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  • SME
    Preparation Of Environmental Impact Study (EIS) And Environmental Adjustment And Management Program (PAMA) Guidance Documents For Peru's Ministry Of Energy And Mines

    By R. L. Kloberdanz

    Peruvian legislation requires the preparation of an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for new and expanding mines/beneficiation facilities and the preparation and implementation of an Environmental Adj

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Andacollo Gold Production – Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget

    By G. Mike Bernard

    The Andacollo gold mine is located near the town of Andacollo (population 14,000 people) in Chile’s region four. It is about 56km (35 miles) by paved road from the coastal city of La Serena. Santiag

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Enhancement of Seismic Resistance of Reinforced Concrete Members Using Embossed Macro-Synthetic Fibers

    By Erik S. Bernard

    "INTRODUCTION Reinforced Concrete (RC) members such as beams and columns are usually required to include stirrups to maintain post-crack shear capacity, and some may include stirrups that act as confi

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Unique Aspects of Remote High Altitude Water Tunnel Repair - NAT2024

    By David Jurich, Ed Perko, Jacob Prezkuta

    Numerous Colorado mountain tunnels that date to the late 1800s convey water to the farming and urban communities of the eastern Front Range. Repairs to these remote facilities, often located in public

    Jun 23, 2024

  • SME
    Extending geometallurgy to the mine scale with hyperspectral imaging: a pilot study using drone- and ground-based scanning "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Isabel F. Barton, Matthew J. Gabriel, CARSON ROBERTS, JOHN LYONS-BARAL, LEON DUPLESSIS, Mark D. Barton

    Geometallurgical assessment of orebodies in the mining industry typically relies on bench-scale or lab-based characterization techniques. In this study, we investigate drone- and tripod-based field hy

    Feb 10, 2021

  • SME
    Geologic And Geostatistical Applications To Mine Production At Inspiration (1723e282-81a7-42f4-8db5-273c2ebb6ddb)

    By James W. Clark

    This paper is a description of certain geologic aspects of the Inspiration mining operation. It is not a geologic description of the Inspiration deposit nor an exposition of all the geologic work invo

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Innovations And Techniques In The Carbon-In-Pulp Process In Western Australia

    By Doug Halbe

    A number of CIP plants have been built in Western Australia in the past two years. The authors have surveyed several of these new plants and present drawings, data and discussion of operating and desi

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    The Geology and Mining Operations at Pacific Asbestos Corporation Copperopolis, California

    By G. W. Leney

    Introduction and Historical Background The office and mining operations of Pacific Asbestos Corporation are located near Copperopolis, California in the foothills of the Sierras about fifty miles eas

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Neutralization of acid mine pit water at Gibbons Creek lignite mine

    By J. K. Horbaczewski

    The reclamation of an open dragline pit (Pond A3P-2) at the Gibbons Creek lignite mine in east-central Texas required neutralization of acid mine pit water. At the start of treatment with hydrated lim

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Extensive Duct‐Fan Systems with In‐line Booster Fans: Planning for Partial Vacuum and an Algorithm for In‐line Booster Fan Positioning (Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration)

    By J. R. R. Bowling, A. McFadden, M. Francoeur

    The abstract discusses the increasing use of extensive duct-fan systems in underground hard-rock mine development. It highlights the challenges of designing these systems, particularly the risk of par

    Mar 17, 2022

  • SME
    Acoustic Crosshole Site Characterization Studies For In Situ Mining

    By James A. Jessop

    The Bureau of Mines is investigating the use of geophysical methods to determine rock mass characteristics, particularly rock quality, lithology, and fracture parameters that are important for determi

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Discrete Fracture Network Modeling In Support Of In Situ Leach Mining

    By Bill Dershowitz

    Consider a deep gold orebody with grade of 4 g/t (0.11 oz/st). At the time of this writing, with gold prices at historic highs, it could be a good, but not great, prospect. But if it is a vein deposit

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Refractory Gold Concentrate Pretreatment By Alkaline Sulfide Leaching And Nitrogen Species Catalyzed Pressure Oxidation

    By C. G. Anderson

    The treatment of materials for the recovery of the precious metals imposes many processing and environmental challenges. Sunshine Mining and Refining Company has developed hydrometallurgical technolog

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    New Sensor for Continuous Tracking of Diesel Particulate Matter in Mines to Optimize Mine Ventilation Systems

    "Hecla Limited has been investigating the potential benefits of using a Spendrup/Compact Filter Technic (CFT) diesel filtration system to remove diesel particulate matter (DPM) from the mine atmospher

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Boddington Gold Mine Expansion Project Overland Conveyor

    By T. Hollingsworth

    The Boddington Gold Mine, located near Perth in Western Australia, has recently completed the construction of a new process plant. An overland conveyor system was installed to convey the ore from the

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Ion Exchange Recovery of Rhenium From Copper Leach Solutions Using Weakly Basic Anion Exchange Resins

    By J. Snowberger III

    Rhenium is a valuable and extremely rare chemical element with unique chemical properties. It is extracted commercially as a byproduct from the processing of molybdenite associated with porphyry copp

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Sensitivity Analysis for Optimizing Co2 Injection to Improve Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery and Co2 Storage Capacity

    By K. Louk, E. Gilliland, N. Ripepi, M. Karmis

    "Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection in deep unmineable coal seams can enhance coalbed methane (CBM) recovery as well as effectively and permanently store the CO2. Enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) recovery

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Development Of A Flotation Simulation Including Reliability-based Maintenance Model And A Multicompartment Model For Metallurgical Performance And Quality - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By P. Mendoza, R. Siwale, H. Amini, R. Silva, M. Richards, V. Ngcoza, D. Rivera, C. Canaza, R. van Reenen

    Development of a realistic flotation model to predict its performance is of paramount importance to the processing plant and operators, a model that accounts for predictive and no-predictive maintenan

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SME
    Technical Note - Reducing Respirable Dust Concentrations At Mineral-Processing Facilities Using Total Mill Ventilation System

    By A. B. Cecala, G. W. Klinowski

    Introduction The US Bureau of Mines has designed and evaluated total mill ventilation systems (TMVS) at two mineral-processing operations. Both systems have proven proficient at cost-effectively re

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Determination of Optimum Mixture Ratios of Paste Backfill Materials for Disposal of Mineral Processing Tailings

    By S. Tuylu, D. Adiguzel, A. Bascetin, O. Ozdemir, U. Cinar

    "In recent years, use of mineral processing tailings as a paste backfill has been significantly increased due to the environmental problems occurred during the disposal of the tailings in mine area. T

    Jan 1, 2016