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Antiscalants for Calcium Scale Control in Gold Process CircuitsBy Brad Wells, Wayne Bull, Wayne Dickinson
"Antiscalants were evaluated for control of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in gold processing applications. Under severely supersaturated conditions, 100 percent inhibition was achieved with 30 ppm antisca
Jan 1, 2014
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CIM Definition Standards for Mineral Resources & Mineral ReservesBy CIM Standing Committee
The CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves (CIM Definition Standards) establish definitions and guidance on the definitions for Mineral Resources, Mineral Reserves, and mining stud
May 10, 2014
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Electromagnetic Wire-Rope Testing --- Disparate LMA Results, an Ongoing ProblemBy Marcel M. Djivre
Electromagnetic wire rope testing is the only practical non-destructive method to evaluate the current condition of wire ropes in general, and in the mining industry in particular. The method has been
May 1, 2004
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Towards Sustainable Mining?Why TSM in Canada ?How it was developed ?Architecture and Goverance ?COI panel ?Performance indicators and how they work ?External Verification ?Reporting ?The national organization of the Can
May 1, 2011
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Development of a Cadmium Removal Process for Vale’s Long Harbour Hydrometallurgy PlantBy P. C. Holloway, A. Tshilombo, T. Xue, M. J. Collins, R. Lopetinsky, I. Mihaylov, I. M. Masters
The Voisey’s Bay deposit contains a trace amount of cadmium, which reports to solution during pressure leaching of the nickel concentrate at Vale’s Long Harbour Hydrometallurgy Plant, and must be remo
Jan 1, 2019
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Coarse Gold Recovery Using Flotation in a Fluidized BedBy Eric Bain Wasmund, Lance Christodoulou, Julio Jairo Carmona Franco, María Fernanda Castillo, Jose Concha
"A number of technologies are in practice for selectively removing coarse gold from conventional grinding circuits. These circuits are often designed so that the grinding mill output is size classifie
Jan 1, 2015
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Applications of fracture mechanics in failure analysis case studiesBy M. N. Bassim, W. W. Tennese
"Concepts of linear elastic fracture mechanics were applied to study two cases of failure, namely an equalizing beam from a tandem rear axle of a highway tractor unit and the main beam of a flat bed t
Jan 1, 1985
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Diesel Emissions and Mine VentilationBy D. B. Stewart
In the past few years, much effort has been spent in elucidating the impact of diesel engines on the mine environment. This paper summarizes diesel fundamentals , exhaust emissions and typical tailpip
Jan 1, 1978
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Mohawk GarnetBy Jim Sadowski, Steve Stewart, Bob McMurdy, Martin Nevens
"Mohawk Garnet has been operating a small pilot plant near Sudbury, Ontario for several years attempting to produce commercially viable garnet. The challenges of operating a pilot scale mining, proces
Jan 1, 2010
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Practical Operational Aspects of Dense Medium Cyclone SeparationBy Faan Bornman
"Reeves and Platt1 stated that dense medium separation is one of the most complex unit processes in mineral processing today particularly if cyclones are used. It is also the most efficient gravity co
Jan 1, 2014
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A Short History of Mineral ProcessingBy Fathi Habashi
"Crushing and grinding of ores and their beneficiation by washing away gangue minerals has been practiced since ancient times. Primitive crushing was done by hand pounding the ore with a hard stone th
Jan 1, 2009
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Geologic Setting, Geochemistry of Alteration, and U-Pb Age of Hydrothermal Zircon from the Silurian Stog’er Tight Gold Prospect, Newfoundland Appalachians, CanadaBy G. R. Dunning, M. R. Wilson
"Abstract - The early Paleozoic accretionary tectonic regime that was established along the Laurentian margin of the Newfoundland Appalachians provided a favorable setting for shear-hosted gold minera
Jan 1, 2000
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Dynamic wetting spread factors and interfacial heat transfer coefficients in the solidification of aluminum droplets on copper substratesBy D. -A Tremblay
Dynamic wetting spread factors and interfacial heat transfer coefficients were determined for aluminum droplets solidifying on copper substrates, The spread factors were determined from the droplet ge
Jan 1, 2005
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From the Ground up ? Aber - 2005 Charting its own Unique Course in Response to its Unique Position ? Mining RocksBy Robert Gannicott
??A mining company without the burden of operating a mine ??Management focused on marketing a high-quality, run-of-mine range of Canadian diamonds ??Robust revenue stream ??Specialist diamond know
Apr 1, 2005
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Advanced Control Decision Tree (46th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference© , Ottawa, Ontario, January 21-23, 2014)By Michel Ruel
"This paper describes how to make advanced control choices when difficult processes need improvement. The decision-making process involves choosing between a rules-based approach and a model-based app
Jan 1, 2014
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Application of a kinematically admissible velocity field to the analysis of the arching phenomena in backfillsBy F. P. Hassani, H. B. Poorooshasb
"A kinematically admissible velocity field is applied to study the arching phenomenon in a cohesionless granular backfill placed between two rough vertical inflexible walls. The study is different fro
Jan 1, 1989
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SUPASIM: A Methodology to Predict Plant Performance from Laboratory DataBy C. J. Martin, M. P. Hay
"A methodology was developed in the mid-1980’s to predict plant performance from standard laboratory flotation tests. The technique is based on a simple, empirical kinetics model, and is tailored for
Jan 1, 2004
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Reprocessing of a French Guyana Operation Tailings Using Flotation for Gold ConcentrationBy P. Botane, A. Cailleau
"Compagnie Miniere Esperance operates a gold primary ore body. The ore is processed through crushing, grinding and gravity concentration generating tailings with remaining fine gold. Analyses of the t
Jan 1, 2009
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Advantages of Tailing Disposal by Thickened DischargeBy E. I. Robinsky
"This paper describes a new, proven approach for tailing disposal. Not only is the disclosed system less damaging to the environment, it is also less costly to operate, to close down and maintain in p
Jan 1, 1976
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Hydrometallurgical Processing of Bozshakol (Kazakhstan) Deposit Mixed OreBy K. K. Mamyrbayeva, G. Z. Guseinova, V. A. Luganov
This paper presents the results of theoretical and technological studies on leaching ore of Bozshakol deposit. The major oxidized copper mineral of Bozshakol ore is atacamite, and the content of malac
Jan 1, 2016