Rio Tinto
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Ore Deposits and Mines
Tellurium recovery from copper smelting at Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon (Kennecott) Mine
Tellurium, an essential component in photovoltaic solar cells, is about to be extracted as a byproduct of copper smelting at…
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Deposits and Projects
Deep Yellow Limited: A Product Of The African Uranium Rush
Uranium With an increasing global interest shift away from fossil fuel energy production, nuclear power has become an appealing option…
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Mining Methods
Mining Methods: Block Caving
What is Block Caving? Block (gravity) caving is a bulk underground mining method, which allows large low-grade deposits to be…
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Commodities
Diamonds – Where They Are Found and Why
Like gold, diamonds were originally recovered from alluvial deposits. However, unlike gold, the actual mining of diamonds from source deposits…
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Deposit Types
Iron Deposits – Banded Iron Formations (BIF)
All the world’s Banded Iron Formations appear to have been formed by an unusual, one-off event. With many types of…
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Deposit Types
Porphyry Copper Deposits
Most of the world’s copper is extracted from a type of mineral deposit called a “porphyry copper”. If you’ve seen…
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Mine Planning and Management
Shelia’s Down The Mine! Changing Attitudes To Women In the Australian Mining Industry
“Nurse or teacher?”, was the laconic question as I joined the barbeque. “I’m a geologist, at Zinc Corp”, I countered…
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