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  • AUSIMM
    Mine to Tunnel Scale Discontinuum Simulation of Repeated Dynamic Loading of Mine Excavations

    Underground excavations are subjected to complex stress changes caused by nearby mining, but may also be affected by repeated dynamic loading from blasting and seismic events. In some cases, the combi

    Nov 25, 2010

  • SME
    Mine Truck Servicing

    By T. W. White

    One of the objectives of today's mine superintendent is to increase his equipment availability. To this end we have seen improved scheduling procedures, preventive maintenance programs and extens

    Jan 1, 1972

  • AUSIMM
    Mine value chain reconciliation – demonstrating value through best practice

    By H Arvidson, C Morley

    Reconciliation has become very topical over the last ten years but how do we distinguish what is good practice, and even more importantly, show how it adds value? Reconciliation at Anglo American has

    Sep 20, 2017

  • SME
    Mine Ventilation ... The Last Forty Years And The Next Fifteen

    By Howard L. Hartman

    If I told you tonight at the outset that my prognastications for the future of mine ventilation were imparted to me by a palm reader or inspired by a vision, you'd dismiss what I had to say befor

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Mine Ventilation Aspects Of The Expansion Of Rio Algom's Uranium Mining Operations In Elliot Lake

    By A. R. Bell

    Rio Algom Limited are currently undergoing a major expansion of their mining operations in the Elliot Lake area. To date this has involved the increase of output at the Quirke Mine from 4080 to 6350 t

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Mine Ventilation at Kiruna

    By Lennart Mukka

    The Kiruna Mine in Sweden currently has three ventilation systems. The first two (a new and old system) serve the production areas. The third system is used for the facilities on the former main hau

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Mine Ventilation Design using a Ventilation Improvement Index

    By Dong-kil Lee

    A ventilation improvement index (VII) was developed in an effort to propose an optimal ventilation improvement measure for a designated mine. The index was designed to incorporate both ventilation eff

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SME
    Mine Ventilation Enhancement Through Use Of Cable Supports

    By L. L. M. Kadnuck

    The U. S. Bureau of Mines studied the suitability of using flexible tendon cable supports as secondary roof supports at a western coal mine. The supports were installed in longwall tailgate entries an

    Jan 1, 1994

  • CIM
    Mine ventilation for an underground salt mine

    By D. A. Nelson, Wedding. R. E.

    "A planned production increase of 1.25 million tonnes per year at Domtar's salt mine in Goderich, Ontario required an increase in the underground mine ventilation system from 320,000 to 700,000 s

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Ventilation Model Validation - ItÆs not Rocket Science!

    By J Rowland

    "Ventilation models are invaluable tools for both prediction of routine daily ventilation changesin an operating mine to circuit performance expectations at the mine in 20 yearsÆ time. Arguably ventil

    Jun 1, 2012

  • SME
    Mine Ventilation Pathway Simulation on a Hypothetical Shale Gas Well Breach Utilizing the Longwall Instrumented Aerodynamic Model (LIAM) - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By Steven J. Schatzel, Mark M. Mazzella, Robert A. Kimutis, VASU GANGRADE, James D. Addis, Marcia L. Harris, Mayley Guitard

    Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) evaluated the impact of potential shale gas well breaches and subsequent gas inflow on selected mine ventilation syst

    Feb 1, 2024

  • CIM
    Mine ventilation: Waste heat recovery

    By L. Henry Smith, David C. Arthur

    "The Williams Mine is Canada’s largest gold producer, with annual production of 450 000ounces from 2 300 000 tonnes of ore. Highly mechanized and automated underground mining practices are employed in

    Jan 1, 1996

  • CIM
    Mine Void as Freshwater Reservoir ? An Eco-Friendly Concept of Coal India Limited

    By A. K. Debnath

    The water resource is key to survival of the mankind and this resource is now becoming critical in many parts of globe including India. As per an assessment of Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) of Ind

    Aug 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Waste Cover System Design ù Linking Predicted Performance to Groundwater and Surface Water Impacts

    By C Wels

    Current best management practice requires the placement of a cover onto most types of mine waste including tailings, waste rock and/or spent heap leach rock at closure of the mine. The objectives of a

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Mine Waste Data Base Management Procedures

    By Frank Hagar, George M. L. Robinson

    NTRODUCTION The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and CERCLA (SUPERFUND), in many instances, has had an adverse economic impact on the hardrock mining industry. Over the last few years, many

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Mine waste dumps constructed ill mountain valleys

    By Alan F. Stewart, Frederic B. Claridge, Robert S. Nichols

    "In recent years, an increasing number of mines in mountainous terrain have examined the possibility of placing mine waste rock into stream valleys. Pressure to utilize stream valleys as a primary loc

    Jan 1, 1986

  • CIM
    Mine Waste Management Planning for an Arctic Environment

    By William J. Purdy

    Successful design, operation and completion of a surface waste management facility for a diamond mine located in Canada?s northern environment requires careful planning to minimize short and long term

    May 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Waste Risk Minimisation by Integrated Waste Management and Process Optimisation

    By D Brett

    "Mine waste storages including tailings dams and waste rock dumps represent arguably the biggest risk on a mine site from both physical and geochemical viewpoints, related firstly to structural stabil

    Jul 15, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Wastes as Cover Materials in a Water-shedding Soil Cover in North-West Queensland

    By T Baumgartl, C Gonzales, A Soliman, M Edraki

    A soil cover isolates potentially acid-forming (PAF) mine wastes from atmospheric interaction and thereby mitigates acid mine drainage. As a cover that comprises either a single layer or a composite b

    Jul 16, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Water - Optimising for Site and Environment

    By P Thompson, B W. Atkinson

    Water treatment is not æcore businessÆ for mining companies.Just as mineral ores and coals are unique, each requiring detailed characterisation and pilot-testing to determine their optimum beneficiati

    Nov 26, 2013