Skip to main content

Abstract

Despite significant advances over decades, gold and silver mining still involves the old paradigm with a significant amount of waste management during haulage, processing, and disposal.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 139.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Andres, Jimenez Builes Carlos. 2017. A mixed-integer programming model for an in-pit crusher conveyor location problem. University of Montreal.

    Google Scholar 

  • Batterham, R.B. 2003. The mine of the future, will it be visible? XXII In International mineral processing congress, Cape Town, South Africa.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brent, G.F., P. Dare-Bryan, S. Hawke, and M. Rothery. 2013. Ultra-high-intensity blasting—a new paradigm in mining. In Proceedings of world gold conference, Brisbane, Australia.

    Google Scholar 

  • Carr, David, Johnson Quenton, and W.A. Gough. 2017. In Optimization of the Haile Gold mine grinding and flotation line using model predictive control, COM 2017, Vancouver, Canada.

    Google Scholar 

  • CIM Magazine. 2017. http://magazine.cim.org/en/technology/hard-rock-revolution-on-the-horizon.

  • Cooper Allen. 2010. In-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC).

    Google Scholar 

  • CRC-ORE. 2014. Transforming mining productivity with grade engineering. www.crcore.org.au

  • Darling, P. 2011. SME mining engineering handbook, 3rd ed. https://books.google.ru/books?id=5uq-kdfHLWUC

  • Dunbar, W.S. 2014. Will the mine of the future be a mine at all? In Globe and Mail.

    Google Scholar 

  • Duncan, L.D., and B.J. Levitt. 1990. Belt conveyor. In Surface mining, ed. B.A. Kennedy, 2nd ed., 692–705. Littleton: SME.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ericsson, M. 2012. Mining technology—trends and development, Polinares consortium journal, working paper # 29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gorain B.K. 2016. A vision for continuous mining integrated with processing. In 28th International Mineral Processing Congress 2016 in Québec City.

    Google Scholar 

  • International Mining Journal. 2019. https://im-mining.com/tag/cortez.

  • Isokangas, E. 2012. Using smarttag to track ore in process integration and optimization: some case studies in a variety of applications. The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Platinum.

    Google Scholar 

  • Johnson Marc. 2014. Impact of in-pit crushing and conveying on pit shell optimization. D CONVEYING Deswik.

    Google Scholar 

  • Klein, B., W.S. Dunbar, and M. Scoble. 2002. Integrating mining and mineral processing for advanced mining systems. CIM Bulletin 95 (1057): 63–68.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Koehler, F. 2010. In-pit crushing looms the way into Australia. In Mining magazine congress.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lazar, C., R. Pintea, and R. de Keyser. 2007. Nonlinear predictive control of a pH process. In 17th European symposium on computer aided process engineering, Vol. 24, 829–834.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lynch, M., and B. White. 2013. Brave new world autonomous mining systems. In Proceedings world gold 2013, 157–166. Brisbane: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lynch, A.J., G.J. Harbort, and M.G. Nelson. 2010. History of flotation. Melbourne: AusIMM.

    Google Scholar 

  • Makhado, V.G., and D. Sagara. 2017. Implementation of an advanced thickener underflow density control at LOULO gold mine, MALI.

    Google Scholar 

  • Metso. 2018. www.metso.com.

  • Powell, M. 2013. Utilising orebody knowledge to improve comminution circuit design and energy utilization. In 2nd AusIMM International Geometallurgical Conference, Brisbane, 30 September to 2nd October.

    Google Scholar 

  • Radlowski, J.K. 1988. In-pit crushing and conveying as an alternative to an all truck system in open pit mines. The University of British Columbia.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sandvik Mining and Construction. 2007. Bulk materials handling in mining [Report].

    Google Scholar 

  • Stange, W. 1999. The process design of gold leaching and carbon-in-pulp circuits. Journal of the South 99: 13–25.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Szalanski Scot. 2009. Optimizing in-pit crusher conveyor performance: P&H Mining Equipment.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vergne, J.N. de la. 2017. Hard rock Miner’s handbook, ed. S.L. Anderse. Alberta: Stantec Consulting.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vogt, D. 2016. A review of rock cutting for underground mining: past, present and future. The Journal of South African Institute for Mining and Metallurgy 116: 1011–1026.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wortley, M., E. Nozawa, and K.J. Riihioja. 2011. Metso SmartTag the next generation and beyond. In 35th APCOM symposium, Wollongong, NSW.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to V. I. Lakshmanan or B. Gorain .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Lakshmanan, V.I., Ojaghi, A., Gorain, B. (2019). Emerging Trends in Mining. In: Lakshmanan, V., Gorain, B. (eds) Innovations and Breakthroughs in the Gold and Silver Industries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32549-7_3

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics