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  • AUSIMM
    Space mining – managing astronomical complexity

    By D Brown, K Markovic, Z Tabor

    From ancient times to the modern world, the mining industry has played a pivotal role in shaping the society that we live in today. It remains an integral part of everyday life and is a catalyst for b

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    An effective approach to problem solving and decision-making in safety management

    By A K. B Chigwada

    Mining organisations grapple with the same problems year after year, wasting incredible amounts of time and money. According to estimates from the International Labour Organization (ILO), over one mil

    Apr 16, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Enabling Technologies – The Role of New Communications Technologies

    By C Fischer

    The introduction of digital communications technologies into the underground mining industry, in both coal and hard rock mining, has enabled high bandwidth applications to be applied in the mining ind

    Nov 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Training our New Starters – Between a Rock and a Hard Place

    By M Davis

    Increasing growth in the minerals industry over the past decade has raised the question of whether the standard of training for new geologists has been negatively impacted. This hypothesis was tested

    Aug 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Mass Blasting for Mine to Mill ù The AT04 Mass Blast, Kanowna Belle Gold Mine

    By D Kay, M Lovitt

    Mass Blasts are generally required at the completion of longhole stoping cycles to maximise the recovery of ore from a specific orebody. During the course of mining, the practice is to leave pillars o

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Geohazmap Implementation in Block Cave Mines

    By S Talu, E Savage, S Howe

    Major falls of ground, strainbursts, airblast and mudrush events are the major hazards in block caving environments, resulting in both safety and financial consequences and losses. Rio Tinto mines hav

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Blasthole Cone Sampling Experiments for Iron Ore Flitch Mining

    Blasthole cone samples are used for grade control in most of the iron ore mines of the Pilbara of Western Australia. This method of sampling is straightforward when the target sampling interval matche

    Mar 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Gas Evolution Trends for Coal from Two Different Areas at Clarence Colliery

    By J Sargeant, T Levi, J Theiler, B Beamish

    Two coal samples (810 Panel and Area 900) collected from Clarence Colliery have been tested under a controlled heating procedure to evaluate the gas evolution trends corresponding to increasing temper

    Aug 31, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Rotary Drilling Automation Increasing Operator Productivity and Drilling Quality

    By L Eriksson, D Penn, J Appelgren

    Atlas Copco, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the mining and construction industries, is consistently pursuing its strategy to offer the most productive and economical solutions by cont

    Sep 18, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Using technology to support best practice for tailings storage facilities (TSF) management, governance and disclosure

    By H Arvidson, A Walker, N Pollock

    Following the recent tailings tragedy in Brumadinho, the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative was formed representing institutional investors in the mining industry. This Initiative, led by

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Steel Immersed Tube Tunnels where Tunnel Boring Machines Cannot Operate – Yarra River Crossing Construction on the Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement Project

    By M Behrens

    The Melbourne Main Sewer Replacement (MMSR) is a major urban infrastructure project involving approximately 2.3 km of tunnelling and construction works. The works extend from Docklands Precinct, on th

    Mar 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Increasing stope recovery in an underground gold mine by using effective analysis, corrective action and employee engagement processes

    By R F. Cota, C Freeman, A Heberle

    "The Lamego mine is an underground gold mine in the Iron Ore Quadrangle in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The mine produces 48 to 50 koz per annum, as part of the larger Cuiabá-Lamego Complex. This combi

    Oct 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Metso SmartTag - The Next Generation and Beyond

    By K J. Riihioja, E Nozawa

    SmartTag is a radio frequency identification (RFID) based technology designed to allow tracking of ore from its source through blasting, run-of-mine (ROM) pads, crushers, intermediate stockpiles and f

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Autonomous Haulage Systems – the Business Case

    By R Price

    "Technology has the potential to revolutionise industries, work functions or businesses. One such technology in the mining industry is the deployment of automation in a modern autonomous haulage syste

    Nov 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Health, Safety and Sustainability

    By D Cliff, K Bailey

    Traditionally occupational health and safety (OH&S) has been managed for the direct benefits of reducing injury and illness to workers on mine sites. In the current skill shortage climate it is im

    Nov 20, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Adapting to Geotechnical Change – a Case Study of the Carina Open Pit Mine

    By R Jaine, D Strang, M Fowler

    "This paper presents a case study demonstrating active geotechnical pit slope management at the now completed Carina Iron Ore Project operated by Mineral Resources Ltd (MRL). The site is located 105 k

    Nov 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    The Implementation of FloatStar Grade-Recovery Optimisation Control Solutions using Blue Cube Online Grade Analysers on Industrial Flotation Circuits

    By D Phillpotts, S M. Mantsho, P Strobos

    A challenge on many industrial flotation circuits is controlling concentrate mineral grades using measurements that are provided infrequently. The mineral grades in concentrate streams are a critical

    Oct 29, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Tunnel Design in an Alliance for Waterview Connection, New Zealand

    By D Maconochie, S Pradhan, M Reed

    The Waterview Connection will provide a high-quality strategic alternative to State Highway One and complete Auckland’s Western Ring Route connecting State Highways 20 and 16. The project includes twi

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Three Decades of Gold Production at the Newmont Tanami Operations

    By A Cranley, A Giblett, S Thacker

    The Newmont Tanami Operations are located in the Northern Territory, approximately 550 km north-west of Alice Springs. The Granites process plant commenced operations in 1986 as a 300?000 t/a ball mil

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Control and Monitoring of International Organization for Standardization Compliance for Industrial Sampling Systems

    By R Shaw, T T. Neidel, C Adams

    Sampling equipment manufacturers endeavour to ensure that the mechanical equipment installed in sampling systems are designed and manufactured to adhere to the requirements of the International Organi

    Jul 29, 2014