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  • NIOSH
    RI 3207 Study of Falls of Roof and Coal, Rock Springs District, Sweetwater County WY

    By H. Tomlinson

    "INTR0DUCTIONThis publication is a third of a series devoted to falls of roof and coal in coal mines of the Western States. It gives the results of examinations of the mines of the Rock Springs coal D

    May 1, 1933

  • AUSIMM
    A Convenient Index for the Assessment of Coal Cleaning Processes

    By Nicol S. K, Firth B. A

    Much effort over the years has been put into the task of devising parameters which adequately assess the metallurgical efficiency of mineral processmg operations. One of the most celebrated of these m

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SAIMM
    Development of a Fuzzy Model for Predicting the Penetration Rate of Tricone Rotary Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mines

    By A. Nuric, S. Nuric, L. Kricak, M. Negovanovic, S. Mitrovic

    "SynopsisRotary drilling with rolling tricone bits is the most widely used method for drilling large-diameter blast-holes in large surface mining operations. This drilling method is applicable to a wi

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    The effect of reductive roasting on the electrostatic separation of rutile and zircon

    By D. Bessinger, J. Nell

    The electrical conductivity of rutile was optimised as a function of time, temperature and gas composition. These optimised conditions were used to treat rutile/zircon feed prep concentrate samples fr

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    The Bond Legacy - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By R. E. McIvor, Brian Cornish, J. A. Finch, Yue Tan, Claude Gagnon

    Fred C. Bond is recognized throughout the mineral processing world as the father of comminution equipment applied science and engineering. The Bond Work Index became a universal standard, and is the m

    Feb 1, 2024

  • NIOSH
    OFR-23-78 Brake Evaluations & Recommendations - Evaluation And Development Of Performance Requirements Of Braking Systems For Rubber-Tired Mining Equipment In Underground Coal Mines

    By Walter W. Kaufman

    The braking performance of underground, rubber-tired, coal mining vehicles is evaluated. Surveys of mining equipment and braking manufacturers and underground stopping tests are discussed as they rela

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    Mettop´s New Ionic Liquid Cooling Technology is the Safest Way to Cool a Furnace

    By Stefan Wallner, Andreas Filzwieser, Stefan Konetschnik, Reinhard Preiss, Iris Filzwieser

    "Process Safety Management for METTOP means avoiding risks as far as possible - but also dealing with the residual risk by using all existing management tools or external assistance, if required. The

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The Metallurgical Treatment of the Sulpho-Telluride Ores of Kalgoorlie, with Special Reference to Experiments Conducted and Sulphide Mill Erected on the Associated Gold Mines of Western Australia Limited

    The sulphide ores of the principal lodes of the Boulder Mines are mainly composed of a schistose guess with a varying proportion of silica and lime, containing tellurides of gold, silver and mercury,

    Jan 1, 1901

  • AUSIMM
    The Relation of Ore-Occurrence to General Geology, Brocks Creek District Northern Territory, Australia

    The area (330 sq. miles) shown on the map of the Brocks Creek District (Fig. 1), was mapped by the Northern Territory geological party of the Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Aust

    Jan 1, 1950

  • CIM
    Encapsulation of Mercury in Gossan Tailings Murray Brook Mine, New Brunswick, Canada

    By Robert Harris, Peter Pheeney

    "The Murray Brook gold mine operated from September 1989 to March 1991. Approximately 1.2 million tonnes of gossan were mined from an open pit and treated at a rate of 900 tonnes per day. The facility

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Examples of Mine Timbering

    So many emergencies that crop up in mining necessitate a departure from ordinary methods that the writer has been led to illustrate a few of the examples that have come under his notice during a somew

    Jan 1, 1902

  • NIOSH
    Application Of The Q-System To Australian Underground Metal Mines

    By Max F. Lee, Warren A. Peck

    The applicability of the Q-system [Barton et al. 1974] to Australian underground metal mines is discussed with reference to two common design issues: ground support for horizontal mine development, an

    Jan 5, 2007

  • CIM
    A Geometallurgical Approach of the Copper-Nickel-Platinum Group Elements Maturi Deposit, Minnesota, USA, Using Quantitative Mineralogy

    By Charles Knilans, Tassos Grammatikopoulos, Nicole Hoffmann

    "Twin Metals Minnesota LLC, (TMM) has recently completed a prefeasibility study evaluating the development and operation of an underground copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Carbon Management in a High Gold Price Environment

    By J K. Claflin, S R. La Brooy

    A case study from a current Ausenco project is presented to demonstrate the importance of maintaining high carbon activity to illustrate the driving force for plant improvements such as a carbon regen

    Jul 15, 2013

  • IMPC
    Quality Dimensions of Mining’s Best Practice Hearing Protection Defined

    By Johan F. W. Kock

    "Hearing loss due to excessive noise exposure is the most prevalent industrial disease. It is ranked on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) priority list for major work related injuries. Uncontrolle

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Physiological Analysis Of Human Generated Heat In A Refuge Alternative

    By T. E. Bernard

    Occupying a refuge alternative (RA) is an accepted practice in mine fires and explosions when escape is not feasible. MSHA has promulgated a final rule on refuge alternatives that includes a recogniti

    Feb 27, 2013

  • TMS
    High Performance Recycling of Agricultural Wastes: Rice Husk Silica Used as Reinforcements of Magnesium Sintered Materials

    By Katsuyoshi Kondoh

    The utilization of silica particles originated in rice husks as reinforcements of magnesium composites was discussed. By using the solid state reaction of rice husk silica particles with magnesium pow

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AIME
    Geophysics and Geochemistry - Relationship of Graphite in Soils to Graphitic Zones

    By H. Linder, W. H. Dennen

    The graphitic carbon content of soils may be used to detect and delimit subsurface graphitic zones. Spectrographic measurement of carbon in C horizon soils from several areas in the northeastern Unite

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME-ICGCM
    Improved Intersection Design And Monitoring In The Sydney Coalfield

    By G. R. Corbett

    The introduction of roof bolts to Phalen Colliery in the Sydney Coalfield, Nova Scotia (annual output of 2Mt) has been successfully implemented in maingate and tailgate entries over the last four year

    Jan 1, 1995

  • CIM
    Canadian Hot Workability Research on Al Alloys 1960 ? 2010

    By H. J. McQueen

    Before 1950, hot working was simply deforming above the recrystallization point and gave a soft product compared to cold working. From 1960 onwards, improved testing in compression and torsion (stress

    Jan 1, 2011