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Acid and High Analysis Fertilizer Production From Western Phosphate RockBy Robert J. McNally
There are three primary plant nutrients-nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium--expressed in any fertilizer compound as percent N, percent P2O5, and percent K20, in that order. This article will be conce
Oct 1, 1956
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A Case Study Of Grouted Roof Bolt Loading In A Two-Entry Gate RoadBy Stephen P. Signer
A field test was conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Mines at the Cyprus Plateau Starpoint No. 2 Mine. near Price. UT. to study the support rock interaction mechanics. Twelve instrumented. fully grouted r
Jan 1, 1990
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Continuous Gas Monitoring Using Tube Bundles At The Joanne Mine FireBy L. E. Dalverny
This Bureau of Mines report describes the deployment, 5-month operation, and lessons gained from a continuous gas monitoring system using sampling-tube bundles at an underground mine fire in West Virg
Jan 1, 1975
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Ground Observation System (GOS): A Web-Based Data Information Center for Ground Control MonitoringBy E. C. Westman, W. R. Thomas, W. J. Conrad, A. J. R. Russell
"Understanding ground control problems continues to remain a focus of the mining engineering community. To aid mine operators and engineers in identifying and responding to ground control issues, the
Jan 1, 2015
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Applying Raman Spectrocospy And Multivariate Statistical Analysis To The Characterization Of MineralsBy T. Deschaines
Raman Spectroscopy has become increasingly popular as a method to rapidly identify and characterize minerals, gem stones and other inorganic materials. Raman spectroscopy provides valuable information
Jan 1, 2010
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Changes in the Converter Slag Chemistry Due to the Southern Peru Ilo Smelter ModernizationBy J. Suarez Condezo, E. Herrera Alarcon
The Ilo Smelter Modernization Project will require treating the slag from the Peirce Smith converters in Slag Cleaning Furnaces using pig iron technology. Currently the slags from the converters show
Jan 1, 2007
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Seismic Rehabilitation Of Seattle's Pier 69By David Pierce
The Port of Seattle, one of the largest on the west coast of North America, made a strong statement regarding their support for reusing existing structures when a decision was made to rehabilitate Pie
Jan 1, 1992
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Natural vs. Synthetic Magnesites in the Manufacture of RefractoriesBy O. M. Wicken
Magnesite has the unique combination of properties that make it useful in a wide variety of metallurgical applications. The use of refractory magnesite has been increasing throughout the world, but th
Jan 1, 1964
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Mechanical Properties of Precipitation Hardened Supersaturated Al-Sc-ZrBy Joseph Licavoli, Paul Sanders, Yang Yang
"Al-Sc-Zr alloys form thermally stable L12 precipitates which provide high temperature strength. Although the overall fraction of L12 Al3Sc and Al3Zr may be increased by increasing scandium (Sc) and z
Jan 1, 2018
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RI 9017 - Triboelectric Effects on Polyethylene Methane Drainage PipelinesBy R. L. King, J. Cervik, A. A. Campoli
The Bureau of Mines performed laboratory experiments to evaluate the triboelectric effect of particulate-laden gas streams on polyethylene pipe at various velocity, humidity, dust-size, and dust-load
Jan 1, 1986
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Detecting Mining Induced Seismic Sources in Drill Core - RASIM 2022By Rene Padilla, Siyanda B. Mngadi, Gerrie van Aswegen, Peter Stonestreet
While many mine tunnels are developed through ground that must be riddled with the sources of small (and larger) mining induced seismic events, recorded by the mine seismic monitoring systems, we do n
Apr 26, 2022
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Quantitative Analysis of Silica in Silica-Kaolin Mixtures by Photoacoustic and Diffuse Reflectance SpectroscopiesBy M. S. Seehra, R. S. Pandurangi
"INTRODUCTION Silica and kaolin (a layer aluminosilicate) are among the major constituents of most coal mine dusts.' Whereas kaolin is cytotoxic in vitro but nonfibrogenic in vivo in humans and experi
Mar 1, 1992
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Modelling Intact Rock Strength of Clay-Rich Rocks with Geochemistry at the Simandou Iron Ore Deposit, Guinea, West AfricaBy M Campbell, A Jeffcoate, J-C Vannay, B Perriaux
Phyllite waste rock at the Simandou Pic de Fon and Oueleba Iron Ore deposits (Guinea, West Africa) variably weather to form clay-rich rocks. This weathering modifies the mineralogical, geochemical and
Aug 12, 2013
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New Collector Chemistries For Sulfide Mineral FlotationBy R. R. Klimpel
The use of froth flotation as a means of separating and upgrading sulfide mineral concentrates is standard industrial practice throughout the world. Froth flotation is also widely recognized to be a v
Jan 1, 1988
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Mining History in the Black Hawk Mining District, Burro Mountains, Southwestern New Mexico - SME Annual Meeting 2025By Virginia T. McLemore
The Black Hawk district in New Mexico hosts an unusual type of deposit: arsenide five-element veins. These deposits are Ag-Co-Ni-Bi-As-bearing carbonate veins with local concentrations of U, Pb, Zn, S
Feb 1, 2025
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IT concept design for a mid–size construction company in Poland APCOM 2021By S. F. Böde, K. Böde
This paper focuses on developing a comprehensive and pragmatic information technology (IT) strategy for low-margin construction activities. This forms part of the realignment of the general business s
Sep 1, 2021
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Effect of Scale of Premixed Methane-Air Combustion in Confined Space Using Les ModelBy N. S. Aouad
"Gaseous explosions are one of the most hazardous incidents in process and mining industries. Experimental research in this area is shown to be high risk and expensive. Computational Fluid Dynamics (C
Jan 1, 2015
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Reservoir Engineering - General - Prediction of K-Values for Ternary Hydrocarbon Systems: Conditions up to the Critical PointBy G. Thodos, R. J. Smialek
A method has been developed that permits the correlations of Mehra and Thodos8 and Dastur and thodos2 for binary systems to be used for the prediction of the vapor-liquid equilibrium constants of the
Jan 1, 1965
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Characterization of Copper Oxides by Eds-Sem Depth Profiling, EIS And XRDBy David Cocke
Study of surface and subsurface interfacial chemistry of metallic and similar systems has its enormous technological importance. Copper, for example, is a common component of many alloys and bulk amor
Jan 1, 2009
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Lean Operations Strategy To Combat Uncertainties In Temperature At Bof End Point, Tapping, Deoxidation, Alloy Addition And Thermal HistoryBy Deepu Philip, Pratik Agarwal, Ajay Kumar Shukla, Ishani Shukla, G Rajesh
Steel plants generally employ static BOF end point control models to arrive at a given temperature and chemistry at the end of blow. These end point models have now been supplemented with chaos contro
Jan 1, 2014