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  • AUSIMM
    Operational readiness – what is it and how to get it done?

    By A G. L Pratt

    Operational readiness is a commonly used term in mining and many other industry settings. However, translating this term into a coherent scope of work that is practical and meaningful is a challenge f

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AIME
    National Program for Great Engineering Problems

    By Herbert Hoover

    THE time has arrived in our national development when we must have- a definite national- program in the development of our great engineering problems. Our rail and water transport, our water supplies

    Jan 1, 1920

  • NIOSH
    RI 8899 - Scale Inhibitors and Slow-Release Polymers for Mine Water Treatment Systems

    By T. E. Ackman

    Scale inhibitors and slow-release polymers were tested by the Bureau of Mines at mine drainage treatment facilities. The scale inhibitors were investigated to determine their effectiveness in controll

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Revisiting Scrubbing Unit Operations in the Phosphate Industry

    By F. J. Sotillo

    "Scrubbing both horizontal (drum) and vertical (attrition) are considered simple unit operations in the beneficiation of phosphate ores. In general, the operating conditions are fixed at high solids c

    Jan 1, 2017

  • NIOSH
    OFR-113-83 Improving Check Curtains, Line Curtains And Extensible Face Ventilation Systems

    By T. Muldoon

    Literature review and extensive field survey of line and check curtain materials and practices showed: ? Miners, in general, know how to set tight curtains, and do so when needed. ? The tradeoff

    Jan 1, 1982

  • NIOSH
    RI 5823 Low-Temperature Phase Equilibria Of Helium-Bearing Natural Gases: Cliffside Gas ? Summary

    By Lowell Stroud

    Since 1929, the Helium Activity of the Bureau of Mines has operated a helium-extraction plant at Amarillo, Tex. The natural gas that supplies this plant is obtained from the Cliffside geologic structu

    Jan 1, 1961

  • AUSIMM
    The Effects of Increased Salinity on Microbially Mediated Ecosystem Processes in Ephemeral Streams

    By J L. Kerr, J Beyer-Robson, S Vink

    Driven by an increasing need for water conservation, coal mine operators in the upper Isaac River catchment have placed significant emphasis upon the reuse of water. This initiative led to an overall

    Nov 26, 2013

  • TMS
    The Engineering Design Sequence And Materials Development: 990 Gold-Titanium As A Case Study

    By Mark E. Schlesinger

    Engineering design follows a six–step sequence. Demonstration of this sequence in materials engineering is less common. A case study is presented, using the 1989 paper by Gafner on the development of

    Jan 1, 2014

  • NIOSH
    RI 5014 Lead-Zinc Deposits Of The Dunkleberg District, Granite County, Mont. ? Introduction And Summary

    By C. C. Popoff

    The Dunkleberg district is in the Flint Creek Range of the northern Rocky Mountains, about 45 miles northwest of Butte, Mont. Silver - lead and zinc mineralization occurs over an area 4 miles long fro

    Jan 1, 1953

  • AIME
  • ISEE
    Impact of Blasting Sequence on Dilution and Benefit Through Ore Displacement Control Using Three-Dimensional Modeling

    By Paulo C. Fernández A, Sergio Matamala V, Claudio C. Gajardo, Christian A. Rees P

    In fragmentation processes in open-pit mining, it has been observed that there are many opportunities for improvement if greater control of ore displacement in blasting is achieved, reducing the perce

    Jan 26, 2026

  • NIOSH
    RI 6737 Tin-Lode Investigations, Cape Mountain Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska

    By John J. Mulligan

    The Bureau of Mines investigated the tin deposits of the Cape Mountain area during July and August 1962 to test the effectiveness of detrital-cover sampling in permafrost areas as a relatively cheap a

    Jan 1, 1966

  • NIOSH
    OFR-65(1)-75 Mine Communication And Monitoring - Volume I: General Monitoring System Design And Experimental Results

    By M. D. Aldridge

    The results of a four-year research effort aimed at developing a practical and effective electronic system for monitoring safety conditions throughout a coal mine by displaying, at a central location,

    Jan 1, 1974

  • AIME
    25. The Mesabi Iron Range, Minnesota

    By J. S. Owens, R. W. Marsden, J. W. Emanuelson, R. F. Werner, N. E. Walker

    The iron ores of the Mesabi Range occur in a 340 to 750-foot thick, Precambrian cherty iron formation termed "taconite." For about 65 years, extensive natural iron ore bodies were mined, and the ores

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME-ICGCM
    Analysis of Ground Control Codes in the International Codes of the International Labour Organisation

    By Kazem Oraee-Mirzamani, Nikzad Oraee-Mirzamani, Arash Goodarzi

    "Unexpected movement of ground can potentially endanger lives, damage equipment or destroy property. Occupational accidents frequently occur with fatal consequences in developing countries with signif

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Development of a Blast-Induced Vibration Prediction Model Using an Artificial Neural Network

    By S. Sinha, S. Ganguly

    "In an opencast mine explosives are used for fragmentation of rock. Inefficient use of explosive energy in an opencast operation produces excessive ground vibration, which is measured by peak particle

    Feb 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Environmentally Friendly Recycling Of Automotive Catalysts in a Closed Hydrometallurgical Loop

    By S. Steinlechner

    "Today the common recycling technologies of automotive catalysts are either energy intensive pyrometallurgical processes generating huge amounts of residues or hydrometallurgical ones which have to co

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Multicomponent modelling and simulation of the Minas Rio iron ore grinding circuit

    By T M. Campos, J Silva, L M. Tavares, J Lichter, L P. Alves, B K. N Rocha, H D. G Turrer

    The depletion of the richest ore deposits and the increase in number of mining projects involving deposits with complex mineralogy, higher competence and lower grade has led to an eminent need for imp

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AIME
    A Mill for the Small Gold Mine?

    By John A. Baker

    S EVERAL FACTORS have brought about a vastly greater interest in the gold-mining industry in the last two or three years. Outstanding is the fact that there is an open market at a fixed price for all

    Jan 1, 1932

  • NIOSH
    RI 6595 Field Testing Of The Explosive-Anchored Rockbolt

    By Edward W. Parsons

    The explosive-anchored rockbolt was field tested in six mines where rock conditions varied from incompetent shale or mudstone through fairly soft sand-stone to firm sandy shales. The purpose of the te

    Jan 1, 1965