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  • NIOSH
    An analysis of injury claims from low-seam coal mines

    By Sean Gallagher

    The restricted workspace present in low-seam coal mines forces workers to adopt awkward working postures (kneeling and stooping), which place high physical demands on the knee and lower back. Method:

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Aboriginal Land Rights and the Mining Industry in the Northern Territory

    The impact of moves to introduce Abori- ginal land rights was felt in the Northern Territory as early as 1972 when the Federal Government froze the processing of all appli- cations for mining intere

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    3. Use of a Ground-Water Model in Planning for Oil-Shale Mining

    By J. S. Long

    A finite-difference model using a digital computer was constructed to assist in the water management of a proposed oil-shale mining operation in the Piceance Basin in Colorado. The presence of ground

    Jan 1, 1979

  • NIOSH
    RI 5234 Estimate Of Known Recoverable Reserves Of Coking Coal In Bledsoe County, Tenn. ? Conclusions

    By Lloyd Williams

    1. Reserves have been estimated for three coal beds in Bledsoe County, Tenn.: Morgan Springs, Lantana, and Sewanee. The Richland and Nelson beds occur in Bledsoe County also, but there was not enough

    Jan 1, 1956

  • ISEE
    Stope Blast Improvement by a New Blast Design in Leeville Underground Mine

    By Miquel Lamadrid, Changshow Sun, Chris Johnson

    To reduce blasting overbreak and improve stope stability, several new blast designs were proposed for current and future stopes. Based on the analysis of the powder factor, and the extent of damage zo

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Technical Challenges for the Pike River Coal Project in a Remote Mining Environment

    By J McNee

    Pike River Coal Limited (PRCL) is developing the Pike River Coal Mine in the Paparoa Ranges of New ZealandÆs South Island. The mine is being developed to extract a coking coal deposit of the Brunner S

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Waste Disposal In Underground Mines - A Technology Partnership To Protect The Environment

    By N. T. Rempe

    The underground voids that result from mining provide opportunities for deep geologic waste disposal (DGWD). Such disposal could solve many environmental problems. DGWD takes careful planning, technol

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Precipitation Processes in Copper-Rich Copper-Iron Alloys

    By A. Boltax

    Precipitation processes occurring during both furnace cooling and aging of copper-iron albys were studied by means of electrical and magnetic measurements. On furnace cooling, two distinct stages in

    Jan 1, 1961

  • IMPC
    Recent Developments In High Voltage Electrical Comminution Research And Its Potential Applications In The Mineral Industry

    By Fengnian Shi

    In the current energy-sensitive world, sustainable development in the mineral industry will require new, better and more efficient processes. Novel comminution methods, which offer the prospect of ach

    Sep 1, 2012

  • AIME
    Rocky Mountain Energy's Experiences With In Situ Leaching Of Uranium With Acid

    By P. E. Phillips

    INTRODUCTION Rocky Mountain Energy is the mining subsidiary of the Union Pacific Corporation, and has been active m uranium exploration since 1966. Since 1970, RME's uranium activities have be

    Jan 1, 1979

  • CIM
    Slope Stability Radar for Managing Rock Fall Risks in Open Cut Mines (f7671fea-c20b-4d8f-92db-191a4e6e4965)

    By Neal Harries

    Ground movement is normal in open cut mining operations, mainly caused by excavation response and blasting. Movement of the ground can be acceptable provided it is not unexpected and catastrophic. How

    May 1, 2009

  • AIME
    Acoustic Borehole Logging In A Granitic Rock Mass Subjected To Heating

    By M. S. King, B. N. P. Paulsson

    Four vertical boreholes in the vicinity of an electrical heater simulating a canister of nuclear waste in a granitic rock mass have been logged with an acoustic borehole sonde before and after thirtee

    Jan 1, 1982

  • NIOSH
    RI 8726 Fire and Explosion Properties of Oil Shale

    By J. K. Richmond

    This is a progress report summarizing more than 5 years of a long-range Bureau of Mines research program. The purpose of this program has been to investigate the fire and explosion properties of Green

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AIME
    Canadian Potash Developments

    With one shaft almost completed and another shaft being sunk, the scope of the Saskatchewan potash area is beginning to come into focus. Some 18 companies have reportedly leased more than four million

    Jan 5, 1958

  • TMS
    Characterization of burrows from mining District of Pachuca - Real del Monte, in Hidalgo State and viability study to use these residues as alternate industrial material.

    By Eleazar Salinas R., Miguel Perez L., J. Cesar Juarez T., Martin Reyes P., Eduardo Cerecedo S., Isauro Rivera L., Francisco Patino C., Juan Hernández A.

    "A complete characterization of burrows from Mining district of Pachuca - Real del Monte, in Hidalgo state Mexico, was done. These kind of residues had not been formally characterized, founding an ave

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AIME
    Philippine Coal-Fields.

    By J. B. Dilworth

    OUTCROPS of coal have bees discovered is many localities is the Philippine archipelago, and practically all of the larger islands contain deposits of this mineral. Very little prospecting has been don

    Jan 1, 1909

  • RMCMI
    The Present Status of the Petroleum Industry in the United States - Rise Of The Industry

    By F. M. Van Tuyl

    The oil industry had its inception in the United States in 1859 when the first oil well was drilled by Col. Drake at Titusville, Pennsylvania. From, a production of 2000 barrels for that year there wa

    Jan 1, 1922

  • SME
    Water Management in Mining Operations and Potential Tools and Strategies to Address Those Challenges

    By F. Mielli

    Over the last three years there has been an increase in mining congress and conferences focusing on water management. Water in mining is a key concern for mine managers and operations, and we are now

    Feb 23, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Sensitivity of coupled dissolution – precipitation reactions to brine chemistry during copper sulfide heap leaching

    By A Jyoti, J R. Black, R R. Haese, E O. Ansah

    Copper (Cu) is a critical metal in the transition to a low-carbon power supply. Presently, low-grade copper sulfide ores account for almost 80 per cent of the global reserves. Large amounts of water a

    Aug 24, 2022

  • SME
    Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in a Process Study Software for Ore Dressing Processes

    By Prasad Kummarapurugu, Maija Teijonsalo, Sirkka-Liisa Jamsa-Jounela

    There has been a significant progress in the use of mathematical modeling and simulation in the minerals industry in the last decade. Process models have moved from academic world to important industr

    Jan 1, 1996