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  • SME
    Permitting New Tunnels in Southern Ontario, Canada—Panacea, Pragmatism, and Professionalism

    By Adrian Coombs, Paul Magowan, Derek Zoldy

    Continued development and intensification are fuelling the urgent need for new trunk infrastructure within The Regional Municipality of York and throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Permitting of thes

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Overview Of Design Methods Of Axially Loaded Piles In Europe

    By Flor De Cock

    The paper reflects part of the work from the European Regional Technical Committee on Piles (ERTC3) during its mandate between 1994 and 1999, and, in particular, describes the find­ings from an Intern

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Realismm, A Virtual Reality in Rational Managerial Decision Making

    Rational decision making is generally perceived by managers of operations to be a delicate process of committing large sums of money and putting other people's life at risk. Consequently most man

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AUSIMM
    Digital rocks for iron ore sinters – towards a D quantification of sinter textures

    By D O’Dea, B Godel, T Honeyands, B Ellis, T Harvey

    X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is a non-destructive technique that allows the exploration of the internal structure of solid objects in 3D. Over the past ten years, the combination of XCT with more c

    Jul 24, 2017

  • AIME
    Underground Mining - Sinking and Commissioning of the Eastern Twin Shaft System at Buffelsfontein Gold Mining Co, Ltd

    By G. L. Smit

    The Buffelsfontein Gold Mining Company is situated in the Klerksdorp district of the Province of the Transvaal in the Republic of South Africa, approximately 100 miles west of Johannesburg. Gold pr

    Jan 1, 1964

  • AUSIMM
    The North Strathfield Rail Underpass – Driven Tunnel Design and Construction

    By E Nye and T Schroeter, B Muir, M Kitson, M Gonzalez, D Mares

    The single track North Strathfield Rail Underpass (NSRU) consists of a dive structure either end of a 148 m long driven tunnel skewed under three live railway tracks. The tunnel is 8 m high, 9 m wide,

    Sep 17, 2014

  • DFI
    Reanalysis Of Piles Under Static And Dynamic Lateral Loads

    The process of pile driving disturbs the soil around the pile. The nature and magnitude of disturbance depends upon 1) the pile size, and 2) the nature of soil. Therefore, the prediction of a single p

    Jan 1, 1989

  • TMS
    Granulation Of Precious Metal Bearing Alloys And Slags

    A molten metal granulator was designed and fabricated at the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Albany Research Center, for granulation of precious metal-bearing alloys and slags. The system was designed to safel

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    New approaches detailed for gold exploration in the Canadian shield

    By H. R. Butler, J. F. Church, A. T. MacGibbon

    Introduction Inco is the major North American nickel producer. Initially based in Sudbury, Ontario, its past exploration activity was directed toward finding new nickel deposits. New nickel sulfide d

    Jan 2, 1987

  • SME
    Mining 1986

    By J. D. Morgan

    Introduction In 1986, the US economy passed the $4 trillion mark. However, the value of domestically processed materials of mineral origin fell slightly to $240 billion. The value of metals produced

    Jan 5, 1987

  • CIM
    The Lonmin Floatability Characterization Test Rig (FCTR) experience

    By E. V. Manlapig, K. R. Rahal, J-P Franzidis

    "The Floatability Characterisation Test Rig or FCTR is a highly instrumented, mobile flotation pilot plant built by Baker Process (now EIMCO) for the AMIRA P9 Project for use in flotation plant modell

    Jan 1, 2002

  • NIOSH
    OFR-106-79 Quick-Fix Blowout Stopping Field Evaluation

    By Mackenzie Burnett

    Quick-Fix Blowout Stoppings were evaluated in several underground mines as an alternative to conventional ventilation control bulkheads. Blowout stoppings offer considerable savings in bulkhead constr

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    RI 9470 - Geologic Investigations Near an Underhand Cut-and-Fill Stope, Lucky Friday Mine, Mullan, ID

    By Douglas F. Scott

    Researchers from the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted geologic investigations in an area of the Lucky Friday Mine, Mullan, ID, that included the 5300-107 demonstration stope using underhand longwall cut

    Jan 1, 2010

  • NIOSH
    RI 3495 The Eykometer - A New Device For Measurement Of The Yield Point Of Clay Suspensions And Oil-Well Drilling Muds ? Introduction (7fd31193-d283-41c7-90b4-e8cc03288534)

    By A. George Stern

    In the examination of bentonitic clay suspensions used for oil-well drilling fluids3/ (and for other purposes, such as a core binder for foundry sand) it is important to have comparative tests for eva

    Jan 1, 1940

  • NIOSH
    IC 6943 Design Of Small Wooden Head Frames ? Introduction

    By W. W. Staley

    This paper discusses the design of small head frames that will fill the needs of prospectors and small operators whose operations are conducted through shafts. The head frames considered were designed

    Jan 1, 1937

  • NIOSH
    The Mineral Industry Of The Islands Of The Caribbean - Bahamas (77fa72be-aacc-4d14-8edf-b06119bbe23f)

    By Doris M. Hyde

    In the past, mining has represented between 11% and 12% of the gross domestic product (GDP). In 1982, mining contributed over $150 million to the estimated $1.4 billion GDP.2 Overall economic growth f

    Jan 1, 1985

  • ABM
    EFEITO DE COMPOSTOS ORGÂNICOS NA ELETRODEPOSIÇÃO DE LIGAS Zn-Ni SOBRE AÇO

    By Renier Pereira Oliveira

    Compostos orgânicos adicionados em soluções eletrolíticas podem influenciar na eficiência do eletrodepósito, no aspecto visual do material, nas fases formadas, na topografia e na dureza do revestiment

    Aug 16, 2017

  • SAIMM
    Underground Extraction Of Contiguous Coal Seams/Sections Consisting Thin Parting: A Case Study

    By Rajendra Singh

    Underground depillaring of contiguous coal seams/sections is a difficult problem, which becomes even more complex if the interburden/parting between them is thin. Conventionally, the depillaring with

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    An Overview of the Oil Sands Process, Comparing it to Conventional Mineral Processing

    By Gavin Ritson, Chris Ward

    "The oil sands industry is still fairly young with the first viable oil sand operation having been started in Alberta in 1960. Since then numerous modifications and improvements have been tried and im

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    IC 8092 Sand And Gravel Operations And Costs, Construction Aggregates Corp., Ferrysburg, Mich. ? Summary

    By William A. Beck

    The Construction Aggregates Corp. operates a plant for processing sand and gravel from two deposits in Ottawa County, Mich. The bulk of the sand is obtained from a sand dune on the shore of Lake Michi

    Jan 1, 1962