May 2009
First International Seminar on Safe and Rapid Development in Mining and International Forum on Development Productivity ...Read the wrap article here...
January 2009
HEA Mesh
Safer mines thanks to ACG High Energy Absorption Mesh invention. Winner of the 2008 Inventor or the Year Award in the Ready for Market Category...Read More...
December 2007
Rock Dumps 2008
The latest approaches to the safe and economical management of rock dumps will be the focus of an inaugral seminar...Read More...
Tailings - From Concept to Closure
This DVD is an essential training tool for all mines or processing plants that have tailings storage facilities...Read More...
June 2007
Major UWA Research Project to Boost Mine Safety
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics and the School of Civil and Resource Engineering at The University of Western Australia have secured industry sponsorship for a research program on the geomechanics...Read More...
December 2006
Rheology in Mining
Mine tailings becomes a very thick and viscous material at high concentration. Given the current pressures to use less water, and operate thickeners...Read More....
The "Bottomless" Open Pits
The mining industry is undoubtedly pushing the limits of open pit mining in its relentless pursuit of low cost and high productivity methods...Read More....November 2006
Paste and Thickened Tailings - A Guide (Second Edition)
Mine Closure 2006 Seminar Proceedings
July 2006
Future Mine
The issue of acceptable mine closure is clearly one of the biggest concerns facing the mining industry at present. One only has to scan the sustainability reports of the larger mining companies to see the anormity of the problem that is being faced... Read More...
July 2005
Handbook on Mine Fill
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics is delighted to launch the comprehensive and informative ‘Handbook on Mine Fill’. The use of mine fill is old as mining itself. Future land use considerations and evolving community attitudes demand that the mining industry explores the use of fill, particularly fill generated from mining waste in a diverse range of underground and surface operations... Read More...
December 2004
Unearthing Black Gold - a geotechnical hazard awareness training video and language support materials for open pit mine workers. The eyes and ears of a committed workforce are the most valuable assets mines have for monitoring hazards. The training package was produced by the ACG with a script written by leading geotechnical consultants to the Qld coal industry and edited by mining company personnel from NSW, Qld... Read More...
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