TY - THES

T1 - AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE POTENTIAL UTILISATION OF PIPE CONVEYORS AT SOUTH CROFTY MINE

AU - Philpott, Andrew John

N1 - embargoed until null

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - •The core objective was to derive indicative capital and operating costs for the potential use of a pipe-conveying system in the mine along with the identification of potential suppliers and pros and cons of such a system. •Results and conclusions are limited to the availability of data from the developing mine site and the responsiveness to such requests from potential suppliers. The report is not a professional report and information herein is limited to that provided by suppliers and other publicly available information. Any limitations identified will be highlighted but solutions or recommended steps to solve such will not be necessarily incorporated herein. Note that this level of study is expected to have an accuracy of +/- 50%. •Given the initial timeframe for delivery of the interim report for inclusion in the PEA, the investigation focussed on garnering information from internet research and personal contacts made by the Candidate. •In subsequent discussions with the Sponsor and Supervisor, the Candidate also proposed the inclusion of an indicative differential cash flow model for the comparison of two cases. Thus, by way of example, the cost of an electrical substation and the associated transformers etc has not been included in the total costs

AB - •The core objective was to derive indicative capital and operating costs for the potential use of a pipe-conveying system in the mine along with the identification of potential suppliers and pros and cons of such a system. •Results and conclusions are limited to the availability of data from the developing mine site and the responsiveness to such requests from potential suppliers. The report is not a professional report and information herein is limited to that provided by suppliers and other publicly available information. Any limitations identified will be highlighted but solutions or recommended steps to solve such will not be necessarily incorporated herein. Note that this level of study is expected to have an accuracy of +/- 50%. •Given the initial timeframe for delivery of the interim report for inclusion in the PEA, the investigation focussed on garnering information from internet research and personal contacts made by the Candidate. •In subsequent discussions with the Sponsor and Supervisor, the Candidate also proposed the inclusion of an indicative differential cash flow model for the comparison of two cases. Thus, by way of example, the cost of an electrical substation and the associated transformers etc has not been included in the total costs

M3 - Master's Thesis (University Course)

ER -