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Reaction Mechanisms Of Charcoal And Coke In The Silicon Process
By H. Tveit, E. H. Myrhaug, J. K. Tuset
Silicon metal as a commodity material is produced by carbothermic reduction of quartz in electric submerged arc furnaces, where CO2 forms as a by-product. Since 1997 the Norwegian Ferroalloy Producers
Jan 1, 2004
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Quake, Quarry, or Quack
By Dominic Orf, Gregory Poole
On December 12, 2018 at 4:14 AM EST, an earthquake registering a 4.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale occurred in central Tennessee. According to a survey posted on the USGS website, this earthquake was
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SRC rock mass classification applied to tunnels under high tectonic stress
By L. I. Gonzalez de Vallejo
SRC rockmass classification have been applied to 25 tunnels in Spain and Italy, for which it was found that much heavier supports than those estimated by the RMR index were required. SRC and RMR indi
Jan 1, 2003
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Utilizing Strain Criteria to Predict Highwall Stability Performance
By H. Warren Newcomen
Assessments of the stability performance of open pit highwalls have traditionally been based on consideration of surface movement rates. Although generally accepted in industry, this approach presents
May 1, 2004
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POWERPLAY - Realizing Savings Through Energy Management
By Andy Lemay
Vale (previously known as CVRD) is: ? The second-largest mining company by market capitalization (NYSE:RIO) ? Headquartered in Brazil ? Global workforce of over 100,000 employees including outsourc
May 1, 2008
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Boring a Slime Dam
By Met B
IN the followmg paper an account is given of work performed by the author for the purpose of sampling a slime dam on the leases of the North Mount Farrell Co. N.L., at Tullah, Tasmania, during the sum
Jan 1, 1928
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Operating Experience with Gasification Plant, Morwell
Yallourn brown coal and its characteristics have been the subject of innumerable papers and discussions. The Lurgi process adopted for the production of Towns gas by the gasification of brown coal has
Jan 1, 1960
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OFR-162(2)-81 Interactive Mine-Power-System Analysis - User's Manual
By Richard A. Rivell
This document is a users manual intended as a reference for personnel interested in the analysis of coal-mine-electrical-power systems under either normal operating conditions or fault situations. The
Jan 1, 1980
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Immediate Ground Support, After Development Or Stope Face Exposure, Can Prevent Falls Of Ground.
By B Vorster
Falls of Ground is one of the highest causes of incidents, accidents and fatal injuries in our mines today. These falls of ground may occur as soon as the face is exposed after blasting or after m
Jan 1, 2008
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Design and construction of tunnel portals under difficult geotechnical conditions
By R. M. Spang
Abstract Between the German city of Dresden and the Czech capital Prague a 4-lane highway is under con-struction. At the outskirts of Dresden it will cross the narrow and deeply eroded Weißeritz V
Jan 1, 2003
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Full NAT 2024 Proceedings - NAT2024
By SME SME
NORTH AMERICAN TUNNELING 2024 PROCEEDINGS
Jun 23, 2024
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Rate Phenomena In Uranium Extraction By Amines
By Charles F. Coleman
Kinetics studies and other rate measurements are reviewed in the amine extraction of uranium and of some other related and associated metal ions. Equilibration' is relatively fast in the uranium
Jan 1, 1979
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New Directions - Old Ideas Hydrocarbon Prospects of the Strzelecki Group Onshore Gippsland Basin
By McNicol M. D
Petroleum exploration in onshore Gippsland was directed in the 1950s and 1960s towards plays in the basal Latrobe and Strzelecki Groups, but these became forgotten in the 1970s with the Latrobe play
Jan 1, 1992
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Expansion of Uranium Milling at Denison Mines Limited
By E. LaRocque
"Long term contracts requiring delivery of 6,000,000 pounds of U308 per year to its customers have made it necessary for Denison Mines to expand its milling capacity from 7,100 tons per day to 15,000
Jan 1, 1982
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Development of seismic risk assessment method for application to rockburst-prone sites in deep-level South African gold mines
By R. D. Stewart
Paper presented at the conference: Risk assessment in the extractive industries, held in Exeter, UK, 23-24 March 1994, and first published London: IMM, 1994, preprint volume, 18pp., 5 refs. A seismic
Aug 1, 1995
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Coal Research in New Zealand - Exploration to Utilisation: Making Applied Links in the Energy and Coal Industries
By A H. Clemens, T A. Moore
This paper discusses a number of technical issues related to marketing coal. It outlines how the results of research undertaken in New Zealand and overseas can help producers address a range of techni
Jan 1, 1997
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Numerical modelling for underground excavation design
By M. W. Grabinsky, M. S. Diederichs, E. Hoek
Provided that they are used correctly, numerical models can be of considerable assistance to mining engineers in designing underground excavations. Guidance is given to the engineer or geologist who i
Jan 1, 1991
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Development of Schytill and Geldart diagrams for determining the fluidization conditions for chlorination of anatase-charcoal mixtures
By R Adamian, F. T. Da Silva, D. H. Gameiro
Schytill and Geldart diagrams were developed for the TiO2-C-Cl2 system at 1 073 and 1 273 K, so as to define the hypothetical relations between particle sizes and chlorine velocity for simultaneous fl
Jun 21, 1905
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Notes on the Geology of the Pinnacles Mine and District
A homely simile will serve to epitomise an interpretation of the rock structures and associated phenomena of the block of country under review, as it appears to the writer.Disregarding the many thousa
Jan 1, 1927
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Modeling of factors influencing the extent of mud infiltration in a fractured rock mass
By C. Tan, C. Detournay
Wellbore stability is a major concern for drilling in naturally fractured formations. The infiltration of drilling mud into the fractures is a factor, which may compromise wellbore integrity due to t
Jan 1, 2003