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  • AIME
    Effect of Agitation and Aeration on Flotation of Molybdenite

    By D. Malhotra, R. M. Hoover, F. N. Bender

    The paper discusses the effect of aeration and agitation on grade and recovery of molybdenite. A series of factorially designed flotation tests were carried out in a "Leeds Automatic Laboratory Flotat

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Coarse Coal Slurry Loading And Unloading Of Ships Moored Offshore - Introduction

    By David T. Kao

    The energy situation the world faced during the decade of the Seventies resulted in actions throughout the free world to reduce its dependence on OPEC oil. Many nations heeded the indicators early in

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Are You In Step With The Eighties?

    By William L. Carter

    Through your presence here this morning and your membership in the Society of Mining Engineers, you have shown that you are interested in keeping abreast of the latest technology and mining procedures

    Jan 1, 1981

  • TMS
    Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy in Minerals Processing

    By H. L. Fraser

    A review of the possibilities of performing microchemical analysis in thin sections using a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy of x-rays is giv

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    Ground control monitoring at the Ruttan Mine

    By P. S. Daly

    "The purpose of this paper is to describe the types of instrumentation used at Sherritt Gordon's Ruttan Mine to monitor the"" effects of mining. The aim of the monitoring program is to establish

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Tunnelling Contracts-issues and Suggestions

    The need for a carefully prepared set of special conditions, to be used with general conditions of contract or, alternatively, a purpose written contract for adoption in tunnelling work in Austral

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Unitized, Portable, Flotation-Leach Plants For Treating Partially Oxidized Gold And Silver Ores (de6b2121-af5b-4d71-8f5d-34d9aaf98089)

    By Paul H. Johnson

    Resource Engineering and Development, Inc. is designing and building a portable 150 to 225 TPD, flotation-cyanide leach plant with unitized, skid-mounted components. This plant design, with its portab

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Age Factor In Histological Type Of Lung Cancer Among Uranium Miners, A Preliminary Report

    By Oscar Auerbach, Marvin Kuschner, Rosemarie Mick, Geno Saccomanno, Stephen Wood, Victor E. Archer, Marlene Egger

    INTRODUCTION Excess bronchogenic carcinoma has been demonstrated among underground uranium miners in the United States, Czechoslovakia, and Canada (Archer 1981). This excess cancer is attributed la

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    RI 8577 - Methane Drainage Study Using an Underground Pipeline, Marianna Mine 58

    By G. L. Finfinger, J. Cervik, L. J. Prosser

    The Bureau of Mines has completed an underground degasification project in which an underground piping system was used to transport methane from the coalbed to the surface. In a 10-month period four h

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AIME
    The Subsidence of the Roan Shaft Pillar at Luanshya Mine, Zambia

    By Martin T. Broome

    INTRODUCTION The Luanshya Mine is situated in the southern part of the Zambian Copperbelt. The copper ore deposit is stratiform, and is preserved in a synclinorium known as the Roan/ Muliashi basi

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SAIMM
    The calculation of the time required to mix liquid metal in a ladle by gas rinsing

    By L. W. Helle

    In this investigation, which was conducted at the Metallurgical Research Plant, Lulea, Sweden, a series of experiments were carried out using a water-model to simulate the gas rinsing of a ladle conta

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    Reoriented Shearer Water Sprays Move Dust Toward Face - Objective

    Lower the respirable dust exposure of longwall shearer operators with improved water spray systems on the shearer. Approach Orient sprays (rather than relocate them) so that dust is held against

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    IC 8863 Proceedings Of Seminar On The Role Of Overburden Analysis In Surface Mining, Wheeling, W. Va., May 6-7,1980 - Sponsored By The American Council For Reclamation Research And The Bureau Of Mines

    This Bureau of Mines publication contains the texts of the four papers presented at the May 6-7, 1980, seminar on the role of overburden analysis in surface mining. Coverage includes the geologic dist

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AIME
    Agnico - Eagle Mines Ltd. - Joutel, Quebec, Canada

    Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. comprises a Gold Division at Joutel, Quebec, and a Silver Division at Cobalt, Ontario. In 1979 the Silver Division milled 41,700 mt (46,000 st) of ore at a recovered grade of 1

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Influence Of Certain Geologic And Geotechnical Factors On Coal Mine Floor Stability - A Case Study - Introduction

    By Robert C. Speck

    Floor heave or deformation of the mine floor into the mine opening is a problem which has plagued coal mines in this country and others. In mining areas where room and pillar mining is practiced, floo

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Contribution Of Animal Experimentation To The Interpretation Of Human Epidemiological Data

    By R. Masse, J. Chameaud, J. Lafuma, R. Perraud

    Estimating the risk of lung cancers for workers in uranium mines and defining the resulting dose equivalent limits have been made possible thanks to work carried out in two scientific fields : physics

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME-ICGCM
    Resupporting High Roof Falls

    By Nicholas Chlumecky

    One of the most dangerous jobs in mining is that of resupporting the roof after a fall has occurred. The resulting cavity may be more than 30 feet high, with relatively unstable sides and roof. It is

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    RI 8594 Electromagnetic Radiation From Rock Failure

    By David R. Hanson

    Experimental work performed by the Bureau of Mines in a laboratory environment has shown that the formation of failure zones within certain rock types is accompanied by the emission of significant amo

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    Countries And The Minerals Industry

    Mainland China To Pay Japanese Company On Contract Claim. - Mitsubishi will receive $39 million from Red China, half of what was asked, for China's having, curtailed work on a 5369 million steel

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    OFR-43-82 Development Of A Mobile, Hi-Rise Work Platform

    By Edward E. Tate

    This is a report on the design, development, and manufacture of a prototype roof bolting machine for high rise applications. The machine is designed to traverse a 32 inch entry and rebolt a roof fall

    Jan 1, 1981