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  • SME
    What’s in a name? A look at the who, what and why of forming a joint venture partnership

    By Michael Roach

    "There’s a bit of confusion and misinformation in the tunneling and underground construction industry regarding contractor joint ventures. If it was all so clear I would not have been "asked" to write

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Underground Work At Calaveras

    By Kenneth R. Dickson, I. Michael Gowring

    This paper describes the underground work associated with the North Fork Stanislaus River Hydroelectric Development currently being constructed by Sierra Constructors for the Calaveras County Water Di

    Jan 1, 1987

  • TMS
    Experience and Developments in the Injection of Gases and Coal into the Q.S.L. Reactor at Onsan, Korea

    By Keuncheol Choi, Yonghack Lee

    "The new lead smelter based on the QSL technology was started operation from May 1992 at Onsan Refinery of Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. The smelter is designed to treat not only various types of lead concentr

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Carbon-In-Pulp Interstage Screening Using Submerged High Frequency Screens

    By J. J. Komadina

    Since the advent of resin-in-pulp (RIP) technology for treatment of uranium-bearing ores in the 1950?s to current carbon-in-pulp (CIP) processing of gold values, metallurgies and operators alike have

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Development in Modern Refractories Practice and Application

    A general outline of the significant features in the quality and manufacture of the more common refractories is given. Where possible, linkage between quality development and control and service appli

    Jan 1, 1961

  • IMPC
    Size Distribution of Air Bubbles in the Pneumatic-mechanical Flotation Machine

    By M. Brozek

    The constant of flotation velocity is the value characterizing the kinetics of cyclic flotation. In the statistical theory of flotation its value is the function of probabilities of collision, adhesio

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Study of Process Mineralogy for Hydrometallurgical Extraction of Vanadium and Aluminum from Bone Coal

    By P. Zhang, W. D. Xiao

    "A process mineralogy study was conducted to guide the development of a process for the extraction of vanadic oxide (V2O5) and aluminum compounds from bone coal and its ash as well as the production o

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Tunnel Boring In South African Gold Mines

    By M. Grun, A. C. Marlowe, I. Littleford

    SYNOPSIS A Wirth tunnel borer owned by Anglo American Corporation completed a 1150m long tunnel some years ago and was subsequently extensively modified by Technical Development Services. In 1982 t

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AIME
    Coal Division Enjoys Southern Hospitality

    By AIME AIME

    THANKS to the excellent preliminary work of: the Division officers and the local committee the fall meeting of the Coal Division at Bluefields was a brilliant success. West Virginia was at its best wi

    Jan 1, 1931

  • AIME
    Structure and Hysteresis Loss in Medium-Carbon Steel (a4ee40d7-4c8e-4df7-97ce-b40c95f62703)

    Discussion of the paper of F. C. LANGENBERG and R. G. WEBBER, presented at the New York meeting, February, 1915, and printed in Bulletin No. 98, February, 1915, pp. 291 to 300. HENRY M. HOWE, Bedford

    Jan 5, 1915

  • AUSIMM
    The Economic Potential of the Greymouth Coalfield

    The Greymouth Coalfield contains New Zealand's greatest known resource of bituminous rank coal. The coals are of very high quality, with low ash and sulphur contents and a range of other properti

    Jan 1, 1985

  • NIOSH
    RI 8977 - Extraction of Chromium From Domestic Chromites by Alkali Fusion

    By Gary L. Hundley

    The Bureau of Mines has devised a procedure to recover chromium chemicals from low-grade domestic chromites, which contain silicon and aluminum impurity levels that are too high to permit processing b

    Jan 1, 1985

  • NIOSH
    RI 9433 - Rock Mechanics Investigations at the Lucky Friday Mine (In Three Parts)

    By M. P. Board, J. K. Whyatt, T. J. Williams

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines has been conducting a series of rock mechanics investigations at the Lucky Friday Mime in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District of northern Idaho. In the present study, the e

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Design Methodology of Pumpable J-Crib Stopping Wall and Jennmar High-Strength Stopping Panel Wall

    By Xiaoting Li, Richard Adasiak, Benjamin Mirabile

    Pumpable J-Crib stopping walls and Jennmar high-strength (HS) stopping panel walls are widely used for resisting high-ventilation air pressures and roof support in underground mines due to their insta

    Jul 1, 2023

  • DFI
    St. Croix Bridge, Minnesota: The Influence of Construction on the Axial Resistance of Drilled Shaft Foundations in Weak Sandstone

    By William G. Ryan, David S. Graham, Dan A. Brown, Rich A. Lamb, Paul J. Axtell

    "The St. Croix River Crossing project on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border has been in the process of planning and public debate for two decades, with several changes in alignment. During the course of t

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    Technology News - No. 486 - Floor Heaters Can Increase Operator’s Dust Exposure in Enclosed Cabs

    Objective To reduce equipment operator exposure to respirable dust in enclosed cabs by examining the effectiveness of retrofitting air pressurization and filtration systems on existing cabs. Bac

    Mar 1, 2001

  • SME
    Training Programs Can Generate Measurable Value - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Claudia Castillo, Katja Freitag, Jan Cilliers, Diana Drinkwater, Robert Seitz

    The talent gap in mining is not a new challenge. Mining companies continue to seek innovative ways to attract, develop and retain talent, and younger workers are looking for opportunities to develop t

    Feb 1, 2025

  • TMS
    Investigating The Behaviour Of Iron Solid Products During Direct Acid Leaching Of Limonitic Laterites

    By D. Georgiou

    Direct sulphuric acid leaching of nickeliferous limonites is the process of choice to recover nickel and cobalt from equatorially located lateritic ores. These ores are rich-in-iron (-45 wt%) existing

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Is your mine closure a sustainability failure? Transform your asset and create a self supporting neighbouring community. It’s as easy as ABCD!

    By K Cochrane

    Time and time again history shows us that mine closures are sustainability failures. Mine operators do not know how to turn the mine closure into an asset and communities around the mine do not know h

    Jul 25, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Size Separation Pretreatment and Alumina Recovery from Bayer Red Mud

    Size Separation Pretreatment and Alumina Recovery from Bayer Red Mud

    Sep 13, 2010