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  • SME
    Horizontal directional drilling implementation at MIMOSA Mines

    By M. Santillan

    Minerales Monclova S.A. de C.V. (MIMOSA) has applied different methane gas drainage technologies, according to the top industry requirements in order to keep the methane gas at the lowest possible con

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Electrical Accidents In The Mining Industry, 1990-1999 (a667b09a-202f-425d-9b08-95e0dee3b098)

    By J. C. Cawley

    This National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health study was conducted to focus future research on the most significant electrical problems in the mining industry. Data from 1,926 mine electr

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Open Pit TBM Driven Drainage Tunnel?Ok Tedi Mine

    By Tony Peach

    Project Description The Ok Tedi Mine is located approximately 18 km east of the Papua and New Guinea-Indonesia border, on the southernmost extremity of the Star Mountains Range, it is situated almost

  • SME
    Overview of Low-Rank Coal Drying – Preprint 97-61

    By W. G. Willson, D. E. Walsh, B. Irwin

    Low-rank coal (LRC) drying processes are generally categorized by operating temperature, drying environment and type of feed (either sized or ground coal). Within these broad categories, drying proce

    Feb 24, 1997

  • SME
    Application Of Propeller Fans At Wisconsin Industrial Sand

    By Albert Adu-Acheampong

    Fairmount Mineral's Maiden Rock underground sand mine historically delivered air to ventilate diesel-powered equipment at its working faces through high-resistance, 381-mm- (15-in.-) diameter PVC

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Developing Gold Fields’ La Cima Cerro Corona Project in Peru

    By Richard W. Graeme, James J. Komadina

    Gold Fields acquired an option to purchase the Cerro Corona project, located in Hualgayoc, Cajamarca Department, Peru, in December 2003. In January 2006, the option was taken up and the transaction c

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Analysis Of Failure Modes For Fully Grouted Resin Bolts

    By K. Heasley, A. Yassien, A. Khair, S. Peng

    There are three major components of a fully grouted roof bolt which primarily determine its ability to develop and sustain load: the steel rebar, the resin annulus, and the rock/grout interface. The u

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Optimization of Millennium Chemical’s Paraiba Guaju Mine

    By K. G. Correia

    The replacement of the dry mining method at Guajú Mine by the dredging method was a means of ensuring its feasibility by maintaining the production levels. Dry mining increased the cost of the deposit

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Sustainable Development Conference Held in Greece

    By Michael Karmis

    The International Conference on Sustainable Development Indicators in the Mineral Industries(SDIMI 2003) was held May 21-23, 2003 on the island of Milos, Greece. The objective of this international c

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    New World Class Industrial Clay Deposits

    By H. H. Murray

    Recently developed clay deposits that will impact regional and world markets are described. These deposits, their location, geology, and physical properties are delineated. Kaolins from the State of P

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Completion of H-3 Highway Tunnel

    By Jan L. Reichelderfer, Thomas L. Richardson

    Completion of the H-3 Highway Tunnel Project was a critical element in opening this award winning project. The exploratory tunnel was completed as a maintenance tunnel and included difficult shafts ex

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Discussion - Lemniscate-guided powered roof supports adapted for proper operation with the roof on longwall faces (4b7caf39-1bc9-4266-95a6-d180c6c971fa)

    By J. B. Gwiazda

    S. Budirsky J.B. Gwiazda's article deals with an interesting problem that has not been studied thoroughly up to now. Gwiazda has proposed a technical solution that eliminates horizontal load i

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Mine Emergency Risk Preparedness and Readiness Self-Assessment; A Proactive Approach

    By William C. York-Feirn, Jeffrey H. Kravitz, David Stalfort

    "Mining is an inherently risky business. Over the years, major mine disasters have resulted in the deaths and injuries of thousands of miners in the United States. These disasters also resulted in inn

    Jan 10, 2018

  • SME
    Optimization Of Heavy Media Cyclone Circuits

    By T. S. Bomar, C. J. Wood

    Heavy media cyclones (HMCs) are efficient, high-tonnage devices suitable for upgrading run-of-mine coal in the 50 to 0.5 mm size range. Unfortunately, industrial HMC circuits are often not optimized

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Current Trends In Reducing Groundfall Accidents In U.S. Coal Mines - Preprint 09-069

    Ground falls (roof and rib) have historically been responsible for about 50% of all fatalities in bituminous underground coal mines. In some recent years, the number of ground fall fatalities has app

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Low-Profile Capacitive Load Cells for Underground Mining Material and Wear Classification to Promote Worker Safety - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Andrew J. Petruska, Austin F. Oltmanns

    This work proposes a capacitive load cell for conical picks to enable underground continuous mining machine operators to perform their roles away from known hazardous regions near the machine. The loa

    Mar 25, 2023

  • SME
    Geographic Information Systems And Industrial Minerals

    By M. J. Price

    The usage of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is increasing rapidly throughout the Mining Industry, especially in the Industrial Minerals sector. GIS provides an efficient and robust link between

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Sustainable Development Of Industrial Minerals From Mining To Manufacturing - Introduction - Preprint 09-080

    By J. E. Kogel

    Industrial minerals play a central and dual role in the sustainable development (SD) of natural resources. Over the past decade the mining industry has increasingly focused on sustainably extracting

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    A Global Perspective Of Cyanide

    By M. M. Botz

    There are currently more that 460 mines worldwide that utilize cyanide for gold and silver extraction. Despite this large number of cyanide-related mining operations, there have been no published acc

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Assessment Of Equipment Operators? Noise Exposure In Western Underground Gold And Silver Mines - Preprint 09-073

    By E. R. Spencer

    An assessment of U.S. western hard-rock miners? noise exposures was conducted as part of a multi-year National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) survey of noise exposures in each se

    Jan 1, 2009