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  • SME
    Service Variables In Uranium Disequilibrium Studies (9ab69d91-20d8-4ff5-97b0-1da94910fa75)

    By M. Rossi

    The use of service variables in geostatistics (grade-thickness) is common in industry when developing block grade models and geologic resource estimates. This is particularly true in the case of sedim

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Probable Origin Of Mission Copper Deposit ? Evidence Indicating The Hydrothermal Origin Of A ?Contact Metasomatic? Mineral Suite, Mission Copper Deposit, Arizona - Introduction

    By John E. Kinnison

    The Mission mine, located in southern Arizona near Tucson, is a recently developed open pit which produces 15,000 tons per day of copper ore. The mine lies on a wide and gently sloping bajada sweeping

    Jan 1, 1963

  • SME
    Physical And Chemical Treatment Of Boron Ores

    By S. G. Ozkan

    Boron minerals of economic importance are primarily colemanite, tincal, and ulexite. Turkey and the United States are the leading producers of boron minerals and compounds. Other production includes d

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Pre-Mining Planning For Environmental Control In Surface Coal Mines

    By R. V. Ramani

    Minerals, together with agricultural and forestry products, are the primary source of wealth produced in the United States. Although the production of minerals requires only a small fraction of the st

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Estimating the Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) of Emplaced Cemented Rockfill (CRF) from QA/QC Cylinder Strengths

    By M. J. Raffaldi, L. A. Sandbak, K. K. Dehn, S. N. Warren, J. B. Seymour

    "Confidence in the design and stability of an undercut cemented rockfill (CRF) span requires a thorough understanding of its emplaced material properties. The unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Analysis of Borehole Stability Using a Strain Softening Model

    By P. D. Pattillo, J. B. Cheatham, Y. -H. Lin

    The stability of a hemispherical cavity, intended to model a perforation opening in the vicinity of a borehole, is analyzed for the case of poroelastic-plastic material behavior. Two plasticity models

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Bridging The Gap Between Plant Management And Process Control

    By O. A. Bascur

    Current competitive demands on the process industries stimulate the need for improved operating efficiencies and compliance to stricter governmental regulations. Emerging information technologies allo

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Interfacial Chemistry Aspects Of De-Inking Flotation Of Mixed Office Paper

    By H. Walqui, J. Drelich, J. Pletka, E. Luhta, E. Raber, J. Wieland, P. Boyd, N. Tervo, D. Herron, S. Boston

    Mini-projects studying the flotation chemistry of paper de-inking were incorporated to an educational program at Michigan Technological University with support from the paper recycling industry. Inter

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Mill Expansions at PT Freeport Indonesia

    By Robert L. Russell

    Production at Freeport Indonesia's Ertsberg open pit copper-gold mine started in 1972 at a rate of 7.5 kt/d (8270 stpd). Mill throughput remained at that rate for several years until the discover

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Biasing Unbiased Data: Mine Versus Mill

    By Mark W. Springett

    The examination of relatively well behaved distributions subject to truncation by a cutoff grade in the mine clearly demonstrates that a bias is inevitably introduced when the selection is based on th

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Overview and evaluation of smoke detectors in underground mines - SME Transactions 2011

    By C. D. Litton

    When methods to prevent the occurrence of fire in underground mines fail, the next line of defense is to rapidly and reliably detect the developing fire, so that subsequent evacuation and control proc

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Simplifying CFD modeling of longwall gobs with a modular meshing approach (95f56837-0eff-4d89-9884-3d069b97ad7a)

    By J. A. Marts, R. C. Gilmore, S. Saki, J. F. Brune

    El modelamiento de la dinámica de fluidos computacional (CFD por sus siglas en inglés) implica la creación de un dominio de cálculo llamado malla o rejilla para resolver las ecuaciones que definen la

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Simplifying CFD modeling of longwall gobs with a modular meshing approach

    By J. A. Marts, R. C. Gilmore, S. Saki, J. F. Brune

    Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling involves the creation of a computation domain called a mesh or grid to solve the equations defining the physics of fluid flow. This process often comprises

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Air Pollution Monitoring System At The Cheswick Plant Of Duquesne Light

    By Leo R. Love

    A comprehensive study of the environmental conditions of the area affected by the Colfax and Cheswick Power Stations is of extreme importance to Duquesne Light Company. The residents in the valley whe

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Development of a Comprehensive Pillar and Roof Monitoring System at a Steeply Dipping Underground Limestone Mine

    By D. McElhinney, J. Winfield, G. Buchan, B. Slaker, A. Iannacchione, T. Minoski, G. Rashed, M. Van Dyke, M. Murphy

    "The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has previously established pillar design guidelines for the underground stone mining industry. These guidelines were created from an

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Cost Competitively Design Elements At Pegasus' Zortman-Landusky Gold Operations - A Case History

    By Carson Rife, Michael L. Clark

    INTRODUCTION Zortman Mining Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegasus Gold Corporation of Spokane, Washington. Pegasus has been producing gold and silver from the Zortman and Landusky mines sin

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Development Of A Canopy Air Curtain To Reduce Roof Bolters? Dust Exposure

    The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a study to determine the effectiveness of a filtered air delivery system to reduce respirable dust exposure of roof bol

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    The Cycloidal Heavy Medium Cleaner ? Introduction

    By R. C. Woodhead

    During past years the most difficult problem presented to the coal preparation engineer has been the cleaning of fine coal, The problem of handling fine coals is more involved than the coarser sizes,

    Jan 1, 1964

  • SME
    Government Policy And The Future Of Coal And Mineral Production

    By Thomas V. Falkie

    Of the various critics of federal energy and minerals policy we are hearing these days--and they are legion--few make their points more vividly than our fellow SME member and eloquent spokesman for th

    Jan 1, 1975

  • SME
    Placer Sampling And Reserve Estimation

    By D. E. Ranta, Stephen W. Thomas, Clancy J. Wendt

    One of the most difficult tasks associated with placer mining is the sampling of the deposit. More placer projects have failed due to inaccurate assessment of the reserves than to any other reason. Wi

    Jan 1, 1992