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  • SAIMM
    Witwatersrand Gold Reef Evaluation: The ?Variancegram? Tool

    By C. Lemmer

    The resolution with which the different categories of resources are forecast for Witwatersrand gold reefs should ideally tie in with block sizes that are optimal in terms of the variability structures

    Jan 1, 2014

  • NIOSH
    RI 9030 - Correlating Abrasive Wear to Alloy Additions in Low-Alloy Steels

    By J. H. Tylczak

    The Bureau of Mines studied the effect of alloy additions on abrasive wear of low-alloy steels. A dry-sand, rubber-wheel abrasion test appa-ratus using ASTM G65-Sl procedure B was used for the abrasiv

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AIME
    Influence Of Temperature, Time And Rate Of Cooling On Physical Properties Of Carbon Steel II

    By Francis Foley

    INTRODUCTION DURING the summer of 1919, the late Dr. Henry M. Howe, then Chairman of the Division of Engineering of the National Research Council, organized a committee to obtain a better insight int

    Jan 2, 1926

  • CIM
    A Review of Tecnology Developments in Nickel Pyrometalurgy and Nickel Production Trends over the Last Three Decades

    By A. E. M. Warner, P. J. Mackey

    "In 1988, two of the present authors Warner and Vahed [1] were amongst several co-authors on a seminal paper reviewing nickel pyrometallurgical operations of the era. Given that significant changes in

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Mintek Thermal Magnesium Process (MTMP): Theoretical And Operational Aspects

    By M. Abdellatif

    Keywords: Magnesium, pyrometallurgy, Mintek Extensive testwork on atmospheric thermal magnesium production has highlighted certain important fundamental and operational factors that have a major i

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Improving calibration of flow models against SLC marker trials by linking blasting effects to particle mobility

    By A D. Campbell, G R. Power

    Many caving mines use numerical flow models to simulate mine production, forecast recovered ore grades and optimise the draw strategy. In sublevel caving (SLC) mines, the effects of blasting and fragm

    Oct 16, 2017

  • SAIMM
    Analysis for pillar extraction potential (A-PEP)—a risk-based program for underground coal mining

    By G. H. Lind

    Research into the safe and economic extraction of underground coal pillars in the Witbank and Highveld coalfields of South Africa highlighted that future practices will have to consider pertinent risk

    Jan 1, 2003

  • TMS
    Treatment of Residues During Aluminum Recycling

    By Ramona Prillhofer

    Salt slag is a waste product produced by the recycling of aluminum. In most European countries (e.g. Austria, Germany) the landfill disposal of this waste is forbidden because the slag contains solubl

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    OFR-83A-92 Hoisting System Components - Selection And Guidelines - Volume 1

    The objective of this study was two-fold: 1. To perform a world literature search pertinent to the analysis, selection and design of hoisting systems and their components and to codify the search i

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Isometric Mines Plans: Their Applications, Limitations, and Method of Construction

    IN the construction of a set of ordinary mine plans, two axes or coordinates are used; also, two different projections are essential viz., a plan (horizontal projection) and longitudinal section (vert

    Jan 1, 1919

  • CIM
    Detrital Mantle Indicator Minerals in Southwestern Wyoming, U.S.A.: Evaluation of Mantle Environment, Igneous Host, and Diamond Exploration Significance

    By W. P. Nash, T. E. Mccandless

    "Abstract - Detrital minerals of upper mantle origin occur in Holocene conglomerates, pediments and antmounds, and in Oligocene conglomerates in the Green River Basin of southwestern Wyoming. The mine

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Preconditioning Modelling and Explosives Effectiveness in Block Caving

    By P González, J Videla, E Córdova, I Gottreux

    Currently, underground mining of deeper massive deposits with lower grades, harder rock conditions in high strength environments, entails difficulties in caving, fragmentation and seismicity of the or

    May 9, 2016

  • SME
    Estimating Strain and Stress in Oriented Rock Cores Using a Diametral Deviation Method

    A practical core-based method for estimating in situ stress was tested using 360° measurements of rock core diameter in a laboratory setting. In several mining districts across West Virginia, rock cor

    Jan 7, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Measuring and Taking Notice of Orebody Variability – An Essential Ingredient for Reliable Plant Design

    By D David

    The majority of SAG and ball mill design methodologies are applied using a single design value for mill selection, such as the 80th percentile ball mill work index or SMC value. Inherent in the select

    Sep 7, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Australian Innovations in High Pressure Grinding Rolls and Large Grinding Mill Manufacture

    By E J. Hofmann, J E. Hofmann, A J. Hofmann-Fritz

    "With its Head Quarters in Perth, global heavy engineering company Hofmann Engineering is one of the largest family owned engineering companies in Australia. The company has pioneered a number of new

    Jul 15, 2013

  • SME
    The Affect Of Surface/Ground-Water Interactions On Zinc Concentrations In Groundwater Along Silver Creek, Summit County, Utah

    By Kerry Gee, Gary Colgan, James Fricke

    Introduction Elevated zinc concentrations are observed in groundwater within alluvium adjacent to Silver Creek east of Park City, Utah. The study area is located in a small valley one and one-half

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    RI 8261 Factors Affecting Fabricability of Electrowon Copper

    By J. L. Holman

    The Federal Bureau of Mines has conducted research to delineate factors affecting relative fabricability of electrowon and electrorefined copper. The Bureau's Rolla Metallurgy Research Center coo

    Jan 1, 1978

  • CIM
    Specialization Within the Geological Profession

    By Theo. A. Link

    ACCORDING to our office dictionary, geology is "the science that investigates the structure of the earth and its successive physical changes", and a geologist is "one who knows the science of the stru

    Jan 1, 1956

  • DFI
    Float-In Cofferdams

    By Robert B. Bittner

    Large diameter piles (2 to 3 m diameter, both driven and drilled) are being used more frequently by designers of bridge foundations. The use of these large piles allows the pile cap to be positioned

    Jan 1, 2013

  • CIM
    Radium-226 removal from a uranium mill effluent-physical/chemical treatment process development studies

    By R. Webber, D. Averill, L. Whittle, D. Moffeti, G. Kassakhian

    "This paper describes the recent pilot-plant work carried out on two alternative processes capable of producing an effluent containing less than 10 pCi/L total radium-226 activity and very close to 3

    Jan 1, 1980