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Development of an Audit Procedure to Diagnose the MOP Flotation Circuit at SQM ChileBy Carlos F. Perucca, Maria Virginia Ramírez A.
"Chile based SQM S.A., exploits potassium chloride rich salts at the Salar de Atacama, in northern Chile. The process includes the solar evaporation of natural brines existing in the Salar salt bed, f
Jan 1, 2004
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Financial Aspects of Mine OperationBy A. H. C. A. Zimmerman
WE have just heard what must be regarded as a thoughtful, constructive and somewhat painful analysis of the financial function of our industry. While thinking about this, it is interesting to reflect
Jan 1, 1962
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Managing electricity to reduce costsBy I. Clauzier
"A new method of managing electricity to reduce costs andimprove profits is discussed. Before taking steps to better manage electricity, it is essential to understand the terms peak demand and energy
Jan 1, 1987
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The Metallurgy of High Strength Linepipe SteelsBy A. J. DeArdo
Linepipe steels have come a long way in the past forty years. In fact, modern, high strength steels for large diameter linepipe applications represent one of the seminal accomplishments in metallurgy
Jan 1, 2005
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Noranda’s participation in continuous mining developmentsBy André Piché
"Over the last ten years, several developments have been undertaken to conceive a machine capable of carrying out simultaneously all the mining tasks in hard rock deposits: cutting, mucking, hauling,
Jan 1, 1996
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The Behaviour of As(III) and As(V) During the Precipitation of Alunite at 98°CBy J. E. Dutrizac, Alba Sunyer
The factors affecting the precipitation of arsenic-free alunite (KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6) were investigated in a series of laboratory experiments. Although the amount of alunite precipitated increased with in
Jan 1, 2011
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A new approach to waste dump site selection according to the fuzzy decision-making processBy F. Samimi Namin
During the process of developing surface or underground mines, some sites are considered for dumping of surface soils, while others are applied to reclaiming surface and waste disposal. For each kind
Jan 1, 2007
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Milling a Gold-Bearing Pyrrhotite Ore at Delnite MinesBy C S. Stevens
This paper describes the problems encountered and the steps taken to solve them in milling an ore containing relatively large amounts of pyrrhotite. A complex and greatly lengthened flotation circuit
Jan 1, 1965
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Study of Equilibrium Between Blister Copper and Oxidesilicate Melts Containing Cu2, NiO, FeO(Fe2O3), SiO2By L. B. Tsymbulov, N. A. Fedorova
The equilibrium of exchange reaction (Cu20)+[Ni]=(Ni0)+2[Cu] taking place in the course of interaction of metallic nickel-containing copper melts with different oxide melts (Cu20-NiO, Cu20-NiO-Si02, C
Jan 1, 2007
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Multi-Rope Friction HoistingBy D J. Murray
This paper outlines the principles of friction hoisting and the components involved, and gives a description of a specific mine hoist. Friction hoisting is compared with conventional drum hoisting, an
Jan 1, 1965
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Temperature Gradients in the Canadian ShieldBy A. D. Misener
Introduction Temperature gradients have been determined for numerous locations in the Canadian Shield in connection with mining operations (1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15). As part of a programme of geophysi
Jan 1, 1949
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Reflections on Canada?s Fossil FuelsBy A. D. Hunt
THIS PAPER will review Canada's fossil fuel situation as we understand it today and indicate some of the options available to meet our energy requirements during the next 15 years. It would there
Jan 1, 1977
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Engineering Education for the Mineral IndustryMineral engineering is defined as those engineering activities that relate to the discovery, development and utilization of mineral resources. Using petroleum engineering as an example, it is shown th
Jan 1, 1963
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Present Status of Canadian EnergyBy A. W. Lovett
"THE last two years have been years of recession or, perhaps, years of marking time, depending upon whether the observer is a pessimist or an optimist. There has been a slackening in the industrial te
Jan 1, 1959
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Methodology for Design Risk Assessment In Burst-Prone Mines: A Case StudyBy D. J. Cheung, V. N. Kazakidis
ABSTRACT Seismicity and rockburst problems in hard-rock mines negatively impact safety and profitability. The authors propose a design risk methodology as a relative risk assessment for underground ex
Jan 1, 2014
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Magnetic Gold: Losses from a Gold Recovery CircuitBy Adil Aledresse, N. Emre Altun, Bern Klein, Nuri Hmidi, Brent Hilscher
A study was conducted to investigate high gold grades in water lines and carbon fines collected from the Musselwhite gold recovery circuit. It was discovered that fine magnetic particles in the overfl
Jan 1, 2014
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Thermophysical Experiment and Numerical Simulation of Thermal Cracking and Heat Transfer for Oil ShaleBy Y. J. Yu, C. D. Zhang, Y. S. Zhao, W. G. Liang, Y. D. Geng, J. L. Bi
"In this study, the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and thermal conductivity (TC) of shale in two perpendicular directions, vertical and parallel to the bedding of the rock, are firstly measure
Jan 1, 2015
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Bayesian Classifier with K-Nearest Neighbor Density Estimation for Slope Collapse PredictionBy Min-Yuan Cheng
Heavy rainfall and typhoon oftentimes cause the collapse of hillslopes across mountain roads. Disastrous consequences of slope collapses necessitate the approach for predicting their occurrences. In p
Aug 1, 2013
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Assessing the Performance and Efficiency of Fine Grinding TechnologiesBy Jan E. Nesset, Colin Hardie, Peter Radziszewski, Donald P. Leroux
"The successful introduction of new high intensity stirred milling technologies (e.g. IsaMill, SMDetritor) to the mining industry in recent years prompted Noranda-Falconbridge to initiate a study comp
Jan 1, 2006
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Vibration Coupling and Numerical Analysis on Self-Synchronous Feature of Inertia Vibration CrusherBy Long Han, A. V. Kalinin, Xiujian Luo, Xiaobo Wang, Xiaoou Xia
"Inertia vibration crusher is a kind of vibration equipment which crushes ore by vibration. When the inertia vibration crusher works, ore between the two moving jaws is subjected to the high frequency
Jan 1, 2016