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  • AIME
    Conference on Production and Design Limitation and Possibilities for Powder Metallurgy (Metal Technology, January 1945) - Some Experiments on the Effect of Pressure on Metal-powder Compacts - Discussion

    By Jerome F. Kuzmick

    Condusions. From the work on aluminum powder, the following general con clusions can bc drawn: I. The physical properties of aluminum compacts, such as density. strength and ductility, inc

    Jan 1, 1945

  • SME
    A Comparative Assessment on the Effect of Different Supplemental Iron Sources on the Bio-dissolution of Zn, Pb, Cd, and As from a High-grade Zn–Pb Ore Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Elham Najafi, Sina Ghassa, Ata Akcil, Hadi Abdollahi, Sandeep Panda, Zohreh Boroumand

    The present study investigates the influence of ferrous iron (as FeSO4) and ferric iron (as Fe2 (SO4)3), and pyrite (FeS2) on the ability of bacterial leaching of a high-grade sulfide Zn–Pb ore. In th

  • CIM
    Suitability of PEM Fuelcells for Underground Mining Vehicles

    By Marc C. Bétournay

    Hydrogen fuelcells are a known technology, having been applied to stationary (e.g equipment, buildings, power plants) and vehicle applications (e.g transit buses, space shuttles). There is currently a

    May 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Concentration and Hydraulic Transport of Heavy Mineral Concentrate with Automatic Control

    Titanium and Zirconium Industries Pty. Ltd. separates rutile and zircon from heavy mineral concentrate recovered from sand dunes on the east coast of North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Separation pl

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    Mine Pillar Design Using the Ground Reaction Curve Concept

    By Ravi Ray, Kostas Kaklis, Zach Agioutantis

    "Modern underground mining is becoming more complex and geotechnically challenging. The engineer uses numerical, analytical, and data-driven methods (empirical and/or experimental) or their combinatio

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    SPOC Project Software and Manual

    By R. F. Pilgrim

    "This first chapter of the SPOC Manual 1s intended as a general introduction to all the other chapters in which the mineral process evaluation and optimization methodology is presented. This chapter a

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    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

  • CIM
    Probabilistic practical optimization of production scheduling for multi-element deposits

    Optimizing production scheduling in open pit mines is important for managing cash flows of mining operations. This paper describes a new, probabilistic, mixed integer programming (MIP) formulation whi

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Coal’s Role in Sustaining Society

    By R. Larry Grayson, Joel R. Warneke

    The mining industry has searched for a message that will resonate with the public while focusing on the industry’s positive contributions to society. So far, environmental groups remain unconvinced a

    Jan 1, 2006

  • IOM3
    Recycling of spent Denox catalysts

    By M. Foguenne, A. van Lierde, P. Henry

    Leaching experiments were carried out on a spent catalyst sample with a honeycomb structure, containing 47.5% Ti, 5.8% Mo, 2.7% Si, 2 035 ppm As, 52 ppm Pb and 8.8 ppm Hg. More than 93% of the Mo and

    Jun 19, 1905

  • SAIMM
    Calcium and magnesium rejection from sulphate solutions in lateritic nickel solvent extraction using Versatic 10 acid-LIX®84-IC system - Synopsis

    By B. Ndlovu

    The world mineral industry has over the years experienced growth in the production of nickel (Ni) due to its use not only in the catalytic industry but mainly also to its demand in the stainless steel

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Water Resources Development In The Arid Andean Antiplano Southern Bolivia

    By S. A. Osterberg, J. L. Breckenridge, R. S. Popielak

    Multidisciplinary investigations were completed to prove the availability of water resources for the proposed San Cristóbal silver-lead-zinc mine in the arid Altiplano of Bolivia. Surface water resour

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Fluidized Bed Roasting of Copper Concentrates

    By Urie R. W

    Fluidized bed roasting of copper concentrates from Mt. Morgan, Mt. Lyell, Mt. Isa, and Peko was performed in a 3 ft 6 in diameter, slurry fed, pilot plant roaster operated under autogenous conditions

    Jan 1, 1961

  • AUSIMM
    Optimisation of a Semi-autogenous Grinding Mill through Trajectory and Power Modelling

    By P Toor

    Mill filling is an important operational parameter in a SAG mill circuit and by its control and optimisation it can produce significant improvements in production capacity and energy efficiency. Howev

    Sep 7, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Solutions to common design and operating problems in spiral circuits

    By R. Abela

    In over ninety per cent of mineral sand plants, the most commonly used equipment is the spiral concentrator. The tonnage treated over typical spiral plants can range from as low as 200 ton per hour up

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    A Touch of Froth: How Bubble-Particle Aggregates Take the Strain

    By Marco A. Vera

    "This paper investigates the froth function in flotation and the associated upgrading process. Flotation literature has revealed that one of the main functions of the froth phase is the cleaning of bu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Potential for the Utilisation of Micro-Organisms in Gold Processing

    By D C. McPhail, S L. Rogers, J Brugger

    Using iron- and sulfur-oxidising bacteria to catalyse the breakdown of sulfides that host the gold is an important biological method for the pretreatment of refractory gold ores. Following this biolog

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    A Two-Component Model of Blast Fragmentation

    Prediction of fragmentation by blasting is most commonly based on theassumption that a single distribution of pre-existing discontinuities is present within a blasted rock volume and that the underlyi

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Sulphur Deposits of New Zealand

    Owing to the increased consumption of sulphuric acid; Australian manufacturers have, from time to time, been seeking for a satisfactory source of sulphur that would make them independent of foreign su

    Jan 1, 1925

  • AIME