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  • AUSIMM
    Tracer-Based Mine-Mill Ore Tracking Via Process Hold-ups at Northparkes Mine

    By M Wortley, R Morrison, T Rivett

    The tracking of ore through process hold-ups such as stockpiles has been traditionally been difficult to achieve. The inability to pinpoint the exact source in the mine of material that is feeding a p

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Application of Neuro?Fuzzy Technique in Mine Support System for Ground Control

    By Sudhir Kumar Kashyap

    In underground activities ground control is a challenging problem. It affects safety, production, and efficiency. As per statistics of accident data, ?fall of roof/sides? is one of the major causes of

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Cooperative Education In Mineral Engineering: Experience At Montana School Of Mines, Butte

    By W. A. Vine

    Next year, in 1964, Butte will celebrate its Centennial. It was in May, 1864, that the first recorded mining activity took place. During that summer, several rich placers were found on Silver Bow Cree

    Jan 1, 1963

  • AUSIMM
    Enhancing the Business Environment for Prospecting, Exploration and Mining (Past and New Initiatives)

    By K L. Temel, W P. Player

    The underlying message of this paper is that investment in prospecting, exploration and mining in New Zealand is welcomed. The Government's policy with respect to Crown owned minerals is for cont

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Evaluation of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) of Dumper Operators Based on Job Cycle Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (4615660d-b95c-47f0-b07e-3e2b55f50187)

    By Sandeep Kumar Jeripotula, Govinda Raj Mandela, Aruna Manglapady

    Dumper operators are frequently exposed to whole body vibration (WBV) in surface mines. Surface mining activities involve the amalgamation of comparatively high intensity of vibration and extended exp

  • SME
    Productivity Gains Using A Computer-Aided Earthmoving System On A Track-Type Dozer

    By D. R. Gagnon

    Mining companies are continually looking for product-ivity and efficiency improvements with their equipment to reduce operating costs. This paper will review the results of a productivity analysis co

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    The State of Mine Closure in South Africa – What the Numbers Say

    By M. Olalde, I. Watson

    "The consequences of ineffective mine closure in South Africa are evident from the number of abandoned mines and operations on extended care-and-maintenance, the on-selling of mines to less well-resou

    Jul 1, 2019

  • IMPC
    Magnetic Seeding Co-Agglomeration for Hematite Slimes Flotation

    By Xiqing Wu, Tao Yue

    "Magnetic seeding co-agglomeration, i.e. adding magnetic seeds, organic depressant (such as the starch), and pre-magnetization for co-agglomeration, was applied in the reverse flotation for hematite o

    Jan 1, 2018

  • AIME
    Encroachment of Waters at Santa Fe Springs

    By Donald K. Weaver

    THERE have been eight different oil zones identified and produced at Santa Fe Springs, of which three or four are in turn divided into two or three parts. These zones are, from top to bottom, the Foix

    Jan 1, 1930

  • SME
    Investigation Of Groundwater Characteristics Using Dual Tube Reverse Circulation Drilling

    By G. R. Doubek

    Dual Tube Reverse Circulation (DTRC) drilling has been extensively used for collecting groundwater information for the dewatering program at Amax Gold Inc. Sleeper Mine. This paper presents a discuss

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    The Evaluation of Four Potential Hydrometallurgical Processes for Copper Production

    By Peeler P. K

    The recent renewal of interest in hydrometallurgical routes for copper production has been brought about by the possible future reliance on mixed ores and lower grade deposits, environmental aspects,

    Jan 1, 1977

  • AUSIMM
    Kinetic Dependence of Refractory Gold Sulfide Biooxidation Using Different Microorganism Association

    Kinetic Dependence of Refractory Gold Sulfide Biooxidation Using Different Microorganism Association In this investigation, refractory sulfide concentrate from a deposit located in northern Russia wa

    Sep 13, 2010

  • SAIMM
    The Effect Of Electrolyte Additives On Cathode Surface Quality During Copper Electrorefining - Synopsis

    By T. A. Muhlare

    The use of electrolyte additives to smoothen cathode deposits during copper deposition is practised worldwide. These additives absorb on the cathode surface and take part in the electrochemical crysta

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Molecular interactions between thiol collectors and non-ionic frothers in mixed monolayers at the air-water interface using a regular solution theory approach, D. Pienaar, B. McFadzean, and C. O’Connor

    By D. Pienaar, C. O’Connor, B. McFadzean

    Dithiophosphate (DTP) is classically used as a co-collector in sulphide mineral flotation, where xanthate-DTP mixtures have been shown to synergistically improve mineral flotation performance. Notwith

    Jan 1, 2020

  • TMS
    Closed Loop WEEE Recycling? Challenges and Opportunities for a Global Recycling Society

    By C. E. M. Meskers

    End-of-life Electronic and Electrical Equipment, o_cially called WEEE, is unjustly regarded as mainly a waste management problem. What is structurally overlooked is the enormous resource impact of the

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Le gisement d'uranium de Cigar Lake: Decouverte et caracteristiques générales

    By K. Schimann, H. D. Knipping, J. P. Fouques

    "RESUMELe gisement d 'uranium de Cigar Lake, dans la région de l'Athabasca au nord du Saskatchewan, fut découvert en mai 1981 par Cogema Canada Ltée, opérant pour Ie compte de la ""Waterbury

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SAIMM
    Geotechnical Areas Associated With The Ventersdorp Contact Reef, Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

    By M. K. Roberts

    The approximately 2800 Ma old Ventersdorp Contact Reef is a unique Witwatersrand orebody, from which about 6% of the world?s gold production is derived. A major portion of this production is mined at

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    A Novel Method of Roadway Floor Deformation Control by Deep‑Hole Directional Tension Blasting—A Case Study - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Changjiang Li, Jun Yang, Qiang Fu, Xu Chang, Xing Wu, Yubing Gao

    With the development of underground mining, the deformation of roadway floor has increasingly become a major constraint on the safe and efficient production of coal mines. To address the floor deforma

    Jun 13, 2023

  • ABM
    Reforma Do Lingotamento Contínuo De Placas Nº 1 Da Arcelormittal Tubarão

    By Altemar Dettogne do Nascimento

    A Máquina de Lingotamento Contínuo nº 1 da ArcelorMittal Tubarão (AMT), com capacidade nominal de 1,8 milhões de toneladas/ano, teve seu start up em 1995. A máquina é curva com raio de 10,5 m. São pro

    Jul 29, 2018

  • TMS
    Preparation Of Monodispersed NiO Precursor Particles By Induced Precipitation Of Solid Oxalate Acid

    By Huang Kai

    By adding the solid oxalate acid powder into the solution of nickel chloride or its ammonia coordinated solution, the uniform compound particles were prepared and the precipitated particles were trans

    Jan 1, 2005