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Palaeomagnetic, Tectonic, Magmatic and Mineralisation Events in the Proterozoic of Northern Australia
By Wyborn L. A I, Idnurm M, Hinman M. C
Comparison of the Proterozoic Apparent Polar Wander Path (APWP) for Australia with the corresponding geology of northern Australia suggests that a number of discrete interplate tectonic events, mani
Jan 1, 1994
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Latest Experience with Dust Suppression in Tunnelling
By Girnau G
The necessity of effective dust suppression measures during excavation work is just as uncontroversial in tunnelling as it is in mining. In many respects, in fact, the applied technology is compara
Jan 1, 1987
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Chevron Niugini's Approach to Land and Community Relations
By Rokot M
In a little over three years, Chevron Niugini has built up a team of relatively young, hard working men and women, mostly Papua New Guineans, who spend most of their working days out among people
Jan 1, 1991
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Olympic Dam Operations Review
The Olympic Dam copper/uranium deposit was discovered in 1975 and subsequently commenced production in 1988 at a rate of 1.5 Mtpa using the sublevel open stoping mining method. In the following five y
Jan 1, 1998
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Bias Testing of Mechanical Sampling Systems for Coal - A Review of Test Results and Call for Use of Multivariate Statistical Analyses
By C D. Rose
A review and summary of the results of 120 coal sampling system bias tests is presented. This review supports new methodology using multivariate statistics currently being considered by ISO TC27 SC4.
Aug 21, 2012
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Prediction of Roof Collapse for Rectangular Underground Openings
By A M. Suchowerska, J P. Carter, J P. Hambleton
"In order to effectively predict the roof collapse of underground openings using continuum models, it is imperative that a realistic failure criterion is used to represent the rock mass. However, for
Nov 5, 2014
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Bacterial Oxidation - An Economic Alternative for the Treatment of Refractory Gold Concentrates
By Budden J. R, Rhodes M. K
Bacterial oxidation technology was successfully applied in a mine site pilot plant for the treatment of refractory gold concentrates. The bacterial culture was proven capable of selectively breaking
Jan 1, 1991
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Upgrading of Indonesia's Bauxite by Washing Method
Upgrading of Indonesia's Bauxite by Washing Method There were eight bauxite samples used in this research, three samples from Kijang contain total SiO2 18.36 - 29.16 per cent, Al2O3 40
Sep 13, 2010
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Uranium Recovery From Highly Saline <i>In Situ</i> Leach Solutions by Ion Exchange
By J Davidson
Ion exchange using strong base resins is a well established technology for the recovery and purification of uranium from sulfuric acid leach liquors. Production of uranium at the Beverley Mine in Sout
Jan 1, 2005
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Tunelling Machine Research at the University of New South Wales
Hamersley Iron Pty. Limited mines and pro cesses iron ore from two orebodies at Tom Price and Paraburdoo, situated in the North West of Western Australia. Conventional open pit mining methods are u
Jan 1, 1978
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Blast movement monitors or polypipe? A study into cost-effective blast movement monitoring at White Foil gold mine, Western Australia
By M E. Watson
Minimising dilution and ore loss is an important part of ensuring profitability of a gold mining operation. White Foil open pit gold deposit is a low-grade deposit and therefore managing ore quality i
Sep 20, 2017
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Mine rockfall and rock wall failures – proven digital laser-based approach for monitoring slopes at the Kanmantoo Copper Mine
By J Herrmann, J Richards, B Hutchison
An extensive trial of laser-based survey and monitoring systems at Hillgrove Resources Kanmantoo Copper Mine in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, has proved the capabilities of the system in monito
Nov 30, 2018
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The Influence of Pyrite on Galena Oxidation and Subsequent Flotation
Folklore suggests that oxidation is detrimental to sulfide mineral flotation, and in many instances is the reason given for values reporting in the tailing. However, while a considerable body of work
Jan 1, 2005
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The Geology and Paragenesis of Epithermal Gold Mineralisation at the Kerimenge Prospect Papua New Guinea
By Bloom M. S
Epithermal vein and breccia hosted Au mineralisation at the Kerimenge prospect, in the Wau district, Papua New Guinea, occurs within a block of multiply fractured dacite porphyry of Pliocene age, and
Jan 1, 1990
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Optimisation of Circuits for Gold Pressure Oxidation
By F Saloojee, F K. Crundwell
Refractory ores need to be pretreated prior to cyanide leaching for acceptable gold recovery. Pressure oxidation is one method of rendering the ores more suitable for cyanidation. The focus of this wo
Sep 26, 2013
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The History of Ore Reserve Classification and Reporting in Australia
By Glasson K. R
The history of Ore Reserve classification and reporting in Australia is largely a history of the Australian mining industry itself. In the late 1800s, when the industry was dominated by small scale,
Jan 1, 1992
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Drilling and Blasting to Achieve Lower Costs for Deeper Stripping
By Lemberg D. W, Friday R. G
Potential means of lowering overall costs to permit deeper stripping include : 1. the use of larger diameter blastholes in highly-fissured strata (to reduce drilling costs); 2. dewatering from semi-
Jan 1, 1981
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Phosphorous Removal from Iron Ore with a Low Temperature Heat Treatment
By R R. Lovel, G J. Sparrow
Currently there are large reserves of good quality iron ore near to existing infrastructure that are not being developed because the phosphorous levels are above acceptable market specifications. Sinc
Jan 1, 2009
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Chemical Enhancement to Magnetic Separation for Effective Separation of Silicates from Titanium Phases at Finer Particle Size Fraction
By S A. Ravishankar
In heavy minerals separation, the titanium and iron oxide phases are separated from silicates in the coarser particle size range (80 - 150 mm) using magnetic and electrostatic separators. With the ong
Oct 5, 2011
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Towards a mining metaverse – spatial computing meets digital twins for remote operations
By M Yahyaei, P Knights, M S. Kizil, J Qu
Digital Twins (DTs) are transforming business operations across many industries through their accurate representations of physical entities enabled by IoT technologies.
Sep 1, 2024