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  • AUSIMM
    A Geostatistical Contribution to Assess the Risk Embedded in Resource Classification Methods

    By J F. C L Costa, J C. Koppe

    It is recognised by the major international codes that resource classification involves the interaction of numerous qualitative and quantitative criteria such as data quality, geological and grade con

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    Evaluation of Work Positions used by Continuous Miner Operators in Underground Coal Mines

    By J. R. Bartels

    Operation of underground coal mine mobile equipment is usually done in a restricted workspace with reduced visibility. This work environment puts machine operators in awkward postures for tasks that r

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    Roof Screening For Underground Coal Mines: Recent Developments (2d468515-8c9b-49d4-ab90-9768f54472c5)

    By Craig S. Compton

    The failure of the immediate roof or "roof skin" between installed primary and secundary roof supports causes hundreds of injuries and, on average one or two fatalities each year in U.S. underground c

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    How To Increase Plant Performance With Artificial Intelligence And Expert Systems - Preprint 09-074

    By L. B. Hales

    Expert control of grinding and flotation plants has been successfully used in the minerals industry since the 1970?s. The earliest of these systems were written in a hard-coded fashion in FORTRAN, BAS

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    A Systems Approach for the Application of Eco-Efficiency Indicators for Process Design in the Minerals Industry

    By H von Blottnitz, J L. Broadhurst

    Eco-efficiency has been proposed by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development as an environmental performance indicator framework that contributes to sustainability by assisting corporate

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Impact on Mill Design and Flotation Control of New Discoveries in the Relationship between Macro and Micro Grindability

    By J. H. Starkey

    Large differences between macro and micro grindability relationships have been discovered for mill design measurements using the patented SAGDesign(TM) test. Crushing, Rod and Ball Mill Wi tests, and

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Tunneling in a Sensitive Environment

    By Scott Stephenson

    Making a tunnel through solid rock can sometimes be a dangerous task. Many things must be considered in order to complete such a task safely, and efficiently. Prior to starting things must be known su

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Test Pile Program To Determine Axial Capacity And Pile Setup For The Biloxi Bay Bridge

    By W. Robert Thompson

    Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to transportation structures on the Gulf coast in August, 2005, including the destruction of the US 90 Bridge over Biloxi Bay, Mississippi. Part of the suc

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Evaluation of the Efficiency of Several Airborne Electromagnetic Systems: Exploration Implications

    By D. Bois, P. Keating, J. Lemieux, M. A. Vallée, M. Allard, R. S. Smith, L. Z. Cheng, M. Chouteau, K. Fountain

    "A comparison of data from INPUT, GEOTEM, and MEGATEM airborne electromagnetic (AEM) systems over the Aldermac deposit, Québec, Canada, was undertaken to evaluate the relative ef¬ficiency of these sys

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Multidimensional Sustainable Development Indicators for the Minerals Industry

    By P N. Martens

    In the course of the development of the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in the 1980s an expression was introduced in the public discussion on environment and devel

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Team Alignment Towards Alternative Project Delivery Methods

    Project delivery in our current market is not as efficient as it could be. Industry at large (both client and consultant), is diligently following the engineer, procure, construct, manage (EPCM) or en

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Energy Savings and Improved Recovery with Small Grinding Media

    By Michel Brissette

    "To recover more valuable ore and considering the complexity of minerals, the needs to grind finer is increasing. To reach the desired fine grinding targets, using the existing grinding media size, th

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Improving Energy Efficiency Across Mineral Processing and Smelting Operations - A New Approach

    By B L. Coulter, E Wightman, A S. Burrows

    With their commitment to sustainable development in an increasingly carbon-constrained world, many resources companies are focused on reducing the energy required to create their final products. In pa

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Methane Explosion Modeling In The Sago Mine - Preprint 09-092

    By W. McMahon

    Following the Sago Mine accident, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) asked the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to study several possible methane explosion scenarios in

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Keys To Selecting An Expert Electric Motor Shop

    By Fredrick Fränding

    In mining and quarrying operations, electric motors can fail for a variety of reasons. Some failures are directly linked to demanding production requirements and contaminant-laden environments and, co

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Integrated Landforms for the Storage of Tailings and Waste Rock at Magnetite Mines in Western Australia

    By D R. Anstey

    The mining of magnetite iron ore in Western Australia will generate large volumes of waste rock and tailings over many decades. The need to dispose of these materials will result in massive waste land

    Jan 1, 2009

  • TMS
    Full Utilization of the Matte Converting Process Energy for Operating Conditions of the RTB Bor Smelter

    By Bogdan Petkovic, Boban Todorovic

    In the early 90's a completely unknown problem was encountered at the converter Department: it was a chronic shortage of the cold copper charge needed for the second operating period. A high temperatu

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    An Integrated Optimisation Study of the Barrick Osborne Concentrator: Part A - Crushing and Grinding

    By M Korte, J McMaster, C Brent

    The Barrick Osborne concentrator has gone through a number of upgrades since commissioning and has increased production from the original 119 t/h design capacity to a milling throughput of 265 t/h in

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Extractive Industry - Sustainability Information Systems

    As the title indicates the central themes discussed in this contribution are sustainable development, information systems, and extractive industry. More specifically, the objective is to present a pro

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    A Case Study in Applied Social Marketing: Developing an Occupational Safety and Health Product

    By Douglas F. Scott

    This case study provides an example of how social marketing was applied to meet the needs of business customers. Federal regulations require that all companies develop a written program to track hazar

    Jan 1, 2009