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  • SME
    Vegetative Stabilization Tests On An Acidic Copper Tailing

    By W. R. McDonald

    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, conducted field tests on acidic copper tailing as part of its program to devise, improve, and demonstrate technology for stabilizing mining and mi

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Medium Circuit Design And Control For Multi-Density Dense Medium Separation Plants

    By G. Ferrara

    The paper describes the new design criteria and control strategies for multi-density dense medium separation (DMS) circuits. The role of the multi-density separation is discussed, and it is emphasized

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Geophysical and Geochemical Surveys in Delaware Basin Sulfur Exploration

    By Blair K. Salisbury

    Dissolution within Permian evaporites of the Delaware basin has created extreme lateral geologic and physical property inhomogeneity within and above the evaporites. Discriminating a sulfur deposit&ap

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposits Of The Pacific Northwest ? Introduction

    By Cyrus W. Field

    The Pacific Northwest as defined in this review comprises an exceedingly large and geologically complex terrain that occupies the 'Western Cordillera mobile tectonic belt. This metallogenic provi

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SME
    Why The Aerofall Mill Is Unique In The Comminution Field ? Introduction

    By D. Weston

    During recent years there has been a great deal of confusion in the North American mining industry with the introduction of new comminution terminology and claims (without substantiative evidence), fo

    Jan 1, 1964

  • SME
    Diesel Aerosols in an Underground Coal Mine

    By Jared Winkler, Jon A. Hummer, Aleksandar D. Bugarski, Shad Peters, Steven E. Mischler, Steve Cochrane, Shawn Vanderslice, Teresa Barone

    The case study assessed submicron aerosols at a continuous miner (CM) section, diesel aerosol concentrations at the longwall (LW) section, and elemental carbon (EC) and total carbon (TC) exposures. Ae

    Mar 16, 2022

  • SME
    Selection Of Agglomeration Process Variables For Increasing The Ltd And Reducibility Of A Magnetite-Based Acid Pellet (b945a117-88cd-4d43-a242-36e4f511aaa3)

    By Madhu G. Ranade

    A statistically designed pot grate- kiln test program was conducted to determine the agglomeration process variables necessary for increasing the low temperature disintegration resistance (LTD) and re

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    New Techniques In Beneficiation Of Florida Phosphates Of The Future - Part III - Beneficiation, Waste Disposal And Environmental Regulations - Abstract Of Parts I And II And Introduction To Part III.

    By James E. Lawver

    Part I describes the general geology of the Florida deposits. As the lucrative Bone Valley Formation is depleted, replacement production will move progressively into areas of total Hawthorn production

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Prediction of Ground Vibration Induced Due to Single Hole Blast Using Explicit Dynamics Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By R. K. Sinha, B. S. Choudhary, Desh Deepak, A. K. Mishra, Hemant Agrawal, Shankar Kumar

    There are several methods (empirical, statistical, and machine learning tools) to calculate blast-induced ground vibration. Still, due to complications in the blasting procedure, under varying blastin

  • SME
    Fracture Pattern of Overlying Strata in Multiple Coal Seam Mining in a Physical Model Vis-à-vis MATLAB Analysis and Geological Radar "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Jianping Zuo, Chunlei Zhang, Yong Zhang, Shouyang Gao

    To study the fracture evolution of overlying strata for ascending mining in a short-distance coal seam group, a two-dimensional physical simulation model was designed based on a specific geological co

    Nov 24, 2020

  • SME
    Mined Land Reclamation Capability, Colorado County, Texas

    By Rebecca Mae Summer

    Large scale surface mining has a major impact on land use. Without reclamation, abandoned mining sites are usually less productive than before mining. With increasing and completetive land use demands

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Technology Competitive Edges Of The Florida Phosphate Industry At The Threshold Of The 21st Century

    By P. Clifford

    FIPR-sponsored research will playa critical role in enhancing the competitiveness of the Florida phosphate industry as ore grade declines and environmental restrictions tighten. FIPR's program se

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Extensive Validation Of A New Rock Breakage Test - SME Annual Meeting 2023

    By T. A. de Almeida, M. de Paiva Bueno, M. Powell

    The mining industry is one of the foundations of modern society, providing not only the raw materials needed to maintain a contemporary lifestyle, but also serving as a basis for the development of fu

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    Iron Ore Review 2009/2010

    By Magnus Ericsson

    The unexpectedly quick recovery in world crude steel production in the second half of 2009 was due almost entirely to increased production in China that began in late 2008. Previous peaks in monthly p

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Additives To Increase Bentonite Effectiveness In Iron Ore Pelletizing

    By R. Das Gupta

    Variations in the characteristics of bentonite, magnetic taconite concentrate and system water have been examined to show their effects on pelletizing. Chemical methods have been tried to alter the cl

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Exploring the Performance and Reliability of Communication Links Subjected to Electromagnetic Interference in Radio Frequency-Controlled Heavy Equipment in an Underground Coal Mine - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Y. Zhang, C. Zhou, M. Girman

    Wireless technologies are increasingly being implemented in underground mines for various purposes such as communications, tracking, remote control, remote sensing, and environmental monitoring. Howev

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    New Tricks For An Old Elephant: Revising Concepts Of Coeur d'Alene Geology

    By Brian G. White

    The Coeur d'Alene Mining District of northern Idaho is remarkable for its number of large ore bodies and for the amount of its historical production of lead, zinc and silver (Fig. 1). Since vei

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Effect of Ultrasonic Cavitation Treatment on Liberation and Hydrocyclone Separation of Bituminous Coal

    By B. Barry, M. S. Klima

    "Testing was conducted to evaluate the effects of hydroacoustic cavitation (HAC) treatment on two bituminous coal slurries and the subsequent separation of each slurry in a classifying hydrocyclone. H

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Cutter Mining – A Sustainable Technology For Mining Small Vertical Ore Bodies And Veins - SME Annual Meeting 2023

    By U. Schoepf

    Economic and at the same time environmentally acceptable mining of small vertical ore bodies and veins to great depths has always been a challenge for miners. The Bauer cutter system, widely used in c

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    Discrete Event Simulation Approach to Haul Truck Maintenance in Coal Mining Operations - SME Annual Meeting 2026

    By Sahin Furkan Sahiner, Onur Golbasi

    Effective maintenance planning is vital for coal mining operations, where haul truck fleets directly determine production continuity. This study presents a discrete event simulation (DES) model for ev

    Feb 22, 2026