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  • SME
    Exploration remains hot

    As metal prices fluctuated over the years, so too have the fortunes of many of those mining in Canada?s Yukon province. With a rich mining history that dates back to the Klondike gold rush of 1896 to

    Jan 1, 2010

  • CIM
    Potash Processing in Saskatchewan - An Update.

    By Carlos F. Perucca

    "Potassium is one of the three basic plant nutrients along with nitrogen and phosphorus. There is no substitute for potassium compounds in agriculture; they are essential to maintain and expand food p

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Commissioning of a Brownfield CDS Plant: Victories and Pitfalls (48th Annual Canadian Mineral Processors Operators Conference)

    By N. Romani, R. Provost

    "Commissioning of a circulating dry scrubber (CDS) plant was recently completed at an existing facility in Québec, Canada. The CDS plant treats the sulphur dioxide off-gas emitted from rotary kilns i

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    Modern Techniques In X-Ray Diffraction Applied To Metallurgy

    By J. de Villiers

    Through the application of the Rietveld method, X-ray diffraction analysis has developed into a fully quantitative method for phase analysis. The Rietveld method itself has progressed from an unstable

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Intrusion-Alteration-Mineralisation Relationships in the Frieda River Igneous Complex, PNG

    By R Handfield, G Kary, Frieda Project

    Recent exploration by the Cyprus Amax-Highlands Pacific-OMRD Joint Venture at the Frieda River project, PNG has demonstrated the extent of igneous phases, alteration and mineralisation, and the relati

    Jan 1, 1999

  • NIOSH
    IC 8618 Overcoring Equipment And Techniques Used In Rock Stress Determination

    By Verne E. Hooker

    Stress-relief techniques and instrumentation have been developed through many years of research in the Federal Bureau of Mines and successfully used to determine the in situ state of stress in rock. T

    Jan 1, 1974

  • AIME
    Part IX - Papers - Metallothermic Reduction of Oxides in Water-Cooled Copper Furnaces

    By Fred H. Perfect

    The thermite process, now approximately 80 years old, has heretofore been practiced in ceramic vessels. This paper outlines the successful production of several million pounds of alloy produced in zua

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME-ICGCM
    Classification Of Large Seismic Events At The Lucky Friday Mine

    By J. K. Whyatt

    The paper presents an approach to design a multi level room and pillar layout in a 40m thick seam overlain by a major aquifer. The design was required to maximise extraction with due consideration of

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Cuprous Hydrometallurgy Part VII. Separation and Purification of Copper(I) Chloride from a Chlorination Roast of Kambalda Nickel Matte using Solutions of Aqueous Acetonitrile

    By Parker A. J, Muir D. M

    Solutions of acetonitrile in water dissolve water soluble copper(I) chloride. Removal of volatile acetonitrile from the resulting solutions, by distillation with low grade steam, precipitates pure cop

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Mineralogic And Geochemical Characteristics Of Uranium And Vanadium Distribution At A Proposed Uranium In-Situ Recovery Site, South Dakota

    By S. F. Diehl

    Drill cores from uranium roll-front deposits, hosted in lower Cretaceous strata, were examined from the proposed Dewey Burdock in-situ uranium recovery site in the northern part of the Edgemont uraniu

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Voidfill material strength behaviour and underground application

    By S. Z. Pethö, H. Yilmaz

    South Deep Mine is currently undertaking numerous voidfilling projects using low strength aerated cement products. Representative samples from one such site, were taken and tested for the load deforma

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Kriging and Geostatistics: A Review of the Literature Available in English

    By Reeves M

    A review of the literature available in English on kriging and geostatistics is given with the references cross-classified by their subject matter for convenience and ease of use.

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SAIMM
    Sonic injection into a PGM Peirce-Smith converter: CFD modelling and industrial trials

    By G. A. Bezuidenhout, J. P. T. Kapusta, D. K. Chibwe

    "Peirce-Smith converters (PSCs) are extensively used in the copper, nickel, and platinum group metals industries. The typical converting operation involves lateral purging of air into molten matte thr

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AIME
    Technical Papers and Notes - Iron and Steel Division - High-Temperature Deformation of Steels: A Study of Equicohesion, Activation Energies, and Structural Modifications

    By C. Crussard, R. Tamhankar

    It is the policy of The Metallurgical Society to provide, in the TRANSACTIONS OF THE METALLURGICAL SOCIETY OF AIME, a prompt and accurate medium for publication of reports of significant new research

    Jan 1, 1959

  • CIM
    Canadian Mining Presence on the International Scene

    By Sylvie Brassard

    Available information ?? InfoMine: mineral properties ?? Metals Economics Group: budgeted exploration expenses ?? MineScan: Canadian and American Mining Companies ?? Statistics Canada: Canadian Di

    May 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Slurry Walls In Building Construction - Urban Conditions

    By Louis Donolo

    New buildings in today's urban environment, especially in down-town areas, invariably involve the construction of multiple level basements. Used for parking, storage and commercial space, these u

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - The Effects of Irradiation upon Metals

    By F. Seitz

    STAFF: Editor, Gerhard Derge Carnegie Institute of Technology Schenley Park Pittsburgh 13, Pa. Editorial Assistant, M. A. Redmerski Managing Editor, James J. Burke THE METALLURGICA

    Jan 1, 1960

  • DFI
    Ground Vibrations from Pile and Sheet Pile Driving Part 2 — Review of Vibration Standards

    By K. Rainer Massarsch, Bengt H. Fellenius

    "Abstract Vibration limits for buildings with respect to ground vibrations from pile driving published in international standards are reviewed. At first, relevant vibration parameters are defined and

    Jan 1, 2014

  • TMS
    Thermodynamic Modeling of copper drossing process in lead refining

    By Pengfu Tan

    Lead blast-furnace bullion cools to near its freezing point in an operation known as copper drossing or hot drossing usually contains 0.02-0.06% copper. The removal of this copper is usually carried o

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    The Platinum-Group Minerals

    "7.1. Glossary of the Platinum-Group Minerals7.1.1. IntroductionA glossary of the platinum-group minerals (POM) serves as a useful introduction to a chapter on their mineralogy. Earlier glossaries (Ca

    Jan 1, 1979