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  • SME
    Acid Mine Drainage - A Problem with Options

    By A. Bruynesteyn

    Most ores and coals contain sulphide minerals such as pyrite, FeS2, the sulphur portion of which is a ready substrate for a variety of sulphur oxidizing bacteria. Although there are several bacteria

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Assessment of Settlement Due to EPBM Tunnelling in London, UK, on CTRL Contract 240

    By Keith Jones, Michael Francis

    Contract 240 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link comprises construction of twin4.7 km long running tunnels through a densely populated area of East London. The tunnels were constructed by EPBM in Sands an

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    The West Leg Interceptor Project Design and Construction Challenges

    By Richard Switalski, Thomas Scotese, James Morrison, Randall Essex

    OVERVIEW Like many older metropolitan areas across the U.S., the Greater Cleveland area is served by a combination of separate sanitary sewers and combined sanitary-stormwater sewers. In 1966, a Ma

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Discovery of the Silver Creek molybdenum deposit, Rico, Colorado

    By L. F. Barrett, D. E. Cameron, J. C. Wilson

    Exploration by Anaconda Minerals Co. in the Rico area from 1978 through 1983 resulted in dis¬covery of the Silver Creek molybdenum deposit. The drill-indicated resource is 40 Mt (44 million st) of 0.3

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Goal programming model for determining the optimal production schedule considering penalties or bonuses dependent on quality

    By R. W. Barbaro, J. M. Mutrnansky

    This paper presents a nonlinear integer goal programming model that optimizes a mineral production schedule while considering the penalties and bonuses based on quality variations in the final product

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Should Your Gold Leach Plant be Using Oxygen? How to Find Out

    By Walter Hoecker

    The dissolution of gold in cyanide_ leaching has been we11 published with the genera1 acceptance that gold is oxidised by oxygen and stabilized by complexation with cyanide [1]. The dissolution of

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Cyanide Pollution Control - The Inco Process

    By E. A. Devuyst, G. Robbins

    A unique process for removing cyanide and base metal complexes from industrial waste streams was patented by G.J. Borberly et al. (1984). The process uses SO2 (liquid or gas, or solutions of sulfite s

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Inco’s Cyanide Removal Technology Working Well

    By E. A. Devuyst

    A unique process for removing cyanide and base metal complexes from industrial waste streams was patented by Borberly et al. (1984). The process uses S0, (liquid or gas, or solutions of sulfite salts,

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Underground Diesel Use – Homestake Mining’s Experience

    By John R. Marks

    The first 0.7 m3 (1 cu yd) diesel load- haul-dump vehicle (LHD) arrived at the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, SD in I969 to muck a ventilation drift. Others soon followed. Mechanization has subsequently

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Ventilated Drum Controls Longwall Dust And Methane

    By Robert A. Jankowski, Jonathan Kelly, Edward F. Divers

    Results for the first underground test of the ventilated drum in a U.S. coal mine are presented. Tests were conducted by the Bureau of Mines through a contract research program with Foster-Miller, Inc

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Optimal Choice of the Parameters for Ventilation and Methane Drainage in a Longwall Face with Caving

    By Stanislaw Nawrat, Waclaw Dziurzynski

    An increasing concentration of coal production, especially in the circumstances of intensive methane inflow makes the coal mine managing staff apply new techniques of safe mining. It paves also the wa

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Blasting Techniques And Safeguards Used In Enlarging The Underground Powerhouse At Salto De Villarino, Spain

    By J. Y. Perez, H. M. Ewoldsen, L. L. Oriard

    Near the village of Villarino de los Aires, in the province of Salamanca, Spain, is an existing underground hydroelectric power plant. A major enlargement was undertaken to increase the electrical gen

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SME
    Overview of Coal Mine Ground Control Issues in the Illnois Basin

    By G. M. Molinda

    Some of the most difficult coal mine roof in the U.S. can be found in the Illinois Basin. Factors contributing to the high roof fall rate include: weak moisture-sensitive roof rock, high horizontal s

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Modelling of Industrial Sulphide Flotation Circuits (9e743e1d-9894-4e15-a349-ed9a8e0516de)

    By J. Herbst, A. J. Lynch, E. V. Manlapig, G. C. Throne, J. S. Hall, G. Poling

    Modelling of industrial sulphide flotation based on data collected in several flotation plants is discussed. A mechanistic approach is used in which it is recognised that flotation is a two stage proc

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    38. Discovery of Kitsault Molybdenum Deposit

    By John R. Woodcock

    The Kitsault molybdenum deposit lies along the east margin of thecoast Batholith Complex near the head of the fiord of Alice Arm. It is 800 km (497 miles) northwest of Vancouver, British Columbia. The

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Mining in China : A personal perspective

    By Barbara S. Parrish, I. S. Parrish

    For two consecutive years the author and his wife have been fortunate enough to have been invited by the Peoples Republic of China to work with Chinese geologists of the Geological Bureau of the Minis

    Jan 7, 1988

  • SME
    Production Of High Quality Crude Oil And Low Cost Power From Western Coals - Introduction

    By Neal P. Cochran

    The United States is faced with increasing demands for electricity, coupled with continuing demands for crude oil and gas. Superimposed on these' national requirements are our national requiremen

    Jan 1, 1967

  • SME
    Excavation And Support Of Gatineau Shaft

    By William C. Cox, Ronald E. Heuer, Jean-Michel Loignon

    The Gatineau shaft described in this paper was an excavation of about 38 m diameter and 21 m depth constructed in Gatineau, Quebec, across the Ottawa River just north of Ottawa, Ontario. A large sewag

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    What Started It

    At first glance the staid Joralemon background does not seem to equate with the life of adventure that irresistibly called me for over 70 years. But my ancestors had their adventures too. My father&ap

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Evaluation of the Senior Coal Mine Managers’ Working Stress

    By Rong Guo, Qi He, Jinsuo Zhang

    "Coal mine ranks No.1 among the 6 major high-risk industries, so it is no doubt that the senior managers in the coal mine bear more stress than other industry executives. The massive working stress re

    Jan 1, 2017