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  • AUSIMM
    Decisions, Decisions – Uncertainty, Variability, Modelling and Psychology

    By S H. Begg

    There is strong evidence that many major oil and gas (O&G) projects are plagued by large cost and schedule overruns, or significant underperformance in productivity. Similar evidence exists for la

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Classification and Development in Grade Control Blasting for Surface Mines

    By T N. Little

    The grade control process undertaken at mines aims to maximise the value of the ore (valuable product) mined and fed downstream for processing or sale. The full range of grade control activities inclu

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Environmental, social and governance considerations in public mineral reporting

    By H Arvidson, V Chamberlain, J Joughin, N Pollock, F Cessford, T Flitton, T Rowl

    Environmental, social and governance issues (ESG) have become a defining feature in the marketplace to differentiate preferred investments. With the sustainability commitment and reporting landscape a

    May 24, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Processing of unsaleable ultrafines to potentially reduce the volume of iron ore tailings

    By E Mare

    Recent highly publicised incidences of disastrous containment failures, none more pertinent than the 2019 iron ore tailings dam failure in Brumadinho, have focused the world’s attention squarely on th

    Nov 8, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Managing Information to Support a Social Licence to Operate

    By A Golsby

    Although much talked about, social licence to operate (SLTO) is a relatively new concept that has been deemed as one of the four biggest business risks to a mining project over the life-of-mine. There

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    State of Affairs and Current Research Trends in Theory of Sampling Fundamentals, Including Segregation and Correctness

    By D François-Bongarçon

    The theory of sampling (TOS), and therefore representative sampling, is based on three fundamental principles: sample correctness, which handles the search for non-bias; segregation, the effects of wh

    Jul 29, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Mining Legacies – Understanding Life-of-Mine Across Time and Space

    By M Pepper, C R. Roche, G M. Mudd

    "The Australian mining industries approach to life-of-mine planning has improved considerably in recent decades. It now needs to be matched by, and embedded in, mining governance systems that utilise

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Exploring the applicability of responsible research and innovation for mine transitions

    By S Worden, A Lee Zhi Yi, E Sellers, G Corder, A Littleboy

    The global shift towards decarbonisation is driving competition for the extraction of critical minerals such as nickel, lithium, and copper. To meet this demand, new mines are being developed while mi

    Aug 2, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Structural and Lithological Controls in the Formation of the Cawse Nickel Laterite Deposits, Western Australia - Implications for Supergene Ore Formation and Exploration in Deeply Weathered Terrains

    By Hellsten KJ, Butt CRM

    Major Francis Hamilton Buchanan coined the term `laterite' (Latin; brick-rock) in 1807 for the red earths used for building blocks in southern India. Although these earths were actually weathe

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Origins and Characteristics of Lateritic Nickel Deposits

    Major Francis Hamilton Buchanan coined the term `laterite' (Latin; brick-rock) in 1807 for the red earths used for building blocks in southern India. Although these earths were actually weathe

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Study on Dynamic Characteristics of Inertia Cone Crusher and Its Application

    Study on Dynamic Characteristics of Inertia Cone Crusher and Its Application

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    The Social Psychology of Risk, Safety and Leadership Maturity

    By R Long

    The founder of social psychology is sometimes identified as Kurt Lewin. In a 1947 article, Kurt Lewin coined the term ‘group dynamics’. He described this notion as the way that groups and individuals

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Gold Financing and the Title to Gold: Gold Loans, Gold Coins and Goldcorp

    The principal source of funding the working capital requirements of gold miners has traditionally been equity. However in the 1980s, with a substantial increase in activity in the exploration for, and

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Magnetic Recovery of Gold-Bearing Iron Oxides at Barrick GoldstrikeÆs Roaster

    By L Semenyna, W Douglas

    Gold is often present in solid solution with pyrite in the Carlin Trend. The presence of organic carbon along with gold hosted in sulfide, referred to as double refractory ore, requires that ore with

    Sep 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Poorly-diffracting Material as a Trace Element Repository

    By Eggleton R. A

    X-ray diffraction techniques are commonly used in the identification and quantification of fine-grained materials. A relationship exists between the size of crystals in a sample and the degree to w

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    In data, we trust – navigating through the age of AI in the mining industry

    By M Pyle, R Ch, G Lane, ramhan

    Data is the most valuable commodity in the information age. The use of data enables productivity, opportunity, and safety in various sectors and industries. In the late 1950s, Alan Turing coined the t

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Moving Beyond Economic Framing of the Australian Coal Industry

    By S Worden, P A. Kirsch, A Kirsch

    Despite the current downturn, coal remains an important commodity in the Australian economy. Increasing coal resource development has resulted in increasing competition for land use in coal mining reg

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Sublevel caving a narrow vein mine – Pajingo’s case study

    By J F. Carswell, G Cheshire

    The Pajingo gold operation in Queensland is approximately 55 km south of Charters Towers and 134 km south-west of Townsville. The gold deposit was discovered on the northern end of the Drummond Basin

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Opportunities for the Placer Gold Industry

    The placer gold industry has experienced a roller-coaster history incorporating four major boom eras. The first, 'hand-methods' boom arose in the mid-19th Century from application of an old

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    What is Relative about Energy?

    By A Scott, A C. Torrance

    Explosive properties are typically summarised on manufacturers’ technical data sheets. The values most commonly referred to are the density of the explosive, the energy it is expected to release and i

    Aug 24, 2015