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Shale Failure Mechanics and Intervention Measures in Underground Coal Mines: Results from 50 Years of Ground Control Safety Research Keynote"Ground control research in underground coal mines has been ongoing for over 50 years. One of the most problematic issues in underground coal mines is roof failures associated with weak shale. This pa
Jan 1, 2015
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Multiple machines – Single drill operator on Surface at INCO’s Stobie MineBy P. V. Golde, R. A. Poole, G. R. Baiden
"The results being presented in this paper are those obtained during 1996 on a drilling automation project at Stobie mine. This project has successfully demonstrated that the remote operation of multi
Jan 1, 1997
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Mine shaft conveyance safety mechanism — free-fall testingBy Richard A. McIvor
"All mine shaft conveyances in Canada and most of the United States that are supported by a single hoist rope or attachment point and used for transporting persons are required by regulation to be equ
Jan 1, 1996
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Trends in European Coal Cleaning PracticeBy Arthur Grounds
Historical In the course of a paper which is necessarily limited in length, such as the present one, it is obviously impossible to describe in detail the history, development, and present position of
Jan 1, 1951
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Is an Autonomous Haulage System Better than a Manual System?By J. Parreira
This paper presents a deterministic/stochastic model that was created to compare an autonomous haulage truck system to a manual one by calculating and estimating benchmarked Key Performance Indicators
Aug 1, 2013
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The choice of rockbreakers at Sherritt's Fox MineBy John G. Kelly
"In 1982 an extensive study was carried out to determine the best means of size reduction for the ore to be hoisted through the borehole hoisting system at Sherritt Gordon's Fox Mine.The study ex
Jan 1, 1986
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Canada’s Petroleum IndustryBy Oliver B. Hopkins
"WE HAVE patterned our lives on the things we take from under the earth's surface. Our civilization is built upon the ore from which we obtain our metals and the fuels which power the world as we know
Jan 1, 1952
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The Concentration of Barite-Fluorite Ores from the Lake Ainslie District, Nova ScotiaBy E. Lee Cameron
The old mine workings on four barite-fluorite veins of the Lake Ainslie district, Nova Scotia, were opened recently and channel sampled. The samples were then forwarded to the Ore Dressing Laboratorie
Jan 1, 1945
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Shear Mechanism of Rock Joints under Load-Controlled Cyclic Loading ConditionsBy C. Gravel, A. Fathi, P. Rivard, G. Ballivy, Z. Moradian, M. Quirion
Knowing shear mechanism of discontinuities under monotonic and cyclic loading conditions is a key factor in stability analysis of rock slopes and rock foundations. In this paper, the effect of cyclic
Jan 1, 2015
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The Metallgesellschaft Research Laboratories, Some AspectsBy G. S. Farnham
Abstract This paper lists the interests of the Physical Metallurgy and Chemical Research laboratories of the Metallgesellschaft, which were visited by the authors, members of a group of Canadian in
Jan 1, 1946
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Industrial Minerals of Canada in 1938By L. H. Cole
FOR many years Industrial Minerals, or as they were formerly called, 'the Non-Metallic Minerals', compared with the metallics, were considered of only minor importance and as such were given
Jan 1, 1939
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The Importance of ISO Testing of Materials used in the Primary Aluminium IndustryBy H. A. ?ye
The ISO TC 226 (Materials for the production of primary aluminium) has presently issued more than one hundred standards on the materials: alumina, pitch, petroleum coke, carbon anodes, carbon cathodes
Jan 1, 2006
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The Winnipeg Market for Alberta CoalBy George R. Pratt
Although the title of this paper focuses attention to the Winnipeg coal market the following remarks should be considered applicable not only to conditions in Winnipeg but to the whole western coal in
Jan 1, 1925
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Viability of Phosphogypsum as a Secondary Resource of Rare Earth ElementsBy V. Bazhko, V. Yahorava
The calcium sulphate waste stream of the wet phosphoric acid process, commonly called phosphogypsum (PG), contains the majority of rare earth elements (REE) initially present in the apatite feedstock.
Jan 1, 2016
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Sinking Methods and Present Situation of Vertical Shafts in ChinaBy Zhiyang Long, Ruiling Xiao
"A mine shaft is one main development method of establishing access in an underground mine. The construction technology of the mine shaft sinking is complicated and large equipment setup on surface an
Jan 1, 2019
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Integrated Advanced Grinding Control System at Newmont AHAFOBy A. Broussaud
The paper describes the advanced grinding control system implemented at Newmont Ahafo gold mine, Ghana in 2009 and 2010. It shows how the different components of the Advanced Process Control (APC) sys
Jan 1, 2012
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Test Work and Geochemical Modeling for Copper in Situ LeachingBy L. K. Sinclair
In situ leaching of copper has the potential to deliver low-cost recovery for soluble copper deposits of sufficient permeability. In order to provide key inputs for modeling of the in situ leaching pr
Jan 1, 2015
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Rougher Flotation Cell Pulp Level Control to Increase RecoveryBy Mark Ferra
Flotation is used in mining to produce concentrates of copper, gold and several other valuable ores. In 2017, a copper mine near Globe, Arizona improved their rougher cells productivity using technica
Jan 1, 2019
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The Mineral King MineBy W. W. Cummings
The Mineral King Mine, owned and operated by Sheep Creek Mines is located in the Purcell mountain range of southeastern British Columbia. Production of lead and zinc concentrates commenced in 1954 som
Jan 1, 1960
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Applications of Liquefied Gases for Mines and Introduction of a Cryogenic Ventilation ConceptBy J. K. Shaw
The science of low temperature engineering is well entrenched in mining. Uses for common cryogens, including liquid oxygen (LOX), liquid nitrogen (LN2), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the gas and
Aug 1, 2013