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  • NIOSH
    Review Of Mining Technology (1dc40e31-63f9-4092-a148-2e045745fedc)

    By James E. Hill

    Tremendous improvements in mining technology have been witnessed during the past 100 years. For example, before 1860 all blastholes were drilled manually and blasting was done with low-energy black-po

    Jan 1, 1966

  • AUSIMM
    Mining and the New Zealand Economy

    This paper discusses the social and economic impact of mining, and in particular goldmining, on New Zealand. The range of topics covered and their complexity has confined us in this paper to highlight

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Los Angeles Tunnels Are Expanded With Help Of TBM Monitoring System

    During the last 20 years, more than 80 km (50 miles) of tunnels have been constructed in the Los Angeles, CA area. Recent projects include The East Central Interceptor Sewer (ECIS), completed in 2004

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Correlation Of Vertical Magnetic Surveying To The Alabama Piedmont Geology

    By Thornton L. Neathery

    Vertical magnetic surveys have been made over about 3, 150 miles of the crystalline area of east-central Alabama. A contour map (100-gamma interval) showing regional magnetic anomalies has been prepar

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Paste Thickener Technology For Mine Backfill

    By J. Stephen Slottee, Jerold Johnson

    The use of a thickener, without filtration, to produce a non-settling paste (also called thickened tailings) with non-Newtonian rheology has been practiced in Australia for many years for the disposal

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Support Communities - The Human Factor In Resource Development

    By Robert W. Yokom

    As the search for new sources of energy and minerals leads to more remote areas of the country - and the world - the need to plan for adequate housing and community facilities for the construction and

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    Validation of High Fidelity Simulation Wear Predictions in Various Types of Mineral Processing Equipment

    By John A. Herbst, Xiangjun Qiu

    "Prediction of wear on a microscale level in mineral processing equipment turns out to be a challenging undertaking. This is particularly true for cases in which the objective is to use such predictio

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Investigating Total Media Wear

    By Peter Radziszewski

    "Comminition process costs, which typically represent an important contribution to mining operating costs, can themselves be divided roughly between energy and liner /charge wear. As such, developing

    Jan 1, 2001

  • TMS
    CO2 Sequestration via a Biomimetic Approach

    By G. M. Bond

    Reduction of the emissions of greenhouse gases, such as CO,, is currently the subject of extensive research. A novel strategy is put forward here, based on a biomimetic approach providing accelerated

    Jan 1, 1999

  • CIM
    The Geological Setting, Mineralogy, and Paragenesis of Gold-Bearing Polymetallic (Cu+Co+Ag+Au+Bi±Pb±Ni±U) Veins of the Merico-Ethel Property, Elk Lake, Northeastern Ontario, Canada

    By I. Campbell, P. C. Jones, E. G. Potter, R. P. Taylor

    "The Cobalt embayment is a large domain of Paleoproterozoic clastic sedimentary rocks that unconformably overlies the Archean Abitibi greenstone belt. Regionally extensive sills and dikes of Nipissing

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    The Relationship Between Porphyry Copper Deposits And Post-Orogenic Volcanism

    By Paul Cameron Gilmour

    Geologically, as distinct from economically, "porphyry copper (molybdenum, gold, silver, etc.) deposits" might be defined as large, disseminated and/or stock-work occurrences of copper-minerals, gener

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Massive Tires Keep The Industry Rolling

    One of the biggest challenges for the mining industry is, quite literally, how to the keep the equipment rolling. There is a limited amount of companies that manufacture the 4.2-m- (14-ft-) tall, 5,

    Jan 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Assessing the Value of Ventilation on Demand CIM Conference

    By Glenn Lyle

    CEMI Introduction ? Introduction of the CAF VOD Project ? Who are our partners ? What were the Outcomes What is next

    May 1, 2011

  • NIOSH
    OFR-112-79 Research Study Of Continuous Haulage From Open Pit Mines

    By W. G. Freeman

    It is unlikely, as In the past, improvement in truck efficiency and capacity can fully offset the effects of inflation, fuel costs/shortages and ever increasing haul distances. There-fore, investigati

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    Bureau Of Mines Research On Recycling Scrapped Automobiles

    By K. C. Dean

    Discarded automobiles represent the greatest single resource of reusable metals, plastics, and rubber in the United States. This report presents results of Bureau of Mines research, conducted from 196

    Jan 1, 1985

  • CIM
    Mechanical Integrity versus Process Safety Management Requirements

    By Hugo Julien

    According to OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910.119 (Process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals), Canadian Provincial Safety Standard Acts or Federal laws, the owner of stationary equipment (Boilers,

    Jan 1, 2014

  • IOM3
    Influence of material properties on high-temperature zone reactions in sintering of iron ore

    By L. T. Matthews, C. E. Loo, R. P. Williams

    The behaviour of iron ores and fluxes in the high temperature zone of a sintering bed is extremely complex. Following a review of current knowledge, an attempt is made to define relevant terminology t

    Jan 4, 1992

  • DFI
    The Soilex Pile System

    By Erik M. Westerberg

    The Soilex Pile combines a slender shaft, for quick and easy installation, with an enlarged pile toe, for high capacity. The key component is the Expander Body, which is inflated by injecting cement g

    Jan 1, 2000

  • NIOSH
    Open-Cut Metal Mining - Introduction

    By E. D. Gardner

    This bulletin, which discusses open-cut mining at the metal mines of the United States, is the last of a series of such papers by the Bureau of Mines describing the principal methods of mining.4 Open

    Jan 1, 1941

  • SME-ICGCM
    Analysis Of Multiple-Seam Interaction In A Bump-Prone Western Coal Mine Using MULSIM/PC

    By D. A. Donato

    It is often necessary for a mining company to extract coal from a seam underlying a previously mined coal seam. The impact of the overlying mine workings on the stress distribution within the underlyi

    Jan 1, 1996