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  • AUSIMM
    Internalising Ecological Costs in Evaluating and Planning a Mining Project

    By Q Wang

    Net present value (NPV) has been the main criterion in mining project evaluation and production plan optimisation. It is a common practice in NPV calculations to take into account only the tangible co

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Viscosity Controlled Production of High-Concentration Backfill Pastes (25c0bb81-3167-4f40-8bbb-0bad87ad79f2)

    By Mez W

    the German ruining industry uses different residues for hackfilling and stowing. A hydraulic pipe conveying technology for these materials has shown advantages for the transportation into the mine.

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Comparison of bubble coalescence time and thin film balance techniques in studying the interaction of flotation reagents and salt

    By G Bournival, Y Pan, S Ata

    A custom-made set-up that measures bubble coalescence time and the thin film balance (TFB) technique were used to explore the role of residual xanthate (potassium amyl xanthate, PAX) and salt (NaCl) o

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Sustainable Steel Plant on an Environmental Protection Area

    By C A. Chaves

    During most of its history, the metallurgical industry has been seen as a source of pollution for the environment. However, during the second half of the 20th century, as the world environmental legis

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    The Role of the Metallurgist in Project Development

    The role of a project metallurgist is diverse and covers input into the resource definition, mining studies, metallurgical test program development, process engineering and plant design, cost estimate

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of Unique Admixture Technologies in Mine Backfill-Technology Description and Case Histories (037359e3-5adb-49ba-a78e-a0ed2db408e1)

    By Karlson R, Rispin M

    Chemical admixtures are not commonly included in the variety of backfill mixes used in the mining industry. This may be attributed to several reasons including, but not limited to: the perceived hig

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Molecular dynamics simulation of viscosity of selected pure oxide melts

    By A Kondratiev, A E. Moiseev

    Viscosity of oxide melts is one of the fundamental physicochemical properties that plays a crucial role in important technological and natural processes like slag flow, slag/metal separation, volcano

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Systems Modelling for Water Management in Mining and Minerals ù Bowen Basin Coal

    By C Hedemann, N Silveste, H Davis, C J. Moran

    For nearly two decades water scientists have been debating the need to use appropriate models for the questions being asked and the data available. This paper puts forward a rationale for a hierarchic

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Accelerated aging testing of geomembranes for tailings liquor

    By J Folwell, G Phillips, F Gassner

    Geomembranes selected for various applications often start with considering target properties developed by industry organisations such as Geosynthetic Research Institute (GRI), and test methods develo

    Jul 1, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Dry concentration of low-grade magnetic iron ores

    By C S. Kelsey, J R. Kelly

    Australia is presently enjoying the fruits of a booming iron ore market. Expectations are that market strength will be supported in the short to medium term by increasing feedstock demands from steel

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of High Pressure Grinding Rolls for Crushing Magnetite

    The paper describes data from test work programs on a range of magnetite ores in Australia and overseas. The analysis looks at the behaviour of material of different sizes fed to the rolls and the cha

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Sampling Techniques for Flash Smelter Shafts

    By 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

  • AUSIMM
    From Mt Goldsworthy to Area C ù Reflections on Forty Years of Iron Ore Exploration in the Pilbara

    By D A. Kepert, I J. Tehnas, M A. Pudovsk

    BHP Billiton (BHPB) was the first company to start iron ore mining in the Pilbara at Mt Goldsworthy in 1966 through Goldsworthy Mining Limited (GML - then Consolidated Goldfields Australia, Cyprus Min

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Homogeneity assessment of crushed and pulverised iron ore certified reference materials – implications for laboratory quality control

    By J Carter, B J. Armstrong

    Best practice for the submission of samples to an internal or commercial laboratory requires quality control materials to be included for the purpose of independently and comprehensively assessing lab

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Current Cost Accounting in the Mining Industry - 1

    Is your company paying taxation on profits which are partly illusory?ò Are unions making wage demands based on erroneous notions of the real level of value added to your companyÆs production?ò Do you

    Jan 1, 1984

  • AUSIMM
    An Analysis of the Mixing of Air and Methane in the Stream Produced by the Mine Injector Station - Presenting Preliminary Results of Measurements and Modelling

    By J Janus, J Krawczyk

    Local accumulation of methane in workings of a longwall is one of the most common causes of mining accidents. This gas has many sources: it may leak from goaf through permeable sealings, or through ga

    Jul 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Mitigation of Post-blast Fume in Soft Ground and Wet Conditions

    By S S. Kanchibotla, E J. Sellers, L Julian, A Musunuri

    Fume events in coalmines are typically associated with wet conditions, soft ground and deep holes. An ACARP research project used laboratory and field testing combined with literature reviews, numeric

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Sampling in Block Cave Mines

    By I T. Ross

    Sampling drawpoints in block cave mines has been a contentious issue for many years. Doubts have been expressed as to the validity of the process used at most mines. This paper outlines the sampling p

    Aug 21, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Vibration Reduction to Presere the Integrity of an Aboriginal Rock Shelter Near Blast Operations

    By D P. Blair

    Rio Tinto’s Hope Downs Operations are currently mining iron ore in their South Central Pit. Prior to the commencement of mine operations, Hope Downs carried out an extensive archaeological investigati

    Nov 8, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Comparison between Gaussian Processes and Dynamic Time Warping for Classification of Marker Shales in Iron Ore Deposits

    By A Melkumyan, K Silversides

    The banded iron formation-hosted iron ore deposits located in the Hamersley Ranges of Western Australia contain marker shales that are used to distinguish lithology for geological and orebody mapping.

    Nov 24, 2014