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  • SME
    Applying Adaptive Signal Discrimination To Vibrational Coal Interface Detection

    By G. L. Mowrey

    One of the critical parameters of any automated coal mining system is the ability to only cut coal and not the rock / waste surrounding it. To do this the system must be able to detect where the coal-

    Jan 1, 1990

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    Quality Control In Chinese Industrial Minerals

    By K. Fountain

    In Novemeber of last year I visited a mica mine in Hunan Province, China. For nine months , we had been trying to sell Chinese mica to a customer in Belgium. Talking to the customer was like negotita

    Jan 1, 1987

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    Fly Ash Pelletizing ? Introduction:

    By Donald C. Violetta

    During 1963 more than 200 million tons of coal was consumed by the public utility industry. Ash residual, from the burning of this coal has caused disposal problems. In order to prevent air pollution,

    Jan 1, 1966

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    Frac sand production decreases; Oil and gas oversupply leads to slowdown

    By Mark J. Zdunczyk

    "Frac sand is industrial silica sand much like glass, foundry, filtration and blast sand. The sand must meet certain specifications set forth by the industry that consumes the product. The production

    Jul 1, 2016

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    Development, Performance, And Application Of High Capacity Portable Bulkspray Coolers At Mt. Taylor Mine

    By Romeo S. Jurani

    Bulkspray cooling has been economically applied in cooling the hot environment of South African gold mines for the past two decades. Its success in that country led to its introduction at Gulf Mineral

    Jan 1, 1983

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    Ultrafine-Particle Concentration And The Strength Of Unfired Iron Ore Pellets

    By Rodney L. Stone

    As part of an overall laboratory and plant test program to determine mixing and other techniques relating to the more economic use of bentonite as an iron ore pellet binder, a settling test was develo

    Jan 1, 1968

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    Multiple Objective Optimization Of A Coal Grinding Process Via Simple Genetic Algorithm (SGA)

    By R. K. Mehta

    This paper presents the application of a simple genetic algorithm (SGA) to a coal slurry grinding process in order to find the optimum set of conditions under which the desired slurry properties can b

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Optimum Operation Of The Ore Bedding, Sintering And Pelletising Plant At Redcar ? Introduction

    By David A. Campbell

    There has been a long history of ironmaking on the North East coast of England centered around the River Tees. The industry developed here because of the availability of good coking coals to the North

    Jan 1, 1982

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    Assessing Effectiveness of Various Wear-Resistant Materials Used as Hard Facings in Mining Applications Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Jamal Rostami, Omid Frough, Wei Hu

    Characterizing the abrasiveness of soil/rock and the allowable wear of hard-facing products in various conditions is a critical factor in selection of the best material for certain applications relate

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    A Short-Term Production Planning Model For Dimension Stone Quarries

    By E. Bakhtavar

    In this paper, problem of short-term production planning for dimension stone quarries was mathematically modeled using a binary integer programming. The model includes an objective function, which was

    Jan 1, 2012

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    Evaluation Of A Hydro-Pneumatic Froth Flotation Cell In Recovery Of Coarse Florida Phosphate ? I. Introduction

    By Philip A. Bucci

    The Florida phosphate industry successfully uses froth flotation to concentrate phosphate in: the particle size range of approximately 28 to 150 mesh. However, as recently as 1965, coarse particles in

    Jan 1, 1966

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    Recent Insight Into Longwall Strata Movements Deduced From Subsidence Analysis (296400d0-6045-427e-b989-3ef30ada6a94)

    In this paper, a number of novel hypotheses that provide a fresh perspective on the characterization of strata movements associated with longwall mining are developed by analyzing subsidence measureme

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Photometric Ore Sorting

    By David G. Kidd

    The principles of Ore Sorting in general and photometric sorting in particular are discussed with detailed reference to the Model 16 machine. The operating principles and design of the Model 16 are di

    Jan 1, 1983

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    Direct Fuming Of Zinc From Sulfide Ores And Concentrates

    By K. A. Foo

    Minproc Resources Inc. is developing a tailings retreatment project in Bolivia at the Colquiri zinc-tin-silver mine, in the Bolivian Andes. Mining at Colquiri has been continuous since 1940 and COMI

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Three-Dimensional Modeling of Fugitive Dust Dispersion in Idealized Openpit Mines

    By K. V. Raj, T. Bhowmick

    "The control of fugitive dust in high-latitude openpit mines is challenging due to unique atmospheric phenomena resulting in complicated flow regimes as well as atmospheric inversion due to the lack o

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Mining Foundation of the Southwest to Host 32nd Annual Banquet

    The 32nd annual American Hall of Fame Awards Banquet and Fundraiser, sponsored by the Mining Foundation of the Southwest (MFSW), will be held at the JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Resort & Spa on Satur

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    Comparison of Coal Mine Emergency Management and Rescue Practices in Germany and the United States

    By W. Hermülheim, J. Brune

    "This paper analyzes mine emergency management and rescue practices in German underground coal mines and compares them to those used in the United States. The German mining industry has developed thes

    Jan 1, 2015

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    Technical Note - New Size Laboratory Ball Mill For Bond Work Index Determination

    By H. Nematollahi

    The comminution laws The grindability of the ores or minerals is an important factor that could not be deduced from their mineralogical characteristics (Testut, 1958). Many theories have been prop

    Jan 1, 1995

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    Government Policy And The Potash Industry In Saskatchewan ? Introduction

    By Arne Paus-Jenssen

    The potash industry in Saskatchewan has recently been the focus of much new legislation at the provincial level and, along with other mining industries in Canada, also subject to changes in tax legisl

    Jan 1, 1976

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    Mine Drainage Pollution Control By Reverse Osmosis

    By Roger C. Wilmoth

    The most common method of treating mine drainage to prevent water pollution consists of neutralization and aeration. This process removes the acidity, iron, aluminum, and some other heavy metals, but

    Jan 1, 1972