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  • SME
    The Minetrain Project: Developing an Advanced Level Training Program for Mining Industry Professionals in an Actual Deep Mine Site

    By Z. Zhang, M. S. Gonzalez, M. de P. Bueno, P. Holopainen, S. Luukkanen

    In an extremely competitive mining industry, onsite experience is a big advantage. Mining education at the universities is mostly focused on theoretical studies without a possibility of practical trai

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Groundwater Development For Mineral Industry In Arid Zones Of The Andean Highlands, South America

    By Errol L. Montgomery

    The region of metalic ore deposits in northern Chile, southern Peru, western Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina occurs in arid zones at altitudes as high as 4,600 meters. Because surface water suppli

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Expanding Markets And Technologies For Mica From Suzor Township, Quebec

    By George C. Hawley

    Historically, mica usage has been low because of limited availability; as a by-product of many small processors, who have lacked motivation for extensive R & D. The discovery of a 30 million ton dep

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Constructing Wetlands For Treatment Of Mine Water

    By M. A. Girts

    Wetlands can be constructed inexpensively on mined lands to treat small flows of acid mine water. Metals are removed from the water by the wetland vegetation and indigenous bacteria. Full-scale field

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Operating Characteristics and Anode Reactions in Morenci's Electrowinning Tankhouse

    By Samuel A. Rasmussen

    Lead anodes are used in commercial copper electrowinning operations, yet there is no method to calculate anode life. To be discussed in this paper are operating characteristics of rolled plate (Pb,Sn,

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Rare Earth Element Deposits and Their Prospects in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    By Alain S. Kivava, Olawale K. Aromolaran, Charles Nzolang, Anthony T. Bolarinwa, Georges M. Kasay

    Rare earth elements (REEs) are crucial in high-tech and green technologies. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rich in mineral resources, shows potential for REE deposits in carbonatites, pegmati

    Feb 4, 2022

  • SME
    Tungsten - Can The Market Economy Countries Hold Their Own?

    By Donald I. Bleiwas

    The U.S. Bureau of nines evaluated the potential availability of tungsten from 57 tungsten mines and deposits in 19 market economy countries (1). The 38 properties that were producing at the time this

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Application Of Microcel? Column To Nonmetallic Mineral Flotation

    By R-H Yoon

    The MicrocelTM column flotation technology has been developed based on the fundamental understanding that the first-order flotation rate constant increases approximately as the inverse cube of bubble

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    The Feasibility Of Influencing The Porosity Of Iron Ore Pellets By Different Size Reduction Ratios Of The Concentrate And By Slag Forming Additions ? Introduction

    By Goran Mathisson

    In several investigations the correlation has been studied between the fuel consumption and the reducibility of the charged material in the zone of indirect reduction in the blast furnace (1, 2, 3, 4,

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Replacement Of Capital Equipment (252a4ea9-bf4a-4af6-ba3c-4dfbae4fc16e)

    By Henry J. Schwellenbach

    The New York Trap Rock Corporation has four plants located along the Hudson River, all within 70 miles of New York City. The company produces crushed stone for use as construction aggregate, with a to

    Jan 1, 1959

  • SME
    Burst, John F.: An Interview with SME’s 1996 President

    How do you think the US Bureau of Mines closing will affect SME? The demise of the bureau represents a challenge, an opportunity and, above all, new responsibilities for our profession. A lot of

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Utilization Of Statistical Analysis To Identify Influential Slope Parameters Associated With Rockfall At Open Pit Mines - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By J. Armstrong, J. Bourgeois, S. Warren

    The application of statistical analysis software programs has proven useful for investigation of rockfall runout distance along a designed slope. Rockfall modeling programs are continually being upgra

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SME
    Distinct Element Analysis for the Effectiveness of Preliminary Coal Pillar Rib Support Systems Based on the Strength Reduction Method Using Coal Mass Constitutive Model - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By MAURICE SUNKPAL, Taghi Sherizadeh, Kutay E. Karadeniz, Dogukan Guner, Samuel Nowak

    Despite numerous empirical, numerical, and hybrid studies conducted on the subject of coal rib failure, mine fatalities related to rib failures continue to occur at around 1.5 per year between 2009 an

    Aug 5, 2023

  • SME
    Stoping Practice At The Cannon Mine ? Introduction

    By T. Kelly

    The Cannon Mine is located in Chelan County, near Wenatchee, Washington, at the eastern foot of the Cascade Mountains. The mine is situated about two miles from the Columbia River, in the arid Columbi

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Selective Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Monazite Ores with High Iron Content Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Leandro Augusto Viana Teixeira, Angela Avelar, Ruberlan Gomes Silva, Virginia S. T. Ciminelli, Daniel Majuste

    Rare earth elements are essential for modern life products and green technologies. Recent supply constraints have boosted the development of rare earth projects after the price peak of 2011. The feasi

  • SME
    Radiation Monitoring Priorities For Uranium Miners

    By Thomas B. Borak, Keith J. Schiager, Janet A. Johnson

    OBJECTIVES OF RADIATION MONITORING Monitoring is a tool used in the practice of radiation protection. The primary reasons for monitoring are to reduce radiation exposures to levels that are as low

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Theoretical And Practical Studies On Dump Leaching

    By Roshan B. Bhappu

    Although the economic importance of recovering copper by leaching of mine work dumps from open-pit operations has been realized for some time, serious attempts to understand and to improve such operat

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    CIS: Mining and Change

    By P. G. Semple

    For the last four years, the Kilborn Group of Companies has been involved in several major projects in the Confederation of Independent States (CIS). These include the Kumtor project, the Kubaka gold

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Rhenium in Molybdenite: a Database Approach to Identifying Geochemical Controls on the Distribution of a Critical Element Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Isabel F. Barton, MarkD. Barton, Christian A. Rathkopf

    Molybdenite is the world’s principal source of rhenium (Re), a critical element in multiple high-tech applications. However, the Re contents in molybdenite vary by orders of magnitude on scales rangin

  • SME
    Erosion - Advantages And Disadvantages Of Sustainable Development And The Process Of Exploitation Of Mineral Resources

    By N. Magdalinovic

    Generally speaking, erosion, as a process which entails degradation of surface layers of earth under the influence of the mechanical energy of surface waters, and from the point of view of biosphere s

    Jan 1, 2007