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  • SME
    Sustainable Development And Exploration

    By V. T. McLemore

    The mining industry is at a crossroad. To sustain our technically based society, demands for commodities are increasing, and exploration for these commodities is a must. The debate is between sustaina

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Investigation into dust exposures and mining practices in mines in the southern Appalachian Region

    By Douglas E. Pollock

    Recent NIOSH published information has shown an increase of rapidly progressive coal workers? pneumoconiosis (CWP) in the southern Appalachian coal region (SAR) of the U.S., despite the fact that comp

    Jan 2, 2010

  • SME
    Prevention Of Frictional Ignitions

    By P. C. Thakur

    Frictional ignitions (also called face ignitions) is defined as the rapid oxidation of a mixture of methane and air with a visible flame that could last from a few seconds to several minutes. These i

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    What will halt the worldwide decline in mine equipment performance? (b412e854-b1a9-4de1-9ef1-fba09999eead)

    By Richard Adsero

    The Australian Bureau of Statistics and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics publish data for a range of industries, allowing a measure of performance to be quantified, called multifactor prod

    Sep 1, 2013

  • SME
    Commercialisation Of Research In The Minerals Processing Industry

    Commercialisation of outcomes from research projects is a process often poorly understood and managed, but has the potential to achieve significant benefits for the industry and community as a whole.

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Whisker Growth During The Reduction Of Iron-Ores

    By Werner Wenzel

    Whisker growth during the reduction of iron ores The phenomenon of whisker growth can be observed in a number of solid-state crystallisation reactions, which, apparently, appear in6 the first ins

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SME
    A Methodological Model To Assist On The Optimization And Risk Management Of Mining Investment Decisions

    By J. A. Botín

    Identifying, quantifying and minimizing technical risks associated to investment decisions is a key challenge for the minerals industry decision takers and investors. However, risk analysis in most b

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Empirical Approach For Drift Blast Design In Hard Rock Mines

    By S. P. Singh

    Drifts are the nerve centre of underground mining. They provide essential communications between primary openings and production areas. In view of their strategic importance in the overall safety, eco

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Experimental Determination Of Rheologic Properties Of High-Density Paste Fill (428594fc-7d6a-4429-a26d-ca3f16779960)

    By S. J. Jung

    Determining the correct combination of mix components and water for high-density paste backfills with the transport and deposition properties necessary in a mining operation is a difficult task. Rheol

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Underground coal mining and attendant subsidence control : Some history, technology, and research

    By Syd S. Peng, C. Y. Chen

    Introduction The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act was passed in 1977 to put an end to the uneven environmental standards and enforcement established by various coal mining states in the US.

    Jan 2, 1986

  • SME
    Bacterial Pretreatment To Enhance Silver Recovery From Artvin-Kafkasör Ore By Cyanidation

    By Ü. Atalay, G. Alaeddinoglu, G. Özcengiz, G. Özbayoglu, Z. Özdemir

    In this study, bacterial pre-treatment was applied before cyanidation in order to enhance the solubilization of silver from Artvin-Kafkasör ore Direct cyanidation process was found inefficient to reco

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    A Review Of Rock Support And Falls In Us Coal Mine Intersections - Preprint 09-132

    The support of the roof in coal mines remains a critical safety issue with 3 fatalities from roof falls in 2007 and 430 injuries from roof falls in 2006. A snapshot survey by the authors of room desig

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Mineral Exploration, Mining And Aboriginal Community Engagement

    By D. Jepsen

    Land access and tenure certainty for exploration and mine development is absolutely critical to the foundation of a healthy, sustainable and environmentally-sound mineral exploration and mining sector

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Chromium Recovery From Leather Ash By Pyrometallurgical Processes

    The residues produced during the incineration of leather scraps contain significant amount of chromium which can be recovered and reused in the tanning industry. The objective of this study is to deve

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Tunneling?s Role In Sustainable Development Discussed At United Nations

    The Earth?s population is approaching 6.6 billion people. More than half live in urban areas. And, as those figures continue to grow, the need to make wise use of the world?s natural resources as we

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Echo Bay details exploration activitiesat its Cove gold deposit in Nevada

    By Robert D. Coyle, David L. Emmons

    Introduction The Cove gold-silver deposit is located in Lander County, NV about 50 km (30 miles) southwest of Battle Mountain, NV (Fig. 1). The deposit is in the north-central part of the Fish Cree

    Jan 8, 1988

  • SME
    Mechanical Mining: The State Of The Art (c03fcc45-2470-4064-ab30-327f1c5b2089)

    By L. Gertsch, R. Gertsch

    Mechanical mining is steadily gaining usage in the mining industry. A variety of machines currently finds employment: tunnel boring machines, roadheaders, continuous miners, surface miners, and auger

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 – Industrial Sand and Gravel

    By T. P. Dolley

    Domestic production of industrial sand and gravel in 2004 was about 29 Mt (32 million st), a 6-percent increase from 2003. This increase was buoyed by a robust construction sector of the U.S. economy

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    An Update On The Use Of Explosion-Resistant Seals

    By C. R. Stephan

    The Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) Ventilation Division continues to evaluate proposed explosion-resistant seal designs. There are currently eleven specific designs for explosion

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Investigation of subsidence events over inactive room-and-pillar mines - SME Transactions 2011

    By Yi Luo

    Subsidence events occurring above inactive room-and-pillar (R&P) mines, including abandoned mines or sealed portions of active mines, are classified as unplanned subsidence, because of their timing an

    Jan 1, 2011