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  • AUSIMM
    Environmental Planning in Mining

    The discussion in this paper centres on examples of mining that are drawn mainly from the coal mining industry. The intention is to review the opportunities that exist for incorporating environmental

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    EM Rescue (Location) System For Deep Mines Phase II - Build And Test Breadboard Equipment

    By I. D. Schleicher, L. H. Rorden, F. B. Curry, T. C. Moore

    The purpose of this program is to extend electromagnetic (EM) techniques for use in locating miners trapped in mines as deep as 1000 m. A previously developed EM system is considered adequate for use

  • SME
    Canadian coal industry : Developments in resource conservation and productivity improvement

    By R. K. Singhal, H. Sahay

    Introduction In terms of the world's recoverable coal reserves, Canada ranks 10th, providing 0.6% of the world's total. The US is first with 27.8% and the Soviet Union follows with 24.1%.

    Jan 9, 1986

  • TMS
    Building a Sustainability Strategy into a Consumer Products Business

    By Leon H. Bruner

    This paper presents a case study describing how a global consumer products company with 138,000 employees that markets over 300 brands in 180 countries is building sustainability into the rhythm of it

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Gotthard-Base Tunnel, Section Faido Previous Experience With The Use Of The TBM

    By Martin Herrenknecht

    After the successful breakthrough at the end of 2006 of both TBMs into the multifunctional site Faido (MFS), in the middle of 2007 the two tunnel boring machines resumed the 12 km long section between

  • DFI
    Apportioning Risks On An Urban Deep Foundation Project

    By Michael P. Balducci

    Urban deep foundation projects contain unique risks that must be recognized by the parties involved. Common pitfalls must be recognized and avoided or addressed through contractual relations and corr

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Numerical simulation of multiphase flow in a Vanyukov furnace

    By Y. M. Chen, H. L. Zhang, W. U. Bing, C. Q. Zhou

    Multiphase flow in the widely used Vanyukov furnace was numerically studied. An unsteady three-dimensional and three-phase flow model was firstly built using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) sof

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    RI 9328 - Laboratory Testing of the CSE SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuer for Ruggedness and Reliability

    By N. Kyriazi

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines subjected the CSE SR-lOO self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) approved by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Mine Safety and Health Admini

    Jan 1, 1990

  • NIOSH
    IC 8419 Injury Experience In Coal Mining, 1966 - Analysis Of Mine Safety Factors, Related Employment, And Production Data

    By Forrest T. Moyer

    The safety record of the coal-mining industry, both anthracite and bituminous, in 1966 was improved over that of 1965 in all general measures of injury experience. The improvement was more pronounced

    Jan 1, 1969

  • NIOSH
    Nature Of The Carbides Of Iron

    By L. J. E. Hofer

    THIS BULLETIN analyzes and summarizes research at the Bureau of Mines dealing with the preparation, properties, and reactions of iron carbides in the period 1948-60, part of which was sponsored by Wri

    Jan 1, 1966

  • AUSIMM
    Compositional Variation and Distribution of Au-Ag-Hg and Au-Ag Alloy Subtypes in Nokomai and Nevis Valley Placers, New Zealand, and their Implications for Gold Sources

    By D Craw, L C. Kerr, P Wopereis

    Gold placers in the Nokomai and Nevis valleys are dominantly Quaternary in age. They occur mainly in western tributaries of the upper Nevis, eastern tributaries of the middle and upper Nokomai, and in

    Jan 1, 2000

  • NIOSH
    OFR-25-81 The Mining Instructional Development Institute

    By Kay E. Goldberg

    The Bureau of Mines conducted a study to develop and evaluate a training workshop for mine safety training personnel. The workshop was based on the Instructional Development Institute (IDI) which has

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SAIMM
    Thermodynamics of the MnO-containing slags and equilibrium relations associated with Mn ferroalloy productions

    By S. E. Olsen, K. Tang

    Slag-metal and slag-metal-gas heterogeneous equilibria involving MnO-containing slags have been simulated using recently developed Mn-based alloy and IRSID oxide thermochemical databases. A large numb

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Rotating equipment reliability for surface operation. Part II: Oil analysis in a mine

    By D. Prince, G. Nollet

    "Since 1994, Aur Ressources has operated Louvicourt mine, a zinc and copper mine close to Val d’Or, at a rate of 4300 t/d. Ever since the start-up of the plant, management has encouraged innovative ap

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    A Field Study Of US Longwall Coal Mine Ventilation And Bleeder Performance

    By S. J. Schatzel

    Longwall coal mine operators in the US are required to ventilate multi-panel longwall districts but may have little or no knowledge about what happens to the ventilation air between the inlet evaluati

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Flotation of REE Bearing Minerals from Silicate and Carbonate Host Deposits

    By T. Deng

    Flotation of rare earths is complicated by the number of mineral classes that carry rare earth elements, including carbonates, phosphates, and silicates that often co-occur within the same deposit. Ga

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Mining In The South West Pacific Region

    By C. Chamberlain

    The mining industry continues to underpin the regional economy. Australia, benefiting from a weak currency, receives 27% of the total goods export value from non-energy mining lead by aluminium, iron

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Applicability of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion and the effect of the anisotropy on intact rock samples from “Athens Schist”

    By P. Marinos, G. Tsiambaos, H. Saroglou

    The anisotropic behaviour of “Athens Schist” has been brought out through the testing of specimens with varying orientation of schistosity with respect to the major principal stress under uniaxial, tr

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    The Planning And Operation Of The Kidd Creek Mine

    By George C. Coupland

    Ecstall Mining Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, is the owner and operator of the Kidd Creek Mine including the concentrator complex located near Timmins, Ontario. Cana

    Jan 1, 1970

  • CIM
    Frother Analysis: Procedure and Plant Experience (9afbd8b8-3e71-4680-a005-b07f0c7c29ef)

    By Frank Cappuccitti, James A. Finch, Stéphanie Gélinas

    "A colorimetric technique, originally developed for methyl iso butyl carbinol (MIBC) based on the Komarowsky reaction, has been extended to a wide range of common mineral flotation frothers. The proce

    Jan 1, 2005