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Mining Company of the Future;Anglo American CEO Joins Group to Open Discussion
By William Gleason
The mining industry is at a crossroads. Currently, there is an estimated $25 billion worth of projects around the world that have been stopped as the consequence of a dispute or disagreement with thei
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OFR-54-81 Improving Surface Coal Refuse Disposal Site Inspections
By R. A. Meister
The study on improving surface coat refuse disposal site inspections included surface inspections of 15 refuse disposal sites. Monthly aerial photos were taken of the sites and computer methods were u
Jan 1, 1980
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Bulletin 212 Analytical Methods for Certain Metals
By J. P. BONARDI, C. W. Davis, R. B. Moore, J. W. MARDEN, S. C. Lind, J. E. Conley
The rare metals are becoming increasingly important to our industries. Rare-metal alloys have properties which indicate that we are only on the threshold of the possibilities of their utilization, not
Jan 1, 1923
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Waelz process decarbonization using charcoal briquettes
By Henrique Hipolito, Caio Alves
Waelz process is a method applied in the zinc oxide production and is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions within the zinc industry. The solid carbon used for heating and for reduction react
Sep 29, 2023
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Algorith Development and implementation for georeferenced particle size distribution (PSD) data
By Javier Illanes, Maurice Moore, Felipe Moroni, Rafael Acosta
Any organization that subjects its activities to a continuous improvement process must be able to adequately measure the results of the implemented changes in order to pursue better results over time.
Sep 30, 2022
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Bulletin 118 Abrstracts of Current Decisions on Mines and Mining
By J. W. Thompson
A contract stipUlating for the delivery of quantities of phosphate rock" f. o. b. mines," and stipUlating that" while this contract is in form an absolute sale for a fixed quantity in each year, it is
Jan 1, 1916
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Techno-economic evaluation of thiosalt treatment processes
By K. G. Wheeland, J. E. Dutrizac, M. Wasserlauf, A. A. Condy
Numerous processes for the treatment of thiosalts in base metal milling effluents have been examined in the past decade. Flowsheets for thirteen processes are outlined, and cost estimates are presente
Jan 1, 1988
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Sulfide Tailings as Potential Secondary Sources of Critical Minerals: Tellurium - SME Annual Meeting 2024
By Lana Alagha, Fardis Nakhaei, Jose L. Corchado-Albelo, Noelia Munoz-Garcia, Michèle Heitz
Sulfide tailings from past and present mining activities are important hosts of critical elements and precious metals. This review paper presented a literature survey on the recovery practices of some
Feb 1, 2024
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Red Herrings on the Path of Technology Development: Capital Destruction in the Pursuit of a Bad Idea
By L. M. Southwick
"The history of extractive metallurgy is replete with examples of commercializing new processing technologies. The successes are widely reported, but failures seldom are. This is unfortunate, for usua
Jan 1, 2012
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Review Of Mining Technology (1dc40e31-63f9-4092-a148-2e045745fedc)
By James E. Hill
Tremendous improvements in mining technology have been witnessed during the past 100 years. For example, before 1860 all blastholes were drilled manually and blasting was done with low-energy black-po
Jan 1, 1966
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OFR-26(2)-83 Inflow To Horizontal Drains In Tailings Embankments
Tailings embankments can develop a high phreatic surface if the original design for the embankment does not include drainage facilities or if existing drainage facilities become ineffective. Subsequen
Jan 1, 1982
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New tunnel boring machine accelerates tunnel construction in deep mining operations
By Fred Delabbio, Sverker Hartwig
As openpit copper operations transition from surface mines to underground, the speed of underground infrastructure construction prior to production is critical for maximizing the value of the project.
Jul 1, 2010
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Kairos Mining: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustained Long-Term Benefits in Copper Processing Plant Automation
By Luis Castelli, Aldo Bonomelli, Giselle Schifferli, Claudio Zamora
"This paper introduces the operational concept and the description of a multi-site Remote Support Center for knowledge management and long-term process performance improvement.This centralized Support
Jan 1, 2010
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IC 7203 Development Of The Sand And Gravel Industry ? Introduction
By Shirley F. Colby
The past 40 years have seen the sand and gravel industry grow from small roadside pits and holes in farmers' back yards to giant corporations selling millions of tons of sand and gravel each year
Jan 1, 1942
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Investigating Abutment Load
By Ihsan Berk Tulu
In the Analysis of Retreat Mining Pillar Stability (ARMPS) program, the magnitude of the abutment loading adjacent to a gob area is calculated using an ?abutment angle? concept. The extent of the abut
Jan 1, 2012
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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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Muscle Shoals Possibilities
By PHILIP N. MOORE
THE development of the power of the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals has become a matter of political interest as well as engineering possibility. The controversy over it has been so active that the f
Jan 1, 1925
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The influence of charge density and solution ionic strength on polymer flocculant performance
By JOHN G. RAYNER
An examination was made of the filtration characteristics of a haematite slurry using a range of polyacrylamide based flocculants in solutions containing up to 3 per cent sodium chloride. The polymers
Jan 1, 1987
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Lead and Zinc Smelting Charges
By Grey CA
Any economic evaluation of a lead-zinc mining project requires the estimation of net revenue per tonne of concentrate at the "mine gate". The value at the mine gate equals the Net Smelter Return min
Jan 1, 1990
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A global review of geotechnical challenges and ground support practices in sublevel caving mines
By A D. Campbell
Sublevel caving (SLC) is a mining method adopted in a wide range of mining depths and ground conditions with various layouts adopted to suit orebody geometry. Sublevel caving offers more flexibility a
Nov 29, 2022