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  • CIM
    Steel Mill Dust Recycling Through the "2Sdr Process"

    By C. Pichler, J. Antrekowitsch

    During the production process of steel and other metals a lot of different by products are generated in high amounts. Some of these residues are recycled to recover valuable metals like zinc, lead, co

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    What’s in a name? A look at the who, what and why of forming a joint venture partnership

    By Michael Roach

    "There’s a bit of confusion and misinformation in the tunneling and underground construction industry regarding contractor joint ventures. If it was all so clear I would not have been "asked" to write

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Optimization of Microwave-Ultrasound Assisted Leaching of Copper Anode Slime Based on Central Composite Design

    By Z. Y. Ma, H. Y. Yang

    The process of microwave-ultrasound assisted leaching of valuable metals from copper anode slime was proposed in this paper. Design of experiments has been used to study the effect of the main leachin

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME-ICGCM
    Sandy Creek Waterfall?Case Study of Successful Management of the Potential Impacts of Longwall Mining on a Sensitive Natural Surface Feature

    By Bruce K. Hebblewhite

    BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal operates Dendrobium Mine in an area 10-20km west-northwest of Wollongong in the Southern Coalfield of New South Wales, Australia. The mine recently completed longwall mini

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Modulus of Elasticity in Deep Bored Piles

    By Carlos Lam, Joram M. Amir, Erez I. Amir

    "Abstract The modulus of elasticity of pile material (E) is an important parameter for the interpretation of both static and dynamic loading tests on piles. This value is commonly assumed to be consta

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Tall Structure Response to Close-in Urban Blasting in New York City

    By Cathy Aimone-Martin, Robert Brentar, Brent Meins, James Lauer

    Vibration measurements of multi-story structures in an urban environment began 3 years ago in New York City during close-in blasting to adopt correct measurement procedures and recommend revised groun

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Investigation of Hydrodynamic Flow in Heap Leaching Using a CFD Computational Model

    By J. E. Gebhardt, D. McBride, M. Cross

    Heap leach processes can encounter diverse flow conditions, such as infiltration into dry ore material, drainage, perched water tables and heterogeneous materials, leading to large variations in perme

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Block 43: Diverse Technologies in Complex Site Conditions

    By John Kvinsland

    "The Block 43 Project is the future home of the Paul Allen Institute for Brain Science located just off the southern shore of Lake Union in Seattle, Wash. The South Lake Union (SLU) district experienc

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Analysis of Plugging Effect for Open-Ended Piles in Sandy Soil

    By Sangseom Jeong, Moonkyung Chung, Junyoung Ko

    "Abstract The plugging effect of open-ended piles in sandy soil is analyzed by full-scale field test and plugging measurement. PLR (plug length ratio) measurement data from 144 field cases are analyze

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Formability Improvment for AZ31 Magnesium Alloy Rolled at Wide Range of Rolling Speed and Reductions COM 2014 - 53rd Annual Conference of Metallurgists

    By H. Utsunomiya, J. Su, K. S. Tamimi, S. Yue, M. Sanjari, L. Kestens, Hara, A. S. Kabir, R. Petrov

    Manufacturing of thin sheet is difficult in industries. Some approaches, such as small-draft multi-pass rolling, intermediate annealing, isothermal rolling and high-speed rolling were proposed to over

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Thermal Fatigue Testing Of H13 Tool Steel and Thermal Spray Mold Coatings in Permanent Mold for Aluminum Casting

    By T. Ouellet, F. Chiesa, J. Carignan, D. Levasseur

    Common practice for the preparation of permanent mold for aluminum casting is to coat the mold with a ceramic suspension to obtain a chemically stable interface with the aluminum melt. This practice s

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Examination of Selected Copper Electrowinning Additives

    By Michael S. Moats, Alex Luyima, Tomas Oliveira

    Some commercial copper electrowinning facilities use Cyquest N-900 (a polyacrylamide) or HydroStar (a modified polysaccharide) to improve the density and smoothness of copper electrodeposits. However

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Cobalt Electrowinning from Sulphate Solutions: Effect of Quaternaryamines

    By B. K. Mishra, P. Patnaik, B. C. Tripathy, I. N. Bhattacharya

    Cobalt is an essential metal considering its numerous industrial applications. The demand for the metal is increasing due to its wide range of use in, for example, rechargeable batteries and as an all

    Jan 1, 2014

  • IMPC
    Effect of phase volume ratio, extractant and surfactant concentration on the predispersed solvent extraction of copper

    By Aysan Molaei, Kristian Waters

    Solvent extraction is the one of the most common techniques for recovering metal ions from aqueous systems. However, solvent extraction is generally limited to relatively high concentrations and requi

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME-ICGCM
    A Novel and Effective Method to Develop Tension in a Roof Bolt

    By Phillip E. Gramlich

    Through extensive practical experience and multiple studies, tensioned roof control systems have proven beneficial in difficult mining conditions. Due to increased mining of less desirable seams, ten

    Jan 1, 2014

  • IMPC
    Impact of Beneficiation on Coking Properties of a Typical Indian Medium Coking Coal

    Most of the Indian coking coals are medium coking and of very high ash content. Beneficiation of these coals is a must for their utilisation in coke making. During washing while the ash content of the

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    Design of Agitators for Storage and Surge Tanks with High Yield Stress Fluids

    By J. Jung, W. Keller, N. Rohn

    In hydrometallurgical minerals processing slurries are often processed at very small grind sizes and high solids concentrations. This normally results in flow anomalies of such slurries. Due to flow l

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME-ICGCM
    Overburden Failure Characteristics of Extra?Thick Seam Using Top Coal Caving Mining Method at Tongxin Coal Mine

    By Zhijie Zhu

    In order to determine the overburden failure characteristics of extra-thick seam mining, EH4 electromagnetic image system and borehole televiewer survey were applied to panel 8100, Tongxin coal mine.

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    The Art and Science of Dense Medium Selection

    By Bosman

    Medium suspensions play an integral part in the successful application of dense medium separation for both static and dynamic separators. Although models exist to predict particle movement as a functi

    Jan 1, 2014

  • IMPC
    Process Mineralogy and Its Application to PGM Recovery from Low-grade Cu-Ni Sulfide Ore

    Deposit of Jinbaoshan platinum group metals (PGMs) ore ranks the second in Yunnan province, China. Study on process mineralogy shows that the grade of copper and nickel in the ore is just 0.16% and 0.

    Jan 1, 2014