Search Documents

Search Again

Search Again

Refine Search

Publication Date
Clear

Refine Search

Publication Date
Clear
Organization
Organization
  • AUSIMM
    Perspectives on Future Global Collaboration for Mining Research and Education

    By M Scoble

    This paper addresses the importance of collaborative approaches to resolving future mining challenges. It attempts to provide some insight into understanding the theory, measurement, mapping and manag

    Nov 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Spatial Modelling and Optimisation of Geometallurgical Indices

    By M J. Newton

    As part of the AMIRA P843 project Keeney and Walters (2008) describe how the principal components analysis (PCA) method can be used to identify classes of samples with similar metallurgical characteri

    Sep 5, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Developing dephosphorisation technique for iron ore with reductionprocess

    By K Higuchi, K Saito, O Ishiyama

    Iron ore in Australia is predicted to increase in its phosphorus content in the near future, which is detrimental to properties of steel product. Steelmakers are concerned by the content of phosphorus

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Hydrothermal Alteration Zonation and Fluid Chemistry of the Southern Ridge and North Deposits at Mt Tom Price

    By S G. Hagemann, M E. Barley

    The Mt Tom Price deposit is a world-class high-grade hematite deposit in the Hamersley Province of Western Australia with an original resource of 900 Mt of almost pure hematite, averaging 63.9 wt per

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    How to Manage Machine Duty to Sustain High Production Rates

    By P Meehan, R McAree, Z Guan

    Equipment maintenance is 30 - 50 per cent of the operating costs for a typical mining company. While this is substantial, its importance is beyond its significance as a cost heading. Modern mining req

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Open Cut Mine Machinery Automation – Going Beyond Global Navigation Satellite System with Locata

    By C Rizos

    Many of the ‘new paradigms in mining’ and notions of ‘sustainable mining’ have at their core the requirement for reliable, continuous centimetre-level positioning accuracy to enable increased automati

    Nov 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    The Effect of Discontinuities on Strength of Rock Samples

    By W Shamu

    The mechanical properties of rock samples of identical lithologicalcomposition may vary significantly due to existence of materialdiscontinuities. Laboratory tests were carried out to determine the ef

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Application of Lifecycle Assessment to Mineral Sector Sustainable Development ù Developing Sustainability Indicators

    No one process, product or effect of the minerals sector can be viewed in isolation when addressing sustainable development. Meaningful assessments of the minerals sector require that its processes an

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Practical Application of Detonation Code for Explosive Selection

    Developments in the technology of explosive production and deliveryallow a greater amount of flexibility in rock fragmentation by blasting. The rock fragmentation efficiency of an explosive is current

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    The Role of a Professional Institute in Addressing the Sustainability of Human Capital in the Minerals Industry

    Over recent years the trend in Australia has been towards the definitions of sustainable development which emerged from the 1992 Rio Summit of retaining a commitment to ecological integrity, but also

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Cyanide Electrolytic Recycling

    By B Rosemberg, F Lemos, A J. B Dutra

    The chemistry of cyanide solutions is complex, this complexity being responsible for the ability to act as complex-forming agents in metal dissolution processes, among them gold and silver. Such ionic

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Seismic Design of Upstream-raised Tailings Storage Facilities in a Semi-arid, Low-seismicity Setting

    By D A. Williams, P J. Chapman

    Constructing upstream raises with tailings is an accepted and cost-effective practice in Western Australia, where the climatic conditions are favourable, desiccation (and hence overconsolidation) occu

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Application of foam as a ventilation control for spontaneous combustion management in a longwall goaf

    By O Salisbury

    Ingress of air into the longwall goaf environment needs to be managed appropriately to reduce the risk of creating a spontaneous combustion event. The maingate goaf edge is an area of particular conce

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Trade-Level Skills Formation to Support Automation in the Mining Industry

    The resource industry must prepare for the inevitable shift towards automation as an operational objective. Although this may seem like a distant concern, many mining companies and equipment manufactu

    Jun 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Closing the Rehabilitation Gap ù A Queensland Perspective

    Mine rehabilitation is a sustainability issue that has been revisited ad infinitum; however, the persistent lack of demonstrated on-the-ground performance and an increasingly intractable rehabilitatio

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Veining and Fluid Flow in the Area Surrounding the Mount Whaleback Microplaty Hematite Ore Deposit ù Constraints on Fluid Dynamics Before, During and After Ore Genesis

    By N H. S Oliver

    Five major veining events have been identified within the area surrounding the Mount Whaleback microplaty hematite deposit. These veining events can be directly correlated to the established deformati

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Precharging Sublevel Shrinkage Production Rings in Hot and Reactive Ground with Electronic Blasting Systems

    By B Crowdey, J Wall

    The particular underground operation relating to this paper is a gold producer and has an orebody predominately consisting of rhyolite and marcasites pyrite. The ore has been identified as being react

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Measurement and Assessment of Bulk Explosive Products

    By G Cavanough, A Olsson, J Rock, A C. Torrance

    There are various methods currently in use to determine detonation performance of bulk explosive products including velocity of detonation (VOD), high speed photographic analysis, fragmentation analys

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Use of On-Belt Analysers for Improved Process Control of Conveyed Materials

    By M Edwards

    The paper outlines the successful application of some of the on-belt technologies available from Scantech International Pty Ltd and how these have provided benefits in a number of mining and mineral p

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Predicting changes in static liquefaction susceptibility using cone penetration test results

    By J T. Sharp, M A. Styler, D McGowan, P W. Mayne

    Static liquefaction is a geotechnical hazard in mine tailings facilities. Soils that are contractive in shear are susceptible to static liquefaction. Tailings facilities are dynamic structures, typi

    Jul 23, 2018