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SME Annual Conference & ExpoBy Georgene Renner, Chee Theng, William Gleason
"With more than 900 booth spaces sold and 630 exhibiting companies displaying their wares, there was something for all 7,804 attendees on the exhibit floor of the 2015 SME Annual Conference & Expo in
Jan 1, 2014
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SFRC Segmental Lining Design for a Pressurised TunnelBy Sotiris Psomas, Colin M. Eddie
"Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) Segmental Tunnel Linings have successfully been used for over 20 years in the UK and have been adopted in a number of high profile projects such as High Speed 1
Jan 1, 2016
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Environmental Issues of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in the Tarkwa Mining Area of GhanaBy N. K. Dumakor-Dupey, K. J. Bansah
"We made site visits to determine potential environmental issues caused by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in the Tarkwa Mining Area (TMA) of Ghana. Activities of the diggers were observed to d
Jan 1, 2017
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Discrete Fracture Network Modeling In Support Of In Situ Leach MiningBy Bill Dershowitz
Consider a deep gold orebody with grade of 4 g/t (0.11 oz/st). At the time of this writing, with gold prices at historic highs, it could be a good, but not great, prospect. But if it is a vein deposit
Jan 1, 2011
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Top Coal Movement Law of Dynamic Group Caving Method in LTCC with an Inclined Seam "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020)"By Weijie Wei, Jinwang Zhang, Shengli Yang
Due to the unbalanced top coal drawing process, the recovery ratio is low, and the equipment stability is poor in the longwall top coal caving mining (LTCC) with an inclined seam. Aimed at these probl
Jul 7, 2020
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Flowsheet Analysis For Mass Balance Calculations In Overdefined Metallurgical Systems With RecycleBy James Wm. White
Calculation of consistent steady-state mass balances in operating metallurgical plants and pilot plants is of interest for many reasons. In general, enough data can - and should - be collected to over
Jan 1, 1979
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Optimizing the Metallurgical Properties of Pellets Through Operational Trial Using Inconel BasketBy Sumit Kumar Hota, Asadi Srinivasa Reddy, Ashok Kumar, Ashish Agrawal, Surajit Sinha, Chandra Sekhar, Tanay Ray
In the current operational facility, due to the absence of pellet pot facility, a novel technique is developed wherein the pellets with different chemistries prepared in the laboratory are fired in an
May 24, 2022
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The uranium boom in Namibia - rise of a new giant - SME Transactions 2012By H. Mischo, R. Ellmies
Uranium has been mined in Namibia since the 1970s. The worldwide increasing need for energy in the early 2000s has led to the development and opening of a second uranium mine in 2007 and has triggered
Jan 1, 2012
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Long‑Distance Advanced Pre‑grouting Layer Flexible Reinforcement Mechanism and Its Application in Large Mining Height Coal FaceBy Shaoyang Yan, Xinming Chen, Huazhe Jiao, Huaibao Chu, Chang Wang
In terms of the technical problems of rib spalling in large mining height coal face, a long-distance advanced pre-grouting layer flexible reinforcement technology is proposed in this paper. Based on t
Sep 27, 2022
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Computerized Maintenance System At The Carol ProjectBy C. Jardine
The concept of the system is to minimize costly unscheduled breakdowns of equipment by replacing components earlier than their "life" expectancy. Periodic unit services are scheduled according to pre
Jan 1, 1979
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Installation Of 0.84 M (33 In) Cyclones On The Primary Grinding Circuit At Cyprus Sierrita CorporationBy L. N. Hill
The classifiers on the primary grinding circuit at Cyprus Sierrita have been upgraded from 0.66 m (26 in) diameter hydrocyclones to 0.84 m (33 in) diameter hydrocyclones. This has resulted in a 4.3 %
Jan 1, 1994
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Determination of the Fire Hazards of Mine Materials Using a Radiant Panel (ME Technical Papers)By R. A. Thomas, C. D. Litton
"The objective of this study was to develop a laboratory-scale method to rank the ignition and fire hazards of commonly used underground mine materials and to eliminate the need for the expensive larg
Jan 1, 2015
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The Critical Minerals Initiative of the US Geological Survey’s Mineral Deposit Database Project: USMIN "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"By Patrick Scott, Germán Schmeda, Morgan Mullins, Liam Knudsen, Bradley S. Van Gosen, Carma A. San Juan, Nicholas A. Karl, Jeffrey L. Mauk, Clayton Forbush
The objective of the US Geological Survey’s mineral deposit database project (USMIN) is to develop a comprehensive twentyfirst century geospatial database that is the authoritative source of the most
Feb 8, 2021
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An Exploratory Investigation on the Effectiveness of a Novel Vibration‑Enhanced Flooded‑Bed Dust Scrubber - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2024)By Mahmud Esad Uluer, Seyed Hassan Amini, Aaron Noble, Matt Shigo
Airborne coal mine dust is an unintended and unavoidable result of coal extraction operations that raises notable health and safety concerns. Modern mining techniques utilize several dust mitigation s
Dec 27, 2023
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Recovery Of Gold And Silver From Oxidation Leach Residues By Ammoniacal Thiosulphate LeachingBy R. M. G. S. Berezowsky
An atmospheric ammoniacal thiosulphate leach system was developed to recover gold and silver from residues of the ammoniacal oxidation leaching of sulphidic copper concentrates. Extractions of 88 - 95
Jan 1, 1979
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Pilot Plant Testing of a New Process for Rhenium Recovery from Copper PLSBy C. Bryce
Rhenium is primarily recovered as a by-product from molybdenum roasting circuits. However, rhenium is also present in copper heap leach solutions at very low concentrations and represents a potential
Feb 23, 2014
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Alternatives To Pumping?By R. L. Loofbourow
Most wet mines face unquantified water costs as well as the obvious wing costs. Both kinds of cost are multiplied by work at greater depth and by higher unit prices. This intensified challenge merits
Jan 1, 1980
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Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter Modernization (127c52b5-4f83-464f-bcae-2f259e9fd980)By C. J. Newman
Prior to 1995, the smelting process at the Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation (KUCC) smelter consisted of Noranda reactors and Pierce-Smith converters. In the consideration of expansion opportunities,
Jan 1, 1998
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Handling Concentrates - A Sticky Problem ? IntroductionBy Robert M. Abrams
The passage of an ore pulp through the froth flotation process results in the production, after dewatering, of a finely divided concentrate. This intermediate product Trust be handled to the subsequen
Jan 1, 1976
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A Framework for Detecting and Extracting Discontinuities Based on Machine LearningBy Jianbo Hu, Tao Zheng, Zhao Qihua, Rui Su
Rock mass discontinuities play a significant role in evaluating the stability of rock slopes. It is necessary to collect and analyze these discontinuities to fully understand the mechanical and deform
Nov 6, 2022