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  • SME
    An Evaluation Of The Risks Of Lung Cancer And Mesothelioma From Exposure To Amphibole Cleavage Fragments

    By John F. Gamble

    Amphiboles are hydrated mineral silicates five of which occur in asbestiform habits as asbestos grunerite (amosite) asbestos, riebeckite (crocidolite) asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, tremolite asbes

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    Executive Summary Of The Bureau Of Mines Investigations In The Valdez Creek Mining District, Alaska ? Introduction

    By Michael D. Balen

    During the years 1987 through 1989, the Bureau of Mines Alaska Field Operations Center (Bureau) in cooperation with the Western Field Operations Center and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophy

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Energy Growth Bodes Well For Western Coal, RMCMI Attendees Told

    By Steve Kral

    The coal mining industry in the western United States is seeing the same boom as the rest of the country and the world. Most coal mines in the West are operating flat out as the nation’s appetite for

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    In-Plant Hydrogeochemical Mapping: A Tool to Localise Potential Deleterious Reactions Due to Water Quality in a Process

    By Mohamed Ourriban, Stéphanie Somot, Éric Proulx, Jean-Sébastien Marois, Marjolaine Drouin, Paul Blatter, Ahmed Bouajila, Claude Gagnon

    "The mining industry has to face increasing restrictions concerning the use of fresh water in Québec and throughout the world. Increasing recirculated water usage could lead to a better control of the

    Jan 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 217 Preparation Transportation and Combustion of powdered coal

    By JOHN BUZARD

    In the following pages the writer has endeavored to give an account of the many methods, advantages, and disadvantages of preparing and burning powdered coal. For much of the information jmparted the

    Jan 1, 1923

  • CIM
    The McClean Lake Operation COGEMA Resources Inc. JEB Mill Process Description and Commissioning

    By Art Carino

    "The McClean Lake operation is located in the Eastern Shore of the Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan some 700-air kilometers north of Saskatoon. It is operated by Cogema Resources Inc., the maj

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Inorganic Polymers Improve Bitumen Recovery From Low Grade Canadian Oil Sands

    By A. Mahmoudkhani

    There has been a continuous interest in chemical aids for processing Canadian oil sands by hot water extraction process since the first commercial industry operation in 1967. Several inorganic and org

    Jan 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    The Bayswater Coal Member of the Singleton Coal Measures of New South Wales

    The Bayswater seam of the Singleton Coal Measures is discussed in relation to its field occurrence and related li~hotype profiles. The seam is correlated throughout widely separated areas of the Hunte

    Jan 1, 1973

  • CIM
    Cyanidation in Grinding Circuit: Evaluation of Leaching Parameters in Grinding and Cyanidation Addition Strategy

    By J. Châteauneuf, R. Dupéré, D. Mrabet

    "In gold processing plants, it is common to start gold cyanidation in the grinding circuit by simple cyanide addition or as a result of recycling residual cyanide. In such cases, advantages such as a

    Jan 1, 2016

  • IIMP
    Análisis geotécnico numérico de taludes altos de minería

    By Luis Martín Tejada

    Para la evaluación de la estabilidad de taludes en minería superficial se utilizan diferentes métodos de modelamiento y planeamiento como el de simulación numérica. En ese sentido, el presente texto d

    Sep 9, 2007

  • ISEE
    Positioning of Mobile Mining Equipment Using GPS Technology & Mining and Information, Defining the Need

    "AQUILA Mining Systems Ltd. is a Canadian company that designs and develops monitoring, control and navigation systems for the surface and underground mining industries. In 1992, AQUILA Mining Systems

    Jan 1, 1997

  • 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

  • ISEE
    New State-of-the-Art Instrumentation Systems for Blast Monitoring in Underground and Surface Operations

    By Tony A. Rorke, Joe R. Brinkmann

    The application of instrumentation to better understand and improve production blasting is one of the most fruitful areas of explosives and blasting research. The majority of instrumented studies of p

    Jan 1, 1991

  • DFI
    Practical Experiences On Pile Dynamic Measurement In Shanghai - Synopsis

    By J. Pei

    The studies of dynamic measurements using stress wave theory has commenced in China. This paper introduces some practical experiences using "CASE method" in Shanghai showing applications of dynamic me

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    IntelliMine - Innovative technologies and concepts for the sustainable and intelligent Deep Mine of the future

    By H. Hejny

    "The mine of the future will exploit mineral raw materials at greater depths than today, requiring completely different approaches compared to today’s deep mines, in order to get mineral rights. Only

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Getchell Mine Pressure Oxidation Circuit Four Years After Startup

    By Dale Matthews

    The Getchell Mine, near Winnemucca, NR, was discovered in the 1930s and was initially mined to recover gold from oxide ores. During the 1940s and 1950s, gold was recovered from the highly refractory a

    Jan 1, 1994

  • CIM
    Developing Breakthrough Solutions to Complex Metallurgical Problems

    By B. K. Gorain

    "Mining of low grade deposits along with the necessity to design and operate process plants requiring high throughputs presents unique metallurgical environmental and sustainability challenges that ne

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    Applications Of Ground-Based Radar To Mine Slope Monitoring

    By Edward L. McHugh, Charles Sabine, David G. Long

    While less than 1% of reported mine accidents are associated with slope stability problems, slope failure accidents were responsible for about 15% of U.S. surface mine fatalities between 1995 and 2003

  • SME
    Estimation of Grinding Time for Desired Particle Size Distribution and for Hematite Liberation Based on Ore Retention Time in the Mill Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Rameshwar Sah, Bharath Kumar Shanmugam, Govinda Raj Mandela, Marutiram Kaza, Harsha Vardhan, Harish Hanumanthappa

    Iron ores obtained from different sources differ in their chemical and physical properties. These variations make the process of grinding a difficult task. The work carried out in this context focuses

  • SME
    “Shake And Slip To Survive” - Tunnel Design

    By Drupad B. Desai, Bruce Chang, Jay L. Merritt

    This paper reviews difficult ground conditions encountered along the alignment of large-diameter sewage tunnels for the City of Los Angeles. It offers a detailed one-of-a-kind solution to a unique pro

    Jan 1, 1989