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  • SME
    Financial Considerations

    By John L. Halls

    INTRODUCTION In this section, it is assumed that the reader is an engineer with sufficient training in underground mining work, preferably with budgetary control, to understand the mining methods ou

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Magmont Mine Closure Under Missouri Metallic Minerals Act

    By M. F. Bradley, G. M. Schoen

    The Magmont Mine, a 50/50 venture between Cominco American Incorporated (the Operator) and Dresser Industries, Inc., (Halliburton), is a metallic mining and milling facility in the new lead belt of Mi

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Building An Intelligent Mining System – Morenci’s Approach

    By J. A. Flinn

    Phelps Dodge’s Morenci copper mine has had six drills, six track-dozers, 16 shovels, two loaders, and 90 haul trucks equipped with either Caterpillar, Aquila, or Modular GPS systems for nearly three y

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Bagdad Concentrator Process Control Update

    By Peter Amelunxen, Craig Lockhart

    Significant effort was made in 2003 and 2004 to upgrade the existing instrumentation and process control infrastructure at the Phelps Dodge Bagdad copper concentrator. Specifically, • cameras were

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Simulation Modeling Validates Load and Haul Requirements at Cortez Gold Mines

    By W. L. Jacobsen, T. L. Dyer

    Cortez Gold Mines completed a feasibility study for a new openpit gold mine in north central Nevada. The production schedule calls for a peak in material movement. This schedule is based on current op

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    TECHNICAL NOTE - Comparative Study of the Vacuum Filtration Behavior of Iron Ore Concentrate Slurries

    By C. Hosten, K. V. S. Sastry, D. J. Kawulok-Englund

    Introduction Since the last decade the iron ore processing industry has undergone drastic changes from supplying screened and natural ores to manufacturing tailored concentrates and pellets. Increase

    Jan 10, 1983

  • SME
    Underground Mining Method Selection By Using Multiple Attribute Decision Making Methods - Introduction - Preprint 09-127

    By M. Yavuz

    Underground mining method selection (UMMS) is one of the most important issues in mining engineering. Underground mining method should be primarily selected to make use of underground resources optima

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    In-Mine Study Of High-Expansion Firefighting Foam - Preprint 09-095

    By L. L. Chasko

    A mine fire is one of the most challenging safety issues facing a mine operator and can occur at any location underground. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Tw

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Invensys Showcase Highlights Process Control Technologies

    By Steve Kral

    In a lagging economy where profits are tight, businesses cut costs. No revelation there. The mining industry, though, has always looked for ways to reduce production costs — no matter the state of t

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    The Effect Of Media Type On Regrinding With Stirred Mills

    By Augustine O. Orumwense

    Ball mills are commonly used for regrinding operations in the mineral processing industry. But, in recent times, efforts are being made at the introduction of stirred mills particularly for those inst

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Donald E. Ranta: An Interview with the 2000 SME President

    Your assessment of the minerals business. The global mining industry is strong. I am convinced it will continue meeting the mineral needs of the world population for the foreseeable future. Two

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Design of the Epping to Chatswood Rail Line, Sydney, Australia

    By Jim Rozek, Robert A. Gee

    The Epping to Chatswood Rail Line project is the largest publicly funded infrastructure project in New South Wales. Construction commenced in November2002 with opening scheduled for 2008. The work inc

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Origins Of Clay Minerals In The Molycorp Mine Goathill North Rock Pile, Questa, Nm

    By V. McLemore, N. Dunbar, K. Donahue

    There are three principle lines of evidence that indicate the clay minerals found in the Goathill North (GHN) rock pile at the Molycorp mine are predominantly a product of hydrothermal alteration, not

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Entrepreneurial spirit guides development of Gardner’s Point gold mine in Northern California

    Introduction Some people say it is almost impossible to get mining permits in California. Some say the day of the lone mining entrepreneur is past. And some say you cannot make money mining gold wher

    Jan 3, 1987

  • SME
    Estimation Of Roof Strata Strength In Mine Roof Geology Information System (MRGIS)

    By D. X. Tang, G. Wilson, S. S. Peng

    Design and implementation of a roof bolting plan requires reliable geotechnical information of strata, such as rock strength, and locations of interfaces and voids/fractures. The drilling parameters o

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Lysimeters allow quicker monitoring of heap leaching and tailing sites

    By William R. Bond, Jim V. Rouse

    Introduction The pressure/vacuum (p/v) lysimeter or soil water sampler has become useful for monitoring vadose zone or unsaturated zone water conditions. The soil water sampler was first introduced a

    Jan 4, 1985

  • SME
    Coal Pillar Strength Based On The Ground Reaction Curve ? A New Approach

    By Kazem Oraee

    In underground coal mining, particularly room-and-pillar methods, the coal pillars play a significant role in roof stability. If the pillar dimensions are increased, the pillar bearing capacity also i

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Solvent Extraction Approach To Recover Boron From Wastewater Generated By The LCD Manufacturing Industry: Part 1

    By D. Mohapatra

    The possibility of using 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol dissolved in tetrachloromethane as extractant for boron recovery is discussed. The parameters optimized for this purpose are contact time, boro

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Cable Shovel Health And Longevity In Formation Excavation

    By S. Frimpong

    Cable shovels are used for primary excavation in in-situ and/or pre-fragmented formations in surface mining operations. Poorly fragmented hard rock formations and random occurrence of hard boulders i

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Latitudinal/land-mass proximity controls on ferromanganese crust composition and resource potential, Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian Ocean

    By Kira Mizell, James R. Hein, Tracy Conrad

    "The Ninetyeast Ridge (NER) extends roughly N-S as a topographic feature for 5000 km, from 31° south to 10° north (Fig. 1) where it becomes buried beneath the Bengal Fan at its northern end. These two

    Sep 1, 2014