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  • AIME
    PART I – Papers - The Fracture of Mild Steel Laminates

    By A. E. Wraith, N. J. Petch, J. D. Embury, E. S. Wright

    The two most important parameters controlling the fracture behavior of a solid are its intrinsic properties, e.g.,grain size, and the operative stress system. The latter may be modified in laminates b

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SAIMM
    Burning pyrites compared to sulphur ? Synopsis

    By W. V. Mutler

    Present day capital costs are analysed for a 2 000 metric tonne per day (MTPD) pyrite burning plant and compared with a sulphur burning plant of the same capacity. Power, raw material and steam produc

    Jan 1, 2009

  • TMS
    Beating US$10 per Pound of Installed Capacity for a Laterite Nickel Plant

    By David S. Dolan

    To beat capital costs of US$10 per pound of installed capacity has appeared as a major hurdle for the "third generation laterite nickel plants. Forecast costs are escalating. Where can savings come fr

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AIME
    Dimension Stone In Minnesota

    By G. M. Schwartz, G. A. Thiel

    THE first record of the quarrying of dimension stone in Minnesota dates back to 1820 when limestone was quarried locally for part of old Fort Snelling. Limestone quarries were operated at Stillwater,

    Jan 1, 1952

  • AIME
    Subsidence Prediction Techniques For Longwall And Room And Pillar Panels In Appalachia

    By G. Hasenfus, M. Karmis, G. Goodman

    Surf ace subsidence is rapidly becoming an important environmental consideration of active as well as abandoned mining operations. The damages attributed to this phenomenon have been witnessed in both

    Jan 1, 1984

  • NIOSH
    IC 6837 Blasting Practices And Explosives Accidents In Utah Coal Mines ? Introduction

    By D. J. Parker

    The ease of ignition and violence of explosion of Utah coal dusts, together with the large volumes of methane given off in some of the mines of the State, made it imperative to abandon obsolete equipm

    Jan 1, 1935

  • SME
    2017 SME keynote; When Are Commodity Prices Going to Rise?

    By Douglas B. Silver

    "Editor’s note: Douglas B. Silver, Portfolio Manager, Orion Resource Partners, was the keynote speaker at the 2017 SME Annual Conference & Expo in Denver, CO on Feb. 19, 2017. He also gave the keynote

    Jan 8, 2017

  • ISEE
    Measurement of the In-Hole Density of Gassed Explosives at Peruvian Mines

    By Juan Carlos Vasquez, Romel Villanueva

    We present the results of our field research on the variation of the density of the gassed explosives and their influence on the blasting results in the Peruvian mines: Yanacocha, Toquepala and Antami

    Feb 1, 2020

  • SME
    A Case Study Of The San Miguel Lignite Mine ? Introduction

    By D. J. Rose

    The San Miguel Mine is owned by San Miguel Electrical Cooperative, Inc. and operated by Atascosa Mining Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. This multiseam, single-zone

    Jan 1, 1984

  • CIM
    Determination of Strain during Hot Tearing in Aluminium Alloys by Digital Image Correlation

    By J. B. Mitchell

    Using digital image correlation the evolution of strain and strain at the onset of localisation resulting in a hot tear has been determined for alloys AA6111 and Al¬0.5wt% Cu during solidification. Hi

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Modelling of the Gold Mineral Associations and Size Distribution of a Grinding Mill Product

    By M. R. Khalesi, S. Bellec, C. Bazin, D. Hodouin

    Batch grinding tests conducted on a gold ore indicated that gold is not randomly distributed within the size fractions of the ground ore. Since gold leaching performances were found to be dependent of

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Technology and Mechanism Research for Crystal Phase Regulating Flotation of Copper-Containing Slag

    By X. Cao, H. Huang, Z. Dai

    "Crystal phase of copper-containing slag regulation by the slag viscosity, cooling speed and cooling method, where the slag viscosity is related to the temperature and alkalinity. According to the min

    Jan 1, 2016

  • IMPC
    Gammametry-A Technological Intervention For Optimization & Process Control At Coal Washeries

    By P. Khattri

    At Tata Steel, Coal is washed in gravity and froth flotation circuit at 13-15 mm size and below. Being coal is high in ash (~35%) and difficult washability characteristics (having high (~40 %) NGM at

    Sep 1, 2012

  • SME
    Containment Strategy To Minimize Process Water Discharges From A Copper Mining Complex Chino Mines Company Hurley, New Mexico

    By Maurice L. Madden

    An investigation was undertaken for a ground water discharge plan for the Chino mining complex near Hurley, New Mexico. Operations which impact ground water include dump leaching, storage reservoirs,

    Jan 1, 1984

  • NIOSH
    RI 8270 Bureau of Mines Damage-Resistant Brattice

    By Edward D. Thimons

    The Bureau of Mines has developed a damage-resistant brattice, intended for use as a stopping in locations where blast damage to stoppings is a problem, the roof is relatively flat, and the differenti

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Monitoring Used as an Alarm System in Tunneling

    By M. Perolo, A. Contini, E. Ramelli, G. Borgonovo, L. Locatelli

    This paper presents the ground settlement monitoring system used during the construction of two tunnels bored by two EPB TBMs, beneath the existing and active railway embankment in Bologna (Italy). Th

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Evaluation of Drilling and Blasting Using Explosives Based on General Adherence of the Drilling and Rock Blasting Plan

    By Jair Koppe

    The unsatisfactory blasting effect is mainly related to the improper selection of design parameters of drilling and blasting scheme. In order to evaluate the rationality of drilling and blasting schem

    Feb 6, 2023

  • NIOSH
    IC 7814 Phosphate Rock (In Two Parts) 1. Mining, Beneficiation, And Marketing - Summary And Introduction

    By E. Robert Ruhlman

    ["Phosphate rock" is a broad term applied to natural deposits of minerals valued chiefly for their phosphorus content. More specifically, phosphate rock may be defined as a natural rock containing one

    Jan 1, 1958

  • IMPC
    Upgrading of Chromite by Carbochlorination Method Using Solid Chlorinating Agent and Carbon

    By Yong Liu, Peng Qian, Shu-Feng Ye, Shao-Jun Chu, Pei-Wei Han

    "Chromite with a low mass ratio of Cr to Fe (Cr/Fe ratio) was treated by the carbochlorination method using solid chlorinating agent (MgCl2 and CaCl2) and carbon in the present paper. The results show

    Jan 1, 2018

  • NIOSH
    RI 7260 Chlorine In Coal Combustion

    By T. L. Iapalucci

    To determine the behavior of chlorine in coal combustion, the Bureau of Mines burned 10 chlorine-containing coals, high-, medium-, and low-volatile, in a laboratory-scale pulverized-coal combustor. At

    Jan 1, 1969