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  • AUSIMM
    The experimental study on propagation of pressure wave in underground mine ventilation system

    By Y Shougu

    Many mine accidents will affect the mine ventilation system when they occur. At present, there is a lack of monitoring means to capture the occurrence of accidents in time by monitoring the ventilatio

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Planning for Commercial Operation of the Honeymoon ISL Uranium Project

    A recoverable uranium resource, shown to be suitable for in situ leaching, was discovered at Honeymoon in South Australia in 1971. Exploration of the deposit was carried out during the period from 197

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Zero Liquid Discharge in Coal Mining Operations

    By A Dal-Corobbo, R Zick

    The coal mining industry is now faced with new regulatory requirements that limit the discharge of chlorides into receiving streams. To meet these new regulatory standards for treated mine water, a ze

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Selection of Mine Water Management Options Considering both Water and Energy Impacts

    By M T. Nguyen, S Vink, M Ziemski

    On any given mine site the water system is contingent upon its initial design. Through time the initial design is adjusted by a myriad of water management options in order to improve water system perf

    Nov 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Excavation Engineering - The Integration of Excavation Design, Blast Design and Reinforcement Design

    By Chitombo G. P, Thompson A. G

    Excavation engineering involves three key design processes; excavation design, blast design and reinforcement design. An excavation engineering methodology is proposed in an attempt to promote integ

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Sampling and blending in geoenvironmental campaigns – current practice and future opportunities

    By A Parbhakar-Fox, S C. Dominy

    The prediction of acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) from mine waste materials is critically important during all stages of the mine value chain. However, to determine such geoenvironmental charact

    May 9, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Bentonite and Fuller's Earth Deposits of New South Wales: I. Occurrence, Mineralogy and Physical Properties

    By See G. T

    Bentonites and fuller's earths from seven localities in N.S.W. have been analysed with respect to occurrence, mineralogy and physical properties and areas for future prospecting have been indicat

    Jan 1, 1959

  • AUSIMM
    Dilution rating system (DRS)

    By C Nyoni, T Nguyen, C R. W Seymour, G D. Dempers

    Unplanned dilution directly adds cost to production from mining, milling, tailings disposal and administration. Additionally, unplanned dilution decreases the productivity, profitability and may affec

    Mar 15, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Loading Mechanics of the æCanÆ and Implications for Improved Strength and Stiffness Properties

    Improved roof control in high deformation tailgate environments has been achieved over the last decade through development of stiffer and increased capacity standing support products. æThe CanÆ is one

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Vibratory Screens in Materials Preparation

    By Sauer P

    The paper deals with the method of operat- ion, types of construction and sizing of screening machines as well as the selection of suitable screen decks. The application of novel screening mac- hines

    Jan 1, 1984

  • AUSIMM
    Submarine deposits of base and precious metals in Papua New Guinea

    The deep seafloor in Papua New Guinea's proposed Exclusive Economic Zone appears to be a gold-rich province in the same sense as the territory above sea level. Two significant sites with polymeta

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Detecting Long-term Ecological Impacts of Subsidence from Underground Coal Mining – A Tale of Two Pilot Tests

    By N B. McCaffrey, V Glenn, C Johns, P D. Erskine, A T. Fletcher

    "Underground coal mining is the dominant method of extracting thermal and coking coal in the southern and western coalfields of New South Wales. Monitoring mining-related subsidence forms an important

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The influence of charge density and solution ionic strength on polymer flocculant performance

    By JOHN G. RAYNER

    An examination was made of the filtration characteristics of a haematite slurry using a range of polyacrylamide based flocculants in solutions containing up to 3 per cent sodium chloride. The polymers

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Using Life Cycle Analysis to Assess the Toxicity Impacts of Waste Streams from Metal Production Processes

    By N Haque

    Base metal ores contain low levels of toxic/hazardous elements such as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, lead and mercury. Given the large tonnage of base metal ores mined and processed each year g

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Iron Ore Grade Control for Flitch Mining – An Alternative Method for the Hope Downs Operation, Hamersley Province, Western Australia

    By A D. Caccioppoli

    Grade control systems within Rio Tinto Iron Ore have proven to be robust, when mining full benches. The Hope Downs 1 operation hosting two Marra Mamba Iron Formation deposits (North and South Deposits

    Aug 22, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Resources and Reserve Assurance Processes – a Framework for Improved Governance

    By L J. de Lange

    As a material asset for mining entities, the resources and reserves (RR) estimation processes are surprisingly underrepresented in the assurance landscape. When press reports expose them being inaccur

    Jun 22, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Reducing CO2 emissions from the ferro-alloy and silicon production

    By G M. Tranell, M Tangstad

    The CO2 footprints in the production of Mn-ferroalloys and silicon/ferrosilicon are correlated with the fossil carbon consumption. The CO2 emissions may be reduced in the Mn-ferroalloy process by incr

    Aug 21, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Water Treatment at the Waihi Gold Mine

    By B Twidle, D Bertoldi, J Meikle, R Dunne

    The Waihi Gold Mine is situated in a high rainfall area (annual average of over 2 m) on the North Island of New Zealand. Water treatment and discharge at the mine has been ongoing for the last 25 year

    Sep 26, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Geometallurgy at Rio Tinto Iron Ore – a New Angle on an Old Concept

    By C M. W Boyle, E K. C Phuak, A Lewan, E Ryan, M D. Paine, P H. Mackenzie

    "Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) has an extensive history in the application of geometallurgy to the iron ore value chain. Fundamental to this has been the geological logging of material types which are ass

    Jun 15, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Tailing filtration practices in Mexican gold and silver mines

    By S Gomez-Hernandez, P D. Munro

    Filtered dry stack tailing storage facilities offer many advantages over thickened tailing storage facilities and yet, most of the mining companies still prefer the latter.Some of the advantages of fi

    Aug 29, 2018