste which is pumped as a slurry to special dams where the solids are allowed
Jan 1, 1974
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Twenty-five Years of Mine Filling: Developments and DirectionsThe sixth international symposium on mining with fill nearly coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Jubilee Symposium on Mine Filling. That symposium, held in August 1973 in Mount Isa, in part to
Jan 1, 1998
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Land Rights and Miners' Rights - Are They Compatible?The first grant of land rights in Australia was pursuant to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. That Act has been at the core of the dispute between land rights and miners&ap
Jan 1, 1986
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Sulfidisation of Ilmenite Concentrates Contaminated with Chrome Spinels – A New Approach to Impurity SeparationBy M I. Pownceby
High temperature roasting studies on chrome-spinel contaminated ilmenite concentrates showed that sulfur, introduced through a sulfidising roast treatment, selectively reacted with the chromium in the
Oct 5, 2011
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A Survey of Current Approaches to The Optimum Ultimate Open-Pit Planning ProblemBy Caelli T, Robey M
Most research into planning of open pit mines has been based on evaluation of volume-element block models in terms of their net present value. The major issues revolve around two interdependent proble
Jan 1, 1996
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Post-Mortem Findings on the Performance of Engineered SRB Field-Bioreactors for Acid Mine Drainage ControlBy M A. Harrington-Baker, J M. Trudnowski
Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) have the ability to immobilise dissolved metals by precipitating them as sulfides, provided that a favourable biochemical environment is created. Such an environment in
Jan 1, 2003
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Modification and adsorption of triazine collectors onto pyrite surfacesBy X Zhang, Y Zhu, P E. Ngoepe, P P. Mkhonto, W Xiong, L Han, L Lu
The triazine molecules have not been given much attention and they are potential collectors that may positively impact the mineral processing industry. The adsorption of triazine as collectors such as
Aug 24, 2022
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Predictive Three-Dimensional Modelling of Nuggety Gold Orebodies, Sunrise Dam, Western AustraliaBy M J. Nugus, F Clark, E J. Hill, J T. Carswell, J S. Cleverley, N H. S Oliver
High-nugget gold orebodies are difficult to model in 3D because samples from diamond drill core are generally too small to provide reliable estimates of the gold content of the larger body of rock, an
Sep 26, 2013
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Sorting the future? Possibilities at Obuasi MineBy V Chamberlain, M Appeah Owusu, M Aniawu-Asumakah, A Anyimadu, R Peattie
This is an integrated geology and plant improvement study arising from the heterogeneity seen in mineralogy and gold association at the Obuasi goldmine in Ghana. This heterogeneity comes from the two
Nov 10, 2020
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Cunning Solutions to Process ImprovementBy T J. Napier-Munn
This paper proceeds from the premise that process improvement is a key part of the mineral engineer’s role, and one in which he/she can make a significant contribution to shareholder value. It present
Sep 1, 2014