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  • SME
    The “Big Picture” Approach to Surface Mining

    By L. Widdifield, R. Riggle

    "In today’s challenging mining environment the “Big Picture” (Caterpillar, 2013) approach to mining is often neglected. With haulage costs approaching up to 45 % of the overall mining costs, all too o

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Control System For Long Distance Slurry Pipelines

    By Jay P. Chapman

    The basic control requirement for multi-pump, long distance slurry pipelines are discussed and a particular example of an operating slurry pipeline using programmable controllers is presented.

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    Sustainability in Plant Design

    By Ben C. McLellan, Philip J. Bangerter, Andrew Murphy, Glen D. Corder, Damien Giurco

    Sustainability now forms a critical part of metallurgical plant design. In addition to compliance with requirements and corporate principles, design engineers must also consider how community and soci

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    The Recovery of Zinc and Lead from Blast-Furance Slag at Trail, B.C.

    By G. E. Murray

    Introduction The development of the method for recovering zinc from lead blast-furnace slags at Trail is interesting and important in the history of both lead and zinc metallurgy. Many efforts have

    Jan 1, 1933

  • NIOSH
    IC 9144 Spontaneous Combustion Fire Detection For Deep Metal Mines

    By William H. Pomroy

    Spontaneous combustion fires involving high-sulfide-content ores are a relatively infrequent yet serious safety hazard in mining. They are also the cause of lengthy mine shutdowns because they typical

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Massive sulfide deposits in Northwestern Quebec

    By Sergio Cattalanl, Francis Chartrand

    "The geology and origins of volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits in the Abitibi belt of northwestern Quebec have been the subject of discussion since the discovery of the Horne orebodies in Nor

    Jan 1, 1990

  • TMS
    Sensible Classification Of Waste Containing Trace Levels Of Radio Nuclides

    By Christopher R. Casias

    A basic methodology is presented (employing both standard and theoretical assessment, analysis. and data interpretation techniques) for classifying waste containing trace levels of radionuclldes. Desp

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Coalmine ventilation – examining the past, looking to the future

    By J M. Galvin

    History attests to the catastrophic consequences that fire, explosion and contaminated, noxious andirrespirable atmospheres can have for workplace health and safety in underground coal mining. It also

    Oct 12, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Pre-concentration by screening – a cost-effective approach to testing and evaluation

    By N Clarke, A Barros

    Preconcentration of run-of-mine subgrade and marginal ore by screening has the potential to substantially improve the economics of mining, particularly for large, low-grade orebodies, and to reduce en

    Aug 24, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    The Nova Operation: mining, technology and a look into the EV future

    By P Ring, B Cooper, C Carr, G Laing

    The Nova Ni-Cu-Co Operation, located in the Fraser Range of Western Australia, commenced commercial production in July 2017 only five years after discovery. Owned by Independence Group NL (IGO), the o

    Mar 15, 2021

  • SME
    Predictive Modelling of CART‑Based Frictional Resistance in Mine Ventilation Systems

    By Yucheng Li, De Huang, Yonghong Liu

    Mine frictional resistance is one of the essential parameters of mine ventilation systems, and it is of considerable significance for the prevention and control of mine risks and accident hazards. Fri

    Jan 28, 2022

  • SME
    Performance Evaluation of Rockburst Prediction Based on PSO‑SVM, HHO‑SVM, and MFO‑SVM Hybrid Models - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Manoj Khandelwal, Jian Zhou, Yingui Qiu, Peixi Yang, Pingan Peng

    Rockburst prediction is crucial in deep hard rock mines and tunnels to make safer working conditions. Due to the complex interaction of many factors involved in rockburst prediction, such as multi-var

    Feb 3, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Flexigel™ – A Variable-density Solution

    By D R. Andrew, K T. Morrison, J F. Tiedgen

    Waste blasting in iron ore operations can pose a number of technical challenges, including blasting through variable geology and blasting soft ground in wet conditions. Blast patterns are designed to

    Jul 13, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Safe, Efficient, and Cost-Effective Support of Longwall Cut through Entries

    By John R. Poland, Benjamin Mirabile

    "There are significant ground support hazards to both personnel and equipment when longwall equipment must mine through cross-panel entries. Backfilling support strategies are often cost prohibitive.

    Jan 1, 2016

  • NIOSH
    OFR-50(4)-75 Evaluation Of Mill Tailings Disposal Practices And Potential Dam Stability Problems In Southwestern United States - V. 4 - Investigation Report. Kennecott Copper Corporation Chino Leaching Dump Santa Rita, New Mexico

    This report presents the results of a study of Kennecott Copper Corporation?s Chino leaching dump at Santa Rita, N. Mex. The stability studies described herein were performed on only one cross section

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SME
    Natural Language Processing for Classification of Narratives from MSHA Data

    By M. Shahsavar, J. Sattarvand, J. Gomez

    Mining can be categorized as a hazardous activity, considering some factors such as environmental conditions with a considerable presence of humidity, suspended particles, or falling rocks have affect

    Jun 25, 2023

  • NIOSH
    Abrasive Materials

    By Gordon T. Austin

    The combined value of production of natural abrasives, which includes tripoli, special silica stone, garnet, staurolite, and emery, increased about 21070 in 1989. The increase in the value of stauroli

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    Implementation of narrow veins mining in a zinc mine

    By M. Gonçalves Peixoto da Silva, E. Rodrigo Carvalho Souza Siqueira

    Mining in narrow veins is commonly applied for precious metals, generally carried out to extract gold in underground mines, due to the ore occurrence on narrow veins, mainly up to 2-meter large. The c

    Jan 21, 2025

  • AUSIMM
    Grade engineering at Gramalote gold deposit, Colombia: an example of industry – research collaboration, Part 2

    By N Clarke, J Hunt, A Barros, N Guerrero, L Keeney

    Grade Engineering® (GE) involves a range of integrated technologies and operating protocols for improving effective feed grade through early rejection of low value material prior to costly processing

    Nov 10, 2020

  • IMPC
    Investigation of the Influences of Citric Acid on the Flotation Behavior of Cassiterite

    By Y. M. Zhu, G. C. Gong

    "The influences of citric acid (CA) on the flotation behavior of cassiterite using styrene phosphonic acid (SPA) as the collector were studied via single mineral flotation tests, contact angle measure

    Jan 1, 2018