Conference Proceedings
World Gold 2007
Conference Proceedings
World Gold 2007
World Gold 2007 was a collaboration of efforts between Australia, Canada and
South Africa. The key focus of the conference was sustainability with papers
discussing best practice in social, environmental, economic and technical
sustainability of mining operations. Several papers on exploration also feature
in the volume.
The current super-cycle' in mining - spurred by voracious Chinese and Indian
appetites for virtually all metals has created a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
for gold and all metals and yet amidst the opportunities there are also some
threats for the industry. Limited gold exploration success over the last ten
years, with little immediate prospect for revolutionary success, has resulted in
a scarcity of new gold developments. To maintain supply the industry is
redeveloping brownfields and revisiting known old' (submarginal) deposits with
lower precious metals content and often higher costs.
All-time high non-gold metal prices present opportunities for by- and
co-products from gold operations to improve the feasibility of previously
marginal operations. The challenge for the industry is to ensure sustainability
within these new opportunities - sustainability in all aspects, including
environmental, technical, safety and community support. New developments will
require greater focus for best practice in social, environmental, economic and
technical sustainability of mining operations.
South Africa. The key focus of the conference was sustainability with papers
discussing best practice in social, environmental, economic and technical
sustainability of mining operations. Several papers on exploration also feature
in the volume.
The current super-cycle' in mining - spurred by voracious Chinese and Indian
appetites for virtually all metals has created a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
for gold and all metals and yet amidst the opportunities there are also some
threats for the industry. Limited gold exploration success over the last ten
years, with little immediate prospect for revolutionary success, has resulted in
a scarcity of new gold developments. To maintain supply the industry is
redeveloping brownfields and revisiting known old' (submarginal) deposits with
lower precious metals content and often higher costs.
All-time high non-gold metal prices present opportunities for by- and
co-products from gold operations to improve the feasibility of previously
marginal operations. The challenge for the industry is to ensure sustainability
within these new opportunities - sustainability in all aspects, including
environmental, technical, safety and community support. New developments will
require greater focus for best practice in social, environmental, economic and
technical sustainability of mining operations.
Papers in collection
- Gold, Research and Development, and Exploration Success Go to Paper
- Archaean Gold Systems of South Australia Go to Paper
- World-Class IOCG Deposits and Potential Deposits in South Australia Go to Paper
- Australian Gold - Exploration, Discovery and Potential - Keys to a Sustainable Industry Go to Paper
- And Still we did not get a Permit Go to Paper
- Use of Electronic Detonators at Cracow Gold Mine Go to Paper
- Gold Potential, Mining and Processing of Turkey Go to Paper
- Cost/Performance Evaluation of Gold Placer Mining Methods - For a Range of Gold Placer Deposits in the Bodaibo District, Russia Go to Paper
- Potential for the Utilisation of Micro-Organisms in Gold Processing Go to Paper
- The Implementation of Snowden's Reconciliation Software - A Case Study from Telfer Go to Paper
- Treatment of Sulfide Tailings from Base Metal and Gold Operations - A Source of Saleable By-Products and Sustainable Waste Management Go to Paper
- Secondary School Science Teachers as the Key to a Sustainable Workforce in the Mining and Mineral Processing Industry - Changing People's Attitudes Go to Paper
- Research on Leaching Gold from Cyanided Tailings by Nitric Acid Recycling Oxidation Go to Paper
- Innovative Treatment of Gold Mine Water for Sustainable Benefit - Processes and Case Studies Go to Paper
- From Production to Sustainability Reporting - Towards Quantifying Sustainable Gold Mining Go to Paper
- Online Cyanide Analysers Optimise Cyanidation and Ensure Cyanide Code Compliance for Plant Tailings Go to Paper
- Assessing Sustainability of Gold Mining Operations Using Fuzzy Logic Methodology Go to Paper
- Lake Cowal Foundation - Environmental and Community Sustainability Beyond the Mine Fence Go to Paper
- Wildlife Cyanide Toxicosis - Monitoring of Cyanide-Bearing Tailing and Heap Leach Facilities - Compliance with the International Cyanide Management Code Go to Paper
- Towards More Sustainable Minefills - Replacement of Ordinary Portland Cement with Geopolymer Cements Go to Paper
- WAD Cynoprobe - A Case Study for the Development of an Online Weak Acid Dissociable (WAD) Cyanide Measurement Device Go to Paper
- Mixing Requirements for Resin-in-Pulp and Resin-in-Leach Go to Paper
- The Leaching and Oxidation of Sulfide Minerals in Cyanide Solutions - Quantification of Reaction Products and the Effect of Lead and Oxygen Go to Paper
- Technology of Gold Recovery from Preg-Robbing Ores Go to Paper
- Leaching of a Refractory Gold Ore Sample from the Central Zone, Clarence Stream Property, New Brunswick, Canada Go to Paper
- Assessment of Options for Economic Processing of Preg-Robbing Gold Ores Go to Paper
- Boddington Gold Mine - An Example of Sustaining Gold Production for 30 Years Go to Paper
- The Use of QEMSCAN in Practical Gold Deportment Studies Go to Paper
- Gekko's Gravity, Flotation and Intensive Leaching (GFIL) Process for Gold Recovery Improves Environmental and Cost Outcomes Go to Paper
- Loading and Elution of Gold Thiosulfate from Anion Exchange Resins Go to Paper
- A Technology of Precious Metals Recovery from Gold-Bismuth Ores Go to Paper
- Effect of Preoxidation and Lead Nitrate Addition on Sodium Cyanide Consumption and Gold Recovery at the Morila Mine Gold Plant Go to Paper
- Modelling Undissolved Gold Losses in an Industrial Plant with Neurofuzzy Methods Go to Paper
- The Use of Equilibrium Diagrams to Better Understand the Influence of Lead Additions on Gold Leaching in Aqueous Cyanide Go to Paper
- Overview of Grinding Media Consumption in Comminution Go to Paper
- Electroformed Gold from Gold Mine Solutions - A New Approach to Gold Recovery Go to Paper
- Monitoring of a Semi-Autogenous Grinding Circuit on a Gold Plant with Topology Preserving Projection Methods and Neural Networks Go to Paper
- Recovery Improvement Project for the Ridgeway Concentrator at Newcrest's Cadia Valley Operations Go to Paper
- Classification Improvements Using Air Core Booster (ACB) Assisted Cavex Cyclones in the Mt Charlotte Circuit at KCGM Go to Paper
- Gold in Tailings - Mineralogical Characterisation and Metallurgical Implications Go to Paper
Contributor(s):
S Green, G N Phillips, T Birt, A Reid, S J Daly, P S Heithersay, M McGeough, M B Huleatt, J F Anckorn, S Combrinck, N Strong, M Kaya, A V Neretin, F Reith, S L Rogers, D C McPhail, J Brugger, R Riske, J Froud, C Morley, J Gotte, W J Bruckard, D A McCallum, D Churach, N J Welham, D-x Li, Q-c Li, G-l Gao, C Madin, G M Mudd, T Mulpeter, D Kotzen, N Musee, L Lorenzen, B Shallvey, D Johnston, G B Smith, D B Donato, D C Southam, G F Brent, F Felipe, C Carr, R D Hart, K Wright, W van der Merwe, P Lotz, V C Smith, W Baguley, P L Breuer, D M Hewitt, M I Jeffrey, J A Rumball, N A Dementyeva, V M Mullov, M A Vinokurova, G Deschenes, C Xia, M Fulton, L J Cabri, J Price, R Dunne, K Buda, M Hill, W Staunton, V Tjandrawan, G Wardell-Johnson, S Hart, B Parker, G Veillette, W R Goodall, A R Butcher, S Gray, T Hughes, S Brunt, O D Khmelnitskaya, V P Beskrovnaya, T Mahlangu, R F Sandenbergh, J Skudder, D C S Maree, C Aldrich, G A Slabbert, R Paton, J S Moema, J Zimba, M J Sole, Q Wang, M Weidenbach, F Cesnik, M Wilkens, K Paki, K Parker, J F Dupont, J Zhou, C A Fleming
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- Published: 2007
- Unique ID: PA-200709