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  • SME
    Swiss Quartz Dust Guideline - A Tool for Managing the Health Risk Related to Quartz Dust in Early Project Stages

    By Matthias Neuenschwander, Andreas Theiler, Patrick Steinle, John Singer, Martin Vogel, Diego Martini, Ömer Ündül, Markus Weh

    "Quartz Dust is a major health hazard in underground works, wherever the ground contains quartz and depending on the chosen method of excavation. A research project initiated by the Swiss Tunnelling S

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Integrated Mine Monitoring System on Managing Seismicity Risks Impact to Mining Production in PT Freeport Indonesia - RASIM 2022

    By Amri Priambodo, Ian Leslie, Valérie Laflèche, Agustina Ratnaningrum, Robin Paine, Andrianus Sinaga, Willem de Beer

    Freeport Indonesia consists of surface, civil and underground mining areas exposed to numerous geotechnical risks and hazards. PTFI uses various monitoring systems (Micro-Seismic, Firefly Light System

    Apr 26, 2022

  • SME
    Case Study Of Efforts To Reduce Costs And Increase Production At A Mid-Sized International Mining Company (SME Annual Meeting March 1-3, 1999, Denver, Colorado)

    By J. C. Harrison

    Eldorado Gold Corporation of Vancouver, B.C. owns and operates three gold mines. The Sao Bento underground gold mine in Minas Gerais State, Brazil produced 105,907 ounces in 1997. The La Colorada and

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Vintage TBM Cuts Months Off Schedule in San Antonio - NAT2022

    By Cody Edwards, Ross Webb

    5 miles of soft ground tunnel excavation for the SAWS W‑6 project finished months early despite difficult conditions. Success was achieved using TBMs and other equipment built long before most of the

    Dec 1, 2022

  • SME
    Interaction Models for Mechanized Tunneling

    By G. Meschke

    "This paper reports on computational and experimental research, performed at the Collaborative Research Center “Interaction Models for Mechanized Tunneling” at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Researc

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    CFD Modeling Of Fire Spread Along Combustibles In A Mine Entry

    By J. C. Edwards, C. C. Hwang

    A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program was applied to fire spread along combustibles in a ventilated mine entry. The rate of flame spread was evaluated for the ribs and roof of a coal mine entr

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Mineral Processing's Needs - Evolution or Revolution Changing Status of Domestic Mining

    By Nathaniel Arbiter, Robert R. Beebe

    The U.S. mining industry - once world dominant and largely independent of foreign sources for most major commodities - has today lost this position, with little likelihood of regaining it. But even th

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Reinforcement Learning Applied to Fleet Allocation and Informed Short-Term Production Planning of Industrial Mining Complexes

    By J. P. De Carvalho, R. Dimitrakopoulos

    An actor-critic reinforcement learning approach is presented to improve the production of an industrial mining complex by defining shovel allocation and adapting the short-term plan given grade-contro

    Jun 25, 2023

  • SME
    30 Years of Advances in Risk Management for Underground Projects - RETC2023

    By Kevin Lundberg, Philip Sander, Daniel Weinberger, John Reilly

    Since the early days of risk management, developments in technology and guidelines (ITA, ITIG, OGG, UCA) have advanced risk management and probable cost estimating, which are now widely recognized. WS

    Jun 13, 2023

  • SME
    Case Study of Path Dependent Calibration and Pillar Stability Analysis Using the LaModel Program

    By Morgan M. Sears

    The LaModel program is widely used to calculate stresses and displacements on thin tabular deposits, particularly when multiple seams or complex mining geometry is encountered. The program itself allo

    Jun 25, 2024

  • SME
    The Geology Of The Mont Klahoyo Iron Ore Deposit, Ivory Coast

    By R. C. Schmidt

    The Mont Klahoyo magnetite deposit is located about 600 km northwest of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. During an exploration period ending in 1977 an international joint venture group investigated the deposit

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Comparison between Calculated and Actual Face Pressures in EPB TBMs—Case Studies in Seattle, WA

    By Ehsan Alavi, Brian Hagan, Colin LaVassar, Glen Frank, Derek Dugan, Rick Capka, Lisa Mori

    "Tunnel face instability is one of the most common issues in EPB tunneling. The evaluation of an ideal face support pressure is a critical element in the design and construction phases of EPB tunnelin

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Testing Procedure For Determination Of Coal Seam Compressive Strength In The Laboratory

    By V. B. Achanti

    Reliability of the compressive strength of a coal seam determined in the laboratory is often subjected to debate. Effects of the coal seam's inherent characteristics, specimen preparation, testin

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Considerations On The Selection Of A System Of Long Distance Transport By Conveyor Belt ? Introduction

    By J. M. Rios

    This paper exposes the reasons that led the Empresa Nacional Minera del Sahara, S.A. (ENMINSA) to the selection of a conveyor belt system for the transport of phosphate rock over a distance of 100 kil

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    A New Streaming Potential Apparatus And Study Of Temperature Effects Using It ? Introduction

    By P. Somasundaran

    Previous studies on semi-soluble minerals such as calcite (1) and apatite(2) and sparingly soluble minerals such as quartz (3,4) have given evidence for significant changes in their electrokinetic pro

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SME
    Disaster Averted After MTBM/Active Gas Main Collision - Utilizing Captivating Case Histories to Educate Stakeholders with Regards to Tunneling in Urban Environments

    By Rory P. A. Ball, Mark Briggs, Martin Dix

    "Tunnel professionals should inform project stakeholders on the reality that tunnel projects are not 100 percent devoid of the need for excavations or public inconveniences during both design and cons

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Major Mines, Mineral Processing Operations, And Mineral Resources In The U.S. Mexico Borderlands

    By D. K. Marjaniemi

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines inventoried and characterized mineral sites and production plants within 200 km of the border in both the U.S. and Mexico. Sources of information included the USBM Minerals Av

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Grade Control and Mine Planning – Observations from the Front

    By D. E. Cameron

    "INTRODUCTION Grade control requirements for base and precious metal projects are an important input to both conceptual and feasibility mine plans. It’s the author’s experience that grade control inpu

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Effect Of The Structure Of Carbon Adsorbents On The Adsorption Of Gold Canide

    By A. S. Ibrado

    Research investigations on the chemistry of the adsorption of gold cyanide on activated carbon have mostly reduced the role of activated carbon as the provider of the large surface area needed for ads

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    The Influence Of Bacteria On The Formation Of Acid Mine Drainage ? Introduction

    By William W. Leathen

    Acid mine drainage became a reality through the exposure of the first bituminous coal seam, either by man or by nature. At first the small amount of acid formed was quickly and efficiently neutralized

    Jan 1, 1959