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  • SME
    Canadian Companies Make Their Pitch At PDAC

    At the Prospectors and Developers Annual Convention (PDAC) in Toronto, Canada mining and exploration companies of all sizes were on hand to discuss the year that was and those that will be. The follow

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    The Use of Gravity as an Exploration Tool for the Robertson Range and Davidson Creek Iron Ore Deposits, East Pilbara

    By R McCarthy, P Darvall

    FerrAus Limited's Robertson Range and Davidson Creek iron ore projects are located on the far eastern margin of the Hamersley Province, approximately 100 km to the east of Newman, Western Austral

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Ventilation on demand (VOD) auxiliary fan project ? Vale Inco Limited, Creighton Mine

    By O?Connor. D. F.

    The ever increasing energy costs associated with mining at depth has become an important issue that needs to be addressed for future sustainable production. Vale Inco Limited?s Creighton Mine being th

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Effects of sintered metal diesel particulate filter system on diesel aerosols and nitric oxides in mine air

    This study was conducted to establish the effects of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) system with sintered metal substrate on the concentrations and size distributions of nano and ultrafine aerosols

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    National Mining Hall Of Fame To Honor Five During 22nd Ceremony

    Ceremonies for the induction of five mining industry pioneers into the National Mining Hall of Fame will be on Sept. 12, 2009 at the Charles F. Barber Pavilion of the Museum Convention Center in Leadv

    Jan 1, 2009

  • TMS
    Energy Saving Strategies for the Use of Refractory Materials in Molten Material Contact

    By Klaus-Markus Peters, James G. Hemrick, John Damiano

    "Work was performed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in collaboration with industrial refractory manufacturers, refractory users, and academic institutions, to employ novel refractory systems

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Evaluation Of Smoke Detectors For Use In Underground Mines - Preprint 09-072

    By C. D. Litton

    Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the responses of a prototype smoke detector and a commercially available photoelectric smoke detector to smoke particles generated from various combu

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Water Supply Options for the Pilbara

    By K Zic, P Pickering, P Fraser

    Water is a defining feature of the Pilbara. Its management was and remains vital for the pastoral industry which European settlers established when they first came to the Pilbara, and for the mining i

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Analysis of Poly Amine Deactivation/Depression System for Cu-Activated Pyrrhotite using Eh-Ph Stability Diagrams

    By S. Kelebek, E. Yalcin

    "Diethylenetriamine (DETA) and/or triethylenetetramine (TETA) are reagents that can generally be categorized under ""flotation modifiers"". These polyamines are known to be effective for the deactivat

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Shaft Sinking Scheduling/Planning - Introduction (545beb62-d4f4-42b2-aefa-514c1419aba6)

    By P. N. Lategan

    Mining companies are challenged with increased difficulty in delivering capital projects on schedule and within budget. In 2005, PricewaterhouseCoopers global review of major capital projects in the m

    Jan 1, 2009

  • TMS
    Accelerated Electro-reduction of TiO2 to Metallic Ti in a CaCl2 Bath using an Intermetallic Inert Anode

    By Xiaobing Yang, Abhishek Lahiri, Animesh Jha

    "In the FFC-Cambridge process, the cathodic dissociation of oxide and CO/CO2 production on carbon anode is the basis for metal production in a CaCl2 bath. By using an inert intermetallic anode, the CO

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Storage and Time - A Paradigm for Aquifer Pressure Management Beneath Open Cut Mines

    By S Yuen, T Rana, S Khan

    Many open pit mines require dewatering or need aquifer depressurisation systems to manage mine water inflow and/or mine floor stability. In many instances these mining operations impact on regional gr

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Impartiality and Fairness in Stakeholder Engagement Through Triangular Value Analysis

    By J L. Stacey

    The diverse priorities, drivers and concerns of multiple stakeholders in the minerals industry complicate the integration of sustainable development considerations into mine design, as well as operati

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Production of Al-Ti master alloys from TiO2 in a DC arc furnace - Synopsis

    By M. Abdellatif

    The production of a 40% Al-Ti alloy was successfully proven at the lab scale, using pure TiO2, aluminium, and lime. These tests were conducted in an induction furnace maintained at 1600?16250C. The in

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Implementation of Cyanidation by Size Class at Sleeping Giant Mill

    By Gilles Landry, Mohamed Ourriban, Pierre Pelletier, Ahmed Bouajila, Claude Gagnon

    "This paper summarizes the work carried out to develop and implement the gold cyanidation by size class (CSC) process, a novel concept aiming to reduce cyanide consumption.First, the authors will pres

    Jan 1, 2009

  • TMS
    Peirce-Smith Converting – Another 100 Years?

    By Albert Wraith, Thomas Price, Wayne Boyd, Skip (I. E. ) Hills, Cameron Harris

    Most Peirce-Smith converters inject air through tuyeres, with nitrogen representing the majority of gas passing through the process. The nitrogen controls the temperature of the vessel by carrying awa

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    A "Holistic" Approach of Blast Vibration Modeling and Prediction

    By Thierry Bernard

    Considering rock fragmentation by explosive as the ultimate goal in mines and quarries, vibrations are definitely one of the main drawbacks faced by the Industry. If we can accurately predict vibratio

    Jan 1, 2009

  • TMS
    Adsorption of Copper Ions in Aqueous Solution by a Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte Potamogeton Pectinatus L

    By Licheng Zhou

    The use of aquatic plants for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater has gained high interest. In this study, batch experiments were conducted to evaluate the adsorption of copper ions in aqueous

    Jan 1, 2009

  • TMS
    Study on Selectively Separating Iron Constituents in Copper Smelting Slags

    By Hongyang Cao

    The iron constituents selectively separated from the modified copper slags by magnetic separation and flotation.were studied. The results of magnetic separation for modified copper smelting slags show

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Froth Recovery Factor-What is it, And why is it so Difficult to Measure?

    By M. C. Harris

    The past twenty to thirty years have seen unprecedented research activity aimed at understanding the performance of flotation froths. In 1990, Finch and Dobby coined the term froth recovery factor, Rr

    Jan 1, 2009