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  • SAIMM
    Investigation into Strata Behaviour and Fractured Zone Height in a High-Seam Longwall Coal Mine

    By G. Song, S. Yang

    "SynopsisThe development of techniques and equipment for single-pass high-seam longwall mining in China is reviewed. Some methods used to obtain the fractured zone height are discussed. The boundary b

    Jan 1, 2015

  • TMS
    Applications of High Frequency Induction Heating for the Metallurgical Simulation and Thermal Analysis of Industrial Light Metal Casting Processes

    By W. Kasprzak

    Modern light metals processing technologies are very complex and involve a diverse set of variables that must be quantitatively evaluated. The most effective way to design new casting processes that d

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Fracture displacement due to thermal load from nuclear waste at a repository

    By E. Hakami

    The objective of the study was to estimate the largest shear displacement that could be expected on a pre-existing fracture located in the repository area, due to the heat release from deposited waste

    Jan 1, 2003

  • NIOSH
    Strategies for the Treatment of Pneumoconiosis

    By S. L. Weber, Y. H. Cheng, D. E. Banks, J. K. H. Ma

    "The aggressive industrialization of America, the development of powered tools which generated massive amounts of respirable-sized dust particles, a latency period which may mask the relationship betw

    Nov 1, 1995

  • DFI
    Introducing VCE's: Support Of Excavation Without Tie-Backs

    By Rick Deschamps

    A reoccurring problem with support of excavations in urban areas involves the placement of external support components like anchors or nails in right-a-ways, subway and utility setbacks, in areas occu

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Ore Genesis In The Morenci-Metcalf District

    By Jackson M. Langton

    INTRODUCTION The Morenci-Metcalf district is located on the southern slope of the white Mountains in Greenlee County, Arizona. Both porphyry copper deposits are four to six miles northwest of Clifto

    Jan 1, 1972

  • DFI
    Drivability Of Piles By Vibration

    By Don C. Warrington

    This paper is a survey of the various methods and research efforts by which the drivability of piles is determined. First, a brief outline of the basic theory and the important parameters for driving

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    Lucky Jim Mine

    By M. S. Hedley

    "The Lucky Jim mine is at Zincton in Slocan mmmg division; on the Kaslo-Nakusp branch of the Canadian Pacific railway. It is owned and operated by Zincton Mines; Limited; a subsidiary of Sheep Creek G

    Jan 1, 1954

  • AUSIMM
    Development of a damage/failure mechanisms database for Kazakhstan underground mining industry

    By A Mortazavi, M Akhmedya

    Mining is recognised as being one of the most dangerous industries in the world due to the difficult working conditions. Working in such hazardous circumstances in an underground mine often results in

    Nov 29, 2022

  • IMMS
    Site-banking of the Reserved Areas with the International Seabed Authority: for operation of the Enterprise or Joint Venture

    By Kioshi Mishiro, Pratima Jauhari, Walter Williams

    INTRODUCTION The UN-General Assembly adopted an Agreement on 28 July 1994 entitled ‘Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ((UNCLOS)

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SAIMM
    Application Of Fundamentals In Optimizing Platinum Concentrator Performance ? Synopsis

    By M. M. Valenta

    A number of challenges face platinum concentrator plant operators. These challenges include the increase in operating costs, the increase in smelter cost for the processing of concentrate, the shortag

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Goldcorp Inc., Red Lake Mine Design and Commissioning

    By R. Tyreman, G. Ritson

    "The Red Lake Mine is situated in Balmer Township, Red Lake area in northwestern Ontario. It is an underground mine that has been in production since 1948. The property was originally known as the Dic

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Evaluation Of Underground Coarse - Coal Slurry Transportation Systems By A Simulation Model (d935be45-f8d1-4dc5-9b83-e154b4daad3f)

    By H. Sevim

    In this paper, the research effort in simulating the operation of underground coarse-coal hydrotransport systems (UCCHS) is summarized. The equipment of the system to be simulated is already optimally

    Jan 1, 1985

  • CIM
    On-line Moisture Determination of Ore Concentrates ‘Review of Traditional Methods and Introduction of a Novel Solution’

    By Phillip Cancilla, Daniel Roy, Frank Rosenblum

    "The manual moisture determination methods employed today by mineral processing plants falls short in providing timely information required for automation control. The costs associated with transporti

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME-ICGCM
    Application Of Time Domain Reflectometry To Mining

    By Kevin M. Connor, Malcolm J. McPhersqn

    Examples are presented in which Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) was employed to locate deformation of rock masses induced by mining. The first example involved motoring the propagation of overburden f

    Jan 1, 1984

  • NIOSH
    RI 2776 Hydrogen Sulphide Poisoning In the Texas Panhandle, Big Lake, Texas, And McCamey, Texas Oilfields

    By W. P. Yant, H. C. Fowler

    "INTRODUCTIONHydrogen sulphide is probably the most toxic gas associated with crude oil. Hydrocarbon (petroleum) vapors themselves are harmful to the human system, but hydrogen sulphide, when present,

    Oct 1, 1926

  • SME-ICGCM
    Case Study of the Barro Branco Coal Mine Pillar Burst

    By Fernando O. L. Xavier

    "The Barro Branco coal mine was located in the southern region of Brazil, in the state of Santa Catarina. In 2002, an incident occurred at the mine, leading to a violent, massive pillar failure, resul

    Jan 1, 2017

  • IMPC
    Phosphate Mineral as Fertilizer in Saline Soil

    By D. M. R. Sekhar

    Certain types of rock phosphates of sedimentary origin are applied to acidic soils as fertilizer directly. Recent research in India showed that high grade rock phosphate in fine size when used as a mi

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AIME
    Phosphate Activities of the Tennessee Valley Authority

    By Arthur M. Miller

    FROM the time of its establishment in 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority has been active in the field of phosphates. Under the T.V.A. Act it has a broad Congressional mandate to guide a unified deve

    Jan 1, 1944

  • AIME
    Technical Papers and Notes - Institute of Metals Division - The Equilibrium Diagram of Indium-Zirconium in the Region 0-26 At. Pct In

    By J. O. Betterton, W. K. Noyce

    I~JTI HE work on the indium-zirconium system is part A of a larger investigation of zirconium-phase diagrams with solute elements, silver, cadmium, indium, tin, and antimony, which is intended to prov

    Jan 1, 1959