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  • DFI
    Use of Enhanced Pre-Mixed Self-Hardening Grout for an Emergency Cut-Off Wall Intervention in West Africa

    By Maurizio Siepi, Bruno Vingiani, Claudio Asioli

    "The article describes an emergency rehabilitation intervention executed at Buyo Dam, in Ivory Coast, to intercept a significant water seepage occurring through the foundation of this zoned earthfill

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    A Back Analysis Of The Crandall Canyon Mine Collapse

    By Keith A. Heasley

    The objective of this paper is to back-analyze the August 6th ,2007 collapse at the Crandall Canyon Mine in order to better understand the geometric and geo- mechanical factors which contributed to th

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Application of Millisecond Blasting in Driving Tunnels

    By Louis Frost

    "1N 1951, the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation, as part of a programme of modernization in their coal mining operations at Sydney Mines and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, undertook the development of two

    Jan 1, 1955

  • AIME
    Production - Foreign - Petroleum Developments in Peru, 1942-1944

    By O. B. Hopkins

    The reports for the years 1942 and 1943 were written in 1943 and 1944, respectively, and were summarized at the meetings of the Institute in February 1941 and February 1944, but were held in manuscrip

    Jan 1, 1945

  • AIME
    Transportation of Hot Metal in Mixer Cars

    By G. D. TRANT

    HOT metal is commonly transported from the blast furnace to the open hearth by one or the other of two general methods: (1) by hot-metal ladles, usually in conjunction with a stationary mixer, or; (2)

    Jan 1, 1929

  • SME
    Gencor - Its Formation And Growth In International Mining

    By David Whitehead

    My qualification to speak on the globalization of the the mining industry comes from having worked in the industry in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Australasia in positions ranging from

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Advances In Flotation Technology: Tank Cells Revisited

    By T. A. Lloyd

    The use of tank cells over the years has provided a means for low cost, space efficient, extra capacity in existing flotation circuits. In some cases, new plants have selected tank cells as the machin

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Report Writing In A Mine Design Course

    Engineering programs usually do not provide sufficient opportunities for students to develop written communication skills. The responsibility for developing those skills is frequently delegated to the

    Jan 1, 1995

  • CIM
    Limestone in the Iron and Steel Industry

    By N. B. Clarke

    LIMESTONE, as a name, covers a great variety of stone consisting of varying amounts of calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, and impurities such as silica, alumina, and sulphate of lime. In the iron

    Jan 1, 1939

  • NIOSH
    IC 7973 Iron And Steel Scrap In California And Nevada ? Introduction And Summary

    By George C. Branner

    This Bureau of Mines report presents information on the origin, collection, movement, and consumption of iron and steel scrap in California and Nevada. As far as practicable, information is presented

    Jan 1, 1960

  • DFI
    Experiences And New Developments In Offshore Foundation

    By Franz-Werner Gerressen

    As alternative energy industries pick up speed internationally, and as government regulation and restriction limit the use of impact hammers due to environmental limitation from construction induced n

  • NIOSH
    RI 3065 Trends In The Production And Uses Of Granite As Dimension Stone ? Introduction

    By Oliver Bowles

    The National Granite Commission at its annual meeting in Norfolk, Va., in January, 1930, passed a resolution requesting the Bureau of Mines to conduct an economic study of the granite industry. In com

    Jan 1, 1931

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation Of Net Smelter Returns In The South African PGE Industry By Application Of Base Metal Concentrate Commercial Treatment Terms

    By D. A. Cowen

    Toll and custom treatment of base metal concentrates have been performed for decades as mines and concentrators are developed distant from capital and, energy-intensive smelting and refining facilitie

    Jan 1, 2012

  • TMS
    Recovery Of Zinc(II) From Spent Hydrochloric Acid Solutions From Zinc Hot-Dip Galvanizing Plants

    By Magdalena Regel-Rosocka

    Extraction of zinc(II) from hydrochloric acid solutions is discussed. The literature on the extraction of zinc(II) in the presence of iron(III) and iron(II) with various basic and solvating reagents h

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Vitrification of Spent Potliners

    By K. N. Hebbar, R. G. Reddy

    Spent potliners (SPL) were declared hazardous waste under RCRA (K088) in July, 1990. The glass formation characteristics of the SPL was studied. The SPL glassy matrix were analyzed using X-ray diffrac

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AIME
    Training Of Metallurgical Engineers In The Steel Industry

    By E. C. Wright

    THE following article is based on observation of college graduates entering the steel industry in technical work made during the past 25 years, the first five of which were spent as a college instruct

    Jan 1, 1946

  • AIME
    Waste Involved in Preliminary Investigation of Mineral Deposits

    By H. Foster Bain

    THIS subject is one that has attracted my attention for a good many years. All of us have had occa-sion to think of the waste that comes from the poor organization of our methods of finding mines and

    Jan 3, 1922

  • SME
    Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Scrubber Stone In Indiana

    By Nelson R. Shaffer

    Implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is negatively affecting production of coal used for generating electric power in Indiana and elsewhere in the Midwest. Required reduction of sulf

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AIME
    Papers - Ventilation - Progress in Air Conditioning for the Ventilation of the Butte Mines (Mining Technology, July 1941)

    By A.S. Richardson

    AIR conditioning, or air cooling, for the improvement of ventilation in the Butte mines has come into increasing use during the past 10 years. In part, the methods practiced have been described in pre

    Jan 1, 1943

  • AIME
    Papers - Ventilation - Progress in Air Conditioning for the Ventilation of the Butte Mines (Mining Technology, July 1941)

    By A. S. Richardson

    AIR conditioning, or air cooling, for the improvement of ventilation in the Butte mines has come into increasing use during the past 10 years. In part, the methods practiced have been described in pre

    Jan 1, 1943