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  • AUSIMM
    Improved assurance for Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimates and reporting through peer review and auditing

    By M A. Noppé

    Mining is inherently a risk-based business and risk governance is an integral part of corporate assurance and business decision-making. Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves are the key assets for a mine

    Sep 20, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Digital geological mapping – pay-offs, pitfalls and pathways to successful mapping digitalisation

    By N Anderson

    The world-class Golden Mile gold deposit in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia is part of the Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) operation, which is wholly owned by Northern Star Resou

    Mar 22, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Particle Size Analysis – Optimising Returns in Iron Ore

    By B Stump

    Reliable particle size analysis in minerals processing plants is a critical factor to the economic return of a plant. As recovery of valuable minerals is compromised for particles outside the optimal

    Jul 11, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Field Measurement of Transient Pore Pressures within Co-disposed Processing Rejects Placed in a Spoil Dump

    By R Van Laeren, G Langerak, S Fityus, K Koosmen

    Co-disposal of partly-dewatered mixed-plant rejects (MPR) from coal processing into spoil dumps is gaining favour amongst Australian coalmine operators in preference to conventional tailings disposal

    Jul 27, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Elevating geotechnical considerations in the Australian underground coal industry and mine planning process

    By T Stambolie

    Mine planning processes are continuously evolving, increasing in complexity, and are required to be developed in shorter timeframes, often missing important steps in the process. Underground coal mine

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Potential of the Overburden Cast Blasting Technique in Indian Surface Coalmines – A Modular Approach and its Financial Implications

    By M D. Uttarwar, R R. Yerpude

    India is the world’s third-largest producer of coal and is endowed with the fifth-largest coal reserves in the world. Surface mining straddles the entire domain of the Indian coal mining industry, yie

    Aug 24, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Inclusion of Safescape Laddertube to enhance emergency egress in ventilation shafts

    By B Murphy

    Safescape Laddertube provides an improved system for emergency egress in ventilation shafts. The addition of Laddertube in a rise has very little impact on ventilation flow, studies have indicated th

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Didipio Flash Flotation and Gravity Recovery Circuit

    By M McGrory, A Rodolfo, J Paredes, L E. Manguba, K A Villaspir, G Webb, R Setiagani, H Cardenas

    "OceanaGold’s Didipio operation has been in operation for three years. Integral to the flow sheet design is a flash flotation circuit treating a portion of cyclone underflow, consisting of an Outotec

    Oct 10, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Integral Pressure Stripping

    By Beer G

    The recent re-emergence of an Integral Pressure Stripping system which operates with both cell and column in closed circuit at elevated temperature and pressure, requires no cyanide in the eluate so

    Jan 1, 1991

  • AUSIMM
    Thin spray liners for face support at Kanmantoo

    By B Roache

    Ground support installation into the face of development headings has become an accepted practice at many Australian hard rock mines. Ground support is installed in the development face to reduce pers

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Application of normative ore mineralogy to geological and metallurgical data sets at the Hera Au-Pb-Zn-Ag mine, New South Wales, Australia

    By A R. McKinnon

    The recently opened Hera Au-Pb-Zn-Ag mine in central New South Wales has provided an ideal opportunity to demonstrate the calculation of sulfide ore mineralogy using normative methods. Normative miner

    Sep 20, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Pacrim Conference, Gold Coast, Ausgust 1987 Gold: Sources to Resources

    By Hoffmann CF

    Thermal conditions at depths of several k.i'-.r.,etres in hydrothermal systems are a major (actor controlling gold transport into the epithermal environment. Understanding of the coupling of

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Surface Mining Techniques

    Strip mining offers the advantages of high productivity from both human and capital resources as well as high rates of production. Experience suggests that it will be advantageous to extend strip min

    Jan 1, 1975

  • AUSIMM
    A Holistic Viewpoint for Selecting the Vertical Haulage System – Shafts and Conveyors

    By R M. Krek

    The haulage system used to convey ore from an underground mine to a surface stockpile at the mine process plant is a vital component of the mine’s overall infrastructure and economic viability. The sy

    Mar 24, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Investigation into the Implementation of Sensor-based Ore Sorting Systems at a Block Caving Operation

    By D Elmo, M Scoble, Y Liu, B Klein, J Scholar, S Nadolski

    A cave-to-mill study being conducted at the New Afton block caving operation demonstrated the potential for sensor-based ore sorting equipment to reject waste and improve the grade of feed to the mill

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    A risk-based approach to drainage design standard selection for mine rehabilitation and relinquishment

    By A Densten, C Gimber

    Surface water management and drainage is a key aspect of mine rehabilitation and closure planning. In the authors’ experience, drainage related problems are amongst the most common forms of failure in

    Jul 25, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Experiments on Rock Burst and its Control

    By L R. Sousa, M He

    Rock burst is common in deep underground excavations and is characterised by a violent ejection of block rocks from excavation walls. It is critical to understand the phenomenon of rock burst and part

    Nov 5, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Chamfered backs to improve open stope stability in poor ground conditions

    By G Capes

    A novel open stope design approach is presented that delivered improved performance in a mining area with poor ground conditions at the Olympic Dam mine. During 2019, a large open stope had an unplann

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Continuity Risk in Narrow Reef Gold Deposits - Implications for Evaluation and Exploitation

    By I M. Platten

    Narrow reef gold deposits are generally less than 4 m in width and relatively complex geological phenomena. They often display variable geometry, attitude, continuity and internal architecture. Econom

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Receiving Environment Monitoring Programs - Making the Most out of Biological Indicators and Direct Toxicity Assessments for Monitoring of Aquatic Ecosystems

    By L Thorburn

    In 2009, the Queensland Government developed a series of amendments to environmental authorities (EAs) for mines throughout the Fitzroy Basin in response to studies that assessed the cumulative impact

    Nov 26, 2013