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  • SME
    Manhattan Shaft, New York City Water Tunnel No. 3

    By Edward (Ted) M. Dowey

    Shaft 26B of New York City’s Third Water Tunnel was constructed by Frontier-Kemper Constructors, Inc. of Evansville, Indiana. The 176.8 m (580 ft) deep shaft will serve as the construction shaft for t

    Jan 1, 1997

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    Health Effects Of Amosite Mining And Milling In South Africa

    By Jill Murray

    This study focuses on the amosite mining region in South Africa and associated health effects, compared to other mined asbestos fiber types. Historically, dust and fiber levels were high in the amosit

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Industrial Evolution From Micro to Macro Engineering

    By Richard R. Klimpel

    During the last 28 years, I have had the very challenging and rewarding experience of working as an engineering professional in a large multinational company, both as a manager of engineers and engine

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Missouri-Rolla’s Online Program Gains Popularity

    By Tad S. Golosinski, R. Larry Grayson

    Online education is not new. During the last decade, it has reached the stage where many universities offer a variety of courses, degrees and programs without any associated residency requirements.

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Brightwater Conveyance System: Ground Freezing For Access Shaft Excavation Through Soft Ground

    By Joseph M. McCann

    The Brightwater regional wastewater treatment facility, under construction in King County, WA, includes an extensive conveyance system that will feature deep, soft-ground tunnels and shafts. Excavatio

  • SME
    Creation Of An Underground Mine Development Sequencing Optimizer

    By M. J. Blattman

    Upon completion of an underground mine design, the planning engineer is faced with a surprisingly complex problem, “What development and mining sequence should be implemented so as to maximize the ret

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    High Speed Communications In Harsh Environments

    Extending an organization?s knowledge base throughout the entire enterprise can improve operations. Until recently, though, field operations were often left out of the information loop, as extending

    Jan 1, 2009

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    Introduction (f248dc61-7d23-42d4-878e-d425d635fc78)

    By Christopher J. Bise

    PRINCIPLES OF MINE PLANNING During the initial planning stages, all mining operations are analyzed and evaluated in a similar fashion. This similarity holds true because the mine-planning procedure ca

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Developing a Virtual Reality Environment for Mining Research Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SPRINGER)

    By Brendan Demich, Brendan Macdonald, Timothy J. Orr, Jason Navoyski, Jennica L. Bellanca, William J. Helfrich

    Recent advances in computing, rendering, and display technologies have generated increased accessibility for virtual reality (VR). VR allows the creation of dynamic, high-fidelity environments to simu

  • SME
    Completion And Commissioning Of The SMART Dual-Purpose Tunnel ? Introduction

    By Arthur Darby

    The city of Kuala Lumpur was founded in 1857 by miners seeking tin near the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers. The rapid development of the city and surrounding area since independence has led

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Using Option Pricing to Predict Market Values of Publicly Traded Mining Companies

    By Andrew K. Simpson

    What will this deal do to the company’s stock price? This question arises when a publicly traded mining company is presented with a new mine project, or business combination. The standard tool fo

    Jan 1, 2000

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    An Evaluation Of The Risks Of Lung Cancer And Mesothelioma From Exposure To Amphibole Cleavage Fragments

    By John F. Gamble

    Amphiboles are hydrated mineral silicates five of which occur in asbestiform habits as asbestos grunerite (amosite) asbestos, riebeckite (crocidolite) asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbes

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Ambitious Endeavors in Mechanized Shaft Construction: A Case History of Two Mine Shaft Projects in Australia

    By John Zeni

    In Australia during the 1990s, Zeni Drilling took on several demanding shaft boring contracts. This paper describes the safety, operational, technical and environmental advantages derived through the

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Tunneling Through Faults In Volcanic Rocks For The Construction Of The La Joya Project (Costa Rica)

    By R. Grandori, L. Pellegrini

    The construction of the La Joya hydropower plant (Costa Rica) was awarded by the Spanish power company, Union Fenosa, to the Italian Joint Venture formed by the companies SELI SpA and Ghella SpA. T

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Mining Review

    Minerals are fundamental to the U.S. economy, contributing to the real gross domestic product (GDP) at several levels?mining, processing and manufacturing finished products. The estimated growth rate

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Processing researchers continue efforts to streamline US mining

    By P. Rosten

    US mine production of iron ore in 1984 showed some improvements compared to 1983. But reduced demand from the iron and steel industry caused temporary shutdowns of many iron ore mines and pelletizing

    Jan 5, 1985

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    Earth Pressure Balance Tunneling In Canada

    By Laura McNally

    In 2006, McNally International Inc., in a joint venture partner-ship with Aecon Constructors, was the successful bidder on two York Region Tunnel Projects: the Bathurst Collector/Langstaff Trunk Sewer

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Gold Companies Look at Mexico, Dominican Republic

    By Steve Kral

    When the price of gold cracked the US$9.60/g(US$300/oz) mark last year, the gold-mining industry began to crank up again. This followed several years of gold prices that had languished in the mid-200

    Jan 1, 2003

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    Kenya- A New Source Of Titanium Minerals

    By J. C. Potvin

    Although the occurrence of deposits of titanium minerals on Kenya’s present day beaches and adjacent dune systems has been well documented, the potential for older formations to host economically viab

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Flash Smelting at Magma Metals Co.

    By Tom Gonzales

    At San Manuel, AZ, Magma Metals Co. operates an Outokumpu flash furnace, four Peirce-Smith converters and two anode casting wheels that are supported by six anode vessels. Process gasses from the flas

    Jan 1, 1992