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The CCRS SWIR Full Spectrum Imager: Mission to Nevada, June, 1995 (3fe24027-f897-4107-a465-802e38d7b0db)By Marois R, Hauff P, Kowalyczk P, Lipton G, Bedell R, Neville R, Edmundo G, Ehling M, Kern R
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) has developed an airborne sensor, the SWIR Full Spectrum Imager (SFSI) which detects in the Short Wave Infrared range of the solar spectrum from 1220 to 24
Jan 1, 1995
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Subsidence Prediction from the Beginning - Collie Coal Basin(Western Australia)By Evans A, Jones O
Surface subsidence resulting from "total extraction" of coal in the Collie Basin first occured in 1987 when Western Collieries Ltd trialled the Wongawilli mining method. Because very little quantit
Jan 1, 1992
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Dry Cover Trials at Mt Whaleback ù A Summary of Overburden Storage Area Cover System PerformanceBy P Waters
BHP Billiton Iron Ore initiated a program in January 1995 at the Mt Whaleback operation in Newman, Western Australia to develop a closure plan for the overburden storage areas (OSA), which have the po
Jan 1, 2003
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Operating Variables Affecting the Bubble Size in Forced-Air Mechanical Flotation MachinesBy C O. Gomez
The bubble size, together with the gas rate, determines the bubble surface area flux in flotation machines and, therefore, impacts directly on the kinetics of flotation. Understanding the variables th
Jan 1, 2007
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Queensland Nickel - Value Added Products from Technological AdvancesThe Yabulu refinery of Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd located near Townsville now imports more than three million wet tonnes per year of nickel laterite ore from New Caledonia and Indonesia, making it th
Jan 1, 1995
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Some Gas Dispersion Characteristics of Mechanical Flotation MachinesBy J R. Hernandez-Aguilar, C O. Go, C Acuna
The gas dispersion properties that are the subjects of this communication include three measured parameters, gas superficial velocity (gas rate), gas holdup and bubble size, plus derived parameter, bu
Jan 1, 2005
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Improved Statistical Methods Applied to Surface Chemistry in Minerals FlotationBy M Biesinger, R St C Smart
Diagnosis of the surface chemical factors playing a part in flotation separation of a value sulfide phase requires measurement of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic species that are statistically differe
Jan 1, 2005
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Design, Lay-out, and Proposed Method of Working "John Darling" Colliery, Belmont, N.S.W.By Fallins J
THE John Darling Colliery, owned by The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited, is situated 12 miles south of Neweastle, NSW and about 1 mile from the ocean. The area of the holding is approximately
Jan 1, 1930
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Pulse Width Modulation Drives and Integrated Motors ù The Ideal Solution for Large Friction Winder ApplicationsThis paper examines the latest advances in mine drive and motor systems. In the last decade, the drive technology employed for large mine winders has migrated from the traditional dc technology to ac
Jan 1, 2005
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Rational Longwall Layout Design Based on Numerical Stress AnalysisBy Klenowski
Rational design of layouts for longwall operations is greatly facilitated by use of an accurate and economical method for predicting stresses and displacements. The displacement discontinuity meth
Jan 1, 1988
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Collective Mine Water Reclamation and Reuse - Upper Olifants River CatchmentBy P Gnnther, A M. van Niekerk
Coal mining operations in the Upper Olifants River Catchment in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa are challenged with the increasing production of excess mine water that cannot be fully managed
Jan 1, 2006
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Learning to be ExcellentAspiring to be excellent makes you a good leader as it shows a capability for strategic thought, defining and implementing a vision, making a job easier, more efficient and effective. Every great busi
Jan 1, 2005
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Design Considerations for Cable Truss Secondary Supports in Roadways of Underground Collieries.By Fuller P. G
The purpose and current practice of cable trusses in underground coal mines is briefly outlined and details of various cable truss designs are presented. The main part of the paper describes the in
Jan 1, 1992
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Product Stewardship - A Mine ManagerÆs Guide to Business Risk ManagementBy J de Vries
Arthur Page, a past President of AT&T said:All businesses in a democratic society begin with public permission, and exist by public approval. Product stewardship in its most basic form is simply risk
Jan 1, 2006
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The Structural and Hydrodynamic Framework for Epithermal ExplorationBy M A. Etheridge
The evolution of economic precious metal and copper-gold deposits in high-level igneous terranes is dependent on very efficient fluid focussing. This is most readily achieved by contemporaneous deform
Jan 1, 1995
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A Field Demonstration of a Modified Wet Scrubber for Dust Control in an Illinois Coal MineBy A Patwardhan, M M. Alam, K K. Thatavar
A commercial wet scrubber was used in the SIU-Joy dust control laboratory to test several concepts for improving the dust control efficiency of a wet scrubber. The concepts tested included two filter-
Jan 1, 2005
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The OK Tedi ProjectOk Tedi Mining Limited commenced construction in mid-1981 of facilities and infrastructure to mine and process gold ore at Mt Fubilan in Papua ew Guinea. Production ofgold began more or less on schedu
Jan 1, 1985
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Review of Trailings Dam Design and Construction Techniques in North AmericaThere are many factors influencing the way in which a mining company disposes of tailings. Some of the more important factors include physical and chemical properties of tailings, cost, availabilit
Jan 1, 1989
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Rating Dilution Risk at Pajingo Gold OperationsBy R Huntley, D Sims
Pajingo gold mine produces over 240 000 oz Au per year from underground mining using longitudinal bench stoping methods with a 15 m sublevel interval. Average mine head grade is around 12 g/t Au, cont
Jan 1, 2002
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Pressure filtered tailings – environmental and cost benefitsBy R Williams, P Godwin
In a time of changing rainfall patterns and in the light of recent tailings dam failures, there is closer environmental scrutiny for proposed tailings dam construction or expansion. Therefore the elim
Sep 11, 2017