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  • SME
    Selection Of A Cutoff Grade Strategy For An Open Pit Mine

    By G. A. Hufford

    The cutoff grade applied to a disseminated orebody mined by open pit affects both the waste ratio, hence the cost of producing ore, and the ore grade, hence the quantity of metal recovered. As such it

    Jan 1, 1986

  • TMS
    Free form Fabrication of Catalytic Substrates

    By J. P. Downey, T. Salisbury, M. Berlin, E. Rosenberg, G. Pinson, R. Christianson, K. Gleason, W. Gleason, S. Davis

    "Direct digital manufacturing offers promise as a technique for fabricating complex hydrogen purification membrane support structures. Free form fabrication methods can produce parts with complex stru

    Jan 1, 2012

  • TMS
    The Role of Electrochemistry at East Penn Manufacturing

    By R. A. Spitz, R. Leiby, M. Bricker

    Electrochemistry plays a significant role in minimizing wastes at East Penn's secondary lead smelter. East Penn has been recovering spent battery acid for reuse in new batteries since 1992. East Penn

    Jan 1, 2000

  • CIM
    Investigation of Suitability of Pb-Zn Mine Tailings for Surface Paste Disposal

    By A. Bascetin

    The mining industry in Turkey has been developing in the last 10 years. Mine wastes and tailings have thus been increasing, depending on the rising production rates. There are many problems related to

    Aug 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    Digitization for Optimization: Easier and Cheaper

    By Benjamin Cebrián, María Gil, David Flores

    In many occasions during the Mining operation life, blasting engineers find different and controversial results of fragmentation, dilution or wall control for the same geotechnical domain and blast de

  • CIM
    Automatic Generation of COBIE Data from Revit

    By J. Lee

    As the usage of BIM increased in the construction industry, some construction owners started exploring the use of BIM for maintaining their facilities. Construction Operations Building Information Exc

    Aug 1, 2013

  • TMS
    Aqueous/Organic Processing Of Rare-Earth Carbonate Powders from Rare-Earth Loaded Carboxylate Solutions Using CO2 Gas

    By Yasuhiro Konishi, Yoshiyuki Noda

    "This paper describes a new processing of rare-earth oxide precursor, in which rare-earth carbonate powders are precipitated directly from emulsions of rare-earth loaded carboxylate solutions, using C

    Jan 1, 2000

  • TMS
    Mineralogical and Metallurgical Characterization of Silver-Bearing Ore from Sonora, Mexico

    By D. M. Hausen

    A refractory siliceous low-grade silver ore (265 g/t Ag) from a prospect in Sonora, Mexico was investigated mineralogically and metallurgically to evaluate extraction of the silver by conventional met

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Micro-Pile Foundations in Difficult Subsurface Conditions

    By D. Dreher Whetstone, Paul M. Blakita, Christopher M. Reith, Ravi P. Malviya

    "Micro-piles are small diameter (5 to 10 inches), cast-in-place piles which can develop high load capacities by bonding with soil or rock. Micro-piles are particularly well-suited for moderate to heav

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Optimization Program For Ore Beneficiation Flow Sheets

    By Paul Javor

    Optimization of a process is achieved by selecting, 'from all the known options, the most beneficial method of obtaining a product. It is rare that the optimum process is arrived at by convention

    Jan 1, 1971

  • IMPC
    Study on the flotation of auriferous pyrite by Y-89

    By Longjiang Li, Mao Jiang, Zhihui Shen, Guizhou University, Yin Pan

    This paper aims to study the influence and action mechanism of collector Y-89 on the flotation of auriferous pyrite. The measurement to identify adsorption quantity, IR and XPS spectrum analysis and f

    Jan 1, 2014

  • NIOSH
    Detection of Hydroxyl Radical Formation in Aqueous Suspensions of Fresh Silica Dust and Its Implication to Lipid Peroxidation in Silicosis

    By X. Shi, N. S. Dala, V. Vallaythan

    "Cellular damage induced by silica dust is known to be associated with increased fragility and destabilization or destruction of the cell membranes. The mechanism by which silica dust effects biologic

    Jan 1, 1988

  • TMS
    Effects of the Raw Material Characteristics of Iron Concentrates on Ballability

    By Jian Pan, Zhen He, Deqing Zhu, Shouyan Yue

    "The differences of raw material characteristic among six kind of iron concentrates and the influences on ballability were studied from the aspect of the size distribution, specific surface area and p

    Jan 1, 2013

  • CIM
    A New Method of Grouting Bolts for Roof Support

    By B. P. Verma, K. N. Sinha, N. M. Raju, B. Singh

    The paper describes a new method of grouting bolts developed at the Central Mining Research Station at Dhanbad in India. This method makes use of wire-mesh sleeve instead of the expensive metal tube t

    Jan 1, 1972

  • AUSIMM
    School of Mines ù Past, Present and Future

    Although the mining of metals was well established by the time of the Roman Empire mining skills did not really advance greatly for many centuries. Miners did not have the scientific knowledge to dist

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Tailings Dam Sealed By Slimes Slurry

    By Steven L. Webb

    In 1965, Monsanto started planning of a new dike (No. 15) for use in disposing of ore tailings at its Columbia, Tennessee phosphorus plant. Generally, in the phosphorus industry only clay tailings are

    Jan 1, 1971

  • CIM
    Effect of Frother Type on Foam Structure

    By Gonzalo Díaz, Diego Mesa, Willy Kracht

    "It is well known that frothers affect the amount of water that is transferred to the froth, which has an effect on both the froth stability and the water recovery. On the other hand, since non-select

    Jan 1, 2016

  • NIOSH
    RI 9482 - Calculation of Promotion Energies and Atomic Sizes for Atoms With Two Valence "S" Electrons: Supplement to Engel-Brewer Theory for Alloy Design

    By Jack R. Woodyard

    Bonding angles, promotion energies, and relative atomic sizes can be estimated through the solution of a set of algebraic equations generated from simple atomic models, and quantum mechanical paramete

    Jan 1, 2010

  • TMS
    The Cost of Oxygen in Hydrometallurgical Processing of Refractory Gold Sulphides

    By Gus Van Weert

    The cost of oxygen is a major and common factor in the hydrometallurgical processes developed or proposed tor the oxidation of refractory pyrites. This cost involves charges for the generation and the

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AUSIMM
    The Benefits of using Photogrammetry in the Geological Interpretation of the Cosmos Nickel Mine

    By K Rees

    In the ideal world of an underground mining engineer, all narrow vein orebodies would be perfectly straight and continuous, thus would be a dream to mine. However, this is usually not the case. Narrow

    Mar 26, 2012