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  • SME
    Design And Construction Of Uranium Disposal Facilities For The Panna Maria Project, Texas

    By Rod A. Levander, Kenneth B. King

    INTRODUCTION The Panna Maria Uranium Project is located in South Texas, between San Antonio and Corpus Cristi, approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Karnes City, Texas. The tailings dispos

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Groundwater Control for the Toronto Subway Sheppard Line Twin Tunnels

    By Harry C. Oussoren, James C. Miles

    A new seven kilometer long subway line is being constructed through dense glacial soils under a major thoroughfare in Toronto. Eductor, deep well and vacuum wellpoint systems are being used to lower t

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Investigation Of Gas And Airflow Distribution In A Block Cave Mine

    By Yong Pan, SRIVATSAN JAYARAMAN SRIDHARAN, Purushotham Tukkaraja

    The block cave mining method poses unique ventilation challenges compared to other underground metal mining methods. This research study focuses on assessing the airflow behavior in regulated airflow

    Sep 1, 2022

  • SME
    A New Peroxygen Reagent for CIP/CIL Processing of Ores

    By A. J. Nugent

    Investigations were undertaken to evaluate peroxygen compounds for effective­ness in alkaline cyanide leaching of gold. The addition of peroxygens improved the leach results. Calcium peroxide was the

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    State Of Illinois Incentive Programs For Coal And Energy Development

    By M. P. Murphy

    The state of Illinois is committed to direct support of the Illinois coal industry. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs’(DCCA) Office of Coal Development (OCD) provides incentiv

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Silanes and Other Silane-like Surface Treatments for Inorganic Fillers

    By J. J. Kellar, W. M. Cross, H. Du, C. D. Struckman, D. A. Boyles

    Silane coupling agents have been used in the filler industry for years. One particularly unique feature is the ability of the coupling agents to enhance the adhesion between filler and polymer matrice

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Evaluation of Contamination Ingress for Built-in-Place Refuge Alternatives

    By L. Yan, T. Lutz, J. Noll

    "Mine disasters, such as fires and explosions, can create a hazardous atmosphere due to the generation of carbon monoxide (CO). After a mine disaster, contaminated mine air can enter the refuge altern

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Technical and Economic Evaluations of Mining Projects for Bank Financing

    By Peter H. Grimley

    It is important to realize that lending institutions have a very different risk-profile from that of an equity investor. For bank financing, a feasibility study must address the concerns of the lender

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    French study indicates profit potential for industrial manganese nodule venture

    By F. Mauviel, J. Bernard, G. Herrouin, J. P. Lenoble, C. Charles, B. Taine

    Manganese nodule projects were quite fashionable during the 1970s. At the beginning of the 1980s, low metal prices led to an almost complete reduction of such activities; however, the Law of the Sea i

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Determination Of A Rate Generating Equation For Continuous Miners ? Introduction

    By R. V. Ramani

    In 1970, of the 603 million tons of coal produced in the United States, 339 million tons, or 56%, were produced by under- ground mines. While the ratio of underground to surface production has been de

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SME
    A Computerized Analysis, Planning And Training System For Underground Mines

    By Kathleen Y. Knoebel

    This paper describes a graphical mini computer system called MPASS 2 (Mine Performance Analysis/Simulation) which has been designed to conduct analysis of underground room-and-pillar mining operations

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Managing Tailings Influenced Ground Water at the Butte Superfund Site

    By R. D. Williams

    "In a very real sense, Butte, MT is where the copper came from that won two world wars. The price for that unrestricted mining and smelting of copper came due in 1983 when Butte was declared a Superfu

    Apr 1, 2019

  • SME
    Rock fragmentation size distribution prediction and blasting parameter optimization based on the muck-pile model

    By YUSONG MIAO, DI WU, XIANRONG YAN, YIPING ZHANG, JIE LIN, KEBIN LI

    Rock fragmentation has been a concern in hard-rock mining for the mining industry. Rock fragmentation distribution is an important index to measure the blasting effect. It not only affects the cost of

  • SME
    Computer-aided mapping and design — Their potential for mining use

    By Kim W. Wright

    Introduction Mining operations require maps for each phase of project development. Engineering plans, cross-sections, and isometric drawings are also needed. Maps are used for geologic interpretation

    Jan 6, 1985

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    Use Of A Magnetic Fluid-Based Process For Coal Separations

    By M. S. Klima, M. Fofana

    The use of a laboratory-scale magnetic fluid-based separator for coal separations was examined. A Frantz laboratory magnetic separator was modified by fabricating new pole pieces of the appropriate ge

    Jan 1, 1998

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    Development of a preliminary methodology for determining maximum economic recovery

    By H. Maleki, G. Tetreault

    This study was initiated by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to develop guidelines for determining the maximum economic recovery of resources in coal mines. The work was in response to a require

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Educational Requirements for Micro- and Macro-Engineering in Mineral Processing

    By A. A. Mular

    Examining a typical curriculum for mineral process engineers shows that traditional subjects remain important, namely, engineering, earth and basic sciences, mathematics and mineral proc¬essing techno

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Seismic Tomography for Site Characterization and Tunneling for the Mill Creek Alignment — Phase 3, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Fujikawa and Kanaya Tunnels, Japan

    By Jozef Descour, Kazunori Nishioka, David M. Neil

    Designers, engineers, and contractors are using three-dimensional seismic tomography for geotechnical site investigations and during tunnel excavation for hard rock and soft ground applications. Utili

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Agent-Based Optimization for Truck Dispatching in Open-Pit Mines

    By V. A. Temeng, M. Owusu-Tweneboah, K. Awuah-Offei

    The mining industry has long recognized the value of dispatch systems in open pit mines as they reduce load and haul costs. Over the years, researchers have proposed many dispatch systems with various

    Jan 1, 2019

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    TBM Technology for an Australian Coal Drift: The Grosvenor Project

    By Robert Marks, Enrico Dal Negro, Richard Schulkins

    "In July 2012 construction started on the Grosvenor project, a five million tonne per annum underground longwall mine planned for Moranbah in Central Queensland. Grosvenor is located immediately to th

    Jan 1, 2016