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  • SME
    Tunneling Through Mountain Faults

    By Don W. Deere

    Faults under high rock cover represent some of the most severe ground conditions a Tunneler can encounter. High ground water pressures and flows are usually associated with mountain faults. Ground beh

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Construction of the Wolf Creek Upper Narrows Tunnel Waterproof Membrane—A Comparison of Tunnel Projects Utilizing the Application of Spray-on Waterproof Membrane

    By L. L. Lacerda, A. J. Blair

    The Wolf Creek Upper Narrows Tunnel (Upper Narrows Tunnel) is one of the first major highway tunnel in the United States implementing the use of spray-on membrane for purposes of constructing a double

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Timber Supported System – Introduction

    By George L. Wilhelm

    Timber support of mine openings continues to be an effective system for ground support, due to its avail¬ability, flexibility, and ease of installation. Timber support of mine openings as a primary m

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Reclamation, Coal Waste Piles Return Mining To The Lehigh Valley

    With mine activity dating back to 1792, the Lehigh Valley, about 80 km (50 miles) northeast of the historic Allentown/Bethlehem steel mills and about 160 km (100 miles) northeast of Philadelphia, PA,

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Making An Impact: Adding Impact Beds At A Platinum Mine

    When a company like Lonmin, the third largest platinum producer in the world, is mining one of the most precious metals in the world, time is money. Every piece of equipment is expected to be in top s

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Automation in Segmental Tunnel Lining Design: Case Study of the Northside Interceptor Tunnel Project (NSIT) - NAT2024

    By Irwan Halim, Bhoshaga Mitrran Ravi Chandran, Kevin Huynh

    Tunnel segmental lining design constitutes a significant iterative process where modeling and numerical analysis are factors in deciding the number of segments, their dimensions, gasket placements, as

    Jun 23, 2024

  • SME
    Head Frame Exploration At The Cannon Gold Mine -Meshing Old Methods With New Technology

    By D. E. Cameron

    The Cannon mine, located in north-central Washington is mining gold hosted in silicified Eocene-age arkosic sediments arrayed along a regional strike-slip fault system. Branches of the Eagle Creek fau

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Characterization Of Coal And Quartz Dust In Interior Basin Coal Mines

    By Y. Paul Chugh

    NIOSH and the Illinois Clean Coal Institute are funding studies on characterization of coal and quartz dust in Interior Basin mines since 2009. Coal dust characteristics vary significantly and, are vi

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Novel Coal Collector Derived From Pine Tree Pulping

    By J. Hines

    Traditionally, fuel oil or diesel was the collector of choice in coal flotation, but in recent years these materials have come under increased scrutiny because of concerns about the toxicity of some c

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Options For Coal Firing For The Straight Grate Pelletizing Process

    By M. A. A. de Klaver

    Functional Description Figure 1 is a typical flowsheet for a system for solid fuel addition to filter cake. Solid fuel, coal, coal breeze, or charcoal, is fed from a,stockpile to a surge hopper. The s

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Economic Geology Of The Calico District, California

    By F. Harold Weber

    On July 13, 1967 the San Bernardino County Planning Commission approved publicly a request by American Smelting and Refining Company for a zone variance to conduct a silver mining and milling operatio

    Jan 1, 1967

  • SME
    Examining Trends in Individual Risk Factors: Organizational Approaches to Emergency Management

    By M. E. Ryan, C. L. Hoebbel, E. J. Haas

    DISCLAIMER The findings and conclusions in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cen

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Application Of New Metal, Ceramic, And Polymer Composite Technologies To Form Net Shape Erosion/Corrosion Resistant Components For The Mining And Minerals Processing Industry

    By J. Weinstein

    New erosion, corrosion resistant metal, ceramic, and polymer composite technologies are being developed and marketed by Alanx Products L.P. for use in hydrocyclones, pumps, valves, and other applicati

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Improvement in Sinter Properties with Reduction in Emissions Through Partially Replacing Coke Breeze by Anthracite Coal

    By Rameshwar Sah, Somasekhar Pitchika, Akhil Singh, Seenivasan Rajiah, C. B. Dayanand, G. Balachandran

    In the sintering of iron ores, the partial substitution of anthracite coal for coke breeze has been considered to be an effective way of reducing emissions and improvement in sintering properties. In

    Jun 2, 2022

  • SME
    Performance Characteristics Of Geogrid When Used For Roof And Rib Surface Control

    By D. R. Dolinar

    Geogrids can be used as surface control on both the roof and rib in underground mines to prevent the fall of small pieces of rock and material from between the primary supports. The use of screen mate

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    The Potential of Modified Starches as Mineral Flotation Depressants "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Brenton Fletcher, Yongjun Peng, Wonder Chimonyo

    As a cheap, renewable and non-toxic material, starch can contribute to the sustainability of the flotation process, albeit in a minor way as one type of reagent in systems involving materials with far

    Jan 18, 2021

  • SME
    Characterization of Colemanite and Its Effect on Cold Compressive Strength and Swelling Index of Iron Ore Pellets "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Mahaboob Basha Shaik, Shakuntala Tudu, Indrajit Paul, Chandra Sekhar, Neha Gupta, Amit Kumar, Srinivas Dwarapudi, Arvind Kumar Patel

    In this study, the effect of colemanite and calcined colemanite (CC) addition on the properties of iron ore pellets is studied. The pellets are prepared in a lab without and with 0.2% colemanite and v

    Oct 16, 2020

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    Surface mining technology: Managing the paradigm shift

    By David De Lemos Pires

    Mining is essentially a materials management process where materials are classified, excavated, moved to a desired location, processed at a cost and sold for a price hopefully to generate a profit. ?

    Dec 1, 2013

  • SME
    Bias And Error In Mine Project Capital Cost Estimation

    By J. Bertisen, G. Davis

    Previous analyses of small samples of mining projects have found that feasibility studies tend to well under-estimate the actual capital costs of the project. Our review of 63 mining and smelting pro

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    The State Of The Cement Industry And Import Penetration In The United States ? Introduction

    By Frank C. Stevens

    Many changes have taken place in the "World Cement Market" since Joseph Aspdin discovered portland cement in the early 1800's. At the turn of the century, production of cement world wide was a fe

    Jan 1, 1987