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  • SAIMM
    Sampling protocol review of a phosphate ore mine to improve short term mine planning

    By L. Capponi

    At Tapira Mine (Tapira/MG/ Brazil), the largest phosphate concentrate producer in Brazil, the mining is fully mechanized and carried out using open pit mining. This work presents a review of the sam

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Underground Haulage Selection: Shaft Or Ramp For A Small-Scale Underground Mine

    By B. Elevli

    This paper deals with the selection of alternative accesses to a podiform chromite orebody in Turkey. The most important alternatives studied in a related project have been stated as a new vertical sh

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Influence of ground motion model selection on seismic hazard for Johannesburg

    By R. J. Durrheim, B. Manzunzu, V. Midzi

    Selecting ground motion prediction models (GMPM) is crucial in assessing seismic hazard levels in a specific region. This study investigates the influence of ground motion model (GMM) selection on sei

    Jan 12, 2025

  • AIME
    Ruhr Coal - How Army Engineers Tackled the 'Dictator" of Western Europe

    By Paul Queneau

    FEW of us who waded ashore on the Norman beaches realized the importance of coal to a successful invasion. General Eisenhower and his staff had been aware of the essential need for coal and an able So

    Jan 1, 1946

  • AIME
    Coal - Economic Significance of Recent Technologic Research On Solid Fuels

    By R. L. Brown, A. C. Fieldner

    Committee it supports pioneering research on the development of a coal-burning gas turbine and through the Mining Development Committee it promotes research on a new type of continuous mining machine

    Jan 1, 1952

  • AIME
    Part X – October 1968 - Papers - Low-Temperature Heat Capacity and High-Temperature Enthalpy of CaMg2

    By J. F. Smith, J. E. Davison

    The heat capacity of CaMg2 was measured over the temperature interval, 4.8° to 287°K, by the technique of low-temperature adiabatic calorimetry. Heat content measurements were performed with a drop ca

    Jan 1, 1969

  • SME
    The Revolutionary Mobile-Bridge Haulage System Pioneered At Bell & Zoller

    By Robert E. Ennis

    The somewhat misnomered "continuous" face section is in most mines today still far from perfect continuity. Achieving uninterrupted flow of coal from the mining machine to the outside has been a long

    Jan 1, 1965

  • SME
    Distinct element analysis for the effectiveness of preliminary coal pillar rib support systems based on the strength-reduction method using coal mass constitutive model

    By MAURICE SUNKPAL, Taghi Sherizadeh, Kutay E. Karadeniz, Dogukan Guner, Samuel Nowak

    In this study, various rib bolting scenarios were investigated to better understand the effectiveness of the support systems. A coal mass constitutive model is implemented to a distinct element method

    Feb 1, 2024

  • DFI
    Crane Boom Loadings From Pile Driving

    By Alan G. MacKinnon

    Loads and stresses from pile driving are increasing from heavier piles and more powerful hammers. Stresses can be dangerous to equipment stability. Equipment developer MacKinnon tells how to compute s

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Pillar Recovery At The Pea Ridge Mine ? Introduction

    By J. C. Irvine

    Meramec Mining Company is a joint venture by Bethlehem Steel Corp. and St. Joe Minerals Corp. which mines and pelletizes iron ore at the Pea Ridge Mine. The Pea Ridge property is located near Sullivan

    Jan 1, 1976

  • CIM
    Thermal Fatigue in Rocks- La Roque-Gageac' Case Study

    By D. Virely, M. Gasc-Barbier, J. Guittard

    "The valleys of the Dordogne and the Vézère (France) have been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by the famous site of Lascaux. A few miles away, the village of La Roque-Gageac is also a

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Implementation of Mine to Mill Blast Optimisation at Porgera Gold Mine

    By S S. Kanchibotla, D La Rosa, R W. Pesch

    The Porgera Joint Venture and Dyno Nobel have commissioned a joint project to optimise the drill and blast operations to increase the overall profitability of the mine. One of the aims of this project

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Flowsheet Description And Process Development Sept-Iles Concentrator

    By Benoit Gagnon

    Mining of the Schefferville iron deposits began in 1954 on completion of the 574 km railway linking the mines and the St-Lawrence river port of Sept-Iles. Apart from crushing, no treatment of these or

    Jan 1, 1980

  • ISEE
    Evaluation Of Suitability Of Permitted Delay Detonators Vis-avis Their Delay Timing For Use In Underground Coal Mines

    By Harsh Kumar Verma

    Blasting off-the-solid is the most commonly used method during development of galleries in Bord and Pillar method of underground coal mining. In this method, only P5 explosives are used with permitted

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Using lean six sigma techniques for projects at a Canadian uranium mine, mill

    By S. G. Britton

    "Strategies to improve performance in mining production, maintenance and mineral processing operations have evolved over time from straightforward time studies of individual machine performance in the

    Nov 1, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Design Selection for Large-Scale Grinding Operations ù AG/SAG or HPGR?

    By J Hudson

    Autogenous (AG) and Semi Autogenous (SAG) grinding mills are the conventional selection for large-scale grinding circuits. It is accepted that these forms of comminution are not the most energy effici

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Improved Drilling Accuracy Results In Reduced Ore Dilution at Evolution, Cracow (a2d917f6-13bc-4cac-8758-bced53c996a6)

    During a period of six months in FY2018, a series of trials were conducted to compare drilling accuracy using two different methodologies and the subsequent impact this had on ore dilution. Testing wa

    Jan 1, 2019

  • TMS
    Suspension Smelting Studies On Mount Isa Copper Concentrate

    By R. G. Henley

    Mount Isa copper concentrate was combusted in a laminar-flow furnace. The conditions simulated those likely to be encountered in flames in flash smelters of the Outokumpu (air as oxidant) and INCO (ox

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Kinetics of Carbon Oxidation During Induration of Hematite Ore Pellet

    By Jagannath Pal, Ammasi Ayyandurai

    Hematite ore pellets require a much higher induration temperature than magnetite ore pellets because no exothermic heat is generated due to oxidation inside during induration-like magnetite pellets. C

    Nov 6, 2022

  • CIM
    Hydrotransportation System of Tailings Dam ?Benkovski 2? ? New Technological Solutions to Prolong the Operational Lifetime and Raise the Final Filling Contour of the Hydraulic Structure

    By S. K. Dimitrov

    ?Ellatzite Med? is one of the biggest mining companies in Bulgaria, processing about 12,000,000 t of ore per year. Waste materials left after extraction of copper concentrate are deposited in tailings

    Aug 1, 2013