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The post-failure characteristics of rock
By T. G. Joseph, K. Barron
A strain-softening constitutive relationship is introduced that describes the post-failure stress-strain curve for rock regardless of whether the rock is intact or broken. The core of this relationshi
Jan 1, 2003
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The Round Mountain Gold Project: Operation of a Mill and Heap Leach Facility in Nevada
By Richard Frentress, Dave Donelon, Robert Henderson, Mike Warnert
"The Round Mountain gold mine is an open-pit mining operation located 97 kilometres north of Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada. Gold has been produced from the property since 1906.Gold is currently recove
Jan 1, 2005
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Optimization of clean coal specifications
By L. X. Li
Coking coal producers often encounter variations in clean coal quality when mining multiseam deposits containing coals with different washability and coking properties. This paper describes how, for a
Jan 1, 2014
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Innovative Partnerships that Improve IT Support for Mine Planning and Management Processes
By Rick Moignard
Relationships between Information Technology providers and their clients are often segmented according to job specific tasks. As a consequence, technology providers tend to focus on automating repetit
May 1, 2006
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The Benefits of Collaborative, Leveraged Industry-University Research Case Study of a McGill-CAMIRO Project
By J. E. Nesset, L. S. Urbanoski, J. R. Goode
"The benefits and advantages of pre-competitive, collaborative industry/university research are not always well appreciated. This paper presents the case study of a current collaborative project betwe
Jan 1, 2001
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Electric Furnace Off-Gas Cleaning Systems at PT Inco
By Paykan Safe
?? Background ?? WorleyParsons Gas Cleaning ?? PT Inco Smelter ?? Process Design Considerations ?? Furnace Control and Combustion ?? Combustion Chamber ?? Spray Chamber ?? Draft Control ?? Bag
May 1, 2008
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Stress Measurements at Great Depth at Craig-Onaping Mines, Sudbury Canada
Reliable estimation of in situ stress is a major step in the analysis and design of underground excavations in rock, particularly for evaluating the stability of underground structures to prevent fail
May 1, 2009
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Environmental management in a global economy (CIM Bulletin)
By S. Vézina
"Environmental issues have evolved considerably over the last two decades. The main contributing factors, to name a few, have been the changing values of modern societies, the globalization of trade a
Jan 1, 2006
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Open Pit Mine Planning: A Practical Optimization and Evaluation Approach Under Uncertain Markets
By Sabry A. Sabour
Metal price is among the key variables in the open pit optimization and the economic evaluation process. The common approach to handle metal prices in open pit mine planning is to optimize the ultimat
Aug 1, 2013
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Thickening of Low Temperature Extraction Oil Sands Tailings Using CaO and CO2
By Rick J. Chalaturnyk
In Alberta, oil sands bitumen is utilized for synthetic crude oil production by surface mining, bitumen extraction followed by primary (coking) and secondary (catalytic hydrotreating) upgrading proces
May 1, 2002
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Using Effective Stress Theory to Characterize the Behavior of Backfill
The importance of understanding the behaviour of cemented paste backfill (CPB) within the framework of the effective stress concept is highlighted in this paper. Only through an understanding built on
May 1, 2007
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CRIRSCO 2006 (Multi-Jurisdiction) - International Reporting Template (IRT) for the Public Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves
"Developed by CRIRSCO, IRT is a document that draws on the best of the CRIRSCO-style reporting standards. These reporting standards are recognised and adopted world-wide for market-related reporting a
Jan 1, 2003
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The Importance of Water Utilization for Maximizing Grinding Circuit Classification System Efficiency
By Robert E. McIvor
"The Functional Performance Equation for ball milling circuits allows us to isolate the circuit classification system efficiency (CSE) from the mill’s grinding performance. The factors which affect ci
Jan 1, 2009
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History and Significance of Salt in Canada
By A. D. Huffman
This paper covers the major salt deposits of Canada, with a brief summary of the early history of the industry and a more extended outline of progress since the second world war. Both dry mining and s
Jan 1, 1968
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Demonstration Campaign Results on a Cyanide-Free Process for Gold Extraction from a Refractory Pyrite Concentrate
By A. Drouin, D. Lemieux, C. Chouinard
"A gold bearing pyrite concentrate was treated at the demonstration scale (15 t/d) for the extraction of gold using a cyanide-free process. The pyrite was depressed in the flotation circuit in order t
Jan 1, 2017
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The Value of Orebody Power Requirement Profiles for SAG Circuit Design
By Chris Bennett, Glen Kosick
"Process modeling and equipment sizing procedures for SAG circuits has advanced significantly over the past two decades. However, no matter how exact the hardness tests, models and scale-up calculatio
Jan 1, 1999
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Magnetic Gold: Losses from a Gold Recovery Circuit
By Adil Aledresse, N. Emre Altun, Bern Klein, Nuri Hmidi, Brent Hilscher
A study was conducted to investigate high gold grades in water lines and carbon fines collected from the Musselwhite gold recovery circuit. It was discovered that fine magnetic particles in the overfl
Jan 1, 2014
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Startup of New Facilities to Planned Performance Levels
By A. Rajan
"Drawing upon the experiences of a gold extraction plant startup in the Southern Pacific, this paper will describe the importance of the commissioning phases to the project outcomes to achieve early t
Jan 1, 2000
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Chapter 13. Miscellaneous Royalty Provisions
By Karl J. C. Harries
13.1. RIGHT TO RECEIVE ROYALTY CONTRACTUAL ONLY1
Jan 1, 2003
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Drill-to-Mill Increased Mill Throughput at Barrick Goldstrike from Efficient Drilling and Blasting
By Roy McKinstry, Mark Rantapaa, Thomas Bolles
"More efficient drilling and blasting techniques have shown measurable improvements in throughput at the Barrick Goldstrike wet grinding mill.A decrease in throughput at the autoclave, due to increasi
Jan 1, 2004