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  • SME
    Hecla Mining Company 125 Years Since 1891

    "2016 marks an amazing accomplishment in the mining industry as Hecla Mining Company celebrates its 125th anniversary. Mining Engineering sat down with Hecla chief executive officer Phil Baker to gain

    Jun 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    Using the Superposition of Seed Waveforms to Predict Seismic Effect by Blasting

    By Yang Jun, Qu Mei, Zheng Yao-wu, Chi Li-yuan

    Due to the necessity of the prediction of blasting seismic effect around strip mine bench blasting area, the paper provides a method to predict the blasting seismic effect by employing the superpositi

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Plasticity Characteristics of the Immediate Floor Rocks in the Illinois Basin Coal Mines

    By Murali Gadde

    The immediate floor bed in the Illinois Basin coal mines is often comprised of weak plastic underclay material. Operational and stability problems were encountered in the past due to the low strength

    Jan 1, 2008

  • NIOSH
    The Mineral Industry Of Alabama

    By Avery H. Reed

    RECORD production of cement, clays, salt, sand and gravel, and stone highlighted the mineral industry of the State in 1956. Coal and iron-ore production declined owing to increased imports of foreign

    Jan 1, 1958

  • SME
    Alignment Of Short-Term And Operational Plans Using Discrete Event Simulation

    The fundamental objective of mine plans are usually to maximize the mine profit by extracting ore at the lowest possible cost over the mine life while some technical constraints are satisfied. Since t

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Standardization of Data Formats as Basis for Future Efficient Mine Production

    By Christoph Mueller

    Mining operations are characterized by cost pressure and cycling product prices. A high potential for enhancing efficiency is the integration of all single steps of the mining working chain into a pro

    May 1, 2002

  • SME
    Evaluating The Use Of Booster Fans In Two Underground Coal Mines (dad85aba-30c3-4dbb-bffb-81f370700600)

    By J. M. Wempen

    As development in underground coal mines progresses away from the critical components of the ventilation system, including the main fans and ventilation shafts, resistance is markedly increased. This

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AIME
    Natural Gas Technology - The Cricondentherm and Temperatures of Multicomponent Hydrocarbon Mixtures

    By G. Thodos, R. B. Grieves

    A method has been developed for the accurate calculation of the cricondentberm and cricondenbar temperatures of multicomponent hydrocarbon mixtures of known composition. The mixtures may contain any n

  • AUSIMM
    Metallogeny and Evolution of the Asia-Australia W-Sn Metallogenic Belt on the Western Pacific Rim

    By X Qiu

    According to the temporal and spatial distribution of regional metallogenesis, thePacific Rim can be divided into four global metallogenetic systems. The Asia-Australia W-Sn metallogenetic belt is the

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    John O. Marsden: An interview with the 2014 SME President

    We have lived through a period of strong metal pricing during the past eight to 10 years. Copper has been hovering in the range of $3-$4/lb during much of the past eight years, averaging close to $3.3

    Mar 1, 2014

  • NIOSH
    An Evaluation Of Methods For Controlling Silica Dust Exposures On Roof Bolters

    By J. A. Organiscak

    This paper examines methods for limiting occupational silica exposures for roof bolting personnel in underground coal mining. A canopy air curtain and an air tube were evaluated as means to provide f

  • SME
    Gems and Gemstone Mining in Sri Lanka

    By J. Weyer

    "Colored gemstones are most often mined in small scale artisanal mining operations. Sri Lanka is well known as source for precious stones since thousands of years. Gemstones are mine in small open pit

    Jan 1, 2016

  • TMS
    Hydrogen Rich and Carbon Neutral Gas as Reducing Agent for Heavy Metal Containing Residues

    By Jürgen Antrekowitsch, Thomas Griessacher

    "Heavy metal containing residues are typically hazardous wastes because on the one hand, a deposition gets more and more complicated and on the other hand, the large amounts of metals like Zn, Cu, Fe

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Challenges of Quality Management in Sampling and Measurement of Geometallurgical Variables

    The prime objective of geometallurgy is to improve the profitability of mines through the use of spatial models of rock properties that have a significant impact on value. Although a key property is t

    Mar 1, 2010

  • NIOSH
    IC 7403 Recent Engineering Developments in Switzerland on Gas Turbines and Steam Generators

    By Harold J. Rose

    The economic situation in Switzerland during recent years has resulted in theoretical studies , engineering development work , and many commercial installations of ingenious methods for using energy m

    Jun 1, 1947

  • AUSIMM
    Golden Cross Mine - Gold Mining in a Sensitive New Zealand Environment

    The Golden Cross mine is situated in a sensitive environmental setting on the North Island of New Zealand, about 150 kilometres south-east of Auckland and about 8 kilometres NW of Waihi. The mine is s

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Possible Metallogenic Significance of Epizonal, Polymetallic Vein Mineralisation at San Bartolome in the Ecuadorian Andes: A Working Hypothesis

    The epizonal Ag-Pb-Zn vein deposit at San Bartolome is characterised by a base-metal sulphide assemblage containing the spectacular development of interpenetrating, bladed networks of pyrrhotite which

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SAIMM
    Improved SINTEF SiO-Reactivity Test

    By T. Lindstad, S. Gaal, S. Hansen, S. Prytz

    The SINTEF SiO-reactivity test, developed by Tuset and Raaness in the 1970?s, is a recognised method of characterising the ?reactivity? of carbonaceous reactants, used in the ferrosilicon and silicon

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    Semiconductor Bridge (SCB) Research and Development

    By C B. McCampbell, R W. Jr Bickes

    Sandia National Laboratories has developed a semiconductor bridge (SCB) igniter for the ignition of a variety of explosive materials. When subjected to a low-energy current pulse, the bridge bursts in

    Jan 1, 1991

  • CIM
    Mill Speed Control for More Efficient Grinding

    By V. K. Gupta

    "Effect of mill speed on grinding kinetics has been investigated with a view to using mill speed as a manipulated variable for control and optimization of the grinding circuit performance under variab

    Jan 1, 1985