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  • SME
    Reducing Longwall Noise With Acoustical Material On The Shields - 4 Preliminary Analysis – Preprint 97-108

    By A. D. Prokop, J. P. Rider

    Along with increased production from longwall units has come the likelihood of increased worker noise exposures. In recent years, equipment has become larger, more powerful, and noisier than its prede

    Feb 24, 1997

  • SME
    Back Injury Control Measures For Manual Lifting And Seat Design (713e5a18-b501-4cad-ba17-ce99f61f5c68)

    By S. Gallagher, A. Mayton

    Introduction The mining industry has long been associated with a high incidence of low back disorders and pain (Klein et al. 1984, Leigh and Sheetz 1989, Brinckmann et al. 1998). It is believed th

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Large Wheel Loaders Vs. Cable Shovels (9acf0b92-7e1f-40c8-af51-115dbf7716d0)

    By M. J. Hrebar

    A study was conducted to evaluate the applicability of large wheel loaders (Cat 994 class) as primary loading equipment in open pit iron ore operations. Field visits were made to taconite and gold min

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Ice-Cemented Backfill For Underground Support In Arctic Mines

    By V. Izaxon

    Current practice in mining frozen, underground placers is to support the mine openings by leaving remnant pillars, which are kept frozen to maintain their stability. These pillars may be partially ext

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    An Approach To Successful Development Of International Mineral Projects

    By T. L. Owen

    Since 1993 Cyprus Amax has brought $2.5 billion dollars of greenfield and expansion projects into production, taking it from a mid-sized domestic minerals company into a major international minerals o

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Settling Velocities Of Particulate Systems - A Critical Review Of Some Useful Models

    By A. K. Majumder

    Particle motion in fluids is a subject of considerable practical importance to engineers working in fields such as hydraulics, river mechanics, chemical engineering and mineral processing. Many mathem

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Pitfalls And Lessons Learned In Pump Station Construction

    By Steven R. Lowe

    Construction of a pump station, consisting of an inlet chamber, wet well and pump chamber, required excavation to a depth of 9.7 m (32 ft) below ground surface and more than 7.6 m (25 ft) below the gr

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Effect of Energy Input in a Ball Mill on Dimensional Properties of Grinding Products Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (ae8cfff1-b751-4d86-abdc-8b6709becb73)

    By Evangelos Petrakis, Kostas Komnitsas

    This study investigates the evolution of dimensional properties of grinding products, namely, the mass, the surface area, the length, and the number of particle distributions with the energy input in

  • SME
    Effect of Energy Input in a Ball Mill on Dimensional Properties of Grinding Products Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Evangelos Petrakis, Kostas Komnitsas

    This study investigates the evolution of dimensional properties of grinding products, namely, the mass, the surface area, the length, and the number of particle distributions with the energy input in

  • SME
    Instrumentation for Monitoring Ground Movements: Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Boston, Massachusetts

    By T. A. Marcotte, D. J. Bobrow, S. Vaghar

    This paper discusses the geotechnical instrumentation program on the Central Artery/Tunnel Project, in Boston, Massachusetts. Particular attention is given to a state of the art Graphic Information Sy

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Enhancements to the LaModel Stress Analysis Program

    By R. Hardy

    LaModel is a boundary-element program capable of calculating the displacements and stresses in thin bedded deposits such as coal, salt, or potash. Throughout its history, it has continually been upgr

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Goodyear Unveils Two Piece Assembly for Mining Tires

    By Tim O’Neil

    Tire companies have historically used the mining industry as a platform to launch new technologies. And the mining industry has been receptive to that. So, while developing its Two Piece Assembly, Go

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    The Necessity For Improved Hand And Finger Protection In Mining - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By L. M. Kocher, J. R. Heberger, J. P. Pollard, M. F. Nasarwanji

    Injuries associated with hands and fingers are highly prevalent in mining and identifying factors associated with these injuries are critical in developing prevention efforts. This study identifies no

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SME
    Recovery And Utilization Of Bottom Ash Magnetics For Coal Cleaning Medium - Preprint 09-002

    By R. Q. Honaker

    Dense medium processes are used to clean over 50% of the coal that is fed into preparation plant facilities worldwide. The dense medium is formed using ultrafine magnetite which is recovered after the

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 - Titanium

    The market for titanium feedstocks (ilmenite, rutile,synthetic rutile and slag) is driven primarily by offtake from the titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment industry. The pigment sector depends on the per

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Empire Pebble Crushing Circuit, Going Back To Basics, Is The Crusher Crushing?

    By H. Walqui

    This paper describes operating gains resulting from standardizing operating and maintenance practices to improve the performance of the pebble crushing circuit at he Empire Concentrator. Past efforts

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Bio-Indicator Evaluation of Water Quality Impacts from Inactive and Abandoned Mines in the Bear Butte Creek Basin of the Black Hills

    By A. D. Davis, J. L. Sorensen, C. J. Webb

    Environmental impacts from acidic mine drainage are growing national concerns that are particularly acute in the headwaters of the Rocky Mountain region. In the Black Hills of South Dakota, approximat

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Zonal land-use planning and the mineral industry: The need for a new approach to finding sustainability underground

    By S. Addie

    In the early 1990’s the British Columbia (Canada) mineral industry frequently discussed the need to participate in, and compromise with, public environmental interests in order to ascertain long-term

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    The Entrainment Of Gangue Into A Flotation Froth

    By S. J. Neethling

    The flotation froth structure and motion determines the amount of entrained gangue that is collected to the concentrate. Despite this important role in the overall performance, the behaviour of the fr

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Santa Fe Pacific Gold Targets Million Ounces/Year Production

    By William R. Yernberg

    Santa Fe Pacific Gold, headquartered in Albuquerque, NM is expanding its operation at the Twin Creeks Mine in Nevada. The $250-million sulfide expansion project, including the Sage Mill, is under con

    Jan 1, 1996