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Burner Development Chamber for the Copper and Nonferrous IndustryBy M. Potesser
Higher prices for natural gas or oil have motivated the copper industry to reexamine the modes of oxygen and oxy-fuel burner usage at operating plants. With rising energy costs and the growing importa
Jan 1, 2007
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Numerical Simulation of Percussive Drilling and its Modification in Stress Wave PropagationBy K. Hashiba, Y. Z. Liang, K. Fukui, M. Koizumi
"Efficiency and penetration rate during percussive rock drilling significantly affect the speed of tunneling and excavation. Many researchers and engineers have continuously engaged in the advancement
Jan 1, 2015
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Methodologies for Fingerprinting Sources of Dust in Aluminium SmeltersBy David S. Wong
With air emission limits for total particulates continually tightening, management of `potroom dust' or airborne particulates from aluminium smelting potrooms is of increasing importance. To bett
Jan 1, 2011
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United Keno Hill MinesBy Jr. Carmichael
"THE MAYO AREA was prospected as early as 1887. The first major activity started in 1898, when the Stewart River and its tributaries were examined for placer deposits, and in succeeding years the dist
Jan 1, 1949
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On the Wear of Cutting Tools at High Speed MachiningBy Z. Farhat
In spite of advances in cutting tool technology, the understanding of the basic wear behavior and failure mechanisms needs further study. Tool wear is the main factor contributing to geometrical error
Jan 1, 2006
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Managing Project Development Challenges for Improved Business OutcomesBy J. R. Donald
"Project development has been increasingly formalized in the past decade, with most organizations having extensive and descriptive deliverables documents and processes to govern the stage gate progres
Jan 1, 2015
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Pollution Control Problems in The Canadian Mining IndustryBy W. R. Horn
"WHAT I PROPOSE TO DO is to review or report very briefly and generally on the most important subject areas of environmental concern within the mining industry and to indicate the progress being made.
Jan 1, 1973
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New Threshold Limit Values for Gases in Europe and Resulting Problems in MinesBy J. Weyer
"Threshold limit values (TLVs) for NO and NO2 have been reduced drastically in 2016. Emissions of diesel engines have been reduced in the last decades. In many cases this is not enough to stay under r
Jan 1, 2019
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Advantages of Bottom Entry Oxygen Introduction for Pressure OxidationBy J. Lammers, D. Adams
Most pressure oxidation operations introduce oxygen through a large multi-use nozzle in the vapour space of the autoclave. Sparge pipes extend inside the vessel to the point of discharge below the com
Jan 1, 2004
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Trends in the use of Computers in the Mineral Industry in the 1980'sBy D. N. Madge
The use and development of industrial process control computers in the mineral industry during the 1970's has been sluggish. This cautious approach is due to lack of commitment by senior manageme
Jan 1, 1979
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Optimizing Microseismic Source Event Location by Applying a Variable Velocity Model to a Complex Geological and Mining Setting at the New Gold, New Afton Block CaveMicroseismic (MS) methods offer one of the few ways to monitor a 3D volume of rock and essentially see into the rockmass and the regions of real time rock fracture. This is a critical component when c
Aug 1, 2013
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Gypsum - Anhydrite Conversion as Possible Means to Control Scale and Decrease Calcium Levels in Hydrometallurgical ProcessesBy V. G. Papangelakis, G. A. Moldoveanu
The use of anhydrite (AH) seed, control of acidity levels and ageing were assessed as means to promote the conversion of freshly produced metastable gypsum generated in-situ to the less soluble anhydr
Jan 1, 2015
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AP60 ? The Realisation of The Next Generation of Commercial AP TechnologyBy F. Channier
The paper provides the most recent information on the construction of the AP60 phase 1 plant of Jonquiere which is due to be commissioned and started up in the first quarter of 2013. HSE management on
Jan 1, 2011
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Recovery Profiling in a Talc Flotation Roughing BankBy P. Blonde
Recent analysis has suggested that a balanced recovery profile can improve flotation bank performance. Test work was conducted to test the balanced profile concept at the Penhorwood talc mine near Tim
Aug 1, 2013
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Mechanical Properties of Ultra Fine Precipitation Hardened Hot Rolled High Strength SteelBy Yoshimasa Funakawa, Kazuhiro Seto, Akio Kobayashi
A new hot rolled high strength steel consisting of ferrite matrix and nanometer¬sized precipitates was developed. The ultra fine precipitates were identified as TiMoC2, and the strengthening by the pr
Jan 1, 2004
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Improving Uranium Processing With Membrane SystemsBy Georges Croisé, Les-Lee Thompson, Adrien Debergé
Membrane filtration systems have regained focus in recent years as an effective means of liquid-liquid separation to increase the concentration of valuable elements, recover reagents or remove impurit
Jan 1, 2020
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An Exploration Application for Lead Isotope Ratios, Stewart Mining Camp, Northwestern British ColumbiaBy Dani J. Alldrick, Alastair J. Sinclair, Colin I. Godwin
"Abstract - The Stewart mining camp has a long history of precious and base metal mining. The camp is abundantly mineralized, with more than 200 widespread, varied, vein prospects, deposits and orebod
Jan 1, 1993
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The Lynn Lake Nickel Area, ManitobaBy J. D. Allan
"IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present a general picture of the Lynn Lake nickel area of northern Manitoba. The geology of the area will not be discussed in great detail, nor will the mi
Jan 1, 1950
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Discontinuum Mechanics of Linear Rock MassesBy C. Yanqui
"Discontinuum Mechanics is based on two foundations: the idealization of the internal structure of substances, and the principle of the arithmetic mean value. For a linear discontinuum, the methods of
Jan 1, 2015
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Marching Towards Higher Production and Lower Cost in Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Underground OperationsBy Subrata Dutta
Sindesar Khurd Mine is situated in Rajasthan, India, and operated by Hindustan Zinc Ltd, under Vedanta Group. The base metal mine is high in reserves of Lead, Zinc and silver and has been producing si
Aug 1, 2013