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  • SME
    MODELING BASELINE METAL RECOVERY IN ORDER TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF MAJOR CONCENTRATOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS USING ADVANCED ANALYTICS - SME Annual Meeting

    By T. Doshi, S. Ennis

    The interactions of mineralogy, chemistry and mechanics in an ore concentrator are highly complex, so it can be particularly hard to measure the impact of a specific plant change. This paper describes

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SME
    Computerized Determination Of Mine Planning Data From Borholes

    By Christopher Haycocks

    The growth of computer and ground control technology in recent years, combined with an urgent demand for low-cost fossil fuels and mineral resources, has set the stage for full-scale utilization of co

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SME
    Implementation Of Reporting Code Guidelines For Mineral Resources And Mineral Reserves Using A General Mine Planning Package

    By I. Kapageridis

    The mining industry worldwide has recognized in the past the need to apply specific rules and guidelines in the reporting of mineral resources and reserves. The high financial investment and risk asso

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Risk Mitigation In Global Mining Development Newmont Mining Corporation

    By Wayne W. Murdy

    Since 1993, Newmont has been actively growing through the development of three major foreign mining operations with a fourth under construction. The first project, Yanacocha in Peru began operating in

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Impact Of State And Federal Water Pollution Control Laws On The Mining Industry In Missouri

    By James P. Odendahl

    Missouri is a state rich in mineral commodities. There is a variety of types of mining as well as minerals in the state. Different phases of mining are controlled by a variety of state and federal law

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Hydrogeology Of Surface Mine Spoil In Illinois

    By David E. Lindorff

    The impact of surface coal mining on the geologic materials and ground water in different geologic settings is being investigated by the Illinois State. Geological Survey at three abandoned surface mi

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Risk Management: Adapting Riskgate for Underground Coal Mines in the United States (46fa42ad-fbd5-47e4-a739-7d29843a05b2)

    By J. A. Restrepo, K. D. Luxbacher

    "The U.S. underground coal mining industry has recently seen the occurrences of several multifatality events that have interrupted an otherwise steadily improving safety record. These events transpire

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    The Influence Of Site-Specific Climate Conditions On Long-Term Performance Of Dry Cover Systems To Control Acid Mine Drainage Examples Of Field Performance At Sites In Australia, Canada, And The USA

    By G. Meiers, M. O’Kane

    Dry cover systems as a closure option for management and decommissioning of waste rock and tailings is a common prevention and control technique used at numerous sites around the world. Numerous site-

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    "Pit lake water treatment assists with legacy acid rock drainage issue in anticipation of restart at Mount Todd gold mine"

    By P. B. Moran, J. W. Rozelle, J. Forbort

    "The Mount Todd gold mine is located approximately 50 km (31 miles) north of the town of Katherine in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia just off the Stewart Highway, and was operated in the 199

    Apr 1, 2016

  • SME
    Experiences with Spray Applied Waterproofing Membranes - Experiences and investigations with a EVA based membrane in a tunnel environment

    By Karl Gunnar Holter, Frank Clement

    "INTRODUCTION Typically waterproofing of conventionally excavated tunnels has been done by installing pre-fabricated sheet membranes between the primary temporary support lining and the secondary perm

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Demonstrating Passive Hydraulic Containment For An Open Pit Copper Mine (SME Annual Meeting March 1-3, 1999, Denver, Colorado)

    By R. D. Bartlett

    Large open pit mines in desert climates, such as the Phelps Dodge Morenci copper mine in Arizona, can create groundwater cones-of-depression of considerable size and :ability. The hydraulic containmen

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Development of process for beneficiation of low-grade iron ore consisting of goethite - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2018)

    By K. Marutiram, T. Umadevi, R. Sah, K. Abhishek

    Low-grade iron ore received from the West Singhbhum area of Jharkhand state in India was used to develop a beneficiation flow sheet to remove alumina (Al2O3) and silica (SiO2 ) from the ore to get iro

  • SME
    Causes And Mechanisms Of Massive Pillar Failure In A Southern West Virginia Coal Mine

    By A. W. Khair

    This paper deals with the causes and mechanisms of pillar failure in a southern West Virginia coal mine. The conclusions are based on in-mine observations and analysis of mining methods, eyewitness ac

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Design Development of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority Phase 2 Raw Water Delivery System Project - RETC2021

    By Aaron Archer, James Parkes

    This paper presents design considerations for the major underground elements of the pending BCRUA Phase 2 Raw Water Delivery System Project. These elements include two Lake Taps; an 8,800 LF, minimum

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    International Social License in Mining Projects (398d5fa8-9bb7-41fe-a37a-87700a767f4f)

    By D. E. Hulse

    "Social License, the consent of the neighbors and community to develop and operate a mine, has received little attention until recently. Though social license is intangible, not having this relationsh

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Mining Equipment Reliability Improvement At Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.

    By D. Bleazard

    Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. is actively involved in improving the reliability of mining and processing equipment through the use of failure analysis and condition monitoring activities. Program res

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Limits to Underground Mining at Depth - (in the context of global demand for minerals)

    By J. L. Furtney, C. Fairhurst

    "Although global mineral resources are considered to be adequate to meet the needs of a rapidly growing world population, the United States is becoming increasingly dependent on imports. This could ha

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Tbm Shield Abandonment Beneath the Fraser River for Connecting Tunnel and River Riser of the Annacis Island WWTP New Outfall System - NAT2024

    By John Newby, Ulf Gwildis, Ken Massé, Guillaume Roux

    How to connect an effluent conveyance tunnel to riser shaft and diffuser arms of an outfall system is dictated by the ground conditions, which ideally include rock or soil strata of low permeability.

    Jun 23, 2024

  • SME
    Mining and Metals Industry Structure and Interaction with the Circular Economy

    "INTRODUCTION In recent years, there has been increasing focus on environmental and social impacts of the extractive industries, climate change and resource scarcity. The concept of the circular econo

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Considerations On The Selection Of A System Of Long Distance Transport By Conveyor Belt ? Introduction

    By J. M. Rios

    This paper exposes the reasons that led the Empresa Nacional Minera del Sahara, S.A. (ENMINSA) to the selection of a conveyor belt system for the transport of phosphate rock over a distance of 100 kil

    Jan 1, 1968