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  • AUSIMM
    Drilling Techniques for Resource Estimation of Mineral Sand Deposits

    By M Z. Abzalov

    Drilling mineral sand deposits has specific challenges, which are different from drilling hard rock deposits: Drilled sequences are represented by non-consolidated free-flowing sands to semi-conso

    Oct 5, 2011

  • SME
    How The Federal Coal Mine Act Affects Mine Ventilation Design

    By John E. Caffrey

    Mr. William. J. Montgomery in his book "Theory and Practice on Mine Ventilation stated "Ventilation is vitally important to underground mining for three reasons: First, it sweeps all workings with a

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SAIMM
    The 'Doorstopper' and Triaxial Rock Stress Measuring Instruments Developed by the C.S.I.R.

    By E. R. Leeman

    INTRODUCTION The first references in the literature to the so-called C.S.I.R. 'doorstopper' strain cell were made in 1964 1,2,3,4. These were the climax of nearly two years of experimental

  • SME
    Optimizing Froth Zone in Larger Flotation Cells Through Innovative Spider Crowder Upgrade - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By C. Cardoso, G. Bermudez, A. Jalili

    Bigger flotation cells can result in larger froth surface areas and longer froth transport distances, this has been credited to impact froth recovery. Thanks to recent advancements, the newer flotatio

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SME
    Development Of A Gas Monitor Simulator And Mine Rescue Contest Field Trials

    By D. W. Alexander

    Researchers from the U.S. Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) completed field trials during coal mine rescue con

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Geology Of Wyoming's Powder River Basin Coalfield

    By Gary B. Glass

    In 1997, 92.3% or 235.7 Mt (259.8 million st) of coal produced in Wyoming came from the Wyodak coal zone in the eastern Powder River coalfield. The mined portions of the zone consist of one to three b

    Jan 1, 1998

  • RMCMI
    Discussion Of Mr. Trik's Paper

    PRESIDENT MARKS: This is a matter, I think, in which we are all very much interested, and I know We will have considerable discussion on the subject. MR. GIBSON: Wouldn't it be a fact, Mr. Tric

    Jan 1, 1926

  • CIM
    Automatic (Mechanical) Coal Sampling

    By T E. Tibbetts

    This paper deals with coal sampling in general and with mechanical coal sampling in particular. The necessity of obtaining representative samples is emphasized. Other sections of the paper are devoted

    Jan 1, 1965

  • NIOSH
    IC 6522 Method And Cost Of Quarrying, Crushing, And Grinding Limestone At The Catskill Plant Of The North American Cement Corporation, Catskill, N. Y. - Introduction

    By W. J. Fullerton

    This paper is one of a series being prepared by the U. S. Bureau of Mines describing mining and milling methods and costs at cement-plant quarries throughout the United States, end deals directly with

    Jan 1, 1931

  • SME
    Dewatering Precipitate Copper In Plate And Frame Filter Presses

    By W. Joseph Schlitt

    The use of plate and frame filter presses for dewatering cement copper at Kennecott' s Bingham Canyon precipitation plant is described. The dewatering process begins by periodically flushing a di

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Cananea Applies Cutting Edge Technologies in Their Heap Leach Stacking System, Quebalix 1, Commissioning the World's First Mobile High Angle Conveyor

    By Bobby Michael (Mike) Roberts, G. M. (Mike) Bernard, Ronald R. Kelly

    This paper describes Cananea's successful implementation of the world's first mobile high angle conveyor (MHAC™) to achieve multiple-lift stacking of their primary crushed (2,500 mtph) low-g

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of the Sepon Copper Milling Circuit

    By A Jakowetz

    OxianaÆs Sepon Copper Operation (part of the combined Sepon Gold and Copper Operation) is located in Savannaket Province, in southern central Lao PDR. The site is relatively remote, being some five ho

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Recovery Of Fine-Size Coal From Impounded Wastes (336828df-788e-4683-9e4d-1186c13e5da1)

    By John Hanna

    Over the years the coal industry in Alabama has generated about 150 million tons of fine waste coal, increasing at a rate of 2 million tons/year, during mining and cleaning operations. Reclamation of

    Jan 1, 1991

  • NIOSH
    OFR-46-77 Propagation Of Radio Waves In Coal Mines - I. Executive Summary - A. Objective

    By Robert L. Lagace

    The objective of this task was to perform theoretical analyses related to identifying and increasing the understanding of wireless propagation mechanisms in mines, and for predicting the performance r

    Jan 1, 1975

  • AUSIMM
    Assessing Erosion and Run-Off Performance of a Trial Rehabilitated Mining Landform

    By G Hancock, J Lowry, W D. Erskine, D Jones, T Coulthard, M J. Saynor, P Lu

    An 8 ha trial landform was constructed in late 2009 at the Ranger Uranium Mine, located 250 km east of Darwin in the wet-dry monsoonal tropics of northern Australia. The objective of the trial, which

    Jul 10, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    On the flipside: why cost cutting is out; revenue maximization is in and value is always king

    By H Allday

    The mining industry’s attention has shifted over the last decade with the recovery from the downturn resulting in greater development of innovation and new work methods in a bid to remain competitive

    Mar 15, 2021

  • 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

  • CIM
    Developing Declines Under a Moving Glacier - The Kumtor Underground Access Story

    By Darren Medd

    Kumtor Gold Company (KGC) currently operates the 500,000 tonnes per day Kumtor open pit gold mine located in the Issyk-Kul region of the Kyrgyz Republic at an elevation of more than 4,000 m. To supple

    Aug 1, 2013

  • TMS
    Recovery Of Zinc And Manganese From Bunker Hill Water Treatment Plant Sludge: Part II-Eletrowinning Process Development

    By Matthew C. Binsfield

    The simultaneous electro winning of zinc and manganese from waste water treatment plant sludge was studied as a part of the overall research program, which was conducted to develop the methods for rem

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Design and Development of Energy-efficient Secondary Axial Flow Fans

    By J J. L du Plessis, S Viviers, G Ratner

    Escalating electricity costs are one of the biggest operational cost drivers in mining. The trend to use high-powered auxiliary fans delivering increased airflow to meet the dilution requirements of d

    Aug 31, 2015