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Weathering In Coal Mine Rejects And Tailings - Variation With Respect To Depth
By S. Devasahayam
Acid production or acid drainage is a major environmental issue that also has negative implications on the aquifer system surrounding the mine tailings area. The approach to controlling acid mine drai
Jan 1, 2007
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Mining Engineering Education Initiatives in Australia
By Bruce Hebblewhite
Australia’s Minerals Tertiary Education Council (MTEC) has achieved several successes during its first three years of operation. This initiative was developed through the Minerals Council of Australi
Jan 1, 2006
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The Industrial Minerals Profile Of Japan - Introduction
By Noriyuki Fujii
It is no need to say that exploitation of industrial minerals has a close relation to development of the industries related. In the first stage, a small scale manufactures were initiated in areas pro
Jan 1, 1981
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Reaction Kinetics Of Ferrous Regeneration For Alternate Anode Reaction Technology
By E. A. Sarver
The Fe(II) regeneration process is an important aspect of Alternate Anode Reaction Technology (AART) for copper electrowinning (EW). In AART, Fe(II) is oxidized to Fe(III) at the anode during EW, and
Jan 1, 2007
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Feasibility And Implementation Of Shield Machine Tunnel Passing Through An Operating Airport Runway
By Hongjie Yang
The No. 10 metro line of Shanghai city is 36 kilometers in length and will pass through the operating airport runway by using tunnel boring machine with earth pres-sure balance mode. Although there ar
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Olympic history to be made with medals provided by Teck Resources
Canadian mining giant Teck Resources Ltd. will be the exclusive supplier of the metals used in the production of the more than 1,000 medals to be awarded at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic W
Jan 1, 2010
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Liebherr?s T282 B trucks operating in Brazil
In September, a fleet of 363-t (400-st) Liebherr trucks became operational in Brazil and have already begun moving iron ore in Para state. Prior to the arrival of the the trucks the Brazilian fleet
Jan 1, 2010
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Specimen Mining at the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado’s Alma District
By Paul Bartos
Operations at the Sweet Home Mine transformed the mineral specimen industry, not only in the development of new innovative extraction techniques, but also in the fields of sample preparation and marke
Jan 1, 2007
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Application Of Slag Technology To Recycling Of Solid Wastes
By Paul B. Queneau
Formulation and commercial utilization of solid-waste incinerator slag by-product is the focus of this paper. Particular attention is given to iron aluminosilicate melts having compositions similar to
Jan 1, 1991
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Sulfur Removal of High-Sulfur Bauxite "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020)"
By Hengwei Yan, Zhanwei Liu, Wenhui Ma, Ping Xiong
The sulfur in high-sulfur bauxite not only pollutes the environment but also harms alumina production. This study investigated the removal of sulfur from high-sulfur bauxite by adding Zn or ZnO during
Jun 24, 2020
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Eddy-Current Separator Technology As A Novel Approach To Alaskan Placer Gold Recovery
By D. A. Norrgran, J. A. Wernham, D. E. Walsh
A qualitative test program was sponsored jointly by the University of Alaska and Eriez Magnetics, in order to study placer gold nugget recovery using an eddy-current separator. Various gold nuggets f
Jan 1, 2003
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Grade control in mineral sands – The unique conditions at Old Hickory, Virginia
By A. J. Romeo
The Old Hickory heavy mineral ore body, which lies within the Fall Zone of south central Virginia, has been mined since 1997. There are many differences in this deposit when compared to humate-laden m
Jan 1, 2005
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Importance of Longwall Mining to the Coal Industry
By James F. Kvitkovich, George V. Weisdack
Longwall mining techniques were introduced into U.S. bituminous coal mining operations in the early 1960s. These techniques were gradually adopted by many mines during the 1970s. By 1983, considered
Jan 1, 2005
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Fe-Mn crusts from the Central Atlantic
By José Mirão, Pedro Madureira, v Costa, Patrícia Conceição
"The exploration of seamounts south of the Azores during the EMEPC/Açores/G3/2007 campaign allowed for the collection of 30 Fe-Mn crusts from the Atlantis, Great Meteor, Small Hyeres, Irving and Plato
Sep 1, 2014
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Egnatia Odos! 60 Miles of Mountainous Road Tunnels in Northern Greece, Europe
By G. Aggistalis, N. Kazilis, C. Rawlings, N. Rachaniotis, S. Raptopoulos, M. Knights, R. Game
The Egnatia Odos (Odos meaning road) is one of Greece’s largest ever highway construction projects and one of Europe’s most important. The Highway will assist in the connection of the Greek Ionian/Adr
Jan 1, 2005
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Influence of Rock Mass Properties on Performance of Hard Rock TBMs
By Jamal Rostami, Richard Kastner, Ahmad Ramezanzadeh
Improving the accuracy of the performance prediction models for hard rock Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) is important in estimation of the schedule and cost of tunnelling in related projects. The effec
Jan 1, 2005
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Renewables: An Inconvenient Energy Reality
By L. Alan Weakly
Global warming is a political reality in the United States today. The actual impact of the continued utilization of fossil fuels is not known and is open to debate. However, the growing concern abou
Jan 1, 2008
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Best Practices In Material Selection And Design For Hydrometallurgical Equipment
By T. Johnson
Mining activity in a number of metal ores has been running quite high over the last few years. In particular, those metals that employ acid functional extraction processes such as copper, nickel, coba
Feb 27, 2013
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Mill Drives In The Third Millennium
By G. A. Grandy, P. F. Thomas, C. D. Danecki
When considering the mill drive system for a grinding application, a large number of questions must be answered. Depending on the mill size and type, the mill can be driven by several configurations
Jan 1, 2001
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The application of nitrogen to control a spontaneous combustion event during a longwall face salvage
By Leeming. J. R.
In the UK, powered supports are normally salvaged from longwall faces on completion of production, for reuse on the next unit. Where a spare set of supports are held, the salvaged supports are often s
Jan 1, 2009