Controlling fragmentation
Conclusion #1: Fragmentation control is one of the few ways to reduce volatility and increase highly limited ability to modify the inputs to the process. There will be a defined short, medium and long term mining sequence and 'you'll get what you're given' as the rock mass is presented in front of the excavator.
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A new framework for evaluation of rock fragmentation in …
Rock fragmentation is a complex dynamic process relating to the interaction between rock mass and explosives. For this reason, a mature model has not yet been developed to meet all mining conditions and geological features (Siddiqui et al., 2009).In order to overcome this drawback, the main goal of this paper is to provide a new …
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Reduction of Fragment Size from Mining to Mineral …
2.2 Ore Recovery. Rock fragmentation influences ore recovery through two mechanisms. (1) Better (finer) fragmentation can increase ore recovery ratio in some mining methods such as sublevel caving, since smaller ore fragments from blasting can more easily flow to draw points, resulting in a higher ore recovery ratio.
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An Evaluation on the Impact of Ore Fragmented by Blasting on Mining
To evaluate the impact of rock fragmentation by blasting on mining performance at the Sarcheshmeh copper mine, drilling unit database, blast, ... D. Blast fragmentation for maximising the sag mill throughput at Porgera Gold Mine. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique, Orlando, …
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Maximising SAG mill throughput at Porgera gold mine by …
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(PDF) Reduction of Fragment Size from Mining to Mineral
The worldwide mining industry consumes a vast amount of energy in reduction of fragment size from mining to mineral processing with an extremely low …
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Parameter Optimization and Fragmentation Prediction of …
3 Hubei Sanxin Gold Copper Limited Company, Huangshi 435199, China; scb@hbsanxin (Y.H.); @139 (G.L.) * Correspondence: csuzhangjian@126. Abstract: For San-Xin gold and ...
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Improving Hard Rock Fragmentation in Copper …
The results attained the desired 80% passing size (P 80) of 0.55 m. In 2005, Boliden conducted an optimization study on the fragmentation at its open-cast copper mine, Aitik. The method aimed at …
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Reduction of Fragment Size from Mining to Mineral …
2.2 Ore Recovery. Rock fragmentation influences ore recovery through two mechanisms. (1) Better (finer) fragmentation can increase ore recovery ratio in some mining methods such as sublevel caving, since smaller ore fragments from blasting can …
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(PDF) Reduction of Fragment Size from Mining to Mineral
The worldwide mining industry consumes a vast amount of energy in reduction of fragment size from mining to mineral processing with an extremely low-energy efciency, particularly in ore crushing ...
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Ore Characterisation for Mine to Mill Fragmentation
Examples included:the minimisation of fines in the mining and handling of iron ore;the management of fines in blasting and crushing for a copper heap leach operation;the control of blast damage, mining recovery and dilution in open cut coal operations; andthe optimisation of mine fragmentation to increase mill throughput in gold and copper ...
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Blast fragmentation optimization at Tarkwa Gold Mine using …
Tarkwa Gold Mine is owned by Gold Fields Ghana, IAMGOLD and the Government of the Republic of Ghana in a 71%, 19% and 10% ratio. The mine is operated by Gold Fields …
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Chapter 6 Social License to Operate: Gold Mining in …
Abstract Despite being identified as a strategic priority for Kyrgyzstan's economic growth, the development of gold mining industry in the country stagnated over the last decade. Representing the largest extractive industry in the republic and accounting for nearly 87 per cent of the country's total value of minerals, gold mining still comprises …
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Strategic planning to mitigate mining impacts on protected …
Given the current growth of these illegal activities in the Amazon 32 due to the gold price and political support, opening the region for exploration and industrial mining and infrastructure would ...
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[PDF] Blast fragmentation optimization at Tarkwa Gold Mine …
Corpus ID: 155857317; Blast fragmentation optimization at Tarkwa Gold Mine using 6 Sigma methodologies @article{Amiel2008BlastFO, title={Blast fragmentation optimization at Tarkwa Gold Mine using 6 Sigma methodologies}, author={Abraham J. Amiel}, journal={Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy}, year={2008}, …
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Understanding Gold Mining and Social Conflicts in Kyrgyzstan …
While the development of the mining sector continues to be a strategic priority for Kyrgyzstan, local resistance against gold mining exploitation has been on the rise. Since 2010 there has been an upsurge in social protests related to mining activities from local residents who typically have limited power to negotiate their interests over ...
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Indonesian gold mine expanding in 'wrong direction' into …
Location of the Martabe gold mine in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Martabe gold mine's operation resulted in the clearing of 100 hectares (about 250 acres) of forest from 2016 to 2020. In 2019 ...
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Application of Thermal Fragmentation in Australian Hard …
An estimate showing a comparison between the thermal fragmentation mining concept and the long-hole mining method is presented and, finally, the future developments planned are listed. View Show ...
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Monitoring ore loss and dilution for mine-to-mill integration …
Free gold has been a persistent problem in the mine for some time, as demonstrated by significant higher gold recoveries from the fines in the back area and mud in the crosscuts. Hence there was a need to understand the run-of-mine fragmentation. Mine-to …
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Mine fragmentation analysis | Hexagon
Optimising fragmentation. Mining promises few guarantees, but reduced ore yield is a certainty if errors are made at any stage of the complex drill and blast process. The potential for wasted energy, time and opportunity costs business more now in an age of declining grades when miners are digging more earth for less ore.
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Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining
Mining can yield a range of benefits to societies, but it may also cause conflict, not least in relation to above-ground and sub-surface land use. ... railway tracks, and power lines, can affect migratory routes of animals and increase habitat fragmentation [9, 10]. Mining can also have positive and negative impacts on humans and societies ...
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A deep learning approach for rock fragmentation analysis
1. Introduction. The main objective of blasting in mines is to break in-situ rock mass to smaller rock fragments. More specifically, the goal is to achieve a specific fragment size distribution that eases handling, while minimizing damage to the final pit wall. 1 Fragmentation can affect the productivity and efficiency of downstream operations …
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Characterization of underground rock fragmentation
Summary. This paper focuses on the methodology and techniques developed to characterize the rock fragments produced by blasting in an underground environment. This work formed part of an integrated approach to the optimization of blasting design at a Canadian mine. Details are given of the photographic and image analysis techniques …
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Comparative Analysis of Rock Fragmentation Models
Fragmentation Results for Mine A ... and Reserve Update for the Nzema Gold Mine, Ghana, West Africa", Rep ort Prep ared for . Endeavour Mining Corporation, Cayman . Islands, 205 pp.
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Maximising SAG mill throughput at Porgera gold mine by …
Request PDF | On Sep 1, 2001, M. Lam and others published Maximising SAG mill throughput at Porgera gold mine by optimising blast fragmentation | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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Gold miners' costs reached a record high in 2022 but …
In 2022, average all-in sustaining costs (AISC) in the gold mining industry reached a record high, rising by 18% y-o-y to US$1,276/oz. This was 14%, or US$160/oz, above the previous record set in 2012. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, miners' costs have been pushed higher by disruption to global supply chains and …
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Thermal Fragmentation as a Possible, Viable, Alternative Mining Method
1.1 Narrow Vein Mining. Narrow vein deposits are defined by Stewart [] as mineralisation zones that are no more than 2 to 3-m wide and with a dip of more than 50 to 55 degrees.Of the narrow vein deposits across the globe, ones possessing high gold content are particularly important due to the high unit value of gold in such low volume …
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Commentary: Gold sector fragmentation hurts investors
Of all the mining sectors, gold is possibly the most fragmented, and the gold industry and its investors would realize considerable benefits from consolidation. Brokerage Pollitt & Co. estimates ...
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ODM: a new approach for open pit mine blasting evaluation
Grundstrom C, Kanchibotla SS, Jankovic A, Thornton D (2001) Blast fragmentation for maximising the sag mill throughput at Porgera Gold Mine. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique: Orlando.
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Exploring potential impacts of mining on forest loss and fragmentation …
In addition to commercial mining, artisanal gold mining activities are a considerable driver of land use change and water pollution in the Renca region and surroundings. Those mining areas are located mainly in Jari and Paru floodplains (SEMA, 2011, 2010) as well as in Pedra Branca do Amapari and Vila Nova (Oliveira, 2010).
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