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  • AUSIMM
    Evaluation of the Effects of Organic Matter on the Net Acid Generation (NAG) Test

    By S Miller, R Smart, J Thomas

    Single-addition and sequential net acid generation (NAG) experiments were carried out on natural and prepared samples with varying contents of organic matter and pyritic S. Results show that carbonace

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    Schuylkill Valley Paper - The Rock-Drill Applied to Opening the Tapping-Hole of a Blast-Furnace

    By David Baker

    Devices for saving labor in immediate connection with the operation of the iron blast-furnace have received comparatively little attention. Machines for hoisting and blowing, always employed in some f

    Jan 1, 1893

  • ISEE
    Description of Damage Constitutive Model as Documented in Pronto3D Manual 3/89

    By Billy J. Thorne

    The damage model in PRONTO simulates the dynamic fracture behavior of brittle rock. It is based on work started by Kipp and Grady, [lg] continued by Taylor, Chcn and Kuszmaul [I91 [20] and recently.mo

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    A Decision Support System For The Management Of The Mineral Resources Of A Developing Country

    By G. D. Schena

    A decision support system for the management of the mineral resources of a developing country has been derived. The system allows the evaluation of the impact of a mineral project in a developing coun

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AIME
    A History Of American Mining - The Beginning

    The American mining industry is vigorous today because it is young. At a time when the ore deposits of central Europe, for example, were being exploited actively, those of the United States were lying

    Jan 1, 1932

  • AUSIMM
    Reformation of the Hydraulic Stowing Mining Method

    By Bingwen Z, Fengyi K

    The hydraulic-stowing mining method is most effective for mining thick coal seams. It is superior to the sliced cover- caving and artificial mining method and the fully mechanized sublevel-caving mi

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AIME
    Technical Notes - Structure and Crystallography of Second Order Twins in Copper

    By C. G. Dunn, M. Sharp

    IN twinned crystals of the face-centered cubic metals the lattice of one twin is a mirror image of the other in a common twin boundary. When several twins appear within large grain in a sheet specimen

    Jan 1, 1953

  • CIM
    Reaction Product Layer on Chalcopyrite in Cupric Chloride Leaching

    By M. Lundström

    The Outotec HydroCopper® process is a novel technology, developed and registered by Outotec Technology Oy, for leaching copper from chalcopyrite using cupric chloride solution. The leaching process is

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Factors Affecting Acid Generation and their Relevance to the Mines of the Northern Territory

    By Jiaxin Zhou

    Acid mine drainage is a serious and chronic environmental problem of mining. This paper discusses the factors affecting the rate of acid generation by mine rocks and illustrates the relevance of the

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    The Relevance of Risk - A Management Perspective

    In 1989 Henry Fairlie wrote a cover story for The New York Republic, 'Fear of Living'. He noted, `The first Apollo space craft caught fire during a test on the launch pad. Three astronauts

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Comparison of Sulfide Oxidation in Unweathered Pyritic Mine Tailings

    By R Herbert, M E. Malmstr÷, S U. Salmon

    The study focuses on sulfide oxidation processes in unweathered pyrite-rich mine tailings from a soil-covered impoundment in northern Sweden. To simulate the oxygen-limited conditions in water saturat

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    Arizona Paper - Automatic Operation of Mine Hoists as Exemplified by the New Electric Hoists for the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co.

    By M. A. Whiting, H. Kenyon Burch

    One of the advantages presented by electric drive in many classes of work is the ease with which the electric motor can be controlled automatically. In a large number of cases certain features of the

    Jan 1, 1917

  • AIME
    How Drip Irrigation Revegetates Mine Wastes in an Arid Environment

    By Stuart A. Bengson

    It is extremely difficult to revegetate disturbed sites and mineral wastes in an arid environment because of sporadic and undependable rainfall. Thus, irrigation is often a must for starting seed germ

    Jan 8, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    An Experimental Investigation of Deep Cutting Forces in Artificial Rock

    By Mostyn G

    In the last three decades various theories have been presented to allow the estimation of the force required to cut rock. These have generally relied on an hypothesised mechanism of chip formation.The

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AIME
    Extractive Mettallurgy Division - Conductivity and Sulfur Activity in Liquid Copper Sulfide

    By M. Bourgon

    The conductivity of liquid copper sulfide has been measured as a function of the mole fraction of sulfur in the melt at three temperatures: 1170°, 1250°, and 1300°C. The results show that a) the condu

    Jan 1, 1958

  • AIME
    Waste Dump Stability at Fording Coal Limited in B.C.

    By Robert S. Nichols

    Fording Coal Limited's mine in the Rocky Mountains near Elkford, B.C. has produced 21.8 million clean tonnes of metallurgical coal from 1971 to 1980, inclusive. This production has come from seve

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    Hydrogeochemical Investigation of the Reactive Tailings at the Waite Amulet Site, Noranda, Quebec

    By R. Siwik, N. K. Davé

    "The national reactive tailings (RATS) program is a co-operative industry-government effort to develop practical techniques for closure of reactive tailings areas. This paper summarizes the RATS progr

    Jan 1, 1987

  • ISEE
    Energy Factor - The Next Logical Step

    By Chad Ducey

    The proper utilization of energy in an explosive column is of paramount importance to the success of any blast. Historically, Powder Factor (the weight of explosive per mass or volume of material to b

    Jan 1, 2000

  • NIOSH
    RI 7079 Recovery Of Alumina And Iron From Pacific Northwest Bauxites By The Pedersen Process

    By Oliver C. Fursman

    The Bureau of Mines undertook this investigation in order to determine the feasibility of producing commercially acceptable alumina and iron by application of the Pedersen process to high-silica, high

    Jan 1, 1968

  • RMCMI
    Membership List (462cf22b-6561-4de6-8185-b85c5b01b8e1)

    [Abbott, Jay Union Supply Co., 7458 So. Jackson St., Denver, Colo. 80122 Achziger, Ronald H Midwest Rubber & Supply Co., 6404 E. 39th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80207 Acre, Lee Dorchester-Colomine, 2944

    Jan 1, 1979