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  • SME
    Ergonomic Assessment of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Surface Mine Workers in India "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Aruna Mangalpady, Sandeep Kumar Jeripotula, Govinda Raj Mandela

    Injuries due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are not uncommon in heavy industry like mining. Researchers acknowledged that occupational exposure to ergonomic risk factors is the chie

    Mar 13, 2020

  • SME
    Response Of Homes To Sag-Subsidence Over Illinois Abandoned Coal Mines ? Introduction ? Objective

    By Gennaro G. Marino

    This paper summarizes and evaluates data on mine subsidence ground movements and associated damage for houses in Illinois. Based on the data collected, the response of homes to subsidence ground movem

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Hydrologic evaluation of post-closure flooding and dewatering of the Homestake Mine

    By Guosheng Zhan

    The Homestake Mine included the open cut and underground workings up to 2,484 m (8,150 ft) deep. The mine ceased mining activities in December 2001 after 125 years of operation. Pumping from the under

    Jan 4, 2010

  • SME
    Nikhil C. Trivedi: an interview with the 2010 SME President

    The mining industry, like most other industries, has had a difficult couple of years. What are your thoughts on the industry?s direction in the next few years? I am bullish on our industry. There is

    Jan 3, 2010

  • SME
    Newmont?s Phoenix Mine rises with the help of Hitachi shovels

    Scattered north and south along a 161-km (100-mile) stretch of Interstate 80, Newmont Min¬ing Corp. owns four active mining properties in Nevada?s northern high desert ? Carlin Trend Operations, Midas

    Jan 2, 2010

  • SME
    The Río Agrio Basin, Argentina: A Natural Analog To Watersheds Affected By Acid Mine Drainage

    The Río Agrio of northern Patagonia, Argentina, is highly acidic due to inputs of volcanic gases (SO2, HCl, HF) in its headwaters. The watershed includes a hyper-acidic (pH <0.5) volcanic crater lake,

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals review 2014

    "Editor’s note: Each year, Mining Engineering features an industrial minerals review. Several people put in a fair amount of time in developing the material for this issue, all the while doing their o

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Cable Shovel Health And Longevity In Formation Excavation

    By S. Frimpong

    Cable shovels are used for primary excavation in in-situ and/or pre-fragmented formations in surface mining operations. Poorly fragmented hard rock formations and random occurrence of hard boulders i

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Automatic Control of a High Tension Roll Separator

    By F. E. du Plessis, P. De Waal

    Through the development of innovative in-line mineral quantification sensors, the possibility has arisen to apply modern control theory to implement automatic process control for electrostatic high te

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    WEMCO/LEEDS Flotation Column Development

    By John B. Sabey, Vernon R. Degner

    The industrial coal processing trend toward greater fines production, due to mining techniques and customer requirements for reduced ash and sulphur content in the fine coal product, is the basis for

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Progress In The Development And Use Of Abrasion Resistant Alloy Irons And Steels In The Mining Industry

    By John Dodd

    Advances in the technology of abrasion resistant irons and steels, which could help in combating abrasion and wear in mining operations, are reviewed. Nodular irons alloyed with nickel or copper and m

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    A New Approach Of Dewatering Fine Mass Products

    By W. H. Stahl

    The continuous vacuum filtration is the solid-liquid separation process that is nowadays most frequently used in the beneficiation industry all over the world. After a development time of several dec

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Accurate monitoring and control of flotation cells

    By Carl Pinches

    Underground or surface mining is only the first stage in the ore mining process. Once the ore is mined, it is transported to the surface for further processing. Generally, this is done to extract the

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Driving Molycorp’s Conyeyor Decline at Questa

    By D. R. Shoemaker, H. W. Judges

    A 16.5-kt/d underground molybdenum mine is being developed at Questa in northern New Mexico by Molycorp Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Union Oil Company of California. The new $200-million undergr

    Jan 6, 1980

  • SME
    Roadheader Tunneling and Microtunneling in Low Strength Claystone at Standley Lake, Colorado

    By Glen Church, Don W. Deere, Christoph M. Goss

    The Standley Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project in Colorado included the complete replacement of the outlet works. This required two 1.8m (6 ft) diameter microtunneled wet lake taps, 380m and 186m (1246

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Particle Breakage Studies In An Impact Crushing Environment

    By M. D. Flavel

    Research programs conducted by Allis-Chalmers Corporation are showing that the most efficient energy use in crushers is achieved when the forces applied to particles undergoing breakage are increased.

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Four world titanium mining provinces

    By K. J. Stanaway

    Major world ilmenite and rutile accumulations reveal similar regional geology and Proterozoic age deeper crustal source rocks. During crustal collision titanium crystallizes as ilmenite and rutile at

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Tunneling Methods Under Low Cover Conditions

    By Terry M. Tilley, Gregory P. Sherry

    Purpose This is a unique project because the mining and tunneling industries have become highly mechanized and cannot normally accommodate a project where surface disturbance must be minimized or e

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    The application of vertically-mounted jet fans in ventilation shafts for a rail overbuild

    By R. E. Ray

    Compared to conventional fully ducted axial and centrifugal fan systems, jet fans can offer a number of advantages for control of smoke during fire emergencies and dilution of diesel engine exhaust pr

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Conceptual Design for a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory Cascades

    By Roberto J. Guardia, Robert A. Robinson, John Wilkerson, Wick Haxton

    Several candidate sites have been proposed for the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL), a facility that would provide over 2000 meters of overburden to screen out cosmic rays t

    Jan 1, 2005