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Some Less Common Minerals in the Rosebery and Hercules Zinc-Lead Ores
The Rosebery and Hercules mines, situated in the Rosebery-Williamsford district in western Tasmania, have a history of production dating back to 1896-7, although full scale production did not commence
Jan 1, 1960
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Dust Mitigation - Changing the Paradigm
By J Visser
Dust mitigation has long been seen as nothing more than managing a nuisance issue, but the reality is that poor dust management can lead to one or more of the following negative consequences: an incre
Aug 12, 2013
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Behaviour of Refractories in Zinc Concentrate Roasting Furnaces
Fire-clay blocks lining the combustion chambers of zinc concentrate flash-roasting, furnaces operating at 1,000-1,200° C. have suffered moderately rapid deterioration due to slagging. The attack
Jan 1, 1959
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Application of Multi-Slicing Highwall Mining System with Stowing at Surface Coal Mine in Thailand
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Mae Moh coal mine is an open-cut coal mine in Thailand that produces about 16 Mt of lignite annually to generate 2400 MW of electricity. The sur
Dec 6, 2010
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A Review of the In Situ Stress Database for Tunnel Design in the Hawkesbury Sandstone, Sydney, New South Wales
By G McKay, M Erskine, S Macklin
The City of Sydney is currently investing in a number of infrastructure projects that require tunnel excavations within the Triassic Hawkesbury Sandstone. It is generally accepted that this formation
Sep 17, 2014
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Infrastructure Needs and Costs for Mining Projects
By Gibbs R
The objective of this paper is to provide a broad qualitative perspective of the needs and costs of infrastructure associated with typical mining projects. Infrastructure may be defined as anything
Jan 1, 1990
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Geological Features and Origin of Gold Deposits Occurring within the Jiamosi Precambrian Massif, Northeast China
By G Liu
Seventy-nine gold deposits and prospects have been discovered in theJiamusi region of northeast China, and constitute one of the most important gold metallogenic belts in China. All these endogenic go
Jan 1, 1995
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Risky Business: The Essential Blending of Financial and Scientific Skills in the Modern Resources Sector
Modem mineral exploration and development takes place within a data-rich context underpinned by a wide range of data acquisition, processing and interpretation technologies. This leads to requirements
Jan 1, 1997
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The Broader Aspects of Secondary Mineralization at Mount Isa, Queensland
As far as is known at the present time, important ore occurrences at Mount Isa are restricted to the Urquhart Shale. These occur at Mount Isa itself, and some 13 miles north along strike at the Northe
Jan 1, 1966
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A Case Study on the Impact of Hedging Against Foreign Exchange Risk and Energy Price Risk
By A A. Ndiaye, A Galli
In a companion paper on current hedging practices in the mining industry (Armstrong et al, 2009) we showed that contrary to popular belief, mining groups are still using financial derivatives to hedge
Jan 1, 2009
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The Effect of Copper on Fire Assaying Processes for the Determination of Silver
If lead buttons are cupelled under closely controlled conditions in a suitable design of furnace, silver losses during cupellation are given by a simple equation. The effect of copper on these silver
Jan 1, 1957
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Some Notes on Recent Changes in Ore Extraction Practices in the Zinc Corporation and New Broken Hill Consolidated Mines
Up to the end of World War n, flat-back cut and fill stoping with or without square sets was the universal method of ore extraction. Rapid changes in practice occurred during the post-war years; first
Jan 1, 1957
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A Petrographic Approach to the Coking of Coals the Illawarra Coal Measures of the Southern Coalfield, N.S.W.
The relationship between the maceral composition of coal and the strength of the coke produced from that coal has received a great deal of attention in recent years.Studies using two Bulli Seam coals,
Jan 1, 1971
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Historical Sketch of the Geological Relations of Australia and Tasmania.
To the industrial geologist, as wen as to the general or historic geologist, the possession of a reliable key to the true order or sequence of the stratigraphy or position of the various upper rocky e
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Discriminating hematite/magnetite via scanning electron microscope–mineral liberation analyser in the - mesh size fraction of iron ores
By M Shaffer, D C. Grant, D J. Goudie, P Sylvester, C Voisey
Scanning electron microscope–Mineral Liberation Analyser SEM-MLA can be used to discriminate between hematite/magnetite in iron ores, but achieving backscattered electron (BSE) segmentation between th
Jul 24, 2017
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Sulphuric Acid Production from Pyrite at Cockle Creek Using the Turbulent Layer Roasting Process
Plant for the production of sulphuric acid from pyrites flotation concentrates was commissioned at Cockle Creek during 1956, to meet increasing demands for commercial acid and superphosphate. Pyrite w
Jan 1, 1957
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Petrology of the Zinc Lode, New Broken Hill Consolidated Ltd., Broken Hill, New South Wales
Drill cores from Section 62, New Broken Hill Consolidated Ltd., were used to study the petrology of rocks associated with the zinc lode. The distribution of the rock types in relation to the lode stru
Jan 1, 1961
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The Market, the Mining Geologist and Booms and Busts
After a five year period representing the strongest resource and commodity rally ever experienced, we are now faced with a subdued recovery following the global financial crisis. This renewed economic
Jan 1, 2009
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Amphibole Au-Cu Skarn and Massive Sulfide Replacement at the Peak Deposit, Eastern Interior, Alaska
By P Illig, R Newberry
"An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Recent exploration efforts in Eastern Interior, Alaska have discovered significant ca 72 Ma
Mar 18, 2015
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Pressure Leaching of a Manganese Ore Part I: Kinetic Aspects
By Woodcock J. T
When an aqueous suspension of pyrite and manganese ore reacts with oxygen, manganese is dissolved by the ferrous sulphate and sulphuric acid produced by the oxidation of pyrite. The kinetics of certai
Jan 1, 1958