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Managing the hazard of wind blast/air blast in caving operations in underground minesBy P. Sharma, J. C. W. Fowler
This paper discusses the wind blast / air blast phenomenon, how it is managed in coal mines and how it might best be managed in other underground mines. L'article qui suit a pour objets de dé
Jan 1, 2003
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Hydro Power And Stope Drilling Systems - An Energy-Saving Perspective - SynopsisElectricity supply constraints in SA are increasingly challenging mines to operate more energy efficiently without reducing production output. Mining compressed air systems are well known to be operat
Jan 1, 2008
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Breakeven Extraction Factors For The Merensky Reef Using Stope Width And Market Price SimulationBy M. G. Wimberger
The Merensky Reef zone, as developed on Impala Platinum?s Rustenburg Operations, displays a gradational mineralized zone, with grades decreasing from the Merensky Pegmatoid Unit into the footwall and
Jan 1, 2004
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Implementation of control and control issues in mineral sands plants—In-line mass flow meterMineral sand beneficiation plants comprise a complex combination of electrostatic, magnetic and gravity based separation techniques. These are combined and replicated in ways that provide the most eff
Jan 1, 2003
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Assessment of mass modulus of a weathered argillaceous rockBy Chris M. Haberfield, Neil D. Benson
The assessment of overall modulus (or stiffness) of a fractured weak to moderately strong rock mass is a key parameter in the design of civil engineering works in these materials. It also provides th
Jan 1, 2003
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Can We Decrease The Ecological Footprint Of Base Metal Production By Recycling? - 1. IntroductionBy PC Pistorius, DR Groot
The South African base metals industry has been one mainly focused on the production of metals or metal compounds from primary ores. This is true for metals such as titanium, vanadium, chrome, mangane
Jan 1, 2007
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Cellular communications for underground minesBy C. E. Doran
Since the early 1990s the underground mining industry has embarked on a vigorous program of improving process and eliminating costs. A leading development in this program has been the implementation o
Sep 1, 2001
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Practical tool for quality control of overcoring stress measurement dataBy M. Hakala
A computer program was developed to simulate transient strains and stresses during an overcoring in the situ stress measurement. The solution is based on superpositioning of elastic stresses. The meas
Jan 1, 2003
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Strategic Outsourcing And The Degree To Which It May Support The Successful Growth Of The Zambian Copper Mining IndustryBy Christian Heili
In 1991 the Government of the Republic of Zambia passed legislation providing for the privatisation of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited (ZCCM). The newly formed Mining Companies, established a
Jan 1, 2005
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Modeling of plastic deformation and damage due to drying around a shaft in claystoneBy J. F. Shao, G. Duveau, W. Z. Chen, O. Ozanam
In this paper, we present a sensitivity study for the numerical modelling of hydromechanical coupling around a shaft in partially saturated claystone. Two representative constitutive models have been
Jan 1, 2003
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The price forecast of international petroleum with system simulation based on MATLAB/SIMULINKBy G. Wu, S. Liu
In view of the singleness of traditional methods about international petroleum (Brant) price forecast, ten main factors that affect international petroleum price are fully analysed. Based on time seri
Jan 1, 2003
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Consideration for 2-D and 3-D modelling of shock wave propagation in jointed rock massesBy Y. Y. Jiao, J. G. Cai
To investigate the dimensional effect on shock wave propagation in jointed rock masses, a 2-D and a 3-D calculation of a site test are performed respectively by using Discrete Element Method, the simu
Jan 1, 2003
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Study on nonlinear damage localization process of rocks under water chemical corrosionBy Li. S., C. Sili
Abstract. Study on nonlinear damage localization process of rocks under water chemical corrosion is a more interesting topic in rock mechanics research world widely. It is very important in estimating
Jan 1, 2003
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Effects Of Microwave Energy Treatement On Value Liberation From Zn And Co-Cu OresBy John M. L Lewis, Antoine F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi
In the irradiation of ore particles by microwave energy preferential absorption of this energy occurs in minerals having specific dielectric properties (Bradshaw, 1999). This leads to a selective heat
Jan 1, 2005
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Estimating the in-situ mass strength and time to failure of coal pillars in bord-and-pillar workingsBy J. A. Taylor, R. J. Fowell
Abstract: The amount of published literature pertaining to the field of rock mechanics has increased markedly in recent years. Whilst computer applications aid our understanding of the mechanisms of
Jan 1, 2003
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Time-space effect and principle of variation loading analyses and application casesBy W. Zhu
ABSTRACT: This paper presents further developments of the principle of Construction Process Mechanics of rockmasses, The principle of loading variations analyses in space-time is systematically descri
Jan 1, 2003
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Mining induced stress estimation for pillar extraction at shallow coverBy A. K. Singh, R. Singh, P. K. Mandal
On the basis of in situ study of pillar loading at different sites, an attempt is made in this paper to visualize the development of mining induced stress under varying geo-mining conditions. Field st
Jan 1, 2003
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The application of underground support liners reaches maturityBy I. Hague
Support liners for underground applications include steel and timber sets, meshing and lacing, screen/mesh, shotcrete and thin support liners (superskins). Over the past few years, major advances have
Jan 1, 2003
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Deformability analysis of infinite jointed rock mass by the RCODBy K. Sugawara, Y. Hirakawa, A. Sato
The rock mass properties such as deformability and permeability are highly dependent on the existence of cracks. The Ratio of Crack Opening Dependency (RCOD) was proposed as a new index to evaluate th
Jan 1, 2003
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Effects of two parallel fractures with nonlinear deformational behavior on one-dimensional P-wave propagationBy X. B. Zhao, J. G. Cai
When stress wave propagates through fractured rock masses, the wave will be slowed and attenuated due to the presence of these fractures. If the amplitude of stress wave is large enough to mobilize no
Jan 1, 2003