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Ensuring Adequate Safety When Using Hydrogen as a FuelBy D. Allan Coutts
Demonstration projects using hydrogen as a fuel are becoming very common. Often these projects rely on project-specific risk evaluations to support project safety decisions. This is necessary becaus
May 1, 2007
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Evaluation and control of self-heating in sulphide concentratesBy J. Nesset, F. Rosenblum, P. Spira
Sulphide concentrates may exhibit self-heating to various degrees during storage or shipping, the worst cases presenting a serious hazard from fire and SO2 emission. Based on measurements of heating r
Jan 1, 2001
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A Frother Concentration MeterBy J. A. Finch, T. Weber
"Bubble size in flotation is strongly influenced by frother concentration in the pulp liquor. There is no accepted method of judging the dosage and thus how effectively frother is being distributed to
Jan 1, 2003
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Elimination of the Pre-Aeration and Primary Filtration Circuits From the Dome Mill Flowsheet"Placer Dome Inc.'s Dome Mine is located in South Porcupine, Ontario and has been in production since 1910. In the past, the mill leach circuit was preceded by preaeration and primary filtration circu
Jan 1, 1992
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A Commodity Cycle ? Where Are We?By David D. Davidson
Commodities remain hot for the time being, but for how much longer? The bulls point to global economic growth lead by China?s insatiable demand for raw materials. To further emphasis the bullish view
Apr 1, 2005
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Comparative Metallurgical Performance in Zinc FlotationBy A. W. Stradling, M. J. Fairweather
"The selective flotation of lead, zinc and iron sulphide minerals is key to the economic performance of concentrators treating zinc-lead ores. Diagnostic metallurgy is a tool to quantify mineral behav
Jan 1, 2003
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Exploration and geology of the Quartz Hill molybdenum deposit, southeast AlaskaBy W. J. Wolfe
"Quartz Hill is a large, low- to moderate-grade quartz vein stockwork porphyry molybdenum deposit, discovered in 1974 during a regional stream sediment geochemical reconnaissance survey of southeast A
Jan 1, 1995
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Improving Machinery Reliability Through Condition Based MaintenanceBy Alan D. Akerman
This paper describes the significant advantages and improvements in operational availability, reduced breakdowns, and overall cost reductions that can be achieved through the application of a Reliabil
May 1, 2002
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The Effect of Fine Grinding on Copper and Zinc Metallurgical Performance at Sherritt Gordon Mines Limited Ruttan Mine, Leaf Rapids, ManitobaBy C. B. Webber, W. A. Grell
"Sherritt Gordon's Ruttan Mine is a copper-zinc operation located approximately 600 miles north-west of Winnipeg. Open pit mining began in 1973 at 10,000 Tpd., with a change over to underground mining
Jan 1, 1982
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Filtering and Shipping Concentrates at BritanniaBy E. R. Packer
"The mill of Anaconda Britannia Mines is located on the eastern shore of Howe Sound, approximately 32 miles north of Vancouver, British Columbia. The mill has a daily capacity of 3400 to 3500 tons and
Jan 1, 1972
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Defining Wear and Abrasion with a Review of Materials to Combat Abrasion and Wear in MillsBy Ludwig M. Strah
"Wear is a universal problem and is present in all cases wherein one weighted surface moves with or relative to another surface. A practical description of wear as applied to mineral processing plants
Jan 1, 1983
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Integrating People, Processes, and Technology in Mining Automation ImplementationBy Laura Mottola
This paper outlines a framework for ensuring the success of the implementation phase that follows research and development of new mining technologies and systems. It is based upon recent and past less
Oct 1, 2009
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Shortcomings of Environmental Assurance in Mining and the use of Insurance as a ComplementBy Richard Poulin
Rehabilitation of mined out areas is often enforced by environmental bonding. It is usually assumed that this process provides financial assurance that rehabilitation will be carried out as agreed at
May 1, 2004
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When does a project with Questionable Viability, Warrant Further Investment?By David Whittle
When does a project with questionable viability, warrant further investment? There are cases in which projects, which evaluate to a negative mean probable value, are worth investing in. There are al
May 1, 2006
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Nickel production from low-iron laterite ores: Process descriptionsBy R. A. Bergman
"Process descriptions are provided for the following ten plants that treat high-magnesia lateritic nickel ores (saprolite) by pyrometallurgical means: PT Aneka Tambang; Cerro Matoso S.A.; Falconbridge
Jan 1, 2003
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Some Crushing and Grinding Considerations in Plant DesignBy H. A. Steane
"This presentation will cover some crushing and grinding considerations in plant design and operation. There is nothing basically new in the subject matter presented here; however, the viewpoint and i
Jan 1, 1976
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A Focus on Variability within the Orebody for Improved Design of Flotation PlantsBy Glenn Kosick, Roger Amelunxen, Glenn Dobby
"The variability in flotation response within an orebody is often a significant problem to address during the design phase of a flotation circuit. In addition, for existing operating plants, the reaso
Jan 1, 2002
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The Finch-McIvor Functional Performance Based Grinding Circuit Modeling SystemBy James A. Finch, Robert E. McIvor
"This paper presents the development of a new grinding circuit steady-state modeling system. It is fundamentally based on the “functional performance equation”, which has now been used to improve the
Jan 1, 2007
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Development of Small Scale Flotation Cells and its Application in Milling OperationsBy R. Rosenblum, J. Y. Kim, D. Shink, K. G. Stowe
"A small scale continuous flotation cell was designed and constructed at the Noranda Technology Centre to develop a mobile testing flotation circuit located next to the production circuit. This mobile
Jan 1, 1992
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Corporate Social Responsibility:Kidnap as an Enterprise SolutionCORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CSR is about how companies manage the business processes to produce an overall positive impact on society. - Indentured work, sexual slavery, fair trade, organic grow
May 1, 2010