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  • SME
    Australian Mineral Sands Operations 1982 ? Introduction

    By V. J. McSweeney

    This paper is directed at interested parties outside the Beach Sand Industry : the scope is quite broad. The geomorphology described is a successful working hypothesis which guided the author during p

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    The Socio-Economic Impact Of Western Coal Development

    By Irving D. Cohen

    In order to overcome our reliance upon foreign energy sources for both crude supply and finished products, we must realize the goals proposed by Project Independence. In general this involves expandin

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Crack Initiation and Damage Evolution in High Porosity Sandstone Under Cyclic Compression - RASIM2022

    By Kai Koosmen, Mehdi Serati, Tengzhou Wang

    Spalling and rockburst are unwanted brittle failures at the boundaries of underground excavations that are commonly observed in hard rock and high-stress environments at significant depths, although,

    Apr 26, 2022

  • SME
    Innovation in the mining industry: Technological trends and a case study of the challenges of disruptive innovation

    By FELIPE SÁNCHEZ, PHILIPP HARTLIEB

    Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry not only as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes and to reduce costs but also to meet the increasing social and environmental conce

  • SME
    DeMet? Membrane Electrolytic Cell Application for Improved Metal Processing and Residual Recovery

    By P. James

    Blue Planet Strategies (BPS) focuses on improved resource utilization and targets converting wastes into resources. New BPS capability (DEMET) wrings extra value from mining and processing wastes by

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Will In-Place Recovery Ever Replace the Need for Flotation? Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Robin J. Batterham, Dave J. Robinson

    The history of mineral processing in general and flotation in particular is long and has always been tied to mining methods of the day. Building on the ever-improving fundamental understanding of the

  • SME
    If the Technology Fits: an Evaluation of Mobile Proximity Detection Systems in Underground Coal Mines Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (42170b04-f5e7-4cc7-898c-55ceeac8ed22)

    By LaTasha R. Swanson, Jennica L. Bellanca

    Proximity detection systems (PDSs) for mobile machines have the potential to decrease injuries and fatalities. Early adopters of the technology have identified some challenges, which present an opport

  • SME
    If the Technology Fits: an Evaluation of Mobile Proximity Detection Systems in Underground Coal Mines Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By LaTasha R. Swanson, Jennica L. Bellanca

    Proximity detection systems (PDSs) for mobile machines have the potential to decrease injuries and fatalities. Early adopters of the technology have identified some challenges, which present an opport

  • SME
    A Patent Licensing Regime for the Development and Protection of the Area’s Resources

    By Yao Zhou

    Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the international seabed area (Area) and its resources are the common heritage of humanity (CHH). Patent rights can be incompatible

    Sep 1, 2014

  • SME
    Lithium Resources

    By Ihor A. Kunasz

    Lithium minerals occur predominantly in pegmatites that contain mineral assemblages derived from the crystallization of post- magmatic fluids or from the metasomatic action of residual peg- matitic fl

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Mine Haul Road Design And Management Best Practices For Safe And Cost-Efficient Truck Haulage

    Well designed and maintained haul roads are the key to minimizing truck haulage on-road hazards and costs, as well as increasing productivity. However, practically designing and managing a haul road

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Seismic Acoustic Resonance (Sar) - A Complimentary Tool For Mapping Seepage Through, Beneath And Around Dams - SME Annual Conference 2023

    By M. Jessop, V. O. Kofoed, R. Blanchard, A. Hughes

    Willowstick has successfully employed a new Seismic Acoustic Resonance (SAR) method to improve seepage characterization through, beneath, and around dams. SAR is a passive seismic method that detects

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    Inductive Electrostatic Gradiometry (IESG) Deciphers Keweenawan Copper Plumbing System

    By J. Trow

    Dowsing is really IESG which inductively locates electric gradients (dv/dx) on the flanks of SP anomalies. "Sensors" are in one?s head. The "meter" consists of one?s body, limbs, and two $.69 welding

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Text Mining Analysis of U.S. Department of Labor’s MSHA Fatal Accident Reports for Coal Mining

    By M. W. Buche, E. Tarshizi, R. Chappidi, B. Inti

    "Coal mining is an age-old method of power production in the world. It is also widely known for the associated risks during mining. Although the number of mishaps has dropped dramatically over the yea

    Jan 4, 2018

  • SME
    Analysis of U.S. small-mine compliance feasibility with proposed new respirable dust standards and implications for better dust control methods - SME Transactions 2012

    By H. Kinilakodi, R. L. Grayson

    In 2010, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) began holding hearings on a new coal mine respirable dust rule, which proposed a 1.0 mg/m3 standard, a separate 0.1 mg/m3 quartz standard

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Stress Measurement And Monitoring In Anisotropic Rock - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By W. G. Pariseau

    Reliable stress measurement using hollow inclusion gauges and monitoring stress change using borehole stress meters and borehole deformation gauges in anisotropic rock remains a challenge for the rock

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SME
    The New Face of Mining; Breakthroughs in Results Leveraging the People Factor

    By Steve Zaffron, Olga Loffredi, Eric Seedorff, Mary Poulton

    "The New Face of Mining is a recognition of the central role of human beings in mining and the underappreciated power they can have in generating breakthroughs in business performance and shareholder

    Oct 1, 2019

  • SME
    Geological domaining with unsupervised clustering and ensemble support vector classification

    By Kasimcan Koruk, Julian M. Ortiz

    A geological model accounting for uncertainties possesses important advantages for resource estimation. Machine learning algorithms (MLAs) employed on multivariate geochemical datasets open up ways to

    Mar 1, 2024

  • SME
    The Imperative Case for Innovation in the Mining Industry

    By Peter Bryant

    "The case for innovation in the mining industry has never been more compelling—whether you believe the industry is in a sharp dip in a significant ‘sawtooth’ cycle or in the midst of a bust — the impe

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals Review 2011

    Editor?s note: Each year, the June issue of 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

    Jan 1, 2012