Case Study of a Successful Ashfill Mining Operation

2017 ◽  
pp. 269-282
Author(s):  
Travis P. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Mining Operation

Attitudes towards dingoes (Canis dingo) and their management: a case study from a mining operation in the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley P. Smith ◽  
Anne-Louise Vague ◽  
Robert G. Appleby
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Mining Operation ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Mining Town ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Personal Threat ◽  
Mine Sites ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
The Village

This study provides insight into the attitudes and perceptions of people who live alongside dingoes in a remote Australian mining town. A mixed-methods, self-administered questionnaire was circulated, targeting employees across 11 departments (n=160). Overall, employees saw dingoes favourably (60.5%), and believed that humans and dingoes should be able to coexist (75.8%). Dingoes were not considered to be causing unacceptable damage or to be overabundant, despite being seen almost daily at both the village and work sites. A total of 31.4% of employees had felt threatened or scared because of a dingo on more than one occasion, and 16.5% had experienced a dingo being aggressive towards them at least once. Yet, only 21.0% of employees considered dingoes dangerous to people, and few worried about their safety at the village or work site (9.5% and 11.4% respectively), or the safety of others in general (21.6%). There was a dichotomy of views regarding the dingo’s presence: employees were supportive of dingoes living in close proximity at the mine, as long as they were not directly being problematic (i.e. representing a personal threat, or causing property damage). Half of the employees surveyed (50.4%) felt that management decisions relating to dingoes were personally important to them, highlighting the need to ensure that employees are consulted, and that dingo management strategies are well communicated. These findings have implications for improving the success rates of management approaches to human–carnivore conflict at mine sites and other situations where predators are perceived to threaten human safety.

scholarly journals Analysis of Environmental Costs’ Effect in Green Mining Strategy Using a System Dynamics Approach: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Amir Jafarpour ◽  
Siamak Khatami
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mining Operation ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Open Pit Mining ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Environmental Costs ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Factors Affecting

Nowadays, one of the most significant problems in mining activities is the significance of analyzing environmental issues along with mining, concentration, and mineral processing operations to achieve the goals of sustainable development. Nevertheless, mine owners refuse to include environmental costs (EC) and consider them unprofitable. Due to the ever-increasing importance of environmental and social topics in recent years, there is a vital need for assessing the EC and its impact on total mining costs and implementing green strategies by the mining managers and engineers. The current study tries to model the mining cost structure by considering the causal relationships between different factors affecting open-pit mining costs to highlight the EC’s role. Furthermore, this research evaluates the effectiveness of implementing each possible mining green strategy in a large-scale copper mine using the System Dynamics (SD) approach. In this regard, seven scenarios and a combination of different environmental strategies, including mine reclamation, an environmental strategy for a condensation and processing plant, and environmental mining operations, have been considered for the SD-based economic analysis. The simultaneous use of the green mining strategies for the concentration and processing plant (Scenario 4) shows a high impact on cost reduction in the mining operation.

Transforming underground to surface mining operation – A geotechnical perspective from case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barlian Dwinagara ◽  
Oktarian W. Lusantono ◽  
Prasodo D. Prabandaru ◽  
Rizky Ardiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Surface Mining ◽  
Mining Operation

scholarly journals Geometallurgical Flowsheet as a Tool for Designing and Communicating Geometallurgical Programs

Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Lang ◽  
Steinar Ellefmo ◽  
Kurt Aasly
Keyword(s):  
Mining Operation ◽  
General Concept ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Mineral Mining ◽  
Geological Characteristics ◽  
Industrial Mineral ◽  
Measure Of Performance

This paper introduces the concept of using a geometallurgical flowsheet as a tool to design, visualize and communicate a geometallurgical program. The development of the concept is carried out using a case study of an industrial mineral mining operation. A modified Integration Definition for Function Modeling (IDEF0) technique is proposed as a methodology to develop the geometallurgical flowsheet. The geometallurgical program is defined as a summary of the operations necessary to develop and validate the geometallurgical model. The geometallurgical model is defined as the function that links georeferenced in-situ geological characteristics and a georeferenced measure of performance in a processing plant. The geometallurgical flowsheet in this study is developed both as a general concept as well as a case-specific illustration based on the example of the Verdalskalk AS industrial mineral operation.

scholarly journals Investigation for Safety of Final Quarry Bench During Mine Closure Stage – a Case Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMIT GOLDER ◽  
INDRAJIT ROY
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Slope Stability ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Mining Operation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mine Closure ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Opencast Mine ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Abstract The closure of opencast coal mining operation in Balanda mine will be a source of danger for inhabitants or any other infrastructure near the surface of ultimate quarry bench from safety point of view. In view of the above, MCL (Mahanadi Coalfield Limited) and the management of the Balanda opencast mine conducted a variety of design research and academic institutions to conduct a slope stability analysis of Balanda ocp (opencast project). It is also important here to note that the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, has prepared a study report on the above. This paper deals with design of ultimate quarry bench and discusses various geo-technical parameters for carrying out stability analysis.

Award Restructuring, Workplace Reform and the Changing Nature of Australian Industrial Relations

1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
R E Fells
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Mining Operation ◽  
Policy Objective ◽  
Workplace Productivity ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Analysis Of Change ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Managerial Perspective

This paper examines the changes taking place in Australian industrial relations. It takes as its starting point the policy objective of improving workplace productivity and examines the impact of reforms on this objective using Lewin's framework for the analysis of change and a mining operation as a case study. The paper suggests that the reforms are only facilitative and this exposes a reliance on management for the achievement of the policy objective. The dominance of managerial perspective changes the fundamental nature of the industrial relations system and raises several important policy considerations, in particular issues relating to the recognition of trade unions.

Metals and Metalla

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Mattingly
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Mining Operation ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Metal Production ◽  
Landscape Survey

This chapter presents a single case study of a Roman imperial mining operation (metalla) as an example of the potential environmental and human consequences of large-scale Roman metal production. As such, it stands for many instances of Rome's exploitation of the key natural resources of provincial territories. Tacitus, for instance, was explicit in describing the mineral resources of Britain as the “spoils of victory.” However, it is shown that the consequences of Rome's pursuit of economic gain carried a high human and environmental cost. It draws on the results of the Wadi Faynan landscape survey (1996–2000), an interdisciplinary and diachronic investigation of evidence of environmental and climatic change, settlement pattern, and human activity.

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