The University of Queensland and Newcrest Mining Ltd have agreed a new research initiative which provides funding for eight new PhD research projects to develop interconnected and systems-based solutions for a sustainable mining future.
Assessment of comminution energy intensity has traditionally been confined to the crusher and mill motor power consumption. However, a measure of ancillary equipment power consumption is required to fairly compare disparate equipment types and circuit configurations.
Professor Saleem Ali from the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, and Dr Laura Sonter and Professor James Watson from UQ's School of Earth & Environmental Sciences publish in the Royal Society
Female sapphire miners in Madagascar are among the nation’s hardest workers and poorest people, but their future is looking brighter, thanks to University of Queensland research.
Assessment of comminution energy intensity has traditionally been confined to the crusher and mill motor power consumption. However, a measure of the embodied energy consumed through media wear is required to compare disparate equipment types and circuit configurations fairly.
The comminution energy consumed for an ore can be dependent on the liberation and grade characteristics, therefore different commodities can have inherent energy signatures. The Energy Curve approach can be used to compare comminution energy consumption both within and between commodity classes.
The Comminution Energy Curves contain data from comminution circuits that process a wide range of commodities. Energy per copper equivalent production is used to bring the data together on a consistent basis, but this measure is highly dependent on the chosen comparable metal prices.
Development of a mineral gel technology that will provide effective, low cost, rapid management of toxic red mud from alumina refineries has received a major financial boost.
Dr Garry Marling, an Honorary Fellow within SMI’s Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre has been appointed as a visiting professor at the Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu.
