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  • IMMS
    Deep-Sea Mining Impacts above the Surface: Quantifying the fuel consumption and associated air pollution of a potential commercial deep-sea manganese nodule mining operation in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone

    By Andrea Koschinsky, Luise Heinrich

    (for an oral presentation) Activities for preparing future deep-sea mining offer the unique opportunity to study environmental conditions and anticipate adverse environmental impacts prior to the comm

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SAIMM
    Assessment Of Viscosity Of Slags In Ferrochromium Process

    By L. Forsbacka, M. Nakamoto, L. Holappa

    Viscosity of the slag is one of the central parameters when producing FeCr in submerged arc furnaces. It contributes to smelting behaviour and reduction kinetics of chromite ore as well as to the Cr r

    Jan 1, 2007

  • IMMS
    Zinc-Lead-Silver-Gold-Rich Barite Deposits In East Diamante Caldera, Mariana Volcanic Arc

    By J. R. Hein

    East Diamante is a submarine volcano in the southern Mariana arc that is a complex caldera about 10 km x 5 km (elongated ENE-WSW), and breached on its northern and southwestern sectors. A large field

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Iron Control in Mineral Processing (2fd76e37-d28e-4a6e-89ca-f817ec26c15b)

    By J. E. Nesset, S. R. Rao, J. A. Finch

    "For base metal sulphides, iron rejection starts in mineral processing. This review focuses on changes in plant practice specifically to improve iron sulphide rejection by control of contaminant ion e

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    OFR-5-76 Development And Evaluation Of Radon Sealants For Uranium Mines ? Introduction

    By H. G. Hammon

    Uranium miners have been shown to develop lung cancer in direct proportion to the time of exposure in the mine and the concentration of radioactivity (cumulative working level).1 Radon gas is continua

    Jan 1, 1975

  • DFI
    Uplift Micropile Load Transfer In Unsaturated Missoula Flood Deposits

    By John N. Cunningham

    Despite the wide use of micropiles for rehabilitating and retrofitting existing structures, little is known regarding the load-transfer distribution of grouted micropiles in various soil deposits. Th

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Health and Safety in Mineral Exploration: The PDAC Role

    By Bill Mercer

    The Triggers for PDAC Involvement in H&S ??Increase in serious accidents in mineral exploration in past few years ??Increasing junior role in exploration ?? Impression that there were few H&S prot

    May 1, 2008

  • NIOSH
    Disease And Illness In U. S. Mining, 1983–2001

    By Edward A. Metz, R. Larry Grayson, Douglas F. Scott

    We describe inconsistencies in disease and illness reporting in U.S. mining, identify under-reporting of disease and illness in U.S. mining, and summarize selected disease and illness in U.S. mining f

  • AIME
    Rock Mechanics Studies In A Mechanized Longwall Coal Mine

    By Paul H. Lu

    Methods and results of measuring three basic parameters for ground stability control, ground pressure, strata movement, and geomechanical properties of mine rock are presented in this paper. It is fou

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SAIMM
    Communicating Confidence in Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves

    Mining is an inherently risky business; from the technical, environmental, social, and economic uncertainties associated with advancing an exploration prospect to a viable project to the operating, ma

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Risk Management In Action—Controlling Difficult Ground By Innovation

    By A. Moergeli

    The Swiss are building the world’s longest tunnel, the 57-Kilometer (35-mile) long Gotthard Base Tunnel. Lot 252, Tunnel Amsteg: Two Hard Rock Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) crossed hydro-thermally deco

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Saprolites, Structures and Slope Angles - Applying Site-Specific Geotechnical and Mining Knowledge to Achieve the Final Design

    By E C. F Hamman

    Sunrise Dam Gold Mine is a large open pit mine 730 km NE of Perth, Western Australia. Contract mining commenced in the open pit in September 1996 in lake clays and saprolites with the first fresh rock

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Strapping of Pillars with Cables to Enhance Pillar Stability

    By J. Arzuúa, U. Castro-Filgueira, L. R. Alejano, F. Malan

    "Pillar design for underground mining is typically done using empirical formulae or numerical modelling. Practical experience and recent literature, nevertheless, illustrate the shortcomings of these

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    A discrete-event simulation and data-based framework for equipment performance evaluation in underground coal mining

    By MUSTAFA ERKAYAOGLU, ENVER YILMAZ

    Coal mining is likely to sustain its critical role as energy requirements are increasing. While surface mining exploits coal seams near the surface, underground mining techniques are crucial for extra

  • SME
    Mine Escape Vehicle (MEV) Technology Evaluation

    By L. Giraldo, S. Cotten

    "INTRODUCTION The vision for a “Mine Escape Vehicle” (MEV) is to provide capabilities to better enable underground travel to allow miners to escape to safety in the event of a major mine emergency suc

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    RI 5450 Core-Drill Sampling Of Cuyuna-Range Manganiferous Iron Formations, Crow Wing County, Minn. ? Summary

    By Leonard F. Heising

    Domestic production of Metallurgical-grade manganese has contributed such a small percentage of the United States industrial demands that areas known to contain large tonnages of low-grade manganese o

    Jan 1, 1959

  • AIME
    Local Section News (6cd8bd47-f9bf-4ceb-8b43-ec17acad5a0e)

    PUGET SOUND SECTION SIMON H. ASH, Chairman, I. F. LAUCKS, Vice-Chairman, CHARLES SIMENSTAD, Sec.-Treas., 425 Lyon Building, Seattle, Wash. GLENVILLE A. COLLINS, JOHN N. POTT. The Puget Sound Sect

    Jan 3, 1917

  • IMMS
    Chatham Rise Phosphate Project ? Technical and Environmental Challenges and Economic Opportunities to Marine Phosphate Extraction in New Zealand

    By Chris Castle

    Following the recent award of a prospecting license by the New Zealand Government, Widespread Energy Ltd. (Widespread) is focused on the acceleration of its exploration program in order to bring a pot

    Jan 1, 2010

  • AIME
    Membership (a1e080e8-bbb0-4626-9f1c-486e7d9a8247)

    NEW MEMBERS The following list comprises the names of those persons who became members during the period of Feb. 10, 1918, to Mar 10, 1918. ADKINSON, HENRY M., Min. Engr Walker Bank Bldg., Salt La

    Jan 4, 1918

  • AIME
    Student Associates (48377af2-01cf-4217-8c20-e611317da5b4)

    Abramovits, Charles, Student. Case School of Applied Science Cleveland, Ohio. '37 Adams, Benjamin C., Jr Address Wanted. '36 Adams, Ernest C., Student, Univ. of Illinois 908 W. Green St.

    Jan 1, 1937