Summary The study investigated the potential of monorail haulage particularly in decline development and main haulage, in view of shortcomings in current practices. A feasible design including a pneumatic system…
Summary The program was carried out in the context of the design and management of large waste-rock dumps in arid ecosystems, in particular in the Great Sandy Desert, where Newcrest’s…
Summary The project’s aim was to develop a classification system for inland salt lakes, which may be used by the mining industry to dispose of excess water, in Western Australia,…
Summary Seismic monitoring networks in mines and in the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda and Leinster mining districts were maintained and the data analysed. Seismological analysis of several caving mines gave new insight into…
Summary Based on three test sites selected to span the different climatic conditions found across Western Australia, this project aimed to demonstrate the potential of next generation remote hyperspectral sensing…
Summary The two areas investigated in the MERIWA-supported modules of this AMIRA project were the further development of the thiosulfate process for gold leaching, and exploration of several aspects of…
Summary This study reported the results of remapping the Granites-Tanami Orogen in the North Australian Craton of Western Australia and structural, geochemical and isotopic studies of its constituent supracrustal and…
Summary This study investigated the mechanism of platinum-group element (PGE) fractionation in ultramafic systems, focussing on the role of chromite. Samples from a wide range of occurrences were analysed to…
Summary In this study two sub-projects were carried out for the sponsor. The first one characterized Al-goethite, and the second boehmite because it can have an impact on autocrystallisation in…
Summary This 3 year project used the DT1200 instrument to measure zeta potential for solids in caustic solutions up to 10m NaOH. It showed that rheology is capable of reflecting…
Summary The study aimed to develop new techniques to characterise and model the geotechnical aspects of submarine slide behaviour. Both physical and numerical modelling was applied. A new geotechnically based…
Summary Although it is established that iron ore in the Hamersley Province is located in structurally controlled sites, it has long been suspected that there is a stratigraphic control over…
