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A Review of Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposits, with Focus on the Wernecke Breccias, Yukon, Canada, as an Example of a Non-Magmatic End Member and Implications for IOCG Genesis and ClassificationBy D. J. Thorkelson
New data indicate Wernecke Breccia-associated iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposits likely formed from moderate-temperature, high-salinity, non-magmatic brines. The breccias formed in an area underla
Jan 1, 2007
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Development of a Two-Stage Middlings Circuit at Inco’s Clarabelle Mill Part 1: Laboratory StudiesBy Manqiu Xu, Glen Robertson, Steve Wilson, Pete Quinn
"The middlings circuit, once called the pyrrhotite rejection circuit, at Inco’s Clarabelle mill was a single flotation stage. It used to process a combined feed consisting of the main flotation scaven
Jan 1, 2000
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Managing Pit Slope Displacements: Highland Valley Copper?s Lornex Pit Southwest WallBy H. Warren Newcomen
The southwest wall of the Lornex Pit at the Highland Valley Copper mine has been experiencing slope displacements since 1978. Measures to manage the displacements on previous pushbacks have included s
May 1, 2002
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Development of a Thiosalt Treatment System at Xstrata Copper Kidd Metallurgical SiteBy Andréa Lagacé
"The milling of sulphide ores inherently generates “thiosalts”, a series of partially oxidized sulphur oxyanions (S2O3 2-, S3O6 2-, S4O6 2- etc.), which make control of effluent treatment systems diff
Jan 1, 2010
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An Overview of Optimizing Strategies for Flotation BanksBy M. Maldonado, J. A. Finch
"A flotation bank consists of a serial arrangement of cells. How to optimally operate a bank remains a challenge. This article reviews three strategies for optimizing bank performance: air profiling,
Jan 1, 2012
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Coal 1n Western Canada and Its UsesBy M. M. Williams
WESTERN CAN ADA'S coal industry has experienced a serious set-back since 1949, following a pattern well known to its counterpart in the United States. The loss in coal markets in Western Canada h
Jan 1, 1958
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Recovery of thermal coal from waste dumps near Stellarton, Nova ScotiaBy L. C. Bird, N. T. L. Landgren, M. W. Mikhail
"Through funds made available in 1972 by the Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy (DME) and the federal Department of Regional Economic Expansion, a program was initiated to recover saleable coa
Jan 1, 1981
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Closure Plan for the proposed Millennium ProjectBy S. Tuttle, R. Sisson
"Suncor Energy Inc. has proposed a 2.2 billion dollar expansion to the current oil sands operation, which will more than double the productive capability of the facility. As part of the application fo
Jan 1, 1999
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Grain Refinement in Austenitic and Ferritic Stainless SteelsBy R. G. Zaripova, N. D. Ryan, H. J. McQueen
The austenitic and ferritic stainless steels do not undergo any phase transformation that induces very fine grains in the product through thermomechanical processing as practiced in most other steels.
Jan 1, 2004
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Hydrometallurgical Process for Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Spent Ni-Hm BatteriesBy Eduardo A. Pérez, Alejandro R. Alonso, Rosa María Luna-Sánchez, Gretchen T. Lapidus
Rare earth elements have been widely used in various sectors, from the aerospace and steel industries, to electronic applications, particularly in displays and batteries for portable devices. The high
Jan 1, 2014
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Hardening of Low-Alloyed GoldBy Jörg Fischer-Bühner
Conventional 22ct Au jewellery alloys are comparably soft in the as-cast and soft-annealed state and hardening by cold-working is the only way of giving strength to the jewellery. The paper first focu
Oct 1, 2003
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Mohawk GarnetBy Jim Sadowski, Steve Stewart, Bob McMurdy, Martin Nevens
"Mohawk Garnet has been operating a small pilot plant near Sudbury, Ontario for several years attempting to produce commercially viable garnet. The challenges of operating a pilot scale mining, proces
Jan 1, 2010
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Numerical Analysis of the Early Response of Paste Backfill in a Vertical StopeBy N. E. Mkadmi
Backfilling increases the stability of underground stopes and may help reduce the environmental footprint from the mining operation. The barricades holding the backfill in place must be designed to pr
May 1, 2011
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Diggability of plains overburden with bucketwheel excavatorsBy A. M. Krzanowski, T. S. Golosinski
"This paper presents results of a study undertaken to determinethe feasibility of mining plains overburdens with bucket wheel excavators. Based on extensive geotechnical testing of overburdens under s
Jan 1, 1987
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Galvanic Interaction and Particle Size Effects in Self-Heating of Sulphide MixturesBy Jan E. Nesset, James A. Finch, Frank Rosenblum, Rebecca Payant
"Under certain conditions of moisture and oxygen, sulphides can spontaneously heat, a phenomenon known as self-heating. In this paper, we test a hypothesis that galvanic interaction between some sulph
Jan 1, 2011
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The Stillwater Paste Backfill PlantBy Frank Yu, Bob Fukuhara
"The Stillwater mine is a 3,000 tons/day platinum/palladium underground mine and flotation concentrator located in the Beartooth mountain range in south-central Montana. The site elevation is 5,000 fe
Jan 1, 2000
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The Development and Commissioning of Ontario’s First Diamond Mine: Victor Diamond MineBy N. Morrison, I. Holl, R. Welyhorsky, A. Hempstock
ABSTRACT: The Victor diamond mine is located in the James Bay lowlands, 90 km west of the First Nations village of Attawapiskat. The project was the first of its kind in northern Ontario. The process
Jan 1, 2011
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Innovations In Hydrometallurgical Performance Management: Heap Leaching Solvent Extraction And Electrowinning PlantsBy O. A. Bascur
Several new hydrometallurgical plants have been built in the past years, new processes and equipment as well as advanced process control systems are being used to deal with the increasing requirements
Jan 1, 2007
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Development of a Cadmium Removal Process for Vale’s Long Harbour Hydrometallurgy PlantBy P. C. Holloway, A. Tshilombo, T. Xue, M. J. Collins, R. Lopetinsky, I. Mihaylov, I. M. Masters
The Voisey’s Bay deposit contains a trace amount of cadmium, which reports to solution during pressure leaching of the nickel concentrate at Vale’s Long Harbour Hydrometallurgy Plant, and must be remo
Jan 1, 2019
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Greenhouse Gas Abatement Through Energy OptimizationBy David Clarry
?The issue ?reduction requirement ?Planning abatement steps ?Energy Management & Energy Efficiency ?Energy Recovery / Utilization ?Alternative Energy Professional Services Overview ?Capital Pro
May 1, 2009