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  • SME
    Permitting New Tunnels in Southern Ontario, Canada—Panacea, Pragmatism, and Professionalism

    By Adrian Coombs, Paul Magowan, Derek Zoldy

    Continued development and intensification are fuelling the urgent need for new trunk infrastructure within The Regional Municipality of York and throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Permitting of thes

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter Modernization

    By C. J. Newman

    Before 1995, the smelting process at the Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. (KUCC) smelter consisted of Noranda reactors and Pierce-Smith converters. When considering expansion, it was decided that the exis

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Economic Evaluation And Sensitivity-Risk Analysis Of Zarshuran Gold Mine Project

    By K. Oraee

    Zarshuran gold deposit, with the total reserves of some 12.5 million tons of 4.18 g/ton ore, is considered to be an important gold mining project in the area. In this paper the feasibility studies of

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Using Principles Of Inherent Safety In Design Of Hydrometallurgical Solvent Extraction Plants

    By L. J. Moore

    Introduction Hydrometallurgical solvent extraction (SX) processes – featuring large quantities of combustible or flammable organic solvents - are common in the mining industry for recovering non-fe

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Latitudinal/land-mass proximity controls on ferromanganese crust composition and resource potential, Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian Ocean

    By Kira Mizell, James R. Hein, Tracy Conrad

    "The Ninetyeast Ridge (NER) extends roughly N-S as a topographic feature for 5000 km, from 31° south to 10° north (Fig. 1) where it becomes buried beneath the Bengal Fan at its northern end. These two

    Sep 1, 2014

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    Shanxi Wanjiazhai Yellow River Diversion Project—Lots II & III

    By Edgardo Fogli, Mario Lampiano, Antonio Nicola

    The project is located in the northern region of the People’s Republic of China and was awarded to Impregilo, as sponsor of the Wan Long Joint Venture, in September1997. The project consists of fo

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 1987

    By L Baumgardner, A. V. Castelli

    Barite In 1987, United States mine production of barite increased 15.870, consumption (sold or used by grinding plants) increased by 6.97, and imports are estimated to have fallen by 19.57. World

    Jan 6, 1988

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    A CFD Analysis Of Air Flow Patterns In Face Area For Continous Miner Making A Right Turn Cut

    By V. K. Kollipara

    Air flow patterns in the face area of a room-and-pillar mining are critical for understanding the dust dispersion characteristics and for developing engineering controls. SIUC has previously performed

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Coal Review

    By F. Freme

    Coal production in the United States in 2008 reached a record level of 1.06 Gt (1,171.5 million st), according to preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (Table 1). This

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    2010 Permeation Test Results For Grouts Made With Ultrafine Cement

    By Raymond W. Henn

    The 31th annual short course ?Grouting Fundamentals and Current Practice? was held at the Colorado School of Mines, in Golden, CO June 7-11, 2010. The field demonstration portion of the course was con

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Underground Mine Air and Strata Temperature Change Due to the Use of Refuge Alternatives

    By M. A. Reyes, L. Yan

    Heat and humidity buildup within refuge alternatives (RAs) may expose occupants to physiological hazards such as heat stress. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations require RAs i

    Nov 22, 2019

  • SME
    Tunneling Alternatives For Subway Connection In Downtown Chicago

    By A. Ayoubian, V. Nasri

    This Tunnel Connection project will include construction of two short tunnels to connect the existing subway tunnels (Red and Blue lines) in the northern loop area of downtown Chicago through a new st

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Utilization Of Spent Potliners As A Fluidizer

    By S. Shrivastava, R. G. Reddy

    Spent potliner is generated in the electrolytic process of reducing alumina to make aluminum metal using molten fluoride electrolytes. Spent potliner (SPL), obtained at the end of the pots life contai

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Transfer Function Model Of Phosphate Heap Leaching

    By M. Weatherspoon, S. Gebo, K. Prisbrey

    Our objective was to develop a transfer function model of phosphate heap leaching for design, optimization and control. The procedure included analysis of time-lapse photography of a laboratory heap.

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Tunneling Toronto Canada 1970

    By G. F. Jenkins, P. S. Hobden

    Toronto as a geographical area provides an exceptionally wide variety of subsoil stratiphication. Tunneling consequently required a very wide range of adaptabilities to meet its changing conditions. T

    Jan 1, 1997

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    Geophysical Exploration Leading To Discovery Of The Faro Deposit Yukon Territory

    By John S. Brock

    During 1964 and 1965 a mineral exploration program was carried out over an area of approximately 250 square miles, located in the Anvil-Vangorda Creek area of east central Yukon, 125 miles northwest o

    Jan 1, 1971

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    2011 Permeation Test Results For Grouts Made With Ultrafine Cement

    By Raymond W. Henn

    The 32nd annual short course ?Grouting Fundamentals and Current Practice? was held at the Colorado School of Mines, June 13-17, 2011. The field demonstration portion of the course was conducted June 1

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Alaska Way visit highlights Megaprojects conference in Seattle

    When defining a ?megaproject,? one need only to look at Seattle, WA?s State Route 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project. This $3.1-billion project is one of the largest of its kind in the world,

    Dec 1, 2013

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    Public Relations In The Crushed Stone Industry

    By S. James Campbell

    Ladies and Gentlemen: Never in the history of our mining industry has the emphasis on public relations been accelerated as much as it has in the last few years. Knowing of your keen interest in thi

    Jan 1, 1969

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    New XRF Analyzer For Elemental Analysis Of Sample Streams

    By C. Bachmann, M. J. Laurila, A. J. Widenman, A. Klein

    Elemental analysis of slurry streams using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) has long been employed. However, detector technology has limited the application of XRF devices. Using detector technology employed

    Jan 1, 1999