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  • AUSIMM
    Key Differences Between In Situ Recovery Mining and Conventional Mining

    By S Telford, J Weir

    Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd (Heathgate) operates the Beverley Uranium Mine in South Australia, located on the plains between the northern Flinders Ranges and Lake Frome some 600 km north of the state

    Jan 1, 2008

  • NIOSH
    RI 7120 Hydraulic Mining Of Anthracite - Analysis Of Operating Variables

    By Wilbert T. Malenka

    A modified factorial experiment was used to determine the effect of operating factors in hydraulic mining of anthracite. Seven basic factors at various levels were considered. The significant factors

    Jan 1, 1968

  • AUSIMM
    Underground Mining Methods at Mount Morgan, Queensland

    OWING to two large falls of ground which resulted in serious accidents occurring towards the end of 1908, it became evident that the "open chamber" system then in use was unsuitable for the

    Jan 1, 1910

  • NIOSH
    RI 6178 Vapor-Liquid Equilibria For A Helium-Nitrogen-Methane System ? Summary And Introduction

    By W. J. Boone

    Experimental determinations were made of vapor-liquid equilibria data for a helium-nitrogen-methane system. A mixture composition was chosen to approximate the crude helium to be produced Or conservat

    Jan 1, 1963

  • SME-ICGCM
    New Approach in Rock Bolting that Adds to Bearing Capacity and Yield of the Bolts without Increase to the Cost of the Technology

    By Victor Nazimko

    A new technique for reaming the holes has been tested. This technique is available for reaming a hole at its deep end creating an enlarged cavity that has helicoidal grooves oriented at less than 40 d

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Compressive Behaviour of Hollow Core Micropiles in Cohesive Soil

    By M. Hesham El Naggar, Osama F. E. Drbe

    "Abstract: The use of micropiles has greatly increased the last twenty years, including applications involving low capacity micropile networks, seismic retrofitting, underpinning of existing foundatio

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    The Mine Central Control Room: From Concept To Reality

    By K. Short

    Today?s modern mining operations have literally dozens of applications and systems generating data whose information very often, are not crossed or centralized for operational decisions. In remote lo

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Current usage of continuous monitoring systems in coal mines discussed

    By Kevin G. Stricklin

    Introduction Continuous monitoring techniques have been used in the US and abroad for many years. A continuous miner has a monitor that measures methane and automatically gives a warning if the metha

    Jan 9, 1987

  • DFI
    Quality Control And Estimation Of Axial Resistance By Using An Expander Body, A Large-scale Pressuremeter

    By Mario A. Terceros Herrera, Mario Terceros Arce, Antonio Marinucci

    This paper describes the general principles of the expander body with post-grouting (EBI) system, and how it is similar in nature to a large-scale pressuremeter device. The results from the installati

  • SME
    Optimizing the Metallurgical Properties of Pellets Through Operational Trial Using Inconel Basket

    By Sumit Kumar Hota, Asadi Srinivasa Reddy, Ashok Kumar, Ashish Agrawal, Surajit Sinha, Chandra Sekhar, Tanay Ray

    In the current operational facility, due to the absence of pellet pot facility, a novel technique is developed wherein the pellets with different chemistries prepared in the laboratory are fired in an

    May 24, 2022

  • CIM
    Titanium - Its Physical Metallurgy and Potentialities

    By H. V. Kinsey

    "IntroductionTITANIUM is probably the most widely publicized metal today. Much has been written, both in the lay press and the technical press, about its properties and potentialities. In view of the

    Jan 1, 1953

  • SME
    Blasting Abrasives In The United States Market

    By G. T. Austin

    Every year the United States consumes millions of dollars worth of abrasive materials as blasting media. Entrained in either a gas or liquid stream or propelled by paddles or wheels, they are directed

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Crud Processing Improvements Using ACORGA® CB - 1000 Crud Busting Reagent

    By T. McCallum

    Crud is a common concern in SX processes and is formed as a complex solid stabilized emulsion of aqueous and organic.1,3 Crud formation is highly dependent on the amount of solids entering the circuit

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SAIMM
    System Ductility Of Long Fibre Reinforced Shotcrete

    By H. A. D. Kirsten

    Shotcrete has become a strategic component of support in underground mines. The ductility of reinforced shotcrete makes it a safe and economic means of surface support under adverse static and dynamic

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    A Protocol to Reduce the Risk of Dealing with Misfires

    By Rob Farnfield, William Birch, Douglas A. Anderson

    In the blasting industry, even to the most safety conscious shotfirer, misfires are a constant source of concern. In the United Kingdom, there are two types of misfire, as classified by the Health & S

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Ambitious Endeavors in Mechanized Shaft Construction: A Case History of Two Mine Shaft Projects in Australia

    By John Zeni

    In Australia during the 1990s, Zeni Drilling took on several demanding shaft boring contracts. This paper describes the safety, operational, technical and environmental advantages derived through the

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME-ICGCM
    Analysis of Small-Scale Thrust Faults and Their Effect on Coal Mining in Southern West Virginia

    By Thomas Z. Jones

    Deep mining within the Sewell Coal member of the New River Formation in southern West Virginia has exposed several small-scale thrust faults and related features. The faults were en- countered in West

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AIME
    Mining - Blasting Theories and Seismic Waves. Part 11: Seismic Wave from Plaster and Drillhole Explosive Charge

    By A. W. Ruff

    The seismic wave produced by an explosive is very important in blasting. A true understanding of the wave is only important when considering possible structural damage to buildings located near the bl

    Jan 1, 1961

  • AIME
    Coal - Continuous and Automatic Measurement of Moisture in Coal by Capacitance

    By L. A. Updegraff

    Before discussing the application of capacitance for the measurement of moisture content in a moving stream of coal it might be well to first give a brief description of the process and then show how

    Jan 1, 1961

  • AIME
    Mining Technology In 1964 – Underground Mining

    By C. David Mann

    Metal prices continued to improve in 1964, resulting in the opening of new mines and re- activation of old ones. Larger and deeper shafts are being bored. At the AEC's Nevada Test Site, a 72-in

    Jan 2, 1965