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  • SME
    Iron Ore of Canada case study; A cause for concern

    "With millions of dollars and thousands of lives at stake, the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) turned to a private wireless network for help.IOC needed a network that possessed the ability to adapt t

    Jan 1, 2015

  • ISEE
    Highly Accurate Concrete Pile Cropping

    By Alain Duchesne, Dominique Fonfrede, Alan Broca

    The technique involves the removal, in one piece, of an unwanted concrete pile section, exploiting the principle of crack propagation induced using gas pressure. The device, or pod, is made of a conta

    Jan 1, 2012

  • TMS
    Zinc Recycling Through The Modified Zincex Process

    By G. Diáz

    A basic technology coping with a wide range of secondary zinc sources has been developed. The process combines an electrowinning stage, a solvent-extraction unit and a leaching procedure. The acidity

    Jan 1, 1995

  • IMPC
    Gravity release analysis and its application on Myra Falls zinc flotation tails

    By Bern Klein, Givemore Sakuhuni, Libin Tong

    The use of continuous discharge centrifugal concentrators introduced in the early 1990’s for recovery of gold associated with sulphides has introduced a novel application niche for gravity concentrati

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Data Transport over Leaky Feeder Systems Using Internet-Protocol-Enabled Land Mobile Radios

    By C. Sunderman, R. Jacksha

    "Mine monitoring through various sensors is a vital component of successful miner safety and health programs. Data from environmental, geotechnical, infrastructure and other types of sensors are incre

    Dec 1, 2018

  • IMPC
    Integrated System of Parameter Determination, Thickener Design, Simulation and Control

    By F. Concha

    A robust theory of sedimentation-consolidation evolved and was accepted by researchers world-wide in the last two decades of the 20th century. This theory provides a reliable method of thickener desig

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    The Continued Improvement Of Productivity In Underground Coal Mining Through Technology

    By D. D. Eyer

    New or improved technology will continue to drive productivity improvements through the next decade. In January 1988, I presented a paper titled, "Large Underground Mines of the 1990s? before the SME.

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AUSIMM
    Making Sure that the Amount of Grade Variation is a Known Known

    By G K. Robinson

    Variations in many aspects of physical and chemical grade are often of concern to mining operations and mineral processing plants. In most circumstances these amounts of variation are predictable. At

    May 24, 2012

  • NIOSH
    Abrasive Materials

    By Gordon T. Austin

    The combined value of production of natural abrasives, which includes tripoli, special silica stone, garnet, staurolite, and emery, increased about 21070 in 1989. The increase in the value of stauroli

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Roof Model and Its Application in Solid Backfilling Mining

    By Meng Xiao, Peng Huang, Lizin Lan, Feng Ju, Shuai Guo

    "Through changing the axial load on backfilling material compaction test to reflect different overlying strata pressure on backfilling material, the stress-strain relations in the compaction process o

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Industrial and Ecology-Economy Estimation of the Russian Coalfields' Reserves

    By V. A. Kharchenko, V. M. Yeremeev

    INITIAL PRECONDITIONS To solve tile problem of using the potential reserves of the different coal ranks efficiently (the coal reserves being many times superior in quantity to those of natural gas

    Jan 1, 1996

  • TMS
    Development of a Computerised Tankhouse Balance Program for Design and Operational Purposes

    By D. G. Mason

    During the design of copper refinery tankhouses, there is a need to develop mass balance calculations for many process components, so that optimum physical plant configuration is achieved. Each mass

    Jan 1, 1987

  • NIOSH
    Laboratory evaluation of smoke detectors for use in underground mines

    By Charles D. Litton

    Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the responses of a prototype smoke detector and a commercially available photoelectric smoke detector to smoke particles generated from various combu

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Modelling and process optimization of phosphate flocculate flotation from collophanite using the response surface methodology, Z. Hua, X. Tong, D. Feng, X. Xie, and S. Zhang

    By S. Zhang, Z. Hua, D. Feng, X. Tong, X. Xie

    The separation and beneficiation of low grade collophanite has long been a technical challenge in phosphorous production. It requires the joint efforts of process design, reagents optimisation and ope

    Jan 1, 2020

  • ABM
    New Methodology For The Calculation Of An Angle Roll Pass Design

    By José Aparecido Pereira

    The innovative methodology developed by the author allows the elaboration of an Angle Roll Pass Design based on the practical observations of the rolling process and applies mathematical criteria, usi

    Oct 1, 2019

  • SME
    An Integrated Approach for Long-term Production Scheduling Optimization of Sublevel Caving Mines Using Mixed-Integer-Linear-Programming Model

    By Amin Mousavi, Soroush Khazaei, Yashar Pourrhimian

    As a factory-like method, sublevel caving consists of development activities, stockpiling and production activities that are carried out on different levels independently. Therefore, considering the o

    Jun 25, 2023

  • CIM
    New Geophysical Approach for Mine Site (Brownfield) Exploration Targeting: An Exploration Case History

    By G. Kallfa P. Geo

    Exploration at both Greenfields and Brownfields stages entails business risks of different nature and success rates. Greenfields exploration is exceedingly assumptive and the success rate of explorati

    May 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Pervasive Sensor Network for Real Time Environmental Monitoring in Construction Sites

    By A. Carbonari

    In order to gain competitiveness and compete at a global level, construction companies should improve their efficiency. The problem is even more relevant in the construction field, whose work processe

    Aug 1, 2013

  • DFI
    Integrity Evaluation of Driven Concrete Piles Utilizing Embedded Data Collectors (ac1e1b32-2f59-488d-aca4-5ee1b43eb226)

    By Donald T. Robertson, Kurt Hecht, Michael K. Muchard

    "This paper presents case histories of driven concrete pile damage detected with dynamic testing methods utilizing strain gages and accelerometers embedded in the pile at the prestressing yard during

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Quantifying Losses in Support Capacity Due to Corrosion

    By E. Ghali

    "Corrosion of support system components (e.g., bolts, mesh, plates) is a safety and economic concern in underground mines. This paper reports the results of a five-year study wherein corrosion coupons

    Jan 1, 2015