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  • SME
    Geotechnical Investigations for Tunneling in Glacial Soils

    By David Chapman, Glen Frank

    Due to the transport mechanics of the depositional environment, glacial soils display a very wide range of grain sizes and behavior. Several nonstandard drilling, sampling, and analytical techniques a

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    On-Line Rheometer For Mineral Slurries

    By S. K. Kawatra, A. K. Bakshi, T. C. Eisele

    An on-line rheometer, suitable for use with slurries, has been developed at Michigan Technological University. This rheometer can be used with both Newtonian and non-Newtonian slurries, and produces c

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Mine Wide Protection For Miners, Equipment And Infrastructure

    By W. H. Schiffbauer

    The protection of miners, equipment, and infrastructure is discussed. While the primary focus of the described technology is to prevent miners from being injured, struck-by, or crushed by heavy equipm

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Gold Mineralization In The Coffee Creek Area; White Gold District (Dawson Range), West-Central Yukon ? Introduction

    By A. J. Wainwright

    The Coffee Creek lode gold discoveries are located in the White Gold district (Dawson Range), west-central Yukon, 130 km south of Dawson City and 30 km south of the Golden Saddle gold deposit (Figure

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Technical Papers - Haul Truck Fuel Consumption And CO2 Emission Under Various Engine Load Conditions

    By V. Kecojevic

    Environmental and economic costs related to equipment fuel consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emission present a substantial challenge to the mining industry. Haul trucks are an integral part of the

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Innovative Roof Support Systems For The Next Generation Of Mining

    By S. C. Tadolini

    Roof support systems have evolved from standing posts and timbers to a generation termed ?big nails? where steel bars are inserted into boreholes and anchored with expansion shells and/or resin cartri

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Mine Safety Applications Of A Geographic Information System

    By S. E. Phillipson

    The Mine Safety and Health Administration?s (MSHA) Roof Control Division (RCD) collects a variety of geological and engineering information pertaining to mining conditions in surface and underground m

    Jan 1, 2008

  • 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
    Considerations For Blending Low-Rank and High-Rank Coals – Preprint 97-15

    By O. Ogunsola, M. Downing

    This paper gives a brief overview of impacts of coal blending on coal-fired power plants performance and discuses the preliminary results of an on-going study aimed at evaluating the effect of coal pr

    Feb 24, 1997

  • SME
    Studies Of Friction Factor For Kentucky's Coal Mines

    By Andrzej M. Wala

    A knowledge of the friction factor (K-factor) is necessary in planning and designing mine ventilation systems for least cost and highest effectiveness. The friction factor used must be accurate and re

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    A Novel Approach To Flotation Cell Design

    By P. Koh

    A novel approach incorporating computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and flotation modelling has been used for investigating flotation cell designs. CFD modelling has increasingly been employed to enhanc

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Economic Decision-Making For Methane Drainage Systems For Underground Coal Mines – Preprint 97-157

    By J. M. Mutmansky, A. Wang

    This paper defines the elements of a basic economic model for decision-making when considering a methane drainage system for an underground coal mine. A drainage system will require significant capita

    Feb 24, 1997

  • SME
    TBM Excavability: Prediction and Machine–Rock Interaction

    By Z. T. Bieniawski, José Miguel Galera, Benjamín Celada

    TBM case histories from over 400 tunnel sections are analyzed presenting a comprehensive application of the Rock Mass Excavability (RME) index (Bieniawski et al.2006). The paper introduces two new adj

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Microcomputers and Mining : Geology and Exploration

    By Thomas C. Shapiro

    This is the second in a series of articles on microcomputers and applications in the minerals industry. The first article (ME, Feb., page 129) discussed microcomputer terms and concepts. This article

    Jan 3, 1984

  • SME
    Flambeau And Ridgeway Mines – Lessons Learned

    By F. D. Fox

    The Flambeau and Ridgeway Mines, both owned and operated by wholly owned subsidiaries of Kennecott Minerals Company, were located very close to populated areas having initial concerns about health, sa

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Reverse Column Flotation Of Iron Ore

    By T. C. Eisele

    The use of column flotation was considered for the ?reverse flotation? of iron ore, where the gangue (quartz) was recovered in the froth product. This use of the froth for carrying the gangue mineral

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Timing, Motivation, Technology Important for Improved Mining Productivity

    By William G. Doepken

    With most of the mining industry emerging from the deepest business recession in 50 years, primary attention must be given to surviving in a business climate where dominant foreign competition, depres

    Jan 11, 1983

  • SME
    Open Pit Geometry Modeling And Economic Analysis Of Novel At-Face-Slurry Options

    The evolution of surface mine layout configuration is a function of the schedules and sequence of material excavation within the optimized layouts. The production schedules and sequence of materials m

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Economic Evaluation And Sensitivity-Risk Analysis Of Zarshuran Gold Mine Project

    By K. Oraee

    Zarshuran gold deposit, with the total reserves of some 12.5 million tons of 4.18 g/ton ore, is considered to be an important gold mining project in the area. In this paper the feasibility studies of

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Evaluation Of Cyanide Producing Microorganisms To Recover Gold From Low-Grade Ore ? Introduction

    By D. Shin

    The gold leaching using cyanide from ore or waste has been almost universally in use [1]. Recently, biological gold bioleaching using cyanide producing bacteria, e.g. Chromobacterium violaceum, Pseudo

    Jan 1, 2012