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  • AUSIMM
    Key Techniques and Engineering Applications of Stereoscopic Liquid Nitrogen Infusion for Coalmine Fire Prevention

    By B Shi, Y Li, L Ma, F Zhou

    Subsurface fires are a common threat to coal mining, as spontaneous combustion of coal can potentially result in gas combustion and explosion. Fire-proof techniques, such as grouting, foam, or colloid

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    A New Tool for Extensometer Data Analysis and Improved Understanding of Geotechnical Risk Factors

    By M Szwec, P Corbett, P Sheffield

    Centennial Coal operates the Springvale and Angus Place longwall mining operations that extract coal beneath the Newnes Plateau in the Western Coalfields of New South Wales. Springvale and Angus Place

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Localised Uniform Conditioning in the Multivariate Case - An Application to a Porphyry Copper Gold Deposit

    By W Assibey-Bonsu

    The paper provides a brief review of the multivariate uniform conditioning and the localised multivariate uniform conditioning techniques and presents a case study based on a porphyry copper gold depo

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Dilution optimisation in sublevel open stoping operations

    By A Vakili

    Dilution is associated with considerable direct and indirect costs in underground open stoping operations. As shown in previous works, an improved ability to predict dilution enables the economic risk

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Evaluation of Grouted Thread Bar Bolt Performance by Means of Pull Out Test in Deep Ore Zone Mine PT Freeport Indonesia

    By L Rachmad

    Freeport IndonesiaÆs Deep Ore Zone (DOZ) mine is the new underground block caving mine within the East Ertsberg Skarn System (EESS) deposit which started production in mid-2000. The DOZ will produce 2

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Development of State-of-the-art Connection Types for Pipe Umbrella Support Systems

    By G M. Volkmann

    Pipe umbrella support systems – also called canopy tube systems – have been used successfully for tunnelling in challenging ground conditions since the 1970s. Historically, the drilling unit was the l

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Chirano Gold Mine Expansion – A Case Study

    By S Ellis

    In January 2008 Chirano Gold Mines Limited committed to expansion of the Chirano Gold Project from its existing design capacity of 2 Mtpa ROM ore to a new design value of 3.5 Mtpa. In addition to incr

    Aug 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Magnetic Separation within RenisonÆs Sulphide Circuit

    Pyrrhotite is the predominant gangue mineral at Renison comprising about 60 percent of the sulphides in an average ore blend. It exists as two crystal structures - monoclinic and hexagonal. Monoclin

    Jan 1, 1991

  • AUSIMM
    Managing the Diamond Drilling Interactions in Commissioning the Ankata Underground Mine

    By L Sandery, S Light

    Within 22 months of commencing decline development, the Prominent Hill Ankata Underground Project achieved its full production rate of 1.2 Mt/a.In 2010 construction of the Ankata Underground Project w

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    What category cyclone is devastating your plant?

    By T G. Vizcarra, B Wong

    Optimisation projects are regularly undertaken without knowing the root cause of an issue. It is all well and good to trial a multitude of flotation reagents, change the operating characteristics of y

    Aug 29, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    CITIC concentrate performance in pelletising and sintering

    By L Y. Yang, Z Wang

    This work presents the fundamental properties of CITIC magnetite concentrate and its performance in pelletising and sintering. CITIC concentrate has been widely used in pelletising to produce pellets

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Moving mORE for Less

    By G Brudek, P Elestedt

    Schalker Eisenhütte und Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Nordic Minesteel Technologies and Bombardier Transportation have developed an evaluation tool that considers the main cost drivers of the rail, truck

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Ore quality measurement and control using GEOSCAN-M PGNAA real time elemental analysis

    By H Kurth

    Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in the southern Mongolia holds mineral resources that make it one of the largest known copper and gold deposits in the world. The project is operating an open pit mine

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Intersection traffic strategy of unmanned truck in open pit coalmines

    By B Y. Luan, Y Tian, W Zhou, X Lu, Q X. Cai

    The unmanned driving technology in open pit coalmines is an important technology that relies on innovation to drive the development of the open pit coal mining industry in China’s transformation of gr

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Strategic Sustainable Development – Creating Shared Value in the Mining Industry

    By M Jones, G Corder, A C. Keith

    "Sustainable development has become an issue of ever increasing importance to the mining industry. The Ernst & Young (EY) mining industry risk radar regularly shows several sustainability elements

    Jun 22, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Development of a Corrosivity Classification for Weld Mesh Support at Cannington Mine

    Cannington Mine is an underground, hard rock, metalliferous mine located in North-Western Queensland, Australia. Weld mesh is installed to prevent the failure of rock from between the installed reinfo

    Nov 25, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Successful Mineral Resource Development at the Ernest Henry Copper-Gold Mine, NW Queensland

    By J D. Bryant

    The Ernest Henry Copper-Gold mine, the third largest copper deposit in Australia, is located 35 km NE of Cloncurry in the Mt Isa-Cloncurry mineral district of NW Queensland. Ernest Henry Mining Pty Lt

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    A tailored solution to determine plant capacity using strategic analysis

    By J Nortier, J Dray

    There is no single factor that determines the appropriate capacity for a mining project. It is driven by the size of the resource, the capacity of the market, the availability of capital, the availabi

    Jun 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Breakthrough in elliptical motion screen trial delivers significant performance gains

    By D Teyhan, J Kirsch

    Traditionally, most Australian iron ore mining operations have been surface-based. Processing plants were designed to handle dry ores. In recent years mining operations in the Pilbara have progressive

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Water balance management 101

    By M Rafty, C Lane

    Managing water is a key aspect of mining, whether a site is in water surplus or water deficit. Water in tailings storage facilities (TSFs) needs to be managed carefully to maximise the density of the

    Jul 23, 2018