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  • SME
    Cutting Process Of Hard Rocks And Water Jet Assistance

    By A. W. Khair

    This paper deals with the evaluation of the interaction between rock and the cutting tool, and with methods for determination of workability, and abrasivity of rock. A description of instrumentation i

    Jan 1, 1995

  • CIM
    World Reserves of Lead and Zinc

    By C. O. Swanson

    "OUR INTEREST in estimates of world reserves of lead and zinc is focussed mainly on the information they give about the sufficiency of metal supplies for the future. However, we soon realize that the

    Jan 1, 1960

  • AUSIMM
    Interactive Modelling and Visualisation of Large Deposits Using Linear Octrees

    Large deposits present computational challenges to todayÆs commercial orebody modelling systems that are based on conventional block models. We describe a system that is specifically engineered to mod

    Sep 26, 2011

  • CIM
    Evaluation of New Mining Ventures: Average Cost versus Net Present Value

    By Bernhard Schwab

    A popular rule in the mining industry is that a property should only be developed if average unit production cost is less than a given proportion of the estimated long-run price of the mineral. This p

    Jan 1, 1978

  • CIM
    The Need for a Mine Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan Guidance Document for Exploration, Construction, Operation and Closure

    By J. Clark

    Erosion control during the mining cycle can be more effectively planned using Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans (ESCPs). This raises the issue of who should develop an Erosion and Sedimentation

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SME
    FT-IR Study Of Oleate Double-Bond Reactions At A Fluorite Surface

    By C. A. Young

    Previous experimental results have shown that an increase in temperature and/or oxygen concentration leads to an increase in the hydrophobicity of fluorite (CaF2) with adsorbed oleate. Subsequently, e

    Jan 1, 1991

  • CIM
    A Review of Exploration Work in the Rouyn Camp

    By J. G. MacGregor

    At this, the opening meeting of the Western Quebec Branch of the Institute, it seems fitting that the first paper presented should embrace a survey of the known mineral deposits occurring in the area,

    Jan 1, 1929

  • CIM
    Danieli?s Entry into Direct Reduction with its Danarex®

    By Alim Ullah

    Danieli entered into the Direct Reduction (DR) field in order to offer its clients complete turnkey facilities for steelmaking?from processing of raw materials through finished products. The Danarex®

    May 1, 2003

  • NIOSH
    RI 3488 Use Of Respiratory Protective Devices Under Abnormal Air Pressure

    By H. H. Schrenk, F. E. Griffith

    "The increase in tunneling operations that requires working under pressures greater than that of ordinary atmosphere has raised the question of the use and possible limitations of respiratory protecti

    Jan 1, 1940

  • IMPC
    Adsorption Technology for Gold and Silver Recovery Using Resins and Activated Carbons

    By G. I. Voiloshnikov, V. E. Dementyev

    "One of the most important advances in the world gold metallurgy is the introduction of adsorption technologies for processing of ores and concentrates. «Adsorbent-In-Pulp» process allows to eliminate

    Jan 1, 2018

  • IMPC
    Development and Performance of a New Separator for the Dry Gravity Separation of Fines

    By L. Weitkämper

    The big challenge at present and in the future is the economization of resources. This is applied for the whole industry but particularly in fields of mineral processing. The most important resources

    Jan 1, 2014

  • TMS
    Five Low Cost Methods to Improve Energy Efficiency on Reverberatory Furnaces

    By David Bequette, Ray D. Peterson, Cynthia K. Belt

    "With a need to cut production costs in the metals industry, cost savings from energy efficiency improvements are critical. Opportunities can be found by reviewing furnace systems and practices so tha

    Jan 1, 2010

  • TMS
    The Role of Orifice Shape in the Detection of Inclusions in Liquid Metals

    By Roderick 1. L. Guthrie, Mei Li

    "A mathematical model was developed to study the role of orifice shape in the detection of inclusions in LiMCA (Liquid Metal .cleanliness Analyzer) system. The fluid flow field within the ESZ was obta

    Jan 1, 2001

  • CIM
    "Numerical Simulation of the Mode-I Fracture Toughness Measurement via Cracked ChevronNotched Semi-circular Bend Rock Specimens"

    By N. W. Xu, M. D. Wei, F. Dai, B. Li

    "Chevron notched samples achieve general acceptance for measuring the Mode-I (opening mode) fracture toughness of rocks. The cracked chevron notched semi-circular bending (CCNSCB) sample, which is dev

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Geological and Geotechnical Characteristics of the Corridor Sands Deposits in Mozambique

    By H R. Pein

    "The Corridor Sands deposit is situated approximately 190 km north east of Maputo, Mozambique adjacent to the paleo-mouth of the Limpopo River. This deposit is one of the worldÆs largest known economi

    Jan 1, 2001

  • TMS
    Thick Yield Surface: An Approach to the Processing of Computer Experiments on Poly Crystalline Deformation

    By Yan Beygelzimer, Alexander Spuskanyuk, Victor Varyukhin

    "The main idea of the report is that the yield surface can be presented as thick, ""foamed surface"" with dimensionality exceeding two. By other words, perhaps, the yield surface is fractal, i.e. it b

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Sierra Gorda Chile’s new copper-molybdenum operation

    By C. Garcia, J. J. Opazo, A. Potulsha, T. Comi

    "Sierra Gorda SCM is a joint venture partnership of KGHM International (owned by KGHM SA, Poland), Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. (Japan) operating in northern Chile. The Sierra Gorda openpi

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Comparison and Analysis of the Deformation Taken Place at the North Board of the Open Pit Copper Mine Asarel Registered by the Geotechnical Radar System Msr-300 and the Survey Landmarks

    By Kr. N. Karparov

    Measurements made with high precision GPS landmarks and geotechnical radar Reutech MSR- 300 associated with the observed movements in the north face of Assarel Mine, where on a horizontal distance of

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SME
    Back To The Basics In Process Control (bf65ca3d-296a-41ae-b421-98a0cdd41f9f)

    By A. Vien

    A major thrust in Industrial automation over the past few years has been the exploration and incorporation of higher level (supervisory and optimizing) control strategies aimed at more fully exploitin

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Improving the performance of blind uphole rises at Ernest Henry Mine – a case study

    By T Purvis, Z Liu

    Ernest Henry mine (EHM) is an underground sublevel caving mine located in north-west Queensland with a production rate of 6.4 Mt/a. The mine has sublevels spaced with a 25 m vertical interval. The pro

    Oct 16, 2017