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  • SME
    A Review Of The Analysis Of Amphibole Fibers

    By K. A. Allison, D. R. Van Orden, R. J. Lee

    Continuing analysis of environmental samples for asbestos content has resulted in the misidentification of non-asbestos amphibole particles as asbestos fibers. These errors have received wide publici

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Trapezoidal Tapered Ring—Key Position Selection in Curved Tunnels

    By Shimi Tzobery, John E. Shamma, Samuel Swartz, Gary B. Hemphill

    The trapezoidal tapered ring method has made significant progress in recent years for shielded-TBM projects, excavating tunnels with high overburden, strict water tightness criteria, and multiple curv

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Investigation Of Slope Stability For A Section Of Phelps Dodge Sierrita Open Pit Mine

    By J. Um, B. Morin, P. H. S. W. Kulatilake

    Development of a three-dimensional mine visualization model for a section of the mine is addressed first. Discontinuity orientation and location information was taken from this visualization model for

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals review 2014

    "Editor’s note: Each year, Mining Engineering features an industrial minerals review. Several people put in a fair amount of time in developing the material for this issue, all the while doing their o

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Mining Foundation of the Southwest Selects 1999 honorees

    The Mining Foundation of the Southwest (MFSW)promotes public understanding and education related to the mining industry. Towards this goal, the Foundation has funded several projects from donations a

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    The Application Of Automation In Modern Mining Analytical Laboratories

    By Andre Balt, Pierre Hofmeyr

    It is only recently that automation has been applied to mining analytical laboratories. This paper describes the use of automation in the laboratory analytical process of hard-rock mining and geologic

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    The Kensico–City Tunnel for New York City Water Supply

    By Robert J. F. Goodfellow, William A. T. Meakin, Kevin Clarke, Eric Cole

    INTRODUCTION New York City Water Supply—Background and History Since the 1840s New York City has been developing the largest, and perhaps, the best urban water supply and distribution system in

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Measurements At A State Of The Art 2 X 5 Mw Dual Pinion Mill Drive

    By M. Rufli

    Until not so long ago most ring geared mills were operated with fix speed motors only. By using the latest generation of medium voltage frequency converters, new possibilities have arisen to improve t

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Integrating a Drill Rig into the Digital Mine 4.0 Ecosystem - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Max Friedemann, Alexandros Bousdekis, Anna Gustafson, Helmut Mischo, Håkan Schunnesson

    Many devices used in mining are not monitored by sensors or do not have their own intelligence. By retrofitting sensors and real-time data processing, machines can be integrated into an existing digit

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    Improving performance of heavy mineral processing plants through Six Sigma

    By M. Akser, M. Tomas

    Six Sigma is a methodology that uses a structured and disciplined approach to improve process performance (higher throughput, better recovery, lower cost, shorter cycle time, etc.). Specially trained

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Pit slope monitoring and back analysis of the Berkeley pit

    By W. C. Goldberg, E. M. Frizzell

    Monitoring slope displacement in open-pit mines can help predict collapses and prevent serious damage, injuries, and fatalities. Early detection of movement may indicate the need to modify slope geome

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Geotechnical And Structural Design Challenges Of The Fremont Central PARK Subway For The Bart WARM Springs Extension

    By Mitchell L. Fong

    The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District will be extending BART service south along an 8.7-km (5.4-mile) -long corridor in the city of Fremont, California as part of the Warm Springs Extension (WSX)

  • SME
    Numerical Simulation Studies on Effects of Explosion Impact Load on Underground Mine Seal Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (5cd6bb51-d24c-4ceb-bdd2-327b1ac6637a)

    By Congling Shi, Marek Borowski, Yue Wang, Jianwei Cheng, Xixi Zhang, Xuan Xu

    As the first barrier to prevent accidents caused by explosions in underground coal mines, the integrity and stability of mine seals have great effects on mine workers’ lives and underground production

  • SME
    Numerical Simulation Studies on Effects of Explosion Impact Load on Underground Mine Seal Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Congling Shi, Marek Borowski, Yue Wang, Jianwei Cheng, Xixi Zhang, Xuan Xu

    As the first barrier to prevent accidents caused by explosions in underground coal mines, the integrity and stability of mine seals have great effects on mine workers’ lives and underground production

  • SME
    Environmental Health and Safety

    By Raja V. Ramani

    Discussion in this section of the Handbook is limited to the working environment of miners, the mine workers themselves, and the machines used in mining (Fig. 11.0.1). The contents emphasize personnel

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    3D CFD Simulation Of Airflow Re-Distribution And Associated Pressure Drops Inside The Overcast In Underground Coal Mines

    Overcasts are indispensible ventilation control devices to permit one airway to pass over another without mixing in room and pillar coal mining. The airflow distribution inside the overcast depends on

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Exploratory Shaft Design For The Salt Repository Project

    By S. A. G. Poppen, M. B. Mirza, A. I. Cooley

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for siting and constructing a licensed geologic repository for commercially generated high-level nuclear waste. Within DOE, the Office of Civilian Ra

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Application of MULTIFLUX for air, heat and moisture flow simulations

    By G. Danko

    MULTIFLUX, a new thermal, hydrologic, and airflow model and software is being developed to solve the flow of heat, moisture, and air in and around an underground opening. MULTIFLUX couples two distinc

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Double Shields to Build the High Speed Railway Network in Spain

    By E. Fernandez

    HIGH SPEED RAILWAY NETWORK Spain is a very adequate country to develop the high speed railway network thank to its geographical feature which has a 600km long radius, from Madrid- the capital that

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    MINExpo 2012: Mining?s Largest Trade Show Continues To Grow

    MINExpo International is billed as the largest exposition for the mining and mineral processing industry. And the 2012 edition, scheduled for Sept. 24-26 in Las Vegas, NV, is no exception. Put on by

    Jan 1, 2012