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  • AUSIMM
    Synergies between renewable-powered mines and community development programs throughout mine life cycle and post-closure

    By J Joughin, D Kyan, L Rollin

    In line with the 2015 Paris Agreement and corresponding climate disclosure requirements, many mining companies have publicly disclosed that they are developing and/or implementing ambitious decarbonis

    Aug 2, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Structural analysis and modelling in an evolving mineral resources operation

    By N Arrys, A Jani, S Shahin

    Optimising pit slope stability and reducing strip ratio of a mining operation are two key tasks in geotechnical engineering. With a growing demand for minerals and an increasing cost associated with e

    Sep 1, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Continuous Remote Emissions Monitoring – The Lynchpin for Air Quality Management

    By F I. Cox, D Peeler, T Bodisco

    "Diesel particulate matter (DPM), in particular, has been likened in a somewhat inflammatory manner to be the ‘next asbestos’.From the business change perspective, there are three areas holding the in

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Starter dyke optimisation with Muk3D and GoldSim

    By C A. Cooper, G A. Suter

    The sizing of a starter dam for a Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) involves balancing many competing demands. It should cost as little as possible, be high enough to store tailings until the first rai

    Jul 23, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Blast Fragmentation Impacts on Downstream Processing at Goldfields Cerro Corona

    By D La Rosa, K Caron, H Mamani, W Valery, R Diaz

    The Gold Fields Cerro Corona copper-gold deposit in Peru has heterogeneous rock characteristics in terms of its mineralogical, geological and geotechnical properties. Blast design variations in these

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Cutting of Coal in Longwall Mining at Appin Colliery

    Twelve years ago, Jeffrey Mining Machinery Division of Dresser Industries Inc. developed the 120H HELIMINER. This machine was the world's first fixed-drum continuous miner and soon became the s

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AUSIMM
    The use of Geometallurgical Relationships in Process Route Selection and Mine Plan Optimisation for the Dutwa Nickel Project

    By C Czerny, T Elkington, L Lorenzen

    The Dutwa Nickel Project is a nickel laterite atmospheric leach project located in Tanzania that has been under development by African Eagle Resources plc (2012). A bankable feasibility study (BFS) ha

    Sep 29, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Slime waste to boost agricultural productivity

    By A K. Bhatnagar, S Saha, P Dixit, A K. Mukherjee, P Patra

    TATA Steel’s R&D Division at Jamshedpur has developed a slime beneficiation process to recover iron values from iron ore slime. This process recovers iron ore concentrate containing 2.2 per cent alumi

    Sep 18, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Sampling Quality Assurance and Quality Control Requirements for Mining Projects

    The creation of an accurate and precise enough database requires the collection of many representative samples, subsampling and assaying them without destroying their integrity. The selection and impl

    Mar 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Use of Metallurgical Test Data in Resource Evaluation for Magnetite Deposits

    By J N. Farrell

    Metallurgists frequently use a small number of large samples to characterise expected mill performance, with the a priori assumption that these few samples are representative of the entire deposit. Ge

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Localised Indicator Kriging

    By I Douglas, L Allen

    Localised indicator kriging was developed following a similar approach used by Marat Abzalov (2006) in his paper titled æLocalised uniform conditioning (LUC): A new approach for direct modelling of sm

    Sep 26, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Practical Management of Progressive Large Failures at Minerals and Metals Group Century Mine

    Minerals and Metals Group (MMG) Century mine (Century) is a large open-cut mine in northwest Queensland approximately 2.5 km long, 1.5 km wide and 240 m deep, with an ultimate pit depth of 320 m. In 2

    May 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Geotechnical Models and Data Confidence in Mining Geotechnical Design

    By M J. Dunn

    The geotechnical model is the cornerstone of any mining geotechnical design and as such the confidence level and reliability of the geotechnical model is paramount. The geotechnical model confidence l

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Development and Implementation of a Fully Remote Stoping Method at Beaconsfield Gold Mine, Tasmania

    By S Arthur, J Mills, A R. Penney

    A key aspect of seismic management for narrow vein stoping of the west zone at the Beaconsfield Gold Mine has been the development of a fully remote extraction method that does not require personnel a

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Iron Ore Final Grinding by High Pressure Grinding Rolls and Air Classification

    By F P. van der Meer, E Lessing, E Matthies

    High pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) technology is growing to be a common comminution tool in iron ore processing. The technology finds a wide acceptance and presents specific benefits in coarse ore gr

    Jul 13, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    The Palabora Underground Mine Project

    By P Townsend, F Russell

    Palabora Mining Company operates an integrated open pit mine, concentrator, smelter and refinery complex located in the Northern Province of South Africa. The Palabora open pit went into production in

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Designer Tailings – An Integrated Model for Tailings Management

    By T Baumgartl, T Huynh, K Tungpalan, E Wightman, M Edraki, M Tayebi-Khorami, L Huang, S Palaniandy, E Manlapig

    With the increasing rate of tailing production worldwide there is a growing concern about the hazards of tailings storage facilities (TSF). Past and current mining, processing and waste disposal strat

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Geostatistics and Sample Numbers from an Acid and Metalliferous Drainage Perspective

    By C Linklater, A Garvie, D Kentwell

    Various Australian and international regulatory bodies (Environmental Protection Authority, 2015) require an early assessment of the geochemistry of waste rock. This usually includes estimates of the

    Jun 28, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Fibre-reinforced Geopolymer Concrete – An Innovative Material for Tunnel Segments

    By M Wieloch, D Wimpenny, M Chappell

    Fibre-reinforced geopolymer concrete (FRGC) contains no Portland cement or steel reinforcement, but instead uses synthetic fibre reinforcement and a geopolymer binder. The use of geopolymer binder in

    Sep 17, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Rock Strength Anisotropy and Its Importance in Underground Geotechnical Design

    By M Sandy, A Vakili, J Albrecht

    Although rock strength anisotropy is a well-known phenomenon in rock mechanics, its impact on geotechnical design is often ignored. No widely accepted guideline currently exists for its characterisati

    Nov 5, 2014