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  • NIOSH
    IC 8575 Offshore Petroleum Studies - Historical And Estimated Future Hydrocarbon Production From U.S. Offshore Areas And The Impact On The Onshore Segment Of The Petroleum Industry

    By L. K. Weaver

    The purposes of this Bureau of Mines report are to review the history of the domestic offshore hydrocarbon production; to project offshore oil and lease condensate production from 1971 through 1985; a

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SME
    Novel Passive Technology For Entrained Air Measurement In Pipes And Gas Holdup Measurements In Column Cells

    By C. Keefe, O&apos

    Measurements of the quantity of entrained air within processes have challenged instrumentation developers for years. This is particularly true in the unique and demanding operating environment and ap

    Jan 1, 2008

  • CIM
    The Automatic Burning of Coal

    By A. Ignatieff

    "Demonstrations of Automatic Coal Burning EquipmentAT THE 1951 and 1952 Annual Coal Research Conferences sponsored by the Dominion Coal Board and attended by delegates from the Dominion and Provincial

    Jan 1, 1953

  • AUSIMM
    Current Extraction Technology for Free Milling Auriferous Ores

    By D M. Menne

    This paper is intended to give a general review of current gold extraction technology for free-milling or non-refractory auriferous ores. Fundamental process concepts and some of the differences betwe

    Jan 1, 1986

  • TMS
    Reminiscences in Applied Mineralogy

    By P. F. Kerr

    This is not a conventional professional paper. It deals mostly with personal experiences. These concern a background in applied mineralogy. Your committee asked me to do this. I accepted with a Califo

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    The Influence of Feed Size Distribution on the Staged Flotation of Poorly Floating Coals

    By Nicol S. K, Swanson A. R

    The poor flotation response of many coals has in the past been attributed to such factors as differences in rank, differences in degree of oxidation, differences in petrographic composition, or slime

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AUSIMM
    Filtration of coal washery slurries using a horizontal belt filter

    By Slechta J. J

    An evaluation of a pilot scale Delkor horizontal belt filter at Bellambi's South Bulli Colliery showed high productivities and low moisture contents for a range of feed slurries. When treating fl

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    Driving the 1,480 Ft Level at the South Mine, Broken Hill

    A drive, 3,500 ft long, was planned to explore mineralization exposed by diamond drilling. A rate of advance of 150 ft per fortnight, approximately double previous Broken Hill rates, was required. Sub

    Jan 1, 1965

  • NIOSH
    RI 3274 Accuracy of Manometry of Explosions: General Survey of the Problem and Comparison of Piston-Type with Diaphragm-Type Manometers

    By M. D. Heresy, H. F. Coward

    "Whenever a manometer has been used for recording explosion pressures it has been calibrated under a series of static pressures. Whether the readings taken during the rapidly changing pressures of an

    May 1, 1935

  • CIM
    Huronian geology and the Blind River (Elliot Lake) uranium deposits

    By James A. Robertson

    "In the Blind River area Proterozoic clastic and sedimentary rocks and minor volcanic rocks (The Huronian Supergroup) uncomformably overlie and trangress northwards over dominantly granitic Archean te

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SAIMM
    Navigating Above-The-Ground Risk In The Platinum Sector

    By A. Lane

    The socio economic risks of mining in South Africa have been emerging for some time now, and have been brought into sharp relief by recent events in the platinum sector. The slow pace of social uplift

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Case Study of Plant Trial on the Improvement of Gold Recovery of Preg-Robbing Ores by Surfactant

    By H. Cay, J. Zachwieja, T. Esplin, R. Ravenelle, T. Olsen-Tank

    Barrick Goldstrike mine utilizes a carbon-in-leach (CIL) circuit to simultaneously leach gold into solution with cyanide and adsorb the gold-cyanide complex onto activated carbon for further refinemen

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Preventing Roof Falls in Weak Ground

    By Ryan C. Stephan, Christopher Mark

    "Some of the weakest roof in United States coal mines is found in the Illinois Basin. Historically, the Illinois Basin has also suffered from high rates of unplanned roof falls and rock fall injuries.

    Jan 1, 2019

  • NIOSH
    RI 3799 Beneficiation of Iron Ores by Flotation Part 1. Anionic Flotation of Silica from Calcareous Red Iron Ores of the Birmingham District, Alabama

    By J. Bruce Clemmer, M. F. Williams, B. H. Clemmons, Carl Rampacek, R. H. Stacy

    "INTRODUCTION This report is the first of several dealing with the application of flotation methods for beneficiating the calcareous and siliceous red iron ores and ferruginous sandstones of the Birmi

    Mar 1, 1945

  • DFI
    Determination Of Pile Damage In Concrete Piles

    By Gerald E. H. Verbeek

    As the number of driven concrete piles with Embedded Data Collectors increases, it has become possible to compare the widely used Beta Method to assess pile damage (using the change of pile impedance)

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Los Angeles Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension—Tunnel Construction Case History

    By Christophe Bragard, Brett Robinson

    This paper reflects the challenges encountered during the construction of the light rail tunnels under Boyle Heights, in Los Angeles, California. Equipped with two state-of-the-art EPB TBMs, the c

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Achieving the Benefits of Information Technology in Surface and Underground Mining Processes

    By Sean Dessureault

    Information technology (IT) initiatives in the past have tended to be sold on their ability to maximize resource output and return on capital by using assets more effectively and efficiently. Many IT

    May 1, 2002

  • AIME
    Papers - Classification - Present Status of Ash Corrections in Coal Analysis (With Discussion)

    By A. C. Fieldner, W. A. Selvig

    For purposes of coal classification it is desirable to know the composition and calorific value of the pure coal substance; that is, of the coal free from its ash-forming minerals. Two methods suggest

    Jan 1, 1930

  • AUSIMM
    Steam Boilers-A Few Hints as to Proper Management

    I find that during the short time I have been in this district, the majority of boilers are, and have been, receiving very bad usage owing to the difficulties which they have to contend against, viz.,

    Jan 1, 1901

  • AUSIMM
    Extraction of Vanadium from N.Z. Steel Slags using a Salt-Roast/Leach Process

    By Kelly E. G

    NZ Steel's flushing slag typically contains 1.2 per cent V203. Extraction of vanadium from powdered slag using a salt (NaCI or Na2CO3) roast/leach process was investigated. With NaCl, optimum ext

    Jan 1, 1982