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Friction bolt performance over the past ten years in Australian minesBy T M. Nester, D J. Reardon, A N. Page, B J. Barsanti
The load capacity of a friction bolt has long been regarded as 4 t/m of embedment for ground support design analysis and supported by in situ pull test results. In recent years, the authors have obser
Nov 29, 2022
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An Open Pit Multistage Mine Production Scheduling Model for Drilling, Blasting and Excavating OperationsBy S Q. Liu, E Kozan
This paper proposes a new multiresource multistage scheduling problem for optimising the open pit drilling, blasting and excavating operations under equipment capacity constraints. The flow process is
Nov 24, 2014
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Integrated Photogrammetry and Discrete Fracture Network Modelling for Improved Rock Mass Characterisation and Engineering DesignBy S F. Rogers, P W. Booth
Digital photogrammetry is revolutionising the task of geotechnical mapping of jointed rock masses and has greatly increased in popularity and sophistication in recent years. Modern commercially availa
Sep 17, 2014
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The Risks of Excess Water on Tailings Facilities and Its Application to Dam-break StudiesBy D Luppnow, H Rourke
Recent disasters such as the failure of the Mount Polley tailings embankment remind us of the risks that tailings facilities pose. It is widely recognised that dam-break assessments are a vital tool i
Jul 27, 2015
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Forecasting mine seismicity – towards a more established methodologyBy A Vakili, F Harvey, H Greaves
Mine seismicity is one of the most difficult geotechnical risks to manage in seismically active mines. There are currently some established empirical and statistical methods that provide quantitative
Nov 30, 2018
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Geometallurgical Communication as a Distributed Information SystemBy C Moorhead, J Jones
A common problem in the mining industry is that company geologists can operate in relative isolation to the rest of the company (Jones and Moorhead, 2011). This may result in poor knowledge transfer a
Sep 29, 2013
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Reducing waste in the iron ore industry by beneficiating slimes using new flotation regime and two-stage processing routesBy N Lima, A Piçarra, L Filippov, I Filippova, M Marques, K Silva
The iron industry produces a considerable amount of tailings per annum, due to its substantial volumes of production. The actual iron ore processing routes require the removal of slimes fractions. In
Sep 18, 2023
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The Influence of Energy Policy and Security Energy Supply Policy of Indonesia to Asia-Pacific Coal Distribution in 2025By A P. Wibowo
Indonesia holds a significant role in the utilisation of coal resources in the world. Although the number of Indonesian coal resources and reserves do not fall into the world’s top ten, according to 2
Nov 22, 2011
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An analysis of productivity in sublevel caving minesBy G R. Power
A useful way to assess potential productivity of SLC mines is by quantifying tonnes/drawpoint/day to be extracted from the mine. However limited industry information has been published to help mines b
Mar 15, 2021
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Martabe integrated life-of-mine optimisationBy K J. Grohs
Martabe gold and silver mine is situated in northern Sumatra and comprises several deposits in steep terrain that are required to be developed in the optimal sequence for the best possible Net Present
Jul 25, 2018
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Real time assessment of water content in icy regolith by analysing drilling parametersBy D Joshi, J Rostami, M Karakus, A Eustes
The first target of mining activities on the surface of the moon is to find and extract water from the icy regolith on the moon. A test drilling unit was designed and fabricated under a NASA Early Sta
Sep 1, 2024
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ROES® – Automated Rock ExtractionBy I Gipps
A vision of what the future mine involves all aspects of mining, ie orebody access, ore stoping, material transport, processing and waste material disposal. This paper examines one aspect of the futur
Nov 22, 2011
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Super-Scavenging of zinc Residue by the FASTFLOT Process at Pasmico Mining, Broken HillBy Fickera M. A, Marshall S, Burgeese F. L, Burgees J, Estrina H
A new high intensity flotation process FASTFLOT was deployed to recover residual zinc from the zinc circuit tailings at Pasminco Mining's Concentrator, Broken Hill. Performance of the FASTFLOT
Jan 1, 1995
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New insights into the relationships between sinter mineralogy and physical strength using QXRD and optical image analysisBy M I. Pownceby, N A. S Webster, J R. Manuel, J M. F Clout, E Donskoi, N A. Ware
The relative influences of sinter mineralogy, sintering temperature, solid and pore macro- and microstructure on iron ore sinter physical strength are not yet fully understood. Whilst a range of analy
Sep 18, 2023
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Female Undergraduates in the Mining and Minerals IndustryBy J Meikle
A projected image is not always a true representation of a situation, or indeed an industry. This is often the case of the mining and minerals industry, which has frequently been portrayed in a negati
Jan 1, 2006
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Characterising the Blasting Properties of Iron OreBy A Scott, I Onederra
Most iron ores occur in mine benches as complex mixtures of lithologies and ore types. This significantly complicates their characterisation for both blast design and fragmentation modelling. A great
Jul 13, 2015
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A System of Diluting Methane to Safe LevelsBy R Hughes
"Spring Creek Mine uses high pressure water to extract the thick Main seam in the Upper Rewanuicoal measures. The extraction method results in the creation of large voids which collapsespontaneously.
Jun 1, 2012
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Development of a Corrosivity Classification for Weld Mesh Support at Cannington MineCannington Mine is an underground, hard rock, metalliferous mine located in North-Western Queensland, Australia. Weld mesh is installed to prevent the failure of rock from between the installed reinfo
Nov 25, 2010
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A System for Ore Tracking in Autonomous MiningBy E Nettleton, A Melkumyan
A probabilistic system for autonomous tracking of excavated ore in mining would be highly valuable. Currently, mine sites can have a vast array of sensors; examples include excavator load cells, bucke
Sep 26, 2011
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Solid bowl decanter centrifuges – the alternative technologyBy M Player, R Klug, N Schwarz
There are several technologies available for thickening and dewatering of mining process slurries. The most commonly used are thickeners and filters, but technological developments have made solid bow
Jul 1, 2021