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The Phelps Dodge Central Analytical Service Center: Step Change Technology Implementing Robotics Systems And Lab Automation In The Copper IndustryBy E. Best
In 2003, Phelps Dodge Mining Company decided to pursue the design and construction of a Central Analytical Laboratory to provide chemical analyses for their Arizona and New Mexico operations. This cen
Jan 1, 2007
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Summary of industrial minerals in Newfoundland and LabradorBy PAUL L. DEAN
Industrial mineral deposits are widespread in Newfoundland and Labrador and a variety of commodities are produced. The province has the only pyrophyllite mine in Canada and also produces asbestos, gyp
Jan 1, 1984
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Continuing Education A Critical QuestionBy J. H. Brown
"THE need for continuing education has been recognized only in fairly recent years as a major concern of the engineering profession. Formerly, it was acknowledged that engineers were required, at leas
Jan 1, 1966
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Canada's Sovereignty in the Arctic IslandsBy W. H. Patterson
The history and experience of early companies in the Islands is illustrated by the typical transactions of Trans-Western from 1959 to date. Trans-Western had entered into farmout agreements with compa
Jan 1, 1969
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Cover Systems for the Uranium Industry: Are We Doing it Right?By Ward G. Wilson
Best practice in the design and construction of soil cover systems for mine waste management has advanced extensively over the past two decades. While significant progress has been achieved, we still
Aug 1, 2010
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Simulation of Bulk Earthwork and Quarry Material Delivery During Surface Mine TransformationBy S. Duvah Pentiah
The transformation of an open pit coal mine to a horizontal-punch underground mine is subject to a number of challenges. These include scheduling the operation of various sizes of trucks over a long p
Aug 1, 2013
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Identification of Targets for Copper Mineralization using Multi-Spectral Analysis of Aster Satellite Images in Hashtijan 1:100000 Sheet, NW IranBy Ramin ArameshAsl
Urumieh-Dokhtar is the well-known vast metallogenic belt extended from NW to SE of Iran and basically is referenced in copper mineralization studies in Iran. Hashtjin 1:100000 sheet (NW Iran) is locat
Aug 1, 2013
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The Tasu Mine OperationBy J. E. Dodge
Tasu, currently an open-pit operation, services the primary crusher from two areas by ore-pass raises. The problems encountered and advantages gained are discussed. Mine equipment and operating practi
Jan 1, 1968
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Economic and Other Aspects of Recent Petroleum and Natural Gas Discoveries In Western CanadaBy John O. Galloway
"The year 1947 was a momentous one in the history of the petroleum industry in Canada. It was in that year that Imperial Oil Limited made its discovery at Leduc, the forerunner of other discoveries, l
Jan 1, 1950
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Conveyor Hoisting at Steep Rock Iron MinesBy E. H. Mulligan
THE ERRINGTON B-I mine is located on the Errington orebody of Steep Rock Iron Mines, Limited, at Steep Rock Lake, Ontario. In 1946, this orebody entered the shipping lists of the Lake Superior iron ra
Jan 1, 1956
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Proposed Mining and Milling Practice as Applied to the Stirling Ore-BodiesBy R. E. Legg
This paper gives a brief outline of the mining and milling methods which will be used on the Stirling zinc-lead-copper ores by Stirling Mines, Limited, who have for the past two years been developing
Jan 1, 1929
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Diatomite in British ColumbiaBy Z. D. Hora
Air hough diatomite is known in many parrs of British Columbia, deposirs of mineable size have only been found in the area between Kam/oops and Quesnel in the sourh-cenrral parr of rhe province. Ar Qu
Jan 1, 1984
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Low-Cost Mining at Young DavidsonBy D. A. Sloan
THE Young Davidson mine is of particular interest because of the extremely low costs and also because of the novel method devised for pillar recovery. The outstanding feature of the mining system is i
Jan 1, 1942
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Laboratory and Plant Evaluation of New Organic DS20 Depressant for Treatment of Nanisivik Massive Sulphide Lead-Zinc OreBy S. M. Bulatovic, D. M. Wyslouzil, K. R. Rawlings
"The suitability of a new organic reagent DS20 as a depressant for oxidized and carbonaceous pyritic lead-zinc ore from Nanisivik Mines Ltd. has been evaluated in the laboratory and in the plant.The d
Jan 1, 1986
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Mechanism Analysis and Control Technology for Strong Strata Behaviors in Shallow Depth Seams While Mining out of the Concentrated Coal Pillar in Upper Room and Pillar GoafBy Yin Wang, Lin Li, Zhongwei Bi, Like Wei, Wen Li, Shaogang Li, Bin Zhang, Hongjie Li
Presently,Many long-wall fully-mechanized faces in shallow depth coal seams are below room and pillar goaf in Shendong mining area. When the working face is advanced out of concentrated coal pillar in
Jan 1, 2015
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Crushing, Grinding and ConcentratingBy David Runnels
The Mount Wright iron are mine and upgrading plant were brought on line in the fall of 1975. The mine is located near the Quebec - Labrador border some six hundred miles northeast of Montreal. This pa
Jan 1, 1977
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The formation, properties and uses of peat moss and peatBy R. Bruce Graham
The formation, evolution and classification of peat bogs is discussed. Factors resulting in the internal and external morphological changes in a bog are described. The fibrous, absorptive and sterile
Jan 1, 1984
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Environmentally Benign Bio-Leaching Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Non-Conventional ResourcesBy S. Hussien, P. Somasundaran, P. Patra
"Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential for many applications in electronics, energy harvesting, and defense. The common resources for economic extraction of REEs are oxides such as bastnaesite and
Jan 1, 2016
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The General Character of the Earth's Magnetic Field in Western CanadaBy R. Glenn Madill
Western Canada is defined, for the purposes of this paper, as that part of the Dominion bounded approximately by the 95th and 141st meridians of longitude and the 49th and 80th parallels of latitude.
Jan 1, 1948
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Assessment of Method to Model Slip of Isolated, Non-Planar Fractures Using 3DECBy Hökmark. H., M. Lönnqvist
"The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company are planning to construct a permanent storage facility for high-level nuclear waste at about 500 m depth in fractured crystalline rock. One poten
Jan 1, 2015