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How to beat the off-road tyre crisis (30/03/2005)

... tyre life include:Keep loading areas clean and free of spilled rocksMaintain flat floors with no puddles to hide ...

Aluminium in food and water (3/11/2004)

... occurs in bottled and tap water because of natural leaching from rocks and, in the case of tap water only, from the use of aluminium ...

Sydney wireless broadband world's biggest (17/08/2004)

... of today, people in Parramatta, Granville, Guildford, North Rocks, West Pennant Hills, Castle Hill and surrounding areas join other ...

Federal funding sought for 'green energy' project (17/06/2004)

... subsidiary, Eden Energy Pty Ltd - centres on drilling "hot rocks" to tap energy stored deep underground in central Australia and to gain ...

Nickel sorter (28/04/2004)

... Em machine has belt speeds of up to 6m/s.The machine accepts rocks anywhere on the belt. A matrix of sensors combined with laser ...

Diamonds may in the pipeline for Flinders (5/04/2004)

... body as a kimberlite or possible lamproite, the known source rocks for diamonds.“We still need to await the results of heavy mineral ...

Sedimentary farms into Mount Britton (5/04/2004)

... lodes with about 40% of the gold being plus 80 mesh. In the wall rocks only 8% of the gold was found in the coarse fraction.Drill ...

Base metal hunters out to Kidd selves (17/03/2004)

... 2700 million years ago enormous volcanic forces were creating the rocks that host one of the world’s great base metal mines at Kidd Creek ...

Many more join the rush to production (23/02/2004)

... deposits. It contains the southern extensions of the ultramafic rocks that host numerous nickel mines in the nearby Widgiemooltha and ...

Blast hole rig shines like a diamond (17/02/2004)

... is sometimes hard and abrasive, so it takes a lot to shatter the rocks,” Gillespie says.“But, so far the rig is drilling 110-140mm ...

Ore sorter worth its weight in nickel (13/02/2004)

... it passes through the machine. High-speed deflectors separate out rocks that are below cut-off grade so they can be excluded from ...

Software has measure of rock movement (7/01/2004)

... faults, reactions between rock types, and natural fractures in rocks must be analysed very carefully to ensure good site planning.To ...

More shallow oxide at Hill End (5/12/2003)

... the extent of economic mineralisation.The Hill End host rocks are sedimentary in origin, however, the geological features of the ...

Drilling underway at Gidgee (5/12/2003)

... mineralisation is hosted by quartz veining within basaltic rocks close to a granodiorite contact. At S Bend initial RAB drilling of the ...

Victorian fossils may finger new gold (30/10/2003)

... in western Victoria. The fossils occur in the oldest gold-bearing rocks yet found in Victoria.Squire said geologists hunting for gold ...

Staying safe all along the highwall (23/10/2003)

... from the top or face of the wall, or being struck by falling rocks or other falling objects while working on the face or at the base of ...

Gosnells Quarry is here for a long time, but you’ll never notice (23/10/2003)

... there are no secrets about how to make big rocks into little ones, Gosnells has one significant advantage over its competitors: it uses a ...

Web headline compulsory (23/10/2003)

... mainly to protect operators from the potential dangers of small rocks and debris falling from the roof, (scats),” Gelson told Australian ...

Rubber erases carry-back (24/09/2003)

... dump bodies for trucks to eliminate carry-back or handle abrasive rocks has gained major contracts in Australia, North America and South ...

Drilling in full swing at Tomingley (5/09/2003)

... veining where anticipated within volcaniclastic and porphyry host rocks, and returned gold intercepts similar to nearby RC holes.A ...

Stawell to host another Golden Gift (1/09/2003)

... to avoid serious tyre problems: it did not like bumping over rocks dropped by other trucks.Colvin says, however, that the trial did ...

Westonia begins deeps gold initiative (2/07/2003)

... at 70m,” Drummond said. “The Deeps initiative aims to test the rocks to 1000m depth.“We are aiming to outline sufficient ore to ...

Unique magnesium furnace rocks (7/05/2003)

... A UNIQUE specially designed furnace made by B&L Tetlow for the CSIRO features an oscillating mechanism which tilts the furnace through ...

Westonia’s serendipitous nickel find (7/05/2003)

... of the pre-feasibility study.“We were drilling the ultramafic rocks immediately adjacent to the main gold host when our geologist ...

Detailed mine design at Cracow (6/05/2003)

... increases the prospectivity of the area under sedimentary cover rocks.Intersections including evidence of high-grade events observed ...

Database worth its weight in gold (23/04/2003)

... the dirt on the surface, we can often tell what kind of rocks there are below.”Released in 2000, the initial database covered ...

Tech group to help iffy projects fly (22/04/2003)

... digital image analysis to assess the sizes and distribution of rocks on conveyor belts or to measure the velocity, sizes, colour and ...

Drilling recommences at Wyoming (3/04/2003)

... zone with minor quartz veining within andesitic volcaniclastic rocks.WY 411D swung to the south but intersected the hanging wall ...

Helix commences drilling programs (13/02/2003)

... from this newly discovered intrusion.Age dating of the rocks is underway to establish important relationships about Loongana to other ...

Fibre optics shed new light on remote control operations (30/01/2003)

... housing situated at a point of easy access and where damage from rocks and vibration can be minimised.The Hella remote source ...