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  • SME
    Construction of the SR-99 TBM Recovery Shaft

    By Lance Rasband, Richard Hanke, John Starcevich

    "The world’s largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), at the time of her launch in 2012, the TBM locally referred to as “Bertha,” is incapacitated due to mechanical failure. Bertha’s stoppage places her 2

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Open Pit Mining And Concentrating Of Spodumene From North Carolina Pegmatities

    By Frederick A. Subosits

    The Lithium Corporation of America's Hallman-Beam spodumene-pegmatite open pit mine is located in the Kings Mountain area of North Carolina. Figure 1. Presently this area of North Carolina is the

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Olivine - Past, Present And Future

    By Kefton H. Teague

    Olivine was first described and named by Warner in 1790. It is an olive green to greenish gray colored magnesium-iron silicate containing a mixture, in solid solution, of fosterite (Mg2SiO4) and faya

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Plate Tectonic Setting Of Appalachian-Caledonian Mineral Deposits As Indicated By Newfoundland Examples

    By D. F. Strong

    Most Newfoundland. mineral deposits can be clearly classified as within rocks formed either as accreting plate margins (ophiolitic pyrite-chalcopyrite massive sulfides such as Betts Cove, Whalesback,

    Jan 1, 1973

  • CIM
    Valdez Creek Division

    "Cambior now holds a 49% interest in the Valdez Creek Placer, having acquired American Barrick's 23.125% interest in May 1990. At the same time, the company assumed the management of the operatio

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SAIMM
    How An Object-Orientated Modelling Approach For A Mine Option Study Can Increase The Quality Of Decision: A Case Study

    By W. Gabryk

    A large new underground platinum mining project required that all different mining options were investigated during an option study before proceeding to the prefeasibility stage of the project. The ca

    Jan 1, 2012

  • AIME
    The New Freeport-McMoRan; Exploration Success And Restructuring

    By Craig E. Saporito

    INTRODUCTION Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has been very active recently with two major discoveries and its restructuring activities. This paper describes Freeport-McMoRan's businesses, the two major

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AIME
    Mining Practice At Asarco's East Tennessee Zinc Mines

    By Samuel M. Dunaway

    INTRODUCTION ASARCO Incorporated purchased the East Tennessee Zinc Mines of the American Zinc Company and commenced operating on November 29, 1971. Presently, three mines are operating producing 6

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    Regional Structure of the Thompson-Moak Lake Nickel Belt

    By H. D. B. Wilson, W C. Brisbin

    The Thompson-Moak Lake nickel belt lies along the root of a Precambrian mountain range of the island-arc or alpine type. This range coin-. cides with the boundary between the Superior and Churchill bl

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME
    The circumstances, events and politics leading the closure of the U.S. Bureau of Mines ? was it the correct decision?

    By J. Harrison Daniel

    Were the legislators and politicians responsible for the closing of the U.S. Department of the Interior?s Bureau of Mines (Bureau) in March 1996 fully aware of what they were doing? Throughout the Uni

    Jan 4, 2010

  • AIME
    Gray Iron-Steel Plus Graphite

    By J. T. Mackenzie

    HENRY MARION HOWE, in whose memory we are gathered together, was one of the great thinkers who develop from time to time to whom is given the rare gift of synthesis. Analysis is given to few, but synt

    Jan 1, 1944

  • SME
    Wealth Creation is Focus of 2006 SEG Conference

    By William R. Yernberg

    The Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) held its biennial conference May 14 through 16, 2006, in Keystone, CO. SEG is an international organization with about 3,500 individual members with interests

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    New Trends In Theory And Technology Of The Air-Pulsated Jigs In Japan - Introduction

    By Y. Jinnouchi

    An air-pulsated jig has been widely adopted as a main coal washer. It may be mainly because of its many technical and economic features such as large capacity, low running cost, long life, etc. Howeve

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Will It Be Business As Usual? Comments and Observations on Mergers and Acquisitions in the Mining Industry

    By Fred H. Lightner

    Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the mining industry are becoming frequent events. Large companies and small companies alike are jumping on the bandwagon of merger mania. The results of these mer

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Environmental Consultants In The Minerals Industry

    By Fred A. Glover

    It's a pleasure to be included with this group. I am not here to sell my services, but rather to share with you some ideas and considerations on using environmental consultants. Environmental con

    Jan 1, 1979

  • CIM
    Aerial Survey of Open Pits at Lake Asbestos of Quebec

    By Maurice Lauzon

    "Aerial surveys of the open pits have been conducted regularly at Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd. -a subsidiary of American Smelting and Re-fining Company -since 1958. Ground controls are supplied by La

    Jan 1, 1967

  • SME
    VIMS Telemetry System

    By C. S. Wageman

    Staying competitive in the highly aggressive Powder River Basin is a challenge facing all operators. Any advantage that a mine utilizes to improve productivity and reduce costs could mean the differen

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AIME
    Non-ferrous Metallurgy - Recovery of Copper by Leaching, Ohio Copper Co. of Utah (with Discussion)

    By Arvid E. Anderson, Frank K. Cameron

    The weathering of copper-bearing ores with the formation of a water soluble salt and the recovery of the metal by leaching and evaporation precipitation, are processes long known, which have at variou

    Jan 1, 1926

  • NIOSH
    OFR 195(2) - 83 - Evaluation of Safety Assessment Methods for the Mining Industry Volume II - User's Manual of Safety Assessment Methods for Mine Safety Officials

    By P. M. Daling

    The objectives of this study were to examine a representative cross section of formal safety analysis techniques developed for the nuclear and aerospace industries, to recommend those methods that wou

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ABM
    Danieli Universal Endless (Due) - The New Evolution Of Danieli Thin Slab Casting And Rolling Plant

    By Alessandro Pigani

    Over the last 25 years the thin slab casting and rolling process has been gaining a major market share in the production of hot rolled strip, progressively eroding the areas previously of exclusive do

    Aug 16, 2017