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  • TMS
    Aqueous Biphasic Systems For Metal Separations: A Microcalorimetric Analysis Of Polymer/Salt Interactions'

    By D. J. Chaiko

    Certain radionuclide ions (e.g., TcO4) exhibit unusually strong Affinities toward the polymer-rich phase in aqueous biphase systems generated by combinations of salt solutions with polymers such as po

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Design and Construction of a Shallow Twin Tube Bifurcation— Atlanta Plane Train West Extension Project - NAT2022

    By John Murray, Daniel Ebin, Robert Gould, Yiming Sun, Lizan Gilbert

    The Atlanta Plane Train Tunnel West Extension is being constructed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport using the Sequential Excavation Method (SEM). The tunnel has shallow ground cover

    Dec 1, 2022

  • SME-ICGCM
    Ground Control Aspects of a Successful Underground Coal Mine Trial in Weak Strata in Indonesia

    By Andrew Lewis, Amarit Nitaramorn, Alexander Garcia, Peter Altounyan

    "Indonesia is a major coal producer, the vast majority being sourced from opencast operations. Underground production to date has been constrained by unfavorable ground conditions and limited local ex

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Hecla Mining Company 125 Years Since 1891

    "2016 marks an amazing accomplishment in the mining industry as Hecla Mining Company celebrates its 125th anniversary. Mining Engineering sat down with Hecla chief executive officer Phil Baker to gain

    Jun 1, 2016

  • IMPC
    Alkali Extraction Test To Detect Oxidation Of Bitumen In Oil Sand Ores

    By Leopoldo Gutierrez

    Eight oil sand ores with the bitumen content ranging between 3.6 and 15 wt.% and the fines content (-44 micrometers size fraction) between 9 and 69 vol.% were subjected to the standard alkali extrac

    Sep 1, 2012

  • AIME
    Extractive Metallurgy Division - New Tough Pitch Continuous Copper Melting and Casting Unit at Asarco's Perth Amboy Plant

    By J. R. Stone, G. D. Storm

    Design features and operating methods of ASARCO's new unit for the continuous melting and casting of tough pitch copper at Perth Amboy are described. Preliminary studies made for determinitzg e

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME
    Dust Suppression Hopper Reduces Dust Liberation during Bulk Loading: Two Case Studies

    By J. R. Patts, A. B. Cecala

    "After industrial sand has been mined and processed, the finished product is typically loaded into small bags of 45 kg (100 lb) or less, large bulk bags of 454 to 1,361 kg (1,000 to 3,000 lb), or vehi

    Jan 9, 2018

  • CIM
    A Study of Ferrihydrite Precipitation in the Zinifex Paragoethite Process

    By M. Loan

    The Zinifex's Hobart Smelter uses the paragoethite process to remove dissolved Fe(III) from concentrated zinc leach liquors. This produces a residue consisting primarily of 6-line ferrihydrite (a

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Pioneer Days of Electrolytic Copper Refining in Japan: From the First Copper Refinery up to the Present Day

    By Phillip J. Mackey, Susumu Okabe

    Copper mining and smelting has been carried out in Japan for over 13 centuries and in fact stretching back into antiquity. In 1889, the first electrolytic copper refinery in Japan based on Elkington’s

    Jan 1, 2019

  • NIOSH
    IC 8934 A Dynamic Gas-Mixing System

    By C. R. Carpenter

    A dynamic gas-mixing system assembled by the Bureau of Mines for the generation of precise gas mixtures from sources of concentrated or pure gases and diluent gases is described. A set of electronic m

    Jan 1, 1983

  • NIOSH
    RI 6842 Yield And Ultimate Strengths Of Rock Bolts Under Combined Loading

    By Lars Osen

    The Bureau of Mines investigated (1) the effect of torsion on yield and ultimate strengths of bolts when the torsion is applied first and tensile load is applied independently of torsion and (2) vario

    Jan 1, 1966

  • DFI
    Excavation Support by Deep Soil Mixing- Challenges on Depth and Long Term Exposure

    By D. Barber, A. D. Miller, P. A. Bray

    The project was to develop an area within the existing West County Wastewater Treatment Plant which would enable the construction of a new Raw Wastewater Pump Station (RWPS) with a footprint of approx

    Jan 1, 2017

  • IMPC
    The Laws of Froth Products’ Beneficiation in Tapered Chutes

    By E. A. Bekchurina, Yu. P. Morozov

    "This paper presents the results of a study of the concentration of flotation froths in tapered chutes. The tests were conducted on lab and full-scale plants, and the results obtained were mathematica

    Jan 1, 2018

  • NIOSH
    RI 4954 Drying And Carbonizing Fine Coal In Entrained And Fluidized State ? Introduction And Summary

    By V. F. Parry

    This report is the first substantial description of the carbonizing process and the details of experimental work conducted at the Denver laboratories under a coopeative agreement between the Bureau of

    Jan 1, 1953

  • SME
    A Holistic Vision for a Systems Approach to Resource Governance - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By H Arvidson, Rondinelli Sousa, Nic Pollock, Cesar Carrasco, Boz Elloy

    Global public mineral reporting codes have driven strong governance of public disclosures of minerals information. Recently, we have seen an increase in disclosure of information related to Environmen

    Feb 1, 2024

  • NIOSH
    RI 6893 Flexible Liners For Underground Support - Applicability Considerations And Experimental Procedures

    By Ernest L. Corp

    First in a projected series on the use of flexible liners for support of underground mine openings, this report presents information obtained from an extensive review of the literature on this subject

    Jan 1, 1967

  • DFI
    Load and Resistance Factor Design – Past, Present and Future

    By Silas C. Nichols, Jennifer E. Nicks

    "Limit states design (LSD), or load and resistance factor design (LRFD), is a method to account for the uncertainty in loads and resistance through a reliability calibration that requires all applicab

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Rock Mass Response To Mining Longwall Panel 4N, York Canyon Mine (7fd13e90-6106-40aa-b184-7520ddae1741)

    By Donald W. Gentry

    This paper presents some of the results of a rock mechanics in¬strumentation program designed for, and implemented at, longwall panel 4N at the York Canyon Mine near Raton, New Mexico. The objective

    Jan 1, 1977

  • AUSIMM
    Prevention of Blast Induced Damage to Underground Mine Infrastructure from Open Pit Operations – A Case Study

    By A Campbell

    Open pit blasting at Ernest Henry Mining has the potential to cause damage to nearby underground workings. This paper is a case study of the blast vibration management project that was conducted to en

    Nov 8, 2011

  • NIOSH
    RI 9504 - Electrowinning Of Neodymium From A Molten Oxide-Fluoride Electrolyte

    By D. K. Dysinger

    In this U.S. Bureau of Mines study, neodymium metal of 99.8 pct purity was prepared by electrolysis of Nd203 salts dissolved in a molten fluoride electrolyte. The metal was electrowon in a molten stat

    Jan 1, 2010