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  • CIM
    Northeast Corner of Its Development Alberta and Adjacent Area: and Mineral Potential

    By John D. Godfrey

    A brief account of economic developments in and around northeastern Alberta is presented and mention is made of mining and industrial developments currently of interest in the area. Planned and projec

    Jan 1, 1960

  • CIM
    Estimating the Energy Recovery Potential of Newmont’s Carlin Mine Dry Grinding Circuit

    By Aidan Giblett, Michael McGlynn, Peter Radziszewski

    "On the basis that 99% of the energy input into a mill is converted into heat, it is possible to estimate the amount of energy captured in the slurry, the amount that is lost to the environment as wel

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Developing a Virtual Reality Environment for Mining Research

    By J. Navoyski, B. Macdonald, W. J. Helfrich, J. L. Bellanca, B. Demich

    DISCLAIMER The findings and conclusions in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cen

    Jan 1, 2019

  • AUSIMM
    A Ventilation System for Large Block Cave Mines

    By M Stephens, T A. Sutra

    Currently, there are several open pit mines with production rates of about 200 000 tpd of ore that are reaching the end of their economic lives. In most cases, the remaining orebody extends to depths

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Community Health Considerations from Mining Executives and Managers in Western Canada

    By M Scoble, A Ostry, J Shandro

    Mining companies are not ill-informed on the topic of community health. There have been a number of research studies that have illuminated community health issues associated with mining, especially in

    Nov 20, 2012

  • SME
    Adsorption-Flotation Studies of the Plagioclase/Amine System

    By Saul J. Esdalera

    The flotation response to amine collector and its adsorption on the mineral surface was studied as a function of pH and collector concentration. The flotation response increased in the order anorthite

    Jan 1, 1980

  • AUSIMM
    The Konongo Gold Project, Ghana – An Example of How Geology Makes All the Difference to a Resource Estimate

    By R Sterk, B Reid

    The Konongo Gold Project is located on the western margin of the 125 Moz Ashanti Gold Belt in Ghana, West Africa. It is situated 60 km along strike of the world-class mineral system at Obuasi and is i

    Aug 18, 2014

  • SME
    Strata mechanics of pillar mining at the Crandall Canyon Mine

    By W. G. Pariseau

    "The Crandall Canyon Mine (CCM) is located in the Wasatch coal field in central Utah. Extensive longwall mining at CCM preceded a decision to recover coal left in barrier pillars on each side of a set

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AIME
    Mechanization at the Bureau of Mines Oil-shale Mine

    By E. D. Gardner

    The Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act (58 Stat., 190; 30 U.S.C. Sup., Secs. 321- 325) was approved by Congress April 5, 1944; it directed the Bureau of Mines to build demonstration plants to produce syntheti

    Jan 1, 1949

  • AIME
    Industrial Nonmetallic Minerals

    By G. W. Josephson

    JUDGING by the progressive atmosphere prevailing in the nonmetallic mineral industries during the past year, postwar conditions were healthful though inflationary. Demand for most industrial mineral

    Jan 1, 1948

  • IMPC
    Sulfide Ore Flotation with Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) as Biological Depressant Reagents

    By Volker Vogt, Wolfgang Sand, Eberhard Gock

    "It was discovered that the selective activity of bacteria during the extraction of raw material concentrates by means of flotation could also be achieved with extracellular polymeric substances (EPS)

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    A System with Local Strain for Studying Shear Modulus Degradation of Cement Treated Clay with Fibers

    By Min Sunn Ye, Wei Wang, Huawen Xiao, Kai Yao, Fook Hou Lee, Siang Huat Goh

    "Previous research have shown that introducing fibers to cement soil mixture is effective in improving the ductility as well as maintaining the strength of cement-treated soil. A good knowledge of sti

    Jan 1, 1900

  • DFI
    Buckling Resistance of Steel Micropiles with Mechanical Splices

    By Fredrik Sarvell, Harald. Ihler, Veli-Matti Uotinen, Jukka Rantala

    "Many of the valid international building codes state that the lateral support provided by the soil is sufficient to prevent buckling of fully embedded piles. However, the development of small diamete

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AIME
    Gold in the Land of Cotton

    By James P. Sloss

    WHAT is the likelihood if any-that a real gold mining industry will be developed in the southern Appalachian region? Has the increase in the dollar value of gold from $20.67 to $35 per ounce potency t

    Jan 1, 1935

  • AIME
    Geology of the Mining Region of Central Peru

    By Donald H. McLaughlin, John H. Moses

    IN the latitude of Lima, the broad uplifted block that forms the Andes is made up of a complex sequence of folded and faulted sediments and volcanics, broken by large and small bodies of granitic rock

    Jan 1, 1945

  • SME
    A Tunneled Solution for the Cemetery Brook Drain in Manchester, New Hampshire - NAT2022

    By Frederick McNeill, John Harper, Mahmood Khwaja, Shawn Lavoie, Timothy Cloughert, David Polcari

    City of Manchester, NH, is implementing a 20-year plan to control and significantly reduce overflow of its sewer system. The long-term control plan had called for large scale box culvert installation

    Dec 1, 2022

  • CIM
    Volume Based Risk/Hazard Assessment Approach for Numerically Simulated Data of Mining Induced Stresses

    By Atulya Verma, Samantha Espley, Nashel Kalaka

    Numerical modelling simulations of proposed mining sequences are used to evaluate mining induced stress concentrations and their migration associated with the progress of mining. This analysis is a st

    Jan 1, 2023

  • SME
    Use of a GBR to Deliver Risk Management and Value— City Rail Link, Auckland - RETC2021

    By Tom Ireland, Sumi Eratne

    The approach to Risk Management during the procurement of major projects often has a significant outcome on the ultimate successful delivery of a project. The $NZ4.4B Auckland City Rail Link project i

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    The State of DRB’s in the Tunnel Industry - NAT2022

    By David Hatem, Michael Vitale, Joseph Gildner, Michael Roach, Fred Dunham

    Dispute Review/Resolution Boards (DRB’s) are a highly successful dispute avoidance and resolution tool. In a joint effort between the UCA of SME and the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), the

    Dec 1, 2022

  • AIME
    Iron Ores on the West Coast of Chile

    By Joseph Daniels

    IN connection with a study of the feasibility of establishing a blast-furnace industry in the Puget Sound region of Washington, possible sources of ore supplies along the Pacific rim were investigated

    Jan 1, 1926