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Paiam - A Plan for a New Sustainable High Altitude Equatorial Town in Papua New Guinea
Paiam is a new township in the high mountains of Papua New Guinea built in association with the Porgera Joint Venture mine, one of the world's largest and most remote open cut gold mines. The Pai
Jun 1, 2010
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Boring At High Thrust And Its Potential In The Hard-Rock Mining Industry In South Africa
By J. W. Wilson, P. C. Graham
SUMMARY The Witwatersrand quartzites in which South African gold mining operations are moat exclusively conducted, are notoriously difficult and costly to drill. Despite this situation, however, wi
Jan 1, 1974
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Bench Scale Biochemical Reactor Treatment of Uranium, Radium, and Selenium
By R. Schipper
Two bench scale biochemical reactors (BCRs) were operated over a period of 3 months for the removal of uranium, radium, and selenium from mining influenced water (MIW). A BCR is an anaerobic reactor c
Feb 23, 2014
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Incorporating Indigenous Technologies Into Enhanced Stormwater, Erosion And Sediment Control Systems
By R. C. Warner, L. Mills, S. D. Botts, M. Marticorena
The Antamina Mine is located in the mountainous region of the Ancash Department of Peru at an elevation of approximately 4200m.The 120 km main access road crosses the headwaters of numerous high-value
Jan 1, 2004
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Enhancement of dump truck operating efficiency: part 1: method of shovel and truck matching to obtain whole numbers; part 2: optimization of haul-road gradients; part 3: effect of reduced payload
By I. R. Hanby
A simple solution to the problem of whether to round the calculated number of trucks up or down to the nearest whole number is to adopt as criterion the minimum cost per unit volume/mass moved, assumi
Jan 1, 1991
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Pneumatic Injection Of Solids Into Pyrometallurgical Processes: Past, Present, And Future
By J. Kirsch
Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, pneumatic transport, pneumatic transport Dense-phase pneumatic injection has begun to replace more traditional furnace-feeding systems. The paper describes the technology
Jan 1, 2006
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Magnetic, Gravity and Radiometric Surveys of the Waihi-Waitekauri Region, New Zealand
By C A. Locke, J Cassidy, J L. Mauk
The Waihi-Waitekauri region hosts numerous low-sulfidation epithermal deposits that both outcrop and occur at depth. Zones of intense hydrothermal alteration enclose the Au-Ag bearing quartz vein depo
Jan 1, 2003
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Problem of Tunnel Construction in Himalayan Region: An Actual Encounter
By M. D. Khattar
Problems discussed concern encountering of high temperatures [up to 66°C] and heavy flow of water [150 L.P.S] during the construction of the 10.15 MØH.R.T. for the 2500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Pr
Jan 1, 1999
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San Francisco Paper - Hardinge Mill Data
By Arthur F. Taggart
The following conclusions on the work of the Hardinge mill are based on data furnished to the writer by the Hardinge Conical Mill Co. in the form of the mesh cards hereto appended. Energy units (E. U.
Jan 1, 1916
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Driving the Twin Bore Running Tunnels by Earth Pressure Balance Machine on the Sound Transit C-710 Beacon Hill Station and Tunnels Project
By Chris Tattersall, Tomyuki Kudo, Peter Raleigh, Nestor Garavelli, Steve Redmond, Michael J. Lehnen
Twin bore running tunnels driven approximately 4,500 route feet by a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) EPB Tunnel Boring Machine link the West Portal and East Portal on this complex Light Rail Project
Jan 1, 2007
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Caisson Design And Construction Challenges On The New Tiger Stadium Project - Summary
By Fritz J. Klingler
From site demolition, to design, to construction, Detroit's new Tiger Stadium project is required to be completed within a short 2 ½ years from award of the design-build contract. Such extreme sc
Jan 1, 1999
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25 Story Structure On River Flood Plain Soils Improved By Vibrocompaction And Compaction Grouting
By Frank Callanan
The Ameristar Casino expansion project included the design and construction of a 25-story hotel and 9-story parking structure expansion. The site is located in a floodplain on the banks of the Missour
Jan 1, 2009
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Chambers Creek Interceptor Sewer Tunnel
By J. Jeffrey Wagner, Michael J. Bailey, Peter M. Douglass
The Chambers Creek Interceptor Sewer Tunnel project consisted of 2-1/2 miles (4 kilometres) of nominal 9-foot (2.7-metre) O.D. tunnel driven through predominantly glacially overridden soils. Mole-Coll
Jan 1, 1985
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Development Aspects of the Golden Cross Project
Permitting, engineering and evaluation, detailed design and construction aspects of the Golden Cross goldmining project in New Zealand are briefly reviewed. The extremely lengthy and complicated gover
Jan 1, 1990
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Groundwater Control for Sydney Tunnels
By Paul Hewitt, Tim Smirnoff
Design and construction of the Epping to Chatswood Rail Line tunnels in Sydney, Australia required an innovative approach to define hydrogeological properties of the Sydney Hawkesbury Sandstone and pr
Jan 1, 2005
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Reservoir Engineering Equipment - A Thermoelectric Device for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Rock
By A. M. Khan, I. Fatt
A new type of steady-state thermal conductivity apparatus is presented and described. Results of measurements on Berea sandstone, Solehofen limestone, Bandera sandstone and Bakelite are presented. The
Jan 1, 1966
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Institute Committees (35dd4367-35ef-46fd-aa4b-82e230070f42)
New York Meets first Wednesday after first Tuesday of each month. J. E. JOHNSON, JR., Chairman. EDGAR RICHARD, Vice-Chairman. D. M. LIDDELL, Secretary, 7 Wall St., New York, N. Y. C. A. BOHN, Tr
Jan 7, 1917
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RI 9431 - Development and Testing of a Computer-Assisted Remote-Control System for the Compact Loader-Trammer
By T. M. Ruff
A prototype mucking machine designed to operate in narrow-vein stopes was developed by Foster- Miller, Inc., Waltham, MA, under contract with the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The machine, called a compact lo
Jan 1, 1992
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Predictability of a High Explosives Shock Tube for Testing Blast Resistant Windows
By Braden T. Lusk, Shannon P. Lusk, Kyle A. Perry
A high explosives shock tube has been constructed and developed to test blast resistant windows with pressure versus time waveforms similar to waveforms generated by arena testing. Calibration of the
Jan 1, 2010
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Effects of Platelet Activating Factor on Various Physiological Parameters of Neutrophils, Alveolar Macrophages, and Alveolar Type II Cells
By D. J. Judy, D. J. Rabovsky, W. H. Pailes, V. Castranova, K. Van Dyke, J. Rabovsky, N. A. Sapola, M. McPeek
"Platelet activating factor (PAF) can be released from pneumocytes following exposure to occupational dust (Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 135:83, 1987). In addition, PAF has been shown to induce pulmonary inf
Jan 1, 1988