AlSi |
Alumina Silicates |
Al2O3 |
Alumina |
AMD |
Acid Mine Drainage |
A$ |
Australian Dollars |
A$M |
Millions of Australian Dollars |
AUSIMM |
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
bcm |
bank cubic metre |
bgl |
below ground level |
BIF |
banded iron Formation |
Ca Fe |
Calcined iron (with water of crystallisation removed) |
Cat |
Caterpillar - equipment manufacturer. |
CAWS |
Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947 (WA) |
CD |
Constant Density |
CP |
Competent Person under the JORC Code |
CRM |
Certified reference materials |
DBNGP |
Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline |
DEC |
Department of Conservation |
DFS |
Definitive Feasibility Study |
DIA |
Department of Indigenous Affairs |
DMP |
Department of Mines and Petroleum |
DMR |
Main Roads WA |
DoW |
Department of Water |
DRF |
Declared Rare Flora |
DTM |
Digital Terrain Model |
dtph |
dry tonnes per hour |
ELH |
Excavate Load and Haul, referring to mining using excavators and dump trucks |
EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
EP Act |
Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA) |
EPA |
Environment Protection Authority |
EPBC Act |
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwth) |
FEL |
Front End Loader |
FOB |
Free On Board |
GDA94 |
National co-ordinate system used in this area. |
GDE |
Ground dependent ecosystem |
GIS |
Geographical Information System |
GL |
gigalitre |
GL/a |
gigalitre per year |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSWA |
Geological Survey of Western Australia |
g/t |
gramme per tonne |
h |
hour |
ha |
hectare |
HM |
heavy mineral |
HMC |
heavy mineral concentrate |
IDC |
Inverse Distance Cubed |
IDS |
Inverse Distance Squared |
IM |
Industrial Minerals publications |
IRR |
Internal Rate of Return |
JORC |
Joint Ore Reserve Committee |
JV |
Joint Venture |
kg |
kilogram |
km |
Kilometre |
kt |
thousand tonnes |
ktpa |
thousand tonnes per year |
kW |
kilowatt |
LIDAR |
Light Detecting and Ranging (survey method) |
LOI-1000 |
Loss on Ignition at 10000C |
LOM |
life of mine |
L/s |
litres per second |
LV |
light vehicle |
MCC |
motor control centre |
MEL |
mechanical equipment list |
MFU |
mining feed unit |
mg/L |
milligrams per litre |
min |
minute |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
Mt |
Millions of tonnes |
MTO |
material take-off |
Mtpa |
Millions of tonnes per annum |
MVA |
mega volt amp |
NES |
National Environmental Significance |
NP |
National Park |
NPV |
Net Present Value |
OEPA |
Office of the Environmental Protection Authority |
OK |
Ordinary Kriging |
P |
Phosphorus |
PCP |
primary concentrator plant |
PEA |
Preliminary Economic Assessment |
PEC |
Priority Ecological Community |
PFS |
Preliminary Feasibility Study |
PLC |
process logic controllers |
QA/QC |
Quality Assurance Quality Checked |
QP |
Qualified Person |
RAB |
Rotary Air Blast (refer to drilling method) |
RC |
Reverse Circulation (refer to drilling method) |
RHF |
rougher (spiral) head feed |
RIWI |
Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 (WA) |
ROM |
Run of Mine (generally referring to stockpiles ahead of crusher) |
RTKGPS |
Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System |
S |
Sulphur |
SCP |
secondary concentrator plant |
SEWPaC |
Federal Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities |
SG |
Specific gravity |
SiO2 |
Silica |
SRE |
Short Range Endemic |
SWALSC |
South West Aboriginal Land and Seas Council |
TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
TEC |
Threatened Ecological Community |
tph |
tonnes per hour |
UCS |
Unconfined Compressive Strength |
US$M |
Millions of United States of America Dollars |
US$ |
United States Dollars |
VCL |
Vacant Crown Land |
VHM |
valuable heavy mineral (i.e. Ilmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile or Zircon) |
VSD |
variable speed drive |
WA |
Western Australia |
WC Act |
Wildlife Conservation (1950) Act |
WCP |
wet concentrator plant |
XRF |
X-ray Fluorescence |
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