Open Cut
Safety, productivity and the right to operate are priorities for open cut mine research. We have supported work on an automated swing loading system for electric shovels, the science of rehabilitation and minimising mining impacts on neighbouring communities.
General (12 Reports)
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| C8001 | 01/05/2001 |
| Author: Col Hughes | Pacific Coal |
Automatic dump trucks have the potential to increase productivity and reduce maintenance costs without major uncontrolled risks. Pacific Coal and Komatsu developed and tested various autonomous dump truck (ADT) prototype systems at Tarong between 1996 and 1998. Limited operational testing .... read more |
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| C9035 | 01/11/2001 |
| Author: Mihai Borsaru, Arojc, C Smith | CSIRO Exploration & Mining |
The work described in this report was carried out by CSIRO Exploration and Mining, Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies Laboratory in Brisbane. The objectives of the project were: - To develop an operational system and logging tool to determine in-situ sulphur content in
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| C10041 | 23/04/2003 |
| Author: Ian Fletcher, Dick Sanders | QCC Resources |
Coal moisture, and particularly in situ moisture (Mis), is a parameter which is often examined inadequately during exploration programs, and the resulting limited knowledge can easily impact negatively producing inaccurate definition of reserves, incorrect .... read more |
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| C13035 | 01/07/2004 |
| Author: Christian Larsen, Ben Axford | Runge |
This project has investigated the benefits of using XML (eXstensable Markup Language) as a protocol for exchange of data between software applications and the merits of generating a public Schema for standardising XML for the coal mining industry. This project has .... read more |
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| C22021 | 01/06/2014 |
| Author: Susan Kinnear, Delwar Akbar, Julie Mann & Sandra Worsley, Prem Chhetri, Phillip Smith | Central Queensland University, RMIT, University of Queensland |
An effective transport network is essential to both ongoing growth of the resources sector, as well as to the sustainability of the regions that host resource development activity. For mining companies, modern and efficient transport infrastructure is necessary in order to move its product from .... read more |
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| C25025 | 20/09/2019 |
| Author: Hao Zhai, Mahdi Zoorabadi, Hossein Masoumi, Ismet Canbulat, Matthew Tsang, Davide Pistellato, Joan Esterle | University of New South Wales, University of Queensland |
This report combined different approaches to investigate the estimation of coal measures rock mass strength from laboratory properties, and in particular their use in the evaluation of open cut coal mine excavated slopes. The report is presented in two parts: .... read more |
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| C25028 | 01/05/2018 |
| Author: Emmy Manlapig, Frank Shi, Anh K Nguyen, John Jackson, Joan Esterle, Sandra Rodrigues, Hongping Liu, Sion Pretorius, Lionel Fonteneau | Julius Kruttschnitt Minerals Research Centre, The University of Queensland, CoreScan Pty Ltd |
The planning and operation of a coal mining operation requires a clear and up to date understanding of the nature of the coal that would be mined, the manner in which the coal would be upgraded in the preparation plant and the target specifications of the product that will be produced. The .... read more |
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| C25032 | 01/05/2018 |
| Author: John Rolfe, Jo-Anne Everingham, Delwar Akbar, Susan Kinnear | Central Queensland University |
This project sought to tease out models for stakeholder involvement in post-mining land use change issues and to identify issues relevant to engaging with stakeholders in reference panels or other group processes. The project had four aims: - To identify the key factors that are
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| C26034 | 24/06/2019 |
| Author: Chris McMahon | McMahon Coal Quality Resources |
Accurate evaluation of coking coal parameters at the exploration stage is critical to a coal's marketability and sale price and accurate estimation of coal resource and reserves. The measurement of a coals coking potential is known to deteriorate with time and under different .... read more |
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| C28039 | 25/02/2021 |
| Author: Aaron McKenzie, Zeinab Khaskar | ERM Australia Pacific |
Low frequency noise from mining activities has long been an issue for both regulatory bodies and industry. The impacts of low frequency noise (LFN) are subjective and difficult to both predict and regulate with current noise modelling methodology. This presents issues for legislation, as well .... read more |
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| C28046 | 08/08/2023 |
| Author: Michael Limerick | Myuma Pty Ltd |
The project was undertaken to meet an identified gap in knowledge about the experiences of Indigenous people in the coal mining industry and the impacts on the social and economic wellbeing of Indigenous workers and their families and communities. While the number of Indigenous people working .... read more |
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| C29005 | 01/12/2020 |
| Author: Marc Elmouttie, Xun Luo, Joey Duan, Peter Dean, John Malos | CSIRO |
Systems to detect, monitor and analyse rock falls in open pit mining operations have the potential to improve operational safety, improve calibration of rockfall simulators (restitution coefficients), and importantly provide quantitative data to justify current standoff designs. Although .... read more |