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  • SME
    Fundamental Aspects Of The Flow Characteristics Of Liquefied Mine Tailings Dams

    By Jey K. Jeyapalan

    A characteristic common to most tailings dam failures caused by earthquakes or excessive rain storm is that the tailings tend to liquefy and flow for substantial distances as a viscous fluid, with the

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    The Longest Pipe Conveyor Of The World With Double Load Transport At Cementos Lima In Peru

    By J. Wiedenroth

    Since the end of the 1970s Pipe Conveyors have become increasingly important for conveying bulk materials because they have some specific advantages over conventional troughed belt conveyors. FLSmidth

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Grouting Of The Bird's Nest Aquifer At The White River Shale Project

    By James S. Goff, Stephen J. Navin, Wesley W. Moulton

    The White River Shale Oil Corporation (WRSOC), as agent for Phillips Petroleum Company, Sohio Shale Oil Company, and Sun Shale Oil Company, is developing a prototype oil shale facility on Federal Leas

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Mine-Run-Rock Conveyor

    By T. W. Martin

    The use of conveyors in large, open pit mines and their drawbacks are discussed. Technological developments such as long distance conveyors capable of handling large rocks are explored. The developmen

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Botswana ? An Opportunity

    By Stanley J. LeFond

    The Republic of Botswana, one of the newer countries of southern Africa, attained independence on September 30, 1966. It covers an area of about 225,000 square miles (582,000 square kilometers) which

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Reducing Shuttle Car Operator Dust Exposure by Improving Continuous Miner Blowing Face Ventilation Parameters

    By S. S. Klima, J. A. Organiscak

    Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) performed laboratory testing to examine and improve airborne dust capture and methane removal performance of flooded-be

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Concommitant Backstowing: What Is Its Potential For Alleviating Concerns Associated With High-Production Longwall Mining?

    By M. J. Sanzotti

    This paper examines the potential for controlling longwall-induced subsidence by pneumatically backstowing the void created by mining with waste rock, and having the process scheduled as a unit operat

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Utilization Characteristics Of Blending Eastern And Western Coals (8fa4ffcd-963f-4912-b174-a4970132c39b)

    By C. R. Pelley

    This paper is intended to describe the utilization of Western subbituminous coal as used in a utility-sized steam generator. It compares this coal's characteristics with those of a typical Midwes

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Electrical injuries in the US mining industry, 2000-2009 - SME Transactions 2013

    By J. C. Cawley, G. T. Homce

    The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) conducted a study of mining industry electrical injuries reported to the U.S. M

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME
    Bit-Pick Crushing Cone to Boiler Toxic Respirable Dust Generation

    By I. Y. Bausov, L. G. Stolarczyk, R. E. Pillmore, A. J. Hillard, J. T. Duncan

    "Prevalence of lung disease in younger miners surprised industry regulators, congressional members, researchers and black lung clinic staff members. Mitigation researcher focused on low-coal mining in

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Improving Performance Of Dust Controls For Continuous Miners

    Laboratory tests were conducted in a full-scale continuous miner test gallery to evaluate resulting dust levels for changes in face airflow, spray water quantity and pressure, and mining height. The m

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Controlled Blasting At The CANMET Experimental Mine (PRI-PRINT 95-172)

    Controlled blasting experiments in small development drifts were conducted at CANMET's Experimental Mine, from August 1992 to November 1993. The objective of these experiments was to develop suit

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    The Development Of The Double Key-Cut Method At Duvha Opencast Services (Pty) Limited

    By S. Dawson

    The Republic of South Africa has become a major producer of opencast coal in recent years. Opencast production commenced in 1970 and by 1977 some 10 million run of mine tonnes were being produced annu

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Performance of Reinforced Ribs of Shotcrete (RRS) Under Different Stress Regimes

    By Panagiotis Chryssanthakis

    "The aim of this study is to give a better understanding for the performance of the composite material RRS and the synergy effect of its components under different stress regimes and while an excavati

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Rheological Properties Of Heavy Media Suspensions Stabilized By Polymers And Bentonites ? Introduction

    By Laszlo Valentyik

    The wide scale acceptance of the heavy media separation is due to its simplicity and efficiency. The two most important variables of the process are specific gravity and consistency of the medium. The

    Jan 1, 1975

  • SME
    Evaluation Of U.S. Coal Mine Emissions (0faee37c-b861-47d6-9f68-270cf68c143f)

    By M. A. Trevits

    Methane gas is an ever-present problem facing the underground coal mining industry. Mine operators are mandated by law to maintain safe concentrations of methane gas within the mine environment. Venti

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Surface Mine Irrigation At The San Juan Mine, New Mexico

    By Halter L. Gould

    Since the turn of the century there has been a marked increase in population, industrial and economic growth, and in energy requirements in the United States. During this time our energy needs have be

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Predicting Oxygen Run-Out Times Of Self-Contained Self-Rescuers

    The recent mine disasters in Australian coal mines have initiated an introduction of Self-Contained Self-Rescuer (SCSR) as component in the development of new escape strategies for miners. These self-

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Cobalt Mineralization Associated With Cambrian Mississippi Valley-Type Rocks In Southeastern Missouri

    By Mark A. Koestel

    Cobalt-sulfide mineralization can he found in potentially economic quantities where permeable, basal Cambrian formations "pinchout" against Precambrian pal eotopographi c highs. These environments are

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Cyanide Geochemistry and Detoxification Regulations

    By Adrian Smith, Debra W. Struhsacker

    13.1 INTRODUCTION Cyanide is, a generic term indicating the presence of the cyanide ion (CN-). Cyanide is a very common, naturally occurring compound produced by many biochemical reactions. Many plan

    Jan 1, 1988