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  • SAIMM
    Long Hole Drilling Applied To Narrow Reef Mining - Objective

    By R. G. B. Pickering

    The purpose of this report is to chronicle the interaction between Anglo Platinum and Sandvik Tamrock during the development and application of Long Hole drilling as a viable, practical method of narr

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    A Single Compartment Cell for the Electrolytic Production of Aluminium from Molten Chlorides

    A single compartment 100 A electrolytic cell charged with AICla-KCl-NaCl at 750°C was studied during an experimental campaign of 4 months. About 10 1b of aluminium were produced in continuous run

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SAIMM
    The role of gravity flow in the design and planning of large sublevel stopes

    By M. Pineda

    Sublevel stoping (SLS) is one of the oldest and most used methods for underground mining. It relies heavily on the use of drilling and blasting techniques to remove the rock, and gravity to transport

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Melting And Densification Of Electrode Paste Briquettes In Søderberg Electrodes

    By B. Larsen, S. Z. Nascimento, K. Fidje, J. P. M. Amaro, H. Gran

    Safe and good operation of Søderberg electrodes is dependent upon high quality electrode paste coupled with correct electrode operating procedures. Good electrode performance depends further on proper

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Acid Processes for Alumina Extraction

    The C.S.I.R.O. acid alumina process employs the essential steps of digestion, hydrolysis and calcination to produce pure alumina from ores too high in silica or too low in grade for the Bayer process.

    Jan 1, 1964

  • DFI
    Quality Control Of Piling And Deep Foundations In Belgium, From The Design To The Execution. ? Synopsis

    By D. Goossens

    Quality control is a system which should guarantee that quality is achieved. It is the execution and verification of a project in an organised way, in order to obtain the maximum of certainty that the

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Migration of Gold During Boring

    The following data cover a phase in the systematic testing of gold deposits which does not appear to have been specificalIy investigated.In boring either secondary or primary deposits, gold, by virtue

    Jan 1, 1950

  • DFI
    Use Of Non-Invasive Helical Foundations For Urban Forest Canopy Walk Way ? Atlanta Botanical Garden

    By David C. Kraft

    Helical piles and ground anchors were used to meet critical design and constructability requirements for an urban forest Canopy Walk at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA. The 12-foot wide ped

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Caving-induced Subsidence Behaviour of Lift 1 at the Palabora Block Cave Mine

    By D P. Sainsbury, B L. Sainsbury, A Vakili, H-D Paetzold, P Lourens

    The cave propagation behaviour of a jointed rock mass is strongly governed by the unique nature of joints and discontinuities, together with the intact strength of rock bridges that make up the rock f

    May 9, 2016

  • IOM3
    The only way is up

    By G. Richards

    Research shows that having more women in the top mining jobs can bring bottom-line benefits. Mining companies are starting to embrace the need for greater gender diversity at board and senior manageme

    Jul 1, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Shear-Flocculation in Mixtures of Scheelite and Garnet

    By Warren L. J

    The effectiveness of shear-flocculation as a method for upgrading simple mixtures of ultrafine (1-11 \lm) scheelite and garnet was evaluated. Statistical methods were used in the design and analysis o

    Jan 1, 1977

  • TMS
    Breaking New Ground-Recent Developments In The Smelting Practice At ZCCM Nkana Smelter, Kitwe, Zambia.

    By Godwin Beene

    During recent years, copper and acid production from Nkana Smelter has formed a significant proportion of ZCCM's total output, but a number of problems affecting the smelter over the last decade

    Jan 1, 1999

  • CIM
    Electromagnetic Wire-Rope Testing --- Disparate LMA Results, an Ongoing Problem

    By Marcel M. Djivre

    Electromagnetic wire rope testing is the only practical non-destructive method to evaluate the current condition of wire ropes in general, and in the mining industry in particular. The method has been

    May 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Thermodynamic and Phase Diagram of the Lead-Lead Sulphide Binary System

    The published liquidus data on the Pb-PbS system have been correlated on the basis of one-coefficient Margules equations. Thermodynamic properties of the components of this system have been obtained,

    Jan 1, 1972

  • RMCMI
    Red Hot Opportunities in a Cool Economy

    By Douglas Kathol

    Coal in the 1990?s Exit of the integrated oil company [Shell Arco Mobil Exxon Mapco Kerr McGee Hansen Nerco Sun] Continued decline in coal prices Significant mergers & acquisitions

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Rheological Behaviors In Wet Ultrafine Grinding Of Limestone

    This paper investigates the effects of solids concentration and the addition of Dispersant S40 on the flowability of original and ground limestone slurries. A rotational viscometer with a concentric c

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Training to Process Analysis Methods using a Gold Leaching Simulator

    By Jessica Egan, Daniel Hodouin, Mohammed Reza Khalezi, Steve Bellec, Claude Bazin, Carl Duchesne

    "A model for gold leaching was developed and implemented into a simulator. The simulator uses a description of the ore that is based on the mineral composition and precious metal content. The model ac

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Investigation Of Surface Properties Of Gangue Minerals In Platinum Bearing Ores (987425e4-8c6a-401a-a26d-aaffefa9014a)

    By J. Martinovic

    The large proportion of gangue minerals present in platinum bearing ores in South Africa provides challenges to the flotation and downstream processes. In order to take effective measures to reduce th

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Three-Dimensional Hydromechanical Simulation for Large, Faulted Pit Slopes

    Owing to improvements in computer capacity, it is now possible to undertake fully coupled or partially coupled, three-dimensional (3D) hydromechanical Finite Element (FE) simulation of mines, includin

    May 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Noxious gas emissionss from the closed iron mines to the built-up areas on the surface

    By D. Grabowski, Z. Pokryszka

    ABSTRACT: Some residential areas of the iron basin of Lorraine (in the North-East of France) are affected by noxious gas emissions (under oxygenated, carbon dioxide loaded and radon loaded gas mixture

    Jan 1, 2003