Iron Knob Mine Tours - Top Tourist Parks - Discover Downunder
About 70kms from Whyalla, South Australia you will come across a town called Iron Knob. It's a small town with a big history. Brooke Hanson TV presenter of Discover Downunder talks to Bryan Lock who runs Iron Knob Mine Tours. The mine started back in 1899 and is special because the hole was dug by hand. Local volunteers run the local mine tours open from Monday to Friday 9.30am until 3.30pm and they also proudly take you around the town.
Iron Knob Tourist Lookout Reopening - August 13, 2014
A short video from the reopening of the Iron Knob tourist lookout, overlooking Arrium Mining's Iron Knob operations. The opening was attended by volunteers from the Iron Knob Tourist Centre, Iron Knob residents, tourists and representatives from Arrium Mining. To book a tour, contact the Iron Knob Tourist Centre on 8646 2129.
OMC International Western Australia Iron Ore Exports 2017 to 2018
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Iron ore mining
Iron Ore mining in the Plibara region of Western Australia near Newman. The Mt. Whaleback, Yandi, and Area C mines are shown.
Iron Ore - 290 Mt/a infrastructure overview
Rio Tinto has undertaken Australia's largest integrated mining project over recent years with the expansion of its Pilbara iron ore operations to 290 Mt/a capacity. The project has included expansions to all parts of the integrated network, including mines, ports, rail and associated infrastructure completed in quarter three, 2013.
Arrium Mining - Iron Princess 1st blast 2014 - clip 2 (with gopro)
Re-commencing mining at Iron Knob, South Australia. The first blast at the Iron Princess Mine (with additional gopro footage). Just before the blast occurred a storm came through - terrible weather conditions - visibility extremely poor - but we managed to shoot usable footage.
Iron Mining and Geology P1
Iron in our Electrical World Part 1: the geology of iron deposits and the processes used to mine iron. Filmed on location in Minnesota. Description of the entire proceedure to purify iron, including ball mills, magnetic separators, balling, kiln, cooler and shipping to steel mills.
SA aspires to steal mining business
The South Australian Government has launched a new advertising campaign in Perth to try and lure investment away from Western Australia.
ℭBHP Gives Go Ahead for $2.9 Billion Australia Iron Ore Project
ℭBHP Gives Go Ahead for $2.9 Billion Australia Iron Ore Project
South Flank project is designed to replace existing mines New development will help BHP increase the grade it mines Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg BHP Billiton Ltd. approved the $2.9 billion development of its South Flank iron ore project in Western Australia to replace existing mines. The world’s biggest mining company expects production to start in 2021 at the project, which is intended to replace depleting mines rather than adding new supply, BHP said in a statement Thursday. The deve...
Drilling Deep
As part of The Big Event Mining Show in Timmins, Ontario, equipment demos and mining information sessions were held at a mine just a few minutes from the trade show. Mining expert explains the limits to drilling deep and how robots may unlock our potential to drill deeper.
Pt 1 The Origins of Spencer Gulf and Aboriginal Heritage at Point Lowly
The Origins of Spencer Gulf and Aboriginal Heritage at Point Lowly
Lecture prsented by Paul Mazourek, Director of the Whyalla Maritime Museum.
Celebrating SA History Week 2010
Council Chamber, Civic Building, Patterson St, Whyalla, South Australia.
BHP Whyalla ore
On a windy day I chased a Middleback ore train hauled by a pair of DE03 class units, DE5 and DE6 back to Whyalla. Both having the Dynavane filter box on the roof. DE6 was scrapped at a later date and DE5 was renumbered as 1251.
Broken Hill Pictorial.
Broken Hill Photo Pictorial by John Boom.
Broken Hill is a mining town located in NSW Australia.
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Iron Road - Central Eyre Iron Project Study Confirms Compelling Commercial Case
Iron Road is developing the largest magnetite project in Australia. The release of the company's definitive feasibility study (DFS) in February 2014 confirmed a technically sound and highly profitable project that can supply 21.5 million tonnes per annum of premium, high quality product. The low impurity concentrate also has the benefit of assisting steel mills to reduce their emissions output by producing less pollution than inferior lower quality products.
Over the next four years, Iron Road will construct a US$4 billion integrated supply chain consisting of a mine, rail and deep water port operation on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The Central Eyre Iron Project (CEIP) has a confirmed 25 year mine life, potentially bringing in US$2.8 billion annually, with port capacity also available for third party exports. The port, at Cape Hardy, will be South Australia's first port capable of loading Cape-size vessels. Planning is already underway for a further drilling campaign which will extend the mine life beyond 30 years. Longer term opportunity exists to link the CEIP rail system into the Australian rail network.
During construction, the CEIP is expected to involve a peak workforce of around 1,950 and a permanent operations workforce of 700 personnel. Iron Road is working with communities to bring about real and lasting benefits for local residents and to South Australia.
For more information read Iron Road's definitive feasibility study at
Indigenous stockmen training program begins
An initiative aimed at increasing the number of Indigenous stockmen is underway in the remote north-east of the Northern Territory.
Science/ Science (Advanced Materials) Overview - University of South Australia
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BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton is an Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. It is the world's largest mining company measured by 2013 revenues.
BHP Billiton was created in 2001 through the merger of the Australian Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) and the Anglo–Dutch Billiton plc. The result is a dual-listed company. The Australia-registered BHP Billiton Limited, which has equal financial share in the company, has a primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange and is the largest company in Australia measured by market capitalisation. The UK-registered BHP Billiton Plc has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It had a market capitalisation of approximately £41.5 billion ($69.5 billion) as of 19 August 2014. On August 19, 2014, BHP Billiton announced the company would be split in two. A newly formed entity named NewCo would house the company's non-core assets. Capitalized at $15 billion, the new entity would be listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
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How Electric Fencing Works
By now, you’re more than likely all too familiar with what it feels like to get shocked by an electric fence. But what is really happening to deliver the shock?
In this video from Zareba®, North America’s largest producer of electric fencing supplies, we'll show you the flow of electric current on the fence to see how the process works.
DELIVERY OF ELECTRICITY
Starting at the fence charger, electric current is fed into your system by either an AC power outlet or battery on your DC or solar charger. This current is then built up through a series of transformers inside your fence charger which takes that electricity and converts it into a higher voltage charge.
This higher voltage charge is what is released to your fence lines from your charger’s fence terminal post and wire connection.
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TWO TERMINALS ON THE CHARGER
Fence chargers are designed with two external terminals to intentionally create separation in the electric circuit. Electricity enters the fence circuit on the “hot” fence terminal, and completes the circuit when it’s collected by the ground rods and sent up to the ground terminal from your connecting ground wire.
This ground terminal on your charger is just as important in delivering an effective shock to your animal as having a strong output voltage on your fence charger. A fence’s shocking power is only as strong as its grounding system is able to receive. A smaller grounding setup will receive less electric current, and emit less shock on the line.
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COMPLETING THE CIRCUIT
The main objective a charge has coming out of a fence charger on the fence line terminal is to find the shortest connecting path to that ground terminal to complete the circuit. The objective, then, of an electric fence system is to only allow one successful point of circuit completion for that current, and that successful point of completion happens when an object touches the “hot” wire and the earth at the same time.
This could be your animal, a branch shorting out the wire, or you may have been the lucky one to complete this circuit once or twice. This is also why birds don’t get shocked on fence lines … they don’t have a contact point with both earth and the wire.
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WHY INSULATORS ARE USED
To keep this electric current cleanly running, fence systems utilize insulators to attach wires to posts - insulated wire to make underground connections - And weeds and grass kept off the line, all to keep the electric current from running to the ground.
So, that instantaneous shock felt by the animal touching a fence line is the result of the electric current being passed through its body to the earth. And depending on your soil conditions, (higher moisture levels being more conductive and number of ground rods), the earth can carry this circuit over hundreds of feet to be received by your grounding rods and sent up to your ground terminal.
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SUCCESSFUL ANIMAL CONTAINMENT WITH ELECTRIC FENCING
The basic principle of electric currents is what electric fencing utilizes to provide the psychological barrier for animal containment. The charge has successfully completed its trip out of the fence terminal, down the wire, through your body, down to the earth, received by the grounding rods, and back up into the ground terminal.
Electric fencing is one of the safest forms of fencing for both you and your animals. Look for a 3rd party approved safety label from UL or CSA on your charger to ensure all safety evaluations have been completed. The shock from an electric fence charger is extremely low amperage for 3/10,000 of a second, once a second, so it’s an immediate, unpleasant psychological deterrent.
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2012, Matthew D. Lengerich, Medal of Merit, Amer. Mining Hall of Fame
Matthew (Matt) Lengerich, General Manager-Mining Operations at Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine, was honored in December 2012 with a Medal of Merit Under 40 award and inducted into the American Mining Hall of Fame. He is being honored by the Mining Foundation of the Southwest for his demonstrated leadership in the mining industry as a young professional under the age of 40.
Born in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1978, Matt's career interest in engineering is attributed to the influence of his father Ronald Lengerich, who was a petroleum engineer, and to his high school teacher, Mike Thomas, who exposed him to underground hard rock mining and the discipline of mine engineering. Matt attended the Colorado School of Mines and graduated with a BSc in Mining Engineering in 2000.
Matt began his mining career as an intern with Kennecott Energy's Colowyo Coal Mine in Craig, Colorado. He returned after graduation as a full-time mining engineer and filled several roles in operations, technical and asset management. In 2006, Matt and his young family moved to Weipa, Australia, to work at Rio Tinto's Weipa aluminum bauxite mine in the Far North Queensland, Australia. Their three years in Weipa were filled with adventure, and the opportunity to work in a remote aboriginal environment provided Matt with a deeper understanding of the challenge facing future mining operations.
In 2009, Matt returned to the U.S. as Production Support Manager at Rio Tinto's largest copper asset --Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Mine. He was promoted in 2010 to Mine Operations Manager and since 2012 has enjoyed the technical and business challenges of being Mine General Manager.
Matt is a Colorado-registered Professional Mining Engineer and an active member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Geology. When time permits, Matt is an avid fisherman, rock climber, mountain biker, and musician.
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The purpose of the non-profit 501c(3) organization Mining Foundation of the Southwest based in Tucson, Arizona is to promote public understanding and education related to mineral resources and the mining industry, both in the U.S and abroad. More information is available at miningfoundationsw.org.