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  • AUSIMM
    Selective Open Pit Gold Mining at Harbour Lights

    Gold mining commenced at Telfer in Western Australia in 1977. Ore mining was carried out by owner equipment and personnel with waste stripping by a contractor. Initial ore reserves were in predominant

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Manufacture of Cement from Blast-Furnace Slag

    Author Biography William Poole was born in Sydney, NSW in August 1868. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School. William spent two and a half years as a cadet in the Railway Construction Branch of the

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Coal Age - A Longwall Look at Tomorrow

    By Graham M

    Longwall mining has been the dominant global coal mining method for decades. However, not until 1994 did longwall mining surpass continuous miner room and pillar extraction tonnage in the United State

    Jan 1, 1998

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    One Reserve Estimation

    By Mining Geophysics

    Modern geostatistics has eliminated much of the guess-work in ore reserve estimation, and can calculate levels of confidence for the reserve estimate. Geological modelling software has brought about

    Jan 1, 1994

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    Our Mineral Future : A Political Perspective

    Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and may I extend a particularly warm welcome to our shores to those of you who have travelled from overseas to attend this conference. I trust that you will find you

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Practical Aspects of Availability and Reliablity Management in a Large Open Pit Mine

    The large El Cerrejon coal open pit in north east Columbia has been developed over the last decade in a remote, entirely new mining area with hitherto unskilled inhabitants. Now over 200 pieces of hea

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Installation of 17 Cubic Metre Flotation Cells at North Mine, Broken Hill

    By Harris HR

    This paper documents the selection, installation and performance of six, seventeen cubic metre, Dorr-Oliver flotation cells for primary zinc flotation at the North Mine in Broken Hill. The cells wer

    Jan 1, 1988

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    A Survey of Gravity Concentration of Gold in Western Australia

    By Stockton N. D

    Gravity concentration of gold is an important facet of gold processing technology in Western Australia. While great interest has been directed at gold leaching technology and considerable developments

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Modelling of Magnetic Carrier Separation Process Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

    Modelling of Magnetic Carrier Separation Process Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

    Sep 13, 2010

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    Simulation Examination of Compaction of Fine-Grained Waste Materials in Roll Presses

    By Hryniewicz M

    The paper presents a sound critical estimate of mathematical models presently used for the process of compaction of fine-grained materials. It shows the mathematical model of compaction developed by

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Future Directions in Australian Contract Mining

    The Australian underground contract mining industry has grown from almost nothing 25 years ago to the point today where half the countryÆs underground mines are using contractors to produce their ore

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Government Controls on Mining - How to Encourage Investment by Major Mining and Exploration Companies (e71635e5-f470-4998-b308-8dac0b460bdb)

    I have spent most of the past thirty-five years working as an economic geologist in the area of exploration and development of base and precious metals. Most of this period has been as an employee

    Jan 1, 1995

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    Comminution Research - A Success Story that has not yet Ended

    Some fundamental aspects of recent single-particle fracture studies are reviewed. Findings from this research shed new light on the utilisation of energy during comminution operations and provide us

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Life Cycle Assessment of Copper and Nickel Production

    By W J. Rankin

    A study of refined metallic copper and nickel production was carried out using Life Cycle Assessment methodology to estimate the life cycle emissions of greenhouse and acid rain gases for these metals

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Hydrometallurgical Processing of Copper Ores ù Heap Leach, Solvent Extraction and Electrowinning at Girilambone Copper Company

    By J L. Bos, D J. Readett

    As mining progressed through the Girilambone oxide orebodies, down to the primary sulphide zones, each successive stratiform layer yielded copper bearing ores of changing mineralogy and grade. Constan

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Kwinana Nickel Refinery - Recent Plant Changes

    By Troman L, Groutsch J. V

    The Kwinana Nickel Refinery began operations in 1970 processing sulphide concentrates from Kambalda using the Sherritt Gordon pressure leach and hydrogen reduction process to produce nickel metal as

    Jan 1, 1996

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    Recovery of Manganese From Low-Grade Manganese Ore by Sulphation Roasting

    Low-grade manganese ore from Sandur, India containing 28.2 per cent manganese and 20.9 per cent iron was roasted with sulphating agents, viz ammonium sulphate and sulphuric acid. The effects of temper

    Jan 1, 1996

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    Gold Plant Cyanide Safety (5b33bddb-3241-4f82-974e-50de2cd7b9d8)

    By Whiteley M, Robinson T, Vernon B

    The Western Australian gold industry has approximately 100 operating plants, mainly CIP/CIL. The nature of the State's rapidly expanding gold industry gave rise to concerns over management of the

    Jan 1, 1990

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    Gold Extraction Technology in Australia and New Zealand - Models for Illuminating Short and Long Term Trends in Gold Extraction Metallurgy

    The New Zealand experience has shown that the trend in technologi- cal change in gold extraction can be characterised by a systems approach which grows progressively broader with advances in understa

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Optimisation & Control Development For An Expanded Grinding Circuit In NHBC Concentrator

    By Marsham B, Baker D. C

    The expansion of New Broken Hill Consolidated Limited (NBHC) concentrator necessitated the installation of hydrocyclone classifiers where rake classifiers had previously been used. Commissioning o

    Jan 1, 1983