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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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South Australian Magnesium Metal Project.
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RB 35/00042 Nairne pyrite milled on a pilot scale. Iron sulphides concentrated in a flotation pilot plant operated by the South Australian Department of Mines.
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Published: 01 Jan 1953
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Mutooroo copper mine. Experimental solution mining and cement copper recovery: progress reports 1/10/1979 to 28/2/1981, and Australian Industrial R&D Incentives Board funded, ore processing metallurgical research reports by CSIRO, July 1980 to July 1984.
A collection of operational and technical reports relating to an experimental project of in-situ acid leaching of remnant copper sulphide ore at the historic Mutooroo mines, which are situated south of Cockburn in the Olary - Broken Hill district....-
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Chlorination of ilmenite.
Potential of fluidized bed entrained state heater system is limited. Process not economic at current titanium prices and technical difficulties remain.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tootla. Annual reports for the period 6/6/2009 to 13/10/2015.
During the 2009-2010 reporting year, Great Southern Kaolin Pty Ltd (GSK)'s activities comprised: - commissioning the pilot plant at the fabrication site in Kingaroy, Qld, in May-June 2010, and processing about 2 t of kaolinised granite through it to...-
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Whichelby (part of the Poochera Kaolin Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2022.
The Great White Kaolin Project (previously the Poochera Kaolin Project), until recently, comprised four Exploration Licences operated by Andromeda Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd, namely, EL 6096 Whichelby, EL 6202 Mount Hall, EL 6426 Mount Cooper and EL...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1922
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Cattlegrid copper mine. Data on flotation testing of representative ore samples recovered by mine development diamond drilling during the period 1973 to 1978.
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[Metallurgical] Investigation of [decreasing operating efficiency of] copper concentrating plant at Kadina. Progress reports from 6/3/1975 to 11/5/1984.
The main problem, leading to poor recoveries of copper from the Kadina - Wallaroo tailings dump materials being put through the Kadina copper concentrator, is an increasing amount of oxidized sulphide minerals in the treated tailings. Testing by...-
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Published: 11 May 1984
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Teetulpa Goldfield. Progress report on the 1987 systematic bulk alluvial testing programme.
EXPLORATION: Systematic bulk testing of costean samples taken along exposed alluvial channels, by treatment in a wet jig plant. RESULTS: Economic to sub-economic gold values were confirmed as remaining in Brady's, Strawbridge and Deep Gully alluvial...-
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Investigation and tests of garnet in flotation tailings from Kanmantoo mines, SA. Progress reports for the period March 1973 to April 1976.
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Published: 20 Apr 1976
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Copley and Leigh Creek. Progress reports for the period 4/10/1982 to 27/1/1991.
TARGET: Exploration and evaluation of known secondary copper occurrences and exploration for gold and phosphates in the Lyndhurst-Copley region. EXPLORATION: Including the work done previously in EL 929, exploration activities undertaken since 1981...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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RB 00604 Uranium metal investigations the production and electrolysis of double uranous fluorides.
The preparation of the double uranous fluorides, NaUF5 and KUF5 from South Australian Uranium oxide, and the reduction of these compounds to metallic uranium has been studied. Reactor grade metal was not produced by the simple process used.-
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RB 00606 Production of uranium metal by electrolysis in molten chlorides. Part 2.
The molten chloride process previously described has been modified to enable the production of electrolytic uranium metal powder directly from impure oxide. The grade of metal obtained is not sufficiently high for atomic energy purposes. High purity...-
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RB 00605 Production of uranium metal by electrolysis in molten chlorides. Part 1.
A novel process for the manufacture of pure uranium metal is described, in which impure uranium oxides are converted to chlorides in a molten salt bath by means of a graphite chlorination reaction. The melt is then purified and uranium metal recovered...-
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RB 00722 Entrained state heater for chlorination of ilmenite.
Potential of fluidized bed entrained state heater system is limited. Process not economic at current titanium prices and technical difficulties remain.-
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RB 00026 Electrolytic reduction of ferric iron in sulphate leach liquors from Radium Hill ore concentrates.
An electrolytic method for reduction of ferric iron in sulphate leach liquors from Radium Hill ore was examined. Current efficiencies, power requirements and cathode areas for various liquor flow rates were evaluated using a flow cell and typical...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
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RB 00032 Radium Hill ore dressing. Progress report no. 11.
Tests included flotation tests with salt water and wet magnetic separation on newe 10 ton bulk sample from Brown shaft.-
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RB 72/00123;Amdel 00857 Amdel report No. 857 - Electrowinning of copper.
In a letter from Amdel to the South Australian Government Department of Mines, in March 1971, it was proposed that a project be undertaken to develop a pilot-scale electrowinning plant (to be used mainly at Amdel but transportable if required) for...-
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Published: 01 May 1972
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Middleback Range. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/6/1990 to 5/6/1995.
A licence area consisting of two separate sub-blocks that cover ~460 square km of Palaeoproterozoic BIF ironstone outcrops in the northern and southern parts of the Middleback Range on north-eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up by The Broken Hill Pty...-
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