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  • NIOSH
    Electric Shock Prevention

    By Gordon R. Sima, John L. Bennett, Roger L. King

    Electric shocks are a serious problem in the mining environment. Because of extremely wide ranging use of electrically powered equipment in the mining industry, the hazard to personnel due to electric

  • AIME
    New York Paper - Coal-pulverizing Plant at Nevada Consolidated Copper Smelter

    By R. E. H. Pomeroy

    Early in 1917, it became evident, owing to existing and pending market conditions, that a substitute for crude petroleum must be found for firing the smelter furnaces. After a review of the plants the

    Jan 1, 1921

  • DFI
    A Digital Twin For Deep Vibro Ground Improvement

    By Negin Khalili-Motlagh-Kasmaei, Paul O'Leary, Christopher J. Rothsiedl, Dimitar Ninesvski, Alexander Zöhrer, Vincent Winter

    This paper presents the implementation of a digital twin for the vibro-replacement ground improvement process, as part of a digital construction site. The goal is to implement an evidence-based qualit

    May 1, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Gold Refining By Solvent Extraction - The Minataur? Process

    By A. Feather

    The Minataur? Process (Mintek Alternative Technology for Au Refining) is a novel route for the production of high-purity gold using solvent extraction. Following the successful demonstration of the pr

    Jan 1, 1997

  • CIM
    Latest Developments with Copper Isasmelt?

    By P. S. Arthur

    The copper I SAS MELT? process is a submerged lance bath smelting technology. In the 20 years since the process was first demonstrated on a semicommercial scale at Mount Isa in north-west Queensland,

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Grinding Circuit Final Grind Control at Agnico Eagle Meadowbank Mine

    By Pathies Nawej Muteb, Tom Strombotne, Karl Leetmaa, Irma Gabric, Keith Darby

    "Continuous control of the final grinding product size is important to optimize gold liberation for Gold Milling operations. At Meadowbank Mine an on-line Particle Size Monitor has been employed succe

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Discovery And Exploration Of The Gosowong Epithermal Quartz-Adularia Vein Deposit, Halmahera, Eastern Indonesia

    The Gosowong epithermal quartz-adularia vein, in the Halmahera magmatic arc, is a new discovery in an area of primary tropical rain forest with no history of gold mining or mineralization. The newly r

    Jan 1, 1997

  • IMMS
    Exploration At Boliden-Westmin?s VMS Myra Falls Operations: A Successful Example Of A Continued Application Of Evolving Geological Models

    By Stephen J. Juras

    The Myra Falls deposits comprise a complexly metal-zoned polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulfide district located 90 km from Campbell River in central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Th

    Jan 1, 1998

  • CIM
    Towards an Agenda for Change: The Work and Results of MMSD North America

    By R. Anthony Hodge

    1. Today?s Reality: Voisey?s Bay EIA Activities of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency The Tulsequah Chief Decisions The Bank of Montreal The World Bank World Business Council on Susta

    May 1, 2002

  • TMS
    Preliminary Investigations Into the Processing and Properties of Al-Cnt Composites

    By K. Morsi

    Carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced metallic composites have been recently generating significant scientific interest, due to their expected superior properties compared with other composites. Out of the

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Engaging Generation Y with the Minerals Industry

    Following a decline in direct and indirect employment in the minerals industry between 2000 and 2003, the situation reversed in 2004 and employment rose by 12 per cent. Furthermore, there are forecast

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    IC 7497 Mining Practices at the Harrington-Hickory Mine, Beaver Oounty, Utah

    By Paul T. Allsman

    This paper describes metal- mining practices at the Harrington -Hickory lead - silver - zinc mine at Milford , Beaver County , Utah . The operations of the Harrington-Hickory incorporate a number of f

    Apr 1, 1949

  • AUSIMM
    Tech Services - It's a Blast

    Two years ago I was sitting in a big lecture theatre at the School of Mines in Kalgoorlie at the annual New LeadersÆ Conference listening to a guy tell us all how much he loved his job, travelling the

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Top Hammer Drilling-The Way Things Work

    By William D. Hissem

    For those blasthole applications which require the use of holes ranging from 1” to 5.5” in diameter, the use of top hammer drills has been the equipment of choice for several generations of drillers.

    Jan 1, 1998

  • NIOSH
    IC 7735 Methods And Operations At The Kaiser Steel Corp. Eagle Mountain Iron Mine Riverside County, Calif. - Introduction

    By R. R. Trengove

    This paper is one of a series published by the Bureau of Mines on mining methods and operation practices. It describes the open-pit mining method and operations of the Kaiser Steel Corp. Eagle Mountai

    Jan 1, 1956

  • CIM
    Continuing Education A Critical Question

    By J. H. Brown

    "THE need for continuing education has been recognized only in fairly recent years as a major concern of the engineering profession. Formerly, it was acknowledged that engineers were required, at leas

    Jan 1, 1966

  • AIME
    Mining the San Juan Orebody El Mochito Mine, Honduras, Central America

    By Robert C. Paddock

    INTRODUCTION A way of producing 3,000 tpd from the El Mochito Mine was needed. Of this production, 2,000 tpd must come from the San Juan orebody. The original sub-level stoping method did not give

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Geology of the Southern Finisterre Range: A case history of Modern Arc-Continent Collision

    By Silver EA

    The Finisterre Range on the north coast of Papua New Guinea is the uplifted forearc riagio.n. of a modern arc-continent collision. The core of the range is composed of the P- nisterre Volcanics, a

    Jan 1, 1991

  • NIOSH
    RI 7518 Hydrolyzed Metal Ions As Pyrite Depressants In Coal Flotation: A Laboratory Study

    By A. F. Baker

    Laboratory flotation of synthetic coal-pyrite mixtures and high-pyritic-sulfur coal indicated that ferric chloride (FeCl3), aluminum chloride (AIC13), chromium chloride (CrCl3), and cupric sulfate (Cu

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SME
    The Development of a Web-Based Platform for Ground Control Applications

    By C. Newman

    "As underground mining continues to operate at deeper depths and in more complex multiple seam mining geometries there has been an increased demand for higher design standards in ground control safety

    Jan 1, 2016