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Canopy Air Curtain to Reduce Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure for Underground Blasters - SME Annual Meeting 2024By Taekhee Lee, Steven Mischler, Shawn Vanderslice
Diesel-powered equipment is widely used in the underground mining industry and their popularity results from properties including efficiency, versatility, reliability, and durability. In the U.S. appr
Feb 1, 2024
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Mining Foundation of the Southwest to Host 32nd Annual BanquetThe 32nd annual American Hall of Fame Awards Banquet and Fundraiser, sponsored by the Mining Foundation of the Southwest (MFSW), will be held at the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa on Satur
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An Approach To Decrease Error And Increase Data Reliability In Drill Sampling For GoldBy F. P. Schwarz
Even in an otherwise care-fully done sampling procedure, reducing subsample weight, or splitting, when the grain size of material is too large commonly generates significant error. Such error can be e
Jan 1, 1992
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Coal Division - Elements In Coal And Potential Environmental Concerns Arising From These ElementsThe Environmental Session will consist of five papers dealing with various aspects of trace elements associated with coal. Analytical procedures to determine the amounts of trace elements will be disc
Jan 1, 1979
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A Study Of Coal Mine Roof Behavior During MiningBy R. T. Langland
The U.S. Bureau of Mines has conducted underground tests and computer analyses to study coal mine roof behavior. Southern Ohio Coal Company provided test sites it) their Heigs mines located near Athen
Jan 1, 1977
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Current Bureau Of Mines Coal Research Program And Its Significance To Industry ? IntroductionBy Harry Perry
The Bureau of Mines is glad to have this opportunity to discuss its present Coal Research Program and its significance to the industry with a group which has for many years been representative of the
Jan 1, 1966
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A Summary Of Respirable Coal Mine Crystalline Silica Dust Research Accomplished Through The Miner Act Under The Niosh Office Of Mine Safety And Health Research - SME Annual Meeting 2022By W. R. Reed, G. W. Luxbacher
As directed by the MINER act of 2006, the NIOSH Office of Mine Health & Safety Research (OMSHR) has annually awarded contracts to enhance mine safety and health. OMSHR has a history of research that f
Mar 2, 2022
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Computer Modeling Of Underground Ventilation System At WIPPBy S. C. Sethi
The WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) Project near Carlsbad, New Mexico, is a research and development project sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, designed to demonstrate the safe containment for
Jan 1, 1986
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Dragline step change; Safer, greener and lower operating costs are possibleBy R. Adsero
"A high altitude review of the state of the mining industry provided by a study of multifactor productivity shows a continuation of lower output year on year for the capital and labor inputs applied.
Nov 1, 2016
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Fuel Interchangeability - Measuring Its Extent in U. S. Energy MarketsBy W. Gibson Jaworek
Of increasing importance to the student of fuels economics has been the extent to which different primary energy sources can substitute for each other in the various energy markets of the nation. Know
Jan 1, 1961
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Climax Mine: Back In Business After A 17-Year LayoffIn the grand scheme of things, the 9.5-t (21,000-lb) shipment of molybdenum concentrate that left Freeport-McMoRan?s Climax Mine site on May 10, 2012 was not unlike the thousands of others that have b
Jan 1, 2012
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Meandu Rising: The Second Life Of The Meandu MineBy J. G. Pippenger
Rio Tinto Coal Australia (RTCA) developed the Meandu Mine in Queensland, Australia in 1983 to supply thermal coal to the adjacent and newly constructed Tarong Power Station (TPS). In designing the min
Jan 1, 2011
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Tunneling in Abrasive Alluvial Material Above the Water Table Using a MTBM and an EPBTBM - RETC2021By D. Lynn, D. Arthur
Infrastructures continue to age and drinking water supplies are becoming scarce in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. (FKCI) was engaged by the Los
Jun 13, 2021
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Modeling the effect of barometric pressure changes on spontaneous heating in bleederless longwall panels - SME Transactions 2010By Liming Yuan, A. C. Smith
Barometric pressure changes affect air density, leading to change in the mass of the gas in the gob. When the barometric pressure decreases, the volume of gas in the gob expands, while the volume of g
Jan 1, 2010
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Deep Portal Shafts of the Annacis Island Outfall Tunnels— Building on Pacific Northwest Shaft Design Experience - RETC2021By John Newby, Ulf Gwildis, Fred Marquis
From the Brightwater Conveyance System in Seattle to the Second Narrows Water Supply Tunnel in Vancouver, BC, the design and construction of deep-lying tunnels in the Pacific Northwest often require t
Jun 13, 2021
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In-Situ Resource Recovery Testing At San ManuelBy D. S. Ramey
In-situ leaching of the oxidized copper mineral resource at the San Manuel mine has proven to be a technically and economically viable method of copper extraction. Although this leaching method has be
Jan 1, 1993
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Efficient Planning Models For Underground Coal MinesBy S. A. Richards
Business planning in the coal' industry revolves around the production and quality forecast. It is difficult to accurately estimate costs and revenues until the production forecast is made. At mi
Jan 1, 1994
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Capacity Increase By Coal Addition In Lamco J V's Pellet PlantBy Stig Premfors
Lamco Joint Venture is operating a Dravo Pelletizing machine to produce pellets from the natural slimes of an earthy hematite ore. The grate area of the machine 3.3 x 106 m equal to 350 m2 (3800 sq
Jan 1, 1971
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Pebble Grinding At Granduc?s Tide Lake ConcentratorBy W. C. Hellyer
The Granduc ore body is located beneath glacial terrain on the borders of British Columbia and Alaska, some 600 miles from Vancouver and 30 miles from Tidewater at Stewart, B. C. The concentrator and
Jan 1, 1972
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Search For Candidates For Sales Comparison Approach In Non-disclosure States - SME Annual Meeting 2022By J. Gustavson, E. Mallard, F. Pirkle
The Sales Comparison Approach to estimating the value of a mineral property must always be attempted1 . In addition to other parameters, the approach depends heavily on the availability of transaction
Mar 2, 2022