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  • SME
    Past And Future Trends In Phosphate Use (bc67086e-f222-405c-912f-9c8eb3012d83)

    By M. C. Roberts

    In assessing the future markets for a mineral from a producing district, three key aspects must be considered: 1) the future growth in markets, 2) the competitiveness of the district in terms of produ

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Improvement Of Longwall Bit Design (2515ab35-820d-4a22-94cf-dcc1d9c5ed44)

    By Yi Luo

    In a shearer longwall mining operation, the longwall bits are responsible for breaking into and chip-ping the broken coal blocks away from the coal face. However, underground observations have found t

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AIME
    The Tunnels of the Hudson Companies.*

    By D. V. BURR

    THE ORIGINAL HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL. NOT quite forty years ago a man of uncommon character entered New York. He had several hundred thousand dollars earned by railroad building in the Nest. He was not a

    Mar 1, 1908

  • CIM
    Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separators at Sidbec-Normines

    By A. Lemay, G. Morin, C. Desmeules

    "Incorporated in 1976, Sidbec Normines was mandated to exploit a deposit of specular hematite at Fire Lake. A combined effort of three companies, Sidbec, which holds 50. 1 % of the actions, British St

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AIME
    Aggregates-Slag

    By William R. Barton

    Iron and steel slag represent man's most successful attempt to date to profitably utilize a solid waste. Its consumption represents a solution to a solid waste problem and also represents tonnage

    Jan 1, 1975

  • CIM
    Survey of metal values in the ground, 1987–2004

    By H. Agnerian

    "A survey of 925 mineral property transactions worldwide was carried out between 1987 and 2004. These mineral properties with reported Mineral Resources include 457 gold properties, 322 base metal pro

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Receiving Environment Monitoring Programs - Making the Most out of Biological Indicators and Direct Toxicity Assessments for Monitoring of Aquatic Ecosystems

    By L Thorburn

    In 2009, the Queensland Government developed a series of amendments to environmental authorities (EAs) for mines throughout the Fitzroy Basin in response to studies that assessed the cumulative impact

    Nov 26, 2013

  • SME-ICGCM
    Load Transfer Mechanics In Fully-Grouted Roof Bolts

    By Maynard O. Serbousek

    The mechanics of load transfer of fully-grouted roof bolts in coal mines has been investigated in laboratory and analytical studies. The purpose of this research is to increase the understanding and b

    Jan 1, 1984

  • TMS
    A Study on Nickel Containing Iron Alloy Production From West Anatolian Region Lateritic Ores

    By Cem Colakoglu

    In this study, nickel containing iron alloys were produced by carbothermal reduction of lateritic nickel ores obtained from Manisa - Caldag region of Turkiye in order to investigate the reaction mecha

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AIME
    Part VII – July 1968 - Papers - Transient and Steady-State Creep Behavior of Nickel, Zinc, and Iron

    By B. Wilshire, W. J. Evans

    The high-temperature creep properties of nickel, zinc, and iron have been determined over a range of stresses. The creep strain, E, was found to vary with time, t, as: where e0 is the instantaneou

    Jan 1, 1969

  • AIME
    Methods Used In Prospecting For Mineral Aggregates (ffdd43f7-de17-489a-a34a-0b64218cbada)

    By Edgar R. Kendall

    A KNOWLEDGE of the fundamental principles of locating, sampling, testing and evaluating materials is essential in prospecting for mineral aggregates. In this discussion, mineral aggregates will be con

    Jan 1, 1939

  • AUSIMM
    Geotechnical Factors Affecting the Surface Placement of Process Tailings in Paste Form

    By D J. A Van Zyl, J C. Cunning

    Technological advances associated with the expanded application of paste technology in underground mine backfilling are now stimulating an interest in the disposal of process tailings as paste in the

    Jan 1, 1998

  • CIM
    Development of High-Strength and High-Toughness Plates for API X-100 and X-120 Linepipe Steels for the 21st Century

    By C. I. Garcia, G. Zhou, W. Gao, A. J. DeArdo

    The development of X-100 and X-120 linepipe steels was investigated using a series of low-carbon Mo-Nb-B steels. The laboratory steels were vacuum melted and processed using advanced thermomechanical

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    RI 7118 Tungsten Whiskers By Vapor-Phase Growth

    By A. G. Starliper

    Laboratory studies were made to produce whiskers of tungsten over a wide range of operating temperatures. Hydrogen reduction of tungsten hexachloride in a vacuum furnace at temperatures from 2,700

    Jan 1, 1968

  • AIME
    Special Problems Of Mining In Deep Potash

    By M. J. Coolbaugh

    Mining of potash more than 3000 ft beneath the water-bearing sediments in Saskatchewan presented the unique challenge of designing stable mine workings and assuring protection from overhead water in a

    Jan 5, 1967

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Retrospective on LaModel (Or Dr. Heasley?s Wild Ride)

    By Keith Heasley

    This paper is a retrospective on the development, application, and enhancement of the LaModel program from a personal perspective. The narrative starts with an explanation of the objectives behind the

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Geophysics Applied to the Exploration and Development of Copper and Molybdenum Deposits In British Columbia

    By David K. Fountain

    "The growth of the mining industry in British Columbia in the last ten years has been largely the result of the development of large low-grade copper and molybdenum deposits. There are two problems wh

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    Implementing Effective Conflict Management Techniques to Achieve Sustainable Development

    By E. McCullough

    "Fostering positive community relations is a principal tenet of sustainable development, but conflict can test even the strongest of relationships. While conflict surrounding resource development proj

    Jan 1, 2016

  • AIME
    Papers - Treated Mine Timber at Operations of Lehigh Navigation Coal Company, Inc. (T. P. 1462, with discussion)

    By Paul L. Burkhart

    THOUGH at an earlier period brief studies had been made by the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company Inc., it was not until 1924 that J. B. Warriner, then general manager, called for a comprehensive study of

    Jan 1, 1942

  • AIME
    Papers - Treated Mine Timber at Operations of Lehigh Navigation Coal Company, Inc. (T. P. 1462, with discussion)

    By Paul L. Burkhart

    THOUGH at an earlier period brief studies had been made by the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company Inc., it was not until 1924 that J. B. Warriner, then general manager, called for a comprehensive study of

    Jan 1, 1942