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  • SME
    A back analysis of the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse - SME Transactions 2010

    By K. A. Heasley

    The objective of this paper is to back analyze the August 6th, 2007, collapse at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah, in order to better understand the geometric and geomechanical factors that contribute

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Non Ferrous Metal Exploration In Alaska

    By M. A. Kaufman

    In this paper I will attempt to present an up to date review of the type of exploration' that has previously been carried out in Alaska, discuss some of the more significant past producers and re

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Improved Leaching Kinetics Of Chalcopyrite With Simultaneous Grinding And Leaching

    By J. R. Cobble

    The Bureau of Mines has developed a process to improve the leaching kinetics of diffusion controlled systems. The system features the Bureau-developed turbomill, an attrition grinder which scrubs the

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Bureau Of Mines Research In Injection Well Construction And Environmental Aspects Of Insitu Uranium Leaching

    By Daryl R. Tweeton

    Bureau of Mines research in in situ uranium leaching includes injection well construction and environmental aspects. Clogging of injection wells is a common problem, and is affected by construction te

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Design Criteria For Thin Seam Shearer Longwall

    By T. C. Bibb

    Longwalls using shearers in seam heights of less than 1.2 m (48 inches) are relatively rare in the U.S. Westmoreland Coal Company is currently operating a shearer-equipped longwall at a cutting height

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    The Brand-New Global Prevention Strategy of ISSA Mining for Safety and Health in Mining Safety 7.7 – 7 Golden Rules to Vision Zero

    By H. Ehnes

    "“Industry 4.0” – “Mining 4.0” - perhaps you have already heard of these terms? These keywords signify the next stage of industrial production. The internet and production technologies are growing clo

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    (Preprint 88-183)

    Eldorado Resources Ltd.(ERL) uses a solvent extraction process for the processing of uranium ores. The solvent extraction plant consists of 4 extraction and 5 stripping stages with regeneration carrie

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    The effect of discontinuities on the fracturing and mechanical behavior of shale

    By Qingwen Shi, Yun Zhao, Brijes Mishra

    The effect of discontinuities on the fracturing and mechanical behavior of shale has been extensively investigated on a laboratory scale in previous works. It is well agreed that the lamination proper

    Jan 11, 2022

  • SME
    Minerals For The Protection Of The Environment (Environmental Minerals)

    By W. Lorenz

    The responsible treatment of natural resources, including mineral raw materials, contributes to the protection of the environment. The management of resources and the environment encompasses reduction

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Mass Balances On A Spreadsheet

    By R. J. Roman

    The "mass balance" is unquestionably the most common class of problems for the process engineer'. Closely related, mathematically, is the "heat balance". Every laboratory test requires a mass bal

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Comparison Of Flue Gas Desulfurization For Eastern Versus Western U. S. Coals

    By E. A. Sondreal

    Requirements of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) for Eastern and Western U.S. coals will not be the same because of differences in coal sulfur content, ash analysis, and beating value. The effects of th

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SME
    Basic Iron Sulphate ? A Potential Killer For Pressure Oxidation Processing Of Refractory Gold Concentrates If Not Handled Appropriately

    Refractory gold concentrates often contain sub-microscopic gold that is encapsulated within the crystal matrix of iron sulphide minerals such as pyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite. To recover the gol

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Evaluations Of A Noise Control For Roof Bolting Machines

    By A. S. Azman

    In collaboration with Kennametal Inc. and corry rubber corporation, the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a drill bit isolator to address noise overexposures

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Ventilation Airflow around a Continuous Miner and its Effect on Methane Concentrations at the Face

    By H. N. Dougherty

    "The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) ventilation gallery was used to study methane-air flows around a continuous miner m

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Fuzzy logic controller: Application to liquid-level system

    By K. Rajamani, I. Shah

    The development of liquid-level control algorithms, based on sets of linguistic rules expressing human operator's "intuitive" control strategies, have been reported. The main objective of the pre

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Large Flotation Machine Development and Operation (9e862699-2208-4019-91ae-d42126e18423)

    By M. Churchill, V. R. Degner

    Over the past two decades, declining ore body grades and increased operating and construction costs have provided an incentive for the development of progressively larger flotation machines. As a resu

    Jan 7, 1982

  • SME
    Dust Control At Gouverneur Talc Company, Inc.

    By G. R. Erdman

    The industrial mineral filler plant of the Gouverneur Tale Company is equipped with a good dust collection system installed long before the recent popularization of environmental pollution. Credit for

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    A Probabilistic Approach to Water Balance Analyses for Tailings Dams

    By Kenneth L. Myers

    The net balance of the inflow and outflow of water in a tailings storage facility has major economic implications in any large mining and milling operation. In a net precipitation environment it can c

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    A Preliminary Study on Thermal Probe Technology against Coal Storage Pile (Gangue Hill) Spontaneous Combustion

    By B. Li

    "The spontaneous combustion of coal storage pile(Gangue Hill) is one of the seriously threat encountered in coal mining and storage. The dynamic accumulation of internal heat in coal storage pile(Gang

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    A New Method for Intuitively Reflecting the Deterioration Characteristics of the Rock Surrounding Roadways and Its Application Based on the Strain Softening Model

    By Jin Dai, Xianwen Geng, Hao Liu, Pu Wang

    To investigate how deformation failure occurs in roadways surrounding rock, the relationship between cohesion and plastic shear strain of the strain softening model and the equation for calculating th

    Jan 16, 2022