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  • DFI
    Assessing the Bearing Capacity of Existing Wood Pile Foundations

    By Almer E. C. van der Stoel

    "Abstract This paper deals with assessing the bearing capacity of existing wood pile foundations. With a wide range of restoration projects being performed in the Netherlands, on many locations deep e

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Pegmont: A Stratiform Lead-Zinc Deposit in the Precambrian of Northwest Queensland

    Stratiform lead-zinc mineralization at the Pegmont prospect occurs as a 4-6 m thick body interbedded within arkose, schist, amphibolite, and pegmatite of the Kuridala Formation in the Eastern Belt of

    Jan 1, 1977

  • DFI
    Large Diameter Machine Bored Piles In Australia

    By W. J. Kingwell

    Where the equipment, technique and materials are available for the construction of large diameter rock socketted piles, this is frequently the most economical and environmentally acceptable method of

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    The Link between Pulp Zone Hydrodynamic Characteristics and Froth Stability in a 125 m3 Flotation Column

    By D. Knuutila, G. Goyette, James A. Finch, G. Bartolacci, A. Fortin, Chi Ho Lau, A. Lockhart

    "In a COREM-McGill collaborative research and development project, gas dispersion parameters and froth properties were manipulated in a copper flotation plant to study interactions between the collect

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Testing for the Selection of Comminution Circuits to Prepare Concentration Feed (a815d937-44c4-4647-9f91-461932a0c73e)

    The selection of the best comminution circuit for the preparation of concentration feed is a compromise based on economics, energy efficiency, labour costs, steel consumption, availability and other f

    Jan 1, 1984

  • DFI
    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

  • AUSIMM
    Tapping Water by Diamond Drill Holes

    ON mineral lease 38 of the Sulphide Corporation Limited, Broken Hill, a shaft was sunk in the early days Ior prospecting purposes and at the present time it is accessible as far as the 1000-ft. level

    Jan 1, 1919

  • SAIMM
    Effect of discontinuity orientation and spacing on the blasting performance in some open cast mines of TKI•-Turkey

    By H. A. Bilgin, A. Özgenog?lu, G. Kaçar

    In this study, the influences of rock mass properties on the blasting performance in open cast mines are investigated. To this end, discontinuity spacings and discontinuity orientations are measured a

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Building the East-West Cross Drift Tunnel at Yucca Mountain

    By Brian Fulcher

    In April 1997, Kiewit/Parsons Brinckerhoff (K/PB) completed the 7,600-m (25,000-ft) primary access tunnel for the Yucca Mountain, NV proposed high-level nuclear waste site. K/PB then began boring an

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    RETC 2025 Full Proceedings - RETC2025

    By Samer Sadek, Brian Hagan

    We are thrilled to welcome you to the 2025 Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference (RETC), which will be held in Dallas, TX. This year’s conference will showcase the continued trend of strong indust

    Oct 1, 2025

  • AUSIMM
    Deformation of Single Crystals of Lead by Creep Part IV - Process of Deformation During Creep Part IV

    In a previous paper of this series (1) ,t it was shown that during the creep of single crystals of lead, deformation proceeded to some extent by means of slip on the octahedral plane. This was demonst

    Jan 1, 1941

  • AIME
    Minerals Beneficiation - Modification in Nicaro Metallurgy

    By A. Alonso, J. Daubenspeck

    In the nickel extraction process at Nicaro, Cuba, dried and ground nickel bearing laterites are reduced at 1300-1400F in multiple-hearth furnaces. Nickel is leached from the reduced ore by aeration in

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME
    Closing the Historic Alaska-Juneau Mine

    By Joseph L. Petrillo

    In July 1997, Kvaerner Environmental signed a unique contract with Echo Bay Alaska called the Transfer Risk and Accelerate Closure (TRAC). The contract called for Kvaerner to assume the responsibilit

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter Modernization

    By C. J. Newman

    Before 1995, the smelting process at the Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. (KUCC) smelter consisted of Noranda reactors and Pierce-Smith converters. When considering expansion, it was decided that the exis

    Jan 1, 1999

  • IOM3
    Monitoring airborne dust from quarrying and surface mining operations

    By A. Dean, J. Roberts, I. Stone, J. R. Merefield

    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, 10pp., 11 refs. No comple

    Apr 1, 1995

  • DFI
    Micropile Foundations For Support Of New Bridge Structures Over Abandoned Mine

    By Timothy J. Myers

    Expansion and the economic growth in the southwestern region of Missouri necessitated the expansion of State Route 249 and the construction of a new interchange to provide service to the Joplin, Misso

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    IC 6984 Mineral Wool ? Introduction And Acknowledgments

    By J. R. Thoenen

    In June 1929 the Bureau of Mines issued a 13-page Information Circular entitled "Mineral wool." This was one of the first publications to present to the public some technical aspects of the mineral-wo

    Jan 1, 1938

  • AUSIMM
    Study on the Reasonable Mineral Processing Technology of a Cu-Mo Ore

    Study on the Reasonable Mineral Processing Technology of a Cu-Mo Ore

    Sep 13, 2010

  • CIM
    Brass making in medieval western Europe

    By Sandra K. Zacharias

    Brass, a deliberate alloy of copper and zinc, has been known since before Roman times. There are two main methods of making brass: (1) Cementation or calamine process - crushed zinc ore (calamine, Zn

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) to Investigate Industrial Systems

    Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT) to Investigate Industrial Systems

    Sep 13, 2010