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  • DFI
    United States Capitol Visitor Center - Drilled Shafts, Utility Conflicts, And Communication

    By Giovanni A. Bonita

    The United States Capitol Visitor Center (USCVC) is one of the largest underground structures ever constructed in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. The 600,000 ft2 (55,750 m2) structure is entir

    Jan 1, 2006

  • NIOSH
    OFR-35-79 Development Of New Bond Release Criteria For Surface Coal Mines In The Eastern And Interior Coal Provinces Of The United States

    By William M. Knuth

    This study involved a review of bonding and bond release practices in the states of the Eastern and Midwestern Coal Provinces. Data was collected from regulatory authorities and site visits to documen

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    New Developments In The Recovery Of Copper, Cobalt, Zinc And Manganese In The Boleo Process

    Baja Mining is currently constructing the Boleo metallurgical plant in Santa Rosalia, Mexico to recover copper, cobalt, zinc and possibly manganese products from the Boleo ore. The process involves a

    Jan 1, 2012

  • DFI
    Port Mackenzie, Alaska - Deep Soil Compaction, Spin Fin- Pile Tension Test And Dock Construction

    By Garth Howlett

    In 1998 the Matanuska-Susitna Borough formed the new port district at Point MacKenzie, known as Port MacKenzie, located directly across the Knik Arm from Anchorage. In 1991 PND Engineers Inc. (PND), w

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Cokriging of compositional balances including a dimension reduction and retrieval of original units

    By V. Pawlowsky-Glahn, E. Pardo-Igúzquiza, J. J. Egozcue, R. A. Olea

    Compositional data constitutes a special class of quantitative measurements involving parts of a whole. The sample space has an algebraic-geometric structure different from that of real-valued data. A

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Effects of Transverse Isotropy on Vertical Stresses When Multi?Seam Mining under Supercritical Longwall Panels

    By Anastasia M. Suchowerska

    The design of effective ground support requires a sound understanding of the pre-mining state of stress in the stratum to be mined. Irregularities in the stress field encountered during multiseam mini

    Jan 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    The Application of Solvent Extraction to the Recovery of Uranium from El Sherana Ore

    Solvent extraction has recently been introduced into Australian hydrometallurgical practice for the production of a high grade uranium concentrate from El Sherana ore by a sulphuric acid leach and sol

    Jan 1, 1961

  • AUSIMM
    The Mineral Association of Tennant Creek Gold Ores

    By Edwards A. B

    The following note on the mineral association in the ores of the Tennant Creek Goldfield, Northern Territory, is largely based on Mineragraphic Reports Nos. 49, 89, 117 and 193 of the Council for Scie

    Jan 1, 1942

  • AUSIMM
    Long-Hole Directional Drilling Applications at Huntly West Mine, New Zealand

    By D Vickers, N C. Fowke

    The reduction of geological risk for planning of high production longwall faces is essential. Geological and geophysical techniques applied at Huntly West Mine before 1989 were unable to reduce the ge

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Novel Passive Technology For Entrained Air Measurement In Pipes And Gas Holdup Measurements In Column Cells

    By C. Keefe, O&apos

    Measurements of the quantity of entrained air within processes have challenged instrumentation developers for years. This is particularly true in the unique and demanding operating environment and ap

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Christmas Day 2020 VBIED Blast Investigation Findings and Damage Assessment of Nearby Historic Buildings in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

    By J. Mikhael Erekson, Connie Campbell Brashear, Brent Meins

    Christmas morning 2020, an IED in an RV was detonated along an evacuated section of downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The blast damaged over 40 buildings, including AT&T’s Main Central Office and caused

    Feb 6, 2023

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Method for Sizing Longwall Pillars Based on Field Measurements

    By Christopher Mark

    A new method for the design of longwall pillars, called "Analysis of Longwall Pillar Stability" (ALPS), is described. The method is the final result of a research program that included two major field

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME-ICGCM
    Applications of Microseismic Monitoring in China?s Underground Coal Mines

    By Xiangxi Wu

    Longwall and continuous mining are prevalent methods employed by Chinese underground coal operations. The main ground control challenges include roof skin deformation, roof collapse, and outbursts of

    Jan 1, 2012

  • DFI
    Non-Destructive Testing Methods For Drilled Shaft And Acip Piles

    By George Piscsalko

    There are numerous methods currently available to assess the integrity of drilled shaft and ACIP piles. Each method has its advantages and limitations. This paper will compare the various available me

    Jan 1, 2011

  • NIOSH
    RI 9331 - Characterization of the Rare-Earth Mineralogy at the Pea Ridge Deposit, Missouri

    By C. W. Whitten

    Iron ore deposits in south-central Missouri have emerged as a possible resource for the rare-earth elements. The Pea Ridge Iron Mine is one such deposit. Rare-earth minerals at the Pea Ridge Iron Mine

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Nitrogen Inertization At San Juan Coal Company’s Longwall Operation

    By Jacques F. Abrahamse, Kevin A. Bahe, T. Arthur Palm, Gregory E. McCluskey, Stephen L. Bessinger

    Introduction Basis For System San Juan Coal Company (SJCC) is a subsidiary of BHP Billiton. Until recently, BHP Billiton operated three surface mines in northwestern New Mexico: Navajo, San Juan,

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    How Electronics Can Release the Imagination

    By G. V. R. Landman

    It is self-evident that economic pressure demands that today?s mines stay ahead and stay competitive. The challenge, however, isto find fresh approaches to the pursuit of efficiency and operational ef

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    The Role of Particle Size and Shape on the Propagation of Reaction in Explosive and Pyrotechnic Formulations

    By James L. Austing, Allen J. Tulis, Ronald Pape, Ronald G. Draftz

    In a certain sense, the explosives industry began in the 13th century with the invention of black powder, which is an intimate mixture of sulfur, carbon black or charcoal, and potassium or sodium nitr

    Jan 1, 1995

  • DFI
    Numerical Analysis of CFA Piles for High-Rise Building of Administrative Centre Lakeside Park in Bratislava

    By J. Stacho, Frankovská. J.

    "Abstract The use of continuous flight auger (CFA) piles in Slovakia has increased significantly in recent decades. High-rise building of administrative centre Lakeside Park in Bratislava is based on

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Two Hg-Au Occurrences in the West Sumatra Permian Volcanic-Plutonic Arc West of Bangko in Sumatra, Indonesia

    By I M. van Waveren, F Hasibuan, M J. Crow

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. Two Hg-Au occurrences west of Bangko, Sumatra occur within the West Sumatra Permian Volcani

    Mar 18, 2015