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  • AUSIMM
    Ministry of Commerce Investigation into the Mineral Resources of the Proposed Northwest South Island National Park - A Summary

    By W L. Jennings

    This paper summarises work undertaken to date as part of an investigation into the mineral resources of the proposedNorth West South Island National Park. The area covered by the proposed national par

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Integrated Sustainability Assessment in the Mineral Industry - Framework and Example

    By R. J. Baumgartner

    Sustainability issues are from rising interest and importance for the mineral industry worldwide. In order to bring them into management processes and to improve decision processes, economic, ecologic

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Metal Crystal Orientation Using the Polarizing Microscope (TN)

    By H. D. Mellom

    The direction of the optic or "C" axis of a uniaxial metal crystal can be found with the metallurgical polarizing microscope by examining two planes of section on the crystal. Complete orientation of

    Jan 1, 1962

  • TMS
    Metallurgical Considerations For Recycling Siliceous- Bearing Materials In The Mitsubishi Continuous Copper Converter

    By Fumito Tanaka

    The Mitsubishi Process is the sole pyrometallurgical process for the continuous production of blister copper from copper concentrates. Continuous converting originates from the application of the pro

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AIME
    Placer Prospecting Practice

    By GERALD H. HUTTON

    SINCE the inception of dredge mining, the attention of engineers and operators has been directed primarily toward mechanical improvements and refinements calculated to, reduce operating costs and to i

    Jan 1, 1921

  • NIOSH
    OFR-94-78 Development Of Noise Control For Secondary And Tertiary Crushers In Surface Non-Coal Mining Plants And Mills

    By G. Boehler

    The purpose of this program is to demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of noise control for secondary and tertiary crushers in surface non-coal mining plants and mills. It is a part of the bro

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    The Occurrence and Concentration of Rare Earth Elements in Acid Mine Drainage and Treatment By-products: Part 1—Initial Survey of the Northern Appalachian Coal Basin Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Aaron Noble, Christopher R. Vass

    The conventional rare earth element (REE) industry has historically sought to develop ore deposits where geologic processes have produced mineralized zones with commercially attractive REE concentrati

  • SME
    The Occurrence and Concentration of Rare Earth Elements in Acid Mine Drainage and Treatment By-products: Part 1—Initial Survey of the Northern Appalachian Coal Basin Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (4e302343-6c3c-4087-9974-a71041343ce5)

    By Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Aaron Noble, Christopher R. Vass

    The conventional rare earth element (REE) industry has historically sought to develop ore deposits where geologic processes have produced mineralized zones with commercially attractive REE concentrati

  • AUSIMM
    Some Factors Affecting the Behaviour of Lead During and Subsequent to Deformation by Rolling and Pressing

    During the course of the major research in the Metallurgy Department of the University of Melbourne into the creep characteristics of lead and .its dilute alloys, it has been the practice to prepare t

    Jan 1, 1940

  • AUSIMM
    A Glossary of Terms Used in Mining-Geology

    When perusing articles which treat of mining geology, and when talking with miners on the field, one is at times unable to follow the exact thoughts intended to be expressed, owing to the introduction

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Significance of Specimen Stiffness and Post Yield Characteristics on Passive Roof Support Design

    By Thomas M. Barczak

    The intent of this paper is to make mine operators and engineers aware of parameters which affect the loading behavior of passive roof support systems. The strength of a passive roof support element a

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Dense Medium Separation – An Effective and Robust Pre-Concentration Technology

    By Erin Legault Seguin, Mike Rylatt, Curtis Mohns

    "With energy costs increasing and ore grades diminishing, the role of pre-concentration in hard rock mining operations has been gaining greater interest. To maximize energy conservation, the pre-conce

    Jan 1, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Controlling Product Quality at High Production Rates as Applied to BHP Billiton Iron Ore Yandi Fines Operation

    By T Howard, J E. Everett

    BHP Billiton Iron Ore has replaced the conventional product quality control batch system at Yandi with the Continuous Stockpile Management System (CSMS) centred on a fully integrated æcontinuousÆ stoc

    Jan 1, 2002

  • TMS
    Comparative Study Of The Effects Of Solidification Rate On The Cast Microstructures Of Aluminum Alloys 6016 And 6009

    By P. N. Anyalebechi

    The effects of solidification rate on the cast microstructures of aluminum alloys 6009 and 6016 have been investigated with directionally cooled laboratory-size ingots, at 0.2-10.1 K/s and 0.4- 23.1 K

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Current State Of Practice Of Corrision Protective Systems For Tierods And Tiebacks Used In Marine Applications ? Introduction

    By Thomas A. Printz

    The wide use of carbon steel in construction and engineering projects makes this engineering material accountable for approximately 85% of the total annual steel production worldwide. Despite the lac

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Vehicle Automation In Production Environments (f3d85b44-9485-4a1e-ae9b-660c922fcadb)

    By C. Swart

    Automation technologies are increasingly adopted in different mines world-wide. This paper presents the technical aspects of vehicle automation applications at two Noranda operating mines. Teleoper

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Implementation of Cyanidation by Size Class at Sleeping Giant Mill

    By Gilles Landry, Mohamed Ourriban, Pierre Pelletier, Ahmed Bouajila, Claude Gagnon

    "This paper summarizes the work carried out to develop and implement the gold cyanidation by size class (CSC) process, a novel concept aiming to reduce cyanide consumption.First, the authors will pres

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Optimization of the paste backfill plant at Louvicourt Mine (930a856d-d697-4cc4-918f-5d8dfe68aeb0)

    By Jean Cayouette

    "In 1995, Louvicourt Mine started one of the first paste backfill operations in Canada. From 500,000 tonnes in 1995, the annual paste backfill tonnage produced reached 800,000 tonnes in 1999. The maxi

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Recent Improvements At The BCL Smelter

    By A. C. Legg, M. T. Malema

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, flash, smelting, furnace, nickel, copper, Botswana BCL Limited operates the only Flash Smelting Furnace on the African continent, at Selebi-Phikwe, situated in north-east

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Rock Engineering Aspects of Designing Large Span Caverns at Depth in the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory

    By C. Laughton

    Construction of a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory(DUSEL) is proposed under the auspices of the US National Science Foundation(NSF). DUSEL will provide scientists and engineers with

    Jan 1, 2007