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  • SME
    Getchell Mine Pressure Oxidation Circuit Four Years After Startup

    By Dale Matthews

    The Getchell Mine, near Winnemucca, NR, was discovered in the 1930s and was initially mined to recover gold from oxide ores. During the 1940s and 1950s, gold was recovered from the highly refractory a

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    The Flotation Chemistry Of Potassium Double Salts: Schoenite, Kainite, And Carnallite

    By M. Hancer, J. D. Miller

    It is known from soluble salt flotation practice that the K, Mg double salts of kainite (KClMgSO43H2O), and carnallite (KClMgCl26H2O) are difficult to float and must be converted to other salts such a

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Nature Friendly Sustainability: Mining

    By M. Javier

    This concept paper is presented in the hope of raising the awareness of mankind on the necessity for its peaceful coexistence with nature. It is a food for thought. It takes compromise and sacrifice o

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Multi-Step Thermodynamic Calculation for Copper Dross Bath Smelting Process "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Tianzu Yang, Weifeng Liu, Lin Chen, BOYI XIE, DUCHAO ZHANG, HUI XIAO

    The oxygen-rich bath smelting process of copper dross was simulated using Factsage software. It was found that the two-step simulation results agreed better with the industrial data, especially in the

    Oct 19, 2020

  • SME
    Ok Tedi - On Why Ok Tedi Was Found In 1968

    By Colin C. Brooks

    The Ok Tedi gold/copper deposit of almost 800 million tonnes was found in I968 because at that time technology had just developed sufficiently to enable exploration of such an area, world markets and

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Comparison Of Mine Ventilation Simulation Software

    Ventilation network modeling in mine planning dates back at least three decades, but it is not widely accepted and/or practiced until the last decade, thanks to the advent of modern computers with the

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Large Flotation Cells In The Copper Processing Industry ? Recent Experiences And Future Considerations (Part 1)

    By D. Govender

    In recent years, economies of scale have continued to drive copper projects to larger throughputs to offset depleting lower grade resources. A decade ago there were only a small number of projects tha

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Mining in a New Era Theme of 1999 - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By Tim O’Neil

    More than 5,300 mining professionals from around the world attended the SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, March 1-3 in Denver, CO. Seventy three technical sessions highlighted innovative technologie

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Design And Development Of The Northeast Layback Of The Betze-Post Open Pit

    By Nick Rose, Robert Sharon, Mark Rantapaa

    Development of the Northeast Layback of Barrick’s Betze-Post open pit commenced in June 2000 and was successfully completed to a height of 400m (1,300 ft) in January 2003. Following a brief exploratio

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Employment opportunities in the coal industry

    By T. R. Jr. McMillan

    Introduction Examining the short- and long-term job prospects for engineers in the coal industry might include looking at coal tonnage projections, future export markets, federal regulations, and the

    Jan 2, 1985

  • SME
    AUV and ROV magnetometer surveys, compensation

    By Peter Kowalczyk

    Magnetic surveying and map production is well established in land based mineral exploration. Magnetic data are routinely used to map geology in covered terrains, to estimate the depth to basement in o

    Sep 1, 2014

  • SME
    Tunnel Construction in Difficult Site Condition for the Longest Highway Tunnel in Himalayan Ranges—India

    By Alok Garg, Rajeev Kumar Dayal

    The Himalayan ranges have complex geological formation induced with locked up tectonic stresses and squeezing ground conditions. High overburden, steep slopes, perennial snow, and forest cover restric

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Dry Grinding Experience at the Cortez Gold Mine

    By Garry Keizer

    The Cortez gold mine is located in Lander County, NR, about 130 km (80 miles) southwest of Elko. Cortez Gold Mines (CGM) is a joint venture between Placer Dome US Inc. (60% operator) and Kennecott Cor

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    The effects of biodiesel fuel and intake air methane on the emissions of a flameproof diesel power package

    By M. Gangal

    CANMET-MMSL, in cooperation with Dry Systems Technologies and Quinsam Mine, conducted a study to determine the effects of B50 biodiesel on the emissions of a flameproof diesel power package in compari

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Ventilation planning at Energy West?s Deer Creek Mine

    By L. Tonc

    In 2004, the engineers at the Deer Creek Mine located near Huntington, Utah initiated the ventilation planning to exploit a remote area of the mine?s reserves. This area was located under a mountain w

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Design-Build of the Lake Hodges to Olivenhain Pipeline Tunnel and Shaft

    By Jon Y. Kaneshiro, Sean A. Menge, M. Luis Piek, Brian Barker

    The Lake Hodges to Olivenhain Pipeline project is part of a 40-megawatt pumped storage project linking two reservoirs as part of the San Diego County Water Authority’s $939 million Emergency Storage P

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Technology for In Situ Uranium Leaching

    By David Baughman, Steven Axen, Ray V. Huff, Donald H. Davidson

    Introduction In situ leaching (ISL) is an alternative method of mining uranium from deposits that are low-grade, deeplying, and water-saturated. ISL recovers uranium by transporting fluids through

    Jan 2, 1980

  • SME
    Shield Tunneling in Pure Sands - Merging the Application Fields of EPB and Slurry Shield Technologies

    By Carlos Henrique Turolla Maia, Ulrich Maidl, Marc Comulada, Julio Claudio Di Dio Pierri

    "Pure sands are typically the domain of slurry shields due to their high permeability and their granular characteristics. However, the Earth Pressure Balanced (EPB) shield machine technology has advan

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    New method allows for anchorage checkfor rock bolts

    By Gene Mattila, Ron Boyd

    Introduction Rock bolting is a general term that encompasses pinning, roof bolting, rib bolting, and cable bolting. Rock bolting contributes the highest nonproductive cost and is the most significant

    Jan 4, 1985

  • SME
    Attendance Up, Attitude Upbeat at Prospectors and Developers Meeting

    By Bruce Gellar

    For the past six years, the author has made it a priority to attend the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) annual conference. This most recent meeting took place March 10-13, 20

    Jan 1, 2002