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  • SME
    Cincinnati Features Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Programming

    The 2003 SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit will take place Feb. 24-26 in Cincinnati, OH. The meeting will feature a host of special symposia and programming geared toward the industrial minerals and agg

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Using An Integrated Model For Maintenance Strategy Selection Of Load-Haul-Dump Equipment

    By A. Yazadni-Chamzini

    Maintenance strategy selection plays a significant role in mining design. The nature of maintenance strategy selection is a complex multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem including both tangibl

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Geology of the Brewer Gold Mine in South Carolina

    By W. Scheetz

    The Brewer Gold Mine is an open-pit, heap leach operation that processes about 122 kt/m (135,000 stpm). The mine is operated by Brewer Gold Inc., a subsidiary of Westmont Mining Inc., and is located n

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Travelling In China

    By F. Habashi

    The changes that took place in China between 1984 and 2004 are remarkable. Visits were made to universities, research institutes, metallurgical industry, and many cultural centers within five trips du

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Annual Review 2005 – Exploration Review

    By D. R. Wilburn

    This summary of international mineral exploration activities for the year 2005 draws upon available information from literature, industry and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) specialists. It provides da

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Improvements Seen in Acid-Mine-Drainage Technology

    By William R. Yernberg

    The Fifth International Conference on acid rock drainage (ICARD 2000) was held May 21-24, 2000, in Denver, CO. The three-day conference consisted of about 150 oral presentations and poster sessions t

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Piercing The Mountain And Overcoming Difficult Ground And Water Conditions With Two Hybrid Hard Rock TBMS

    By Brian Fulcher, Michael Bell, Shimi Tzobery, Werner Burger, John Bednarski

    The Arrowhead Tunnels Project represents the final portion of a 70 km (44-mile) long water conveyance facility that will bring up to 28 m3/sec (1,000 ft3/sec) of water into Southern California. The 13

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Cresson Mine Completes Two-Year Expansion

    By William R. Yernberg

    The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co.(CC&V) celebrated completion of a two-year, $168.5-million expansion and capital improvement program. An open house celebration was held in the historic mini

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Computational Fluid Dynamics Study Of Tracer Gas Dispersion In A Mine After Different Ventilation Damage Scenarios

    Tracer gases are an effective method for assessment of mine ventilation systems, but their dispersion characteristics can differ substantially as ventilation parameters, such as flow path and velocity

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Adeco As An Alternative To NATM: How It Works, WHY It Works

    By Fulvio Tonon

    And Rabcewicz said ?tunnels should be driven full face whenever possible.? ADECO, which stands for ?Analysis of Controlled Deformations in tunnels,? now allows us to fulfll Rabcewicz?s dream in any st

  • SME
    Barrick?s Zaldivar Mine Gets A Dome Cover Over Its Stockpile

    The Barrick Zaldivar mine is an openpit, heap-leach copper mine in Region II of northern Chile at an elevation of 3,300 m (10,826 ft), approximately 1,400 km (870 miles) north of Santiago and 175 km (

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Effect of Operating Parameters on the Breakage Process of Calcite in a Stirred Media Mill Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Diler Katircioglu-Bayel, Oner Yusuf Toraman, Safak Gokhan Ozkan

    One of the most energy-intensive processes for producing submicron range calcite is stirred media mill. In the present work, numerous operating parameters such as solid mass fraction, grinding media s

  • SME
    Condemnation valuation : The taking of mineral bearing lands

    By M. C. Azar, W. B. Mason, G. L. Anderson

    Eminent domain overview Eminent domain is the power of the Government or a municipality to take property for public use without the consent or acceptance of the owner. Typically, the agency taking

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Pitfalls And Lessons Learned In Pump Station Construction

    By Steven R. Lowe

    Construction of a pump station, consisting of an inlet chamber, wet well and pump chamber, required excavation to a depth of 9.7 m (32 ft) below ground surface and more than 7.6 m (25 ft) below the gr

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Rock Load Estimation For Tunnels In Squeezing Ground Conditions

    By Bhawani Singh, A. K. Dube, B. Singh

    At least three hydroelectric tunnels constructed during the last decade through the lower Himalayan region in India have met with serious problems of supporting in squeezing ground conditions. Steel r

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Implementation Of The HydroFloat Technology At The South Fort Meade Mine (b0ff9df4-18a3-4533-954f-95c4d4f285a2)

    Several industrial-scale HydroFloat separators have recently been installed at Mosaic?s South Fort Meade beneficiation plant for the purpose of improving phosphate recovery and throughput capacity. Th

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Beneficiation Of Terrestrial Resources For The Production Of Lunar Simulant Separates

    NASA has received direction for lunar habitation beginning in 2024. Prior to then, it will be necessary to learn about how lunar soil can be used to promote civilization on the moon. Questions must

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Continuous Improvement And Teamwork Are The Keys To Success At Phoenix Mine

    By Scott Ellenbecker

    The formation in Newmont Mining?s Phoenix Mine near Battle Mountain, NV contains high levels of abrasive quartzite as well as gold, copper and silver. Newmont started mining operations at Phoenix (for

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Banquet, Train Ride Highlight Hall of Fame Weekend

    By Tim O’Neil

    Dressed in black tie and Victorian attire, some 200 people came to Leadville, CO, for a September weekend featuring a National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum (NMHF&M) induction banquet and a scenic mo

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Designing the Alaskan Way Tunnel to Withstand a 2,500-Year Earthquake

    By Gordon T. Clark, James R. Struthers, Celal Kirandag

    INTRODUCTION Project Background The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) hired the Seattle office of Parsons Brinckerhoff to lead a team of consultants to produce an Environ-men

    Jan 1, 2007