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  • SME
    Dealing With Subsidence and SMCRA

    By James M. Riddle

    A discussion of frequently asked questions may help individuals trying to interpret subsidence regulations or prepare permit applications. The subsidence permitting process involves just one part of

    Jan 12, 1980

  • AUSIMM
    The Future of Mining on Pitjantjatjara Lands

    In 1976 the Pitjantjatjara Council was established under the Associations Incorporation Act 1985 (SA), for the initial purpose of organising and bringing together three similar Indigenous groups. Thes

    Jan 1, 2002

  • NIOSH
    IC 8186 Research And Technologic Work On Alabama Coals: An Annotated Bibliography

    By R. Q. Shotts

    Factors of geological structure and occurrence of coalbeds, plus the resulting mining conditions, have required more care in preparing coals in Alabama than in most other districts almost since mining

    Jan 1, 1963

  • SAIMM
    Nationalizing South African Mines: An Enonomic Assessment - Synopsis

    By S. du Plessis

    Nationalization is high on the policy agenda in South Africa. This paper considers the case for nationalizing the local mining sector from an evidence-based perspective, which is derived from theoreti

    Jan 1, 2013

  • AIME
    Industrial Materials - Water Resources of the Mississippi Embayment East of the Mississippi River

    By E. H. Boswell, E. M. Cushing

    The Mississippi embayment east of the Mississippi River is part of a vast geologic and hydrologic province. The abundance of water available is largely responsible for the agricultural history of the

    Jan 1, 1969

  • CIM
    The Separation of Chalcopyrite and Pentlandit from Inco's Sudbury Area Ores Pilot Plant Testwork

    By G. E. Agar, W. B. Kipkie, R. A. Tenbergen

    "This paper describes the successful pilot plant testing of a flowsheet, developed at INCO Ltd.'s J.Roy Gordon Research Laboratory (JRGRL), for improved separation of the constituent minerals in a bul

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Long term demand for construction raw materials and the implications for minerals provision; the case of sand and gravel in the Netherlands

    By M. van Elp, R. Saitua Nistal, P. J. M. Groot

    Demand for construction raw materials depends on investment in housing, other buildings and infrastructure. The provision of these materials requires early knowledge of future trends in construction i

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    A Computer-Based Hazard-Awareness Assessment Program For Surface Mines – Preprint 97-120

    By C. J. Bise, D. A. Poukhovski

    Two integral components of the 30 CFR 48 training requirements mandated for new miners, newly employed experienced miners, and the annual refresher training of all miners are hazard recognition and pr

    Feb 24, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    The San Cristobal Gold District, Antofagasta, Chile

    By S Kasaneva

    TheSan Cristobal gold district is located 110 km east of the port of Antofagasta, Chile. It contains the San Cristobal gold mine, where Niugini Mining Ltd. commenced a heap leach operation, with initi

    Jan 1, 1995

  • CIM
    A Review of Suncor Energy’s Millennium Extraction Process

    By Michael Godard, Peter Cleyle

    "Suncor Energy’s Project Millennium increased oilsands production capacity by an additional 95,000 barrels per day to its present level of 225,000 barrels per day. This massive venture included an exp

    Jan 1, 2004

  • IOM3
    Studies of regional drainage geochemistry in Jamaica

    By R. G. Garrett, A. J. S. Geddes

    Paper presented at the 28th International Geological Congress held in Washington DC, July 1989 (International geochemical mapping sessions). The 1986 geochemical survey was successful in recognising a

    Jul 1, 1991

  • NIOSH
    RI 7129 Shales For Lightweight Aggregate In Appalachian Region, Kentucky And Tennessee

    By Ronald P. Hollenbeck

    Shales in the Appalachian Region of Kentucky and Tennessee were sampled and tested to determine their use as raw materials for the manufacture of lightweight aggregate by the rotary-kiln method. Nine

    Jan 1, 1968

  • CIM
    On Stream Analysis and Computer Process Control Selection at the Thompson Mill, Inco Limited

    By P. Chaddock

    The Thompson Mill has a capacity of 15,000 T ID of ore and produces two grades of nickel concentrate, copper concentrate and occasionally graphite concentrate. Up to July of 1985 we processed two dist

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    Optimising The Effective Use Of Energy In The Ferroalloy Industry Through Innovative Technology

    By A. M. Hearn, J. G. Roos

    Energy consumption, being a large proportion of the input of the ferroalloy production process, can be measured in terms of the efficiency with which the energy is utilized and the effectiveness with

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AIME
    Communist Activities in the Battle For Industrial Supremacy

    By Charles Will Wright

    The present struggle for economic and industrial supremacy by the Communist world is against the United States, its main target, and the other Free World nations. The basis of industrial power is mine

    Jan 1, 1964

  • CIM
    Taking Stock of Science

    I N the introductory chapter to "Man and Metals," T. A. Rickard wrote "Five hundred thousand years ago the first footfalls of man's oncoming echoed down the corridors of time." This phrase has al

    Jan 1, 1965

  • SME
    Single-Shell Tunnel Lining with Reinforced Concrete Rings: Critical Loads and Damage Prevention

    By Fritz Grübl

    Modern shield TBMs allow tunnel drives through almost any type of ground. Thanks to high elaborated technical measures, significant subsidence of the ground surface can be almost entirely avoided.

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Robot-Human Control Interactions In Mining Operations (0b1217a6-1d54-43fe-b0e6-c8bd395d732a)

    By G. Danko, R. Tiwari, J. Knowles

    Many excavation and loading tasks require equipment operators to simultaneously coordinate the motion of multiple machine links, in order to achieve complex tool trajectories. Efficiency, ore selecti

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Development and testing of a vehicle collision avoidance system based on GPS and wireless networks for open-pit mines

    By A. Nieto

    A vehicle proximity warning–collision avoidance system is being developed using GPS and wireless local area networks to improve safety of off-highway trucks in open pit mines. After two-and a-half yea

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Development of an On-Site Mineralogy Solution for Metallurgists

    By D van der Wal, R Dobbe, K Moeller

    "Ore mineralogy and texture are primary variables controlling mill recovery efficiency in flotation plants. However, tracking daily variations of key mineralogical characteristics such as species-by-s

    Jul 15, 2013