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  • CIM
    Large Single Line Grinding Circuits at the Highest Availability

    By C. Horstmann, D. Andreo, G. Barthold

    "The concept of large single line grinding circuits provides a valid answer in project feasibility studies by reducing capital investment requirements compared to parallel lines for the same plant thr

    Jan 1, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Life-of-Mine Ventilation System Upgrade at Springvale Colliery - A Case Study

    By B Smith, R Gelson

    Springvale Colliery is an underground longwall mine situated approximately 10 km north-west of Lithgow in the western coalfields of New South Wales. Following a full-scale review of the mineÆs ventila

    Jul 1, 2013

  • SME
    The Challenge Of Analytical Method Selection

    By L. Blain

    In practice, geochemical analyses can be grouped in two broad categories according to their aim. Those that seek to determine the exact chemical composition of geological materials fall under the head

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    Doyle Drive – Extreme Pile Installation

    By Peter Faust

    "The south access road to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, known as Doyle Drive or Presidio Parkway, needs to be replaced. Built in 1936, it is the primary highway and transit linkage through San F

    Jan 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Understanding Tailings Geochemistry - Continuous Learning and Innovation When Planning for Mine Closure

    By N Kawashima, R St C Smart, A M. Robertson

    This paper focuses on a case study at a base metal mine located in a tropical semi-arid area of Western Australia (WA). It is demonstrated that understanding the geochemical nature of the mine tailing

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AIME
    Economics of Oil-Producing Practice

    By C. H. Lieb

    ONE astounding fact in the production of petroleum is the comparatively recent realization by producers that flowing production is the cheapest crude produced. About 1910 or even later, operators actu

    Jan 1, 1936

  • AUSIMM
    George Fisher Mine - Feasibility and Construction

    By G S. B Karunatillake

    Following a pre-feasibility study, Mount Isa Mines commenced a feasibility study on the deposit of the George Fisher Mine in May 1997. Board approval was granted in May 1998 to construct a 2.5 million

    Jan 1, 2000

  • CIM
    The Tramline

    By Peter C. Jones

    Owing to the inadequacy of the ore transport system at Cassiar in the late 1960's, a new facility was required. This paper traces the various alternatives considered and gives a description of th

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AIME
    The Preparation Of Brown Iron-Ores.

    By H. S. Geismer

    INTRODUCTION. THERE are three general methods available for obtaining commercial brown iron-ore : hand-screening; washing; and washing and concentrating. Hand-screening has produced a large tonnage

    Aug 1, 1911

  • SME
    Pit Slope Design Challenges In Residual Soils And Weathered Rock: Background And A Case Study

    By J. Geyer, B. T. Burton, H. W. Newcomen

    For open pits developed in tropical climates the upper portions of the pit walls are often located in residual soils and weathered rock. Due to the presence of relict structures, and the relatively l

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ABM
    Rolling Yesterday, Today And The Challenge For Tomorrow

    By Karl Berger

    The paper gives a comprehensive overview of the historical development of various metal rolling technologies and also describes the influence to industrial and socio-economic developments. The rolling

    Jul 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Procuring Control and Intelligent Traffic Systems for Major New Build Projects – Avoiding Pitfalls and Maximising Value

    By G M. Taylor

    The application of high technology to monitor and control fire life safety, critical functionality in tunnels and underground spaces generally has progressed at an ever accelerating rate over the past

    Sep 17, 2014

  • CIM
    Iron in Arsenic Removal - From Traditonal Arsenic Precipitation to Novel Electrochemical Processes

    By M. Arvola, A. Mäkinen, N. Isomäki

    Arsenic is a compound that has no significant market value. However, it needs to be removed from ores, concentrates and other process streams because of environmental or technical processing concerns.

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Maximizing REE Enrichment by Froth Flotation of Alaskan Coal Using Box-Behnken Design Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By T. Gupta, T. Ghosh

    Rare earth elements (REEs) and their compounds are essential in a multitude of mundane and sophisticated applications such as renewable energy technologies, catalysts, medicine, and defense applicatio

  • NIOSH
    RI 4014 Valery Fluorspar Deposit, Pershing County, Nev

    By Victor E. Kral

    The Valery fluorspar deposit , also known as the Hamilton deposit , is northeast of Lovelock and 4 miles by poor dirt road east of U. S. Highway 40 . It is in the Humboldt Mining District , on the wes

    Feb 1, 1947

  • CIM
    The Effect of Lifter Design on the Alumbrera's SAG Mill Performance: Design Expectations and Optimization

    By Mark Sherman, M. Dennis, Raj Rajamani

    "The two Alumbrera 36ft (10.97m)dia. SAG mills were sized, using the FDW ""Grindpower 'I program, to treat an average of 1852 tph each. This paper describes how modelling of the shell lifter design, u

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Computer Modeling Of Underground Ventilation System At WIPP

    By S. C. Sethi

    The WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) Project near Carlsbad, New Mexico, is a research and development project sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, designed to demonstrate the safe containment for

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Designing User Interfaces for the Mines of the Future – User Centred Approach

    By E Widzyk-Capehart

    The mines of the future can be envisioned as complex, large-scale technological systems being operated remotely from few centrally located (major cities) operating centres and skeletal crew stationed

    Nov 22, 2011

  • SAIMM
    The Impact Of Platinum Production From Ug2 Ore On Ferrochrome Production In South Africa

    By J. Basson, L. R. Nelson, L. A. Cramer

    The South African based platinum mines produce the world?s majority of platinum metal that is used in autocatalysts and jewellery. As the platinum market is forecast to grow at healthy rates into the

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Paper No. 172. An Automatic Electrical System For Indicating The Position of ôChairsö in Shafts.

    SEVERAL serious accidents, which had occurred owing to the platman leaving the plat without first withdrawing the "chairs" from the shaft, set the writer scheming to devise a mechanically op

    Jan 1, 1909