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  • SME
    Blasthole Sub-Level Stoping At Kidd Creek Mine

    By Peter N. Blakey

    The Kidd Creek orebody is a massive, base metal deposit with widths up to 600 feet and a strike length of 2,200 feet. The orebody dips eastwards at 70° to 80° and is amenable to sub-level open stoping

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Agglomeration And Utilization Of Coal Fines

    By C. A. Holley

    The generation of coal fines is a growing problem which has serious environmental and resource recovery Impact. Several methods of agglomeration are studied including the production of briquettes for

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    The Effect Of Oxidation On Sulfide Mineral Flotation (032699d1-27ff-44c8-b191-a476d2bc8268)

    By D. G. Kotlyar

    Oxidized sulfide minerals, commonly formed by weathering, increasingly are becoming important resources as primary sulfide deposits are depleted. Oxidation, in general, reduces selectivity and recover

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Analysis Of Airflow Resistance On Longwall Faces ? Introduction

    By S. L. Bessinger

    In the design and specification of a ventilation system for an underground mine, it is necessary to make reasonably accurate estimates of the pressure losses in the various airways of the mine. These

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Redefining Settlement Control Industry Standards with Modern Mechanized EPB Tunnelling - Eglinton Crosstown LRT Tunnel Case Study

    By A. Taghavi, I. Hassan, A. Solecki

    "The Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail (LRT) Project is part of an $8.4 billion investment to expand transit in the Toronto, Canada area and is the largest transit project initiated in Province’s history.

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Factors influencing metal price selection in mining feasibility studies

    By J. Espí

    The mineral price assigned in mining project design is critical to determining the economic feasibility of a project. Nevertheless, although it is not difficult to find literature about market metal p

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SME
    Micro-Price Optimization: An Industrial Case Study for Coal-Fired Utilities

    By F. Stanley, A. Noble, G. Luttrell

    "The supply chain for coal-fired power stations involve a multi-stage network of mining units, preparation plants, blending facilities and transportation systems. Attempts to optimize the supply chain

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Geology Of The Central City Area, Colorado - A Laramide Mining District

    By Paul K. Sims

    The Central City district is one of several adjacent mining areas in the Front Range, Colorado, that contain precious metal-bearing sulfide veins of Laramide (Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary) age.

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME
    An Advanced Open Pit Mining Equipment Maintenance Program

    By D. C. Myntti

    An open pit mining equipment maintenance program, in order to be successful, must have many active segments covering the full range of equipment selection, trained personnel, repair facilities, preven

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Innovations In Geoscience Modelling: Practical Solutions For Environmental Problems

    By E. A. Rychkun

    Mining and environmental objectives have traditionally been in conflict. This conflict reflects a delicate balance between the need to spend money to protect the environment, and the need to save mone

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Distribution Of Uranium And Thorium In Precabrian Rocks Of The Southwestern United States ? Introduction

    By David A. Sterling

    Approximately 50 percent of the uranium resource of the Free World is in deposits of Precambrian age, principally in lower Proterozoic conglomerates in Canada and South Africa (Uranium Resources, Join

    Jan 1, 1969

  • SME
    National Tunnel Inspection Program - Manual for Tunnel Operations, Maintenance, Inspection, and Evaluation

    By William Bergeson

    "BACKGROUND As of December 2015, there are roughly 475 road tunnels within the United States according to the most recent national tunnel inventory data compiled by the Federal Highway Administration

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Growth And Adsorption Seen In Redox Potential Of Iron Oxidizing And Iron Reducing Bacteria

    By C. I. Richman

    The E h potential during of a iron reducing bacteria such as Aquaspirillum Magnetotacticum (A.M.) can be predicted by a growth model. It also reflects the adsorption of Fe+2 Cu+2 and Mn +2 ions, that

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Using Simulation to Quantify Uncertainty in Ultimate Pit Limits and Inform Infrastructure Placement

    By M. Deutsch, E. González, M. Williams

    "There is uncertainty in ultimate pit limits due to geologic variation and unpredictable economic landscapes. In this work we show how this uncertainty affects the ultimate pit and how it can be analy

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Project Optimization and Competitiveness Enhancement Trough an Intergrated Health and Safety Management – Safety for Construction Work Underground

    By J. Herhold, S. Plaum

    "Current and future operational processes in the mining and underground construction sector are under the influence of the prevalent competition and the acute necessity of optimization approaches conc

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Mineral Processing Chemicals Operational Mechanisms And Evnironmental Effects

    By George F. McIntyre

    The subject of this paper is mineral processing chemicals - how they work and where they end up environmentally. First of all, it is necessary to recognize that water is the most universally and widel

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SME
    Underground Precautionary Bulkheads

    By T. L. Heisler

    The Cigar Lake project, located in northern Saskatchewan (Figure 1), is one of the world?s largest high grade uranium deposits, with reserves of 150 million kilograms of uranium in a deposit averaging

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    The Rate Of Pyrite Recovery During Coal Flotation

    By H. B. Oblad

    Coal/pyrite fines were froth floated in a laboratory cell to examine the rate of pyrite recovery during conventional coal flotation. The effects of collector, particle size and carbon to total sulfur

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Effects of Tramp Grinding Steel and Iron Fines on Comminution, Flotation and Cyanidation

    By H. Yen, D. E. Walsh, H. K. Lin

    "Comminution circuits are widely used in nonferrous and precious metals milling. Steel crushers, grinding mills and grinding media are typically used in comminution circuits. Comminution circuit wear

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Tunnel Losses: Causes, Impact, Trends and Risk Engineering Management

    By Thomas Konstantis, Spyridon Konstantis, Panagiotis Spyridis

    "Tunneling and Underground works are unequivocally subject to a diversity of inherent uncertainties associated with the geotechnical, hydro-geological and environmental regime that surrounds them. On

    Jan 1, 2016