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  • SME
    Environmental Health and Safety

    By Raja V. Ramani

    Discussion in this section of the Handbook is limited to the working environment of miners, the mine workers themselves, and the machines used in mining (Fig. 11.0.1). The contents emphasize personnel

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Shaft Sinking on the MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel Project

    By A. J. Stewart, M. Guay, J. W. Critchfield, A. P. Hoddeson

    The MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel project includes three main work shafts, excavated primarily in rock. Shaft L is 9.8 m (32 ft) diameter and 124.1 m (407 ft)deep. Shaft E is 7.0 by 12.8 m (23 by 42 f

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Challenges And Solutions To Designing Deep Excavations For Urban Transit Stations

    By Ching-Liu Wu, John Hawley, Andrew H. Liu, James Chai

    The Hatch Mott MacDonald/Bechtel Joint Venture team is designer and construction manager for the 5.25-mile Tunnel Segment of the overall 16-mile Silicon ValleyRapid Transit Project, which extends the

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Examination Of Solid Phase Materials From Column Leaching Studies Of Coal Refuse/Coal Fly Ash Bulk Blends – Preprint 97-78

    By B. R. Stewart, L. W. Zelazny

    The exclusion of coal fly ash from regulation as a hazardous waste has led to increased interest in returning ash to the coalfields for co-disposal. A multi-year column study used coal refuse with hig

    Feb 24, 1997

  • 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
    Human Health Effects Associated With The Commercial Use Of Grunerite Asbestos (Amosite): Paterson, NJ; Tyler, TX; Uxbridge, UK

    By Joseph Ribak

    Grunerite asbestos (amosite) has been shown in epidemiological and experimental animal studies to cause lung cancer, mesothelioma and pulmonary fibrosis commonly referred to as asbestosis. An overview

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Risk Assessment Due To Environmental Exposures To Fibrous Particulates Associated With Taconite Ore

    By Richard Wilson

    In the early 1970s, it became a concern that exposure to the mineral fibers associated taconite ore processed in Silver Bay, Minnesota would cause asbestos-related disease including gastrointestinal

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Ontario: A leader in Canadian mining

    The Canadian mining industry is one of the strongest in the world. Not only does the country produce a sizable amount of minerals and metals, Canada plays host to hundreds of global mining companies,

    Jan 4, 2010

  • SME
    Kickstarting Culture Change - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By Andrew McGrath, Geraldine Lyons, Sarah Barcelona

    In the dynamic and challenging modern industry landscape, understanding and unleashing the true role and contribution of technical teams is crucial to business success. The cyclical nature of industri

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SME
    Vernal Mine: 19 Years Without a Lost-Time Accident

    By John B. Spencer

    Earlier this year, Simplot Phosphates achieved a safety milestone at its Vernal, UT phosphate operations. In March, the entire operation reached achieved seven years without a lost time accident. An

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Nautilus Minerals: Progress made on our Solwara 1 Project in Papua New Guinea

    By John Parianos

    "Seafloor mining provides significant potential economic benefits for many Pacific nations that may be "land poor" but "coastline rich," meaning they have the potential to utilize and profit from the

    Sep 1, 2014

  • SME
    The Origins Of Public Concern With Taconite And Human Health: Reserve Mining And The Asbestos Case

    By Michael E. Berndt

    Asbestos first became an issue to Minnesota?s iron industry when it was revealed that mineral fibers similar to those in Reserve Mining?s tailings were being found in drinking water for several commun

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    8 M Diameter 7 KM Long Beles Tailrace Tunnel (Ethiopia) Bored And Lined In Basaltic Formations In Less Than 12 Months

    By Antonio Raschillà

    On the 2nd of June 2007 SELI S.p.A. started the excavation of Beles Tailrace Tunnel (Ethiopia). The new 8,07 m diameter DS Universal TBM utilized for the tunnel excavation was manufactured by SELI S.p

  • SME
    Modification and Enhanced Testing of Data Mining-Based Algorithm to Detect Subtle Errors in Temperature Sensors in Gold Stripping Circuit Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (cca8e619-0fb1-422a-925d-6e04d2a067f5)

    By Eduardo Pimenta de Melo, Rambabu Pothina, Rajive Ganguli

    Sensors are everywhere in the mining industry, with sensor information being used to monitor and operate processes. Therefore, when sensor information is wrong, economic losses can occur. Unfortunatel

  • SME
    Annual Review 2001 – The United States 2001

    By R. F. Balazik

    By March 2001, shrinking global markets, reduced consumer spending and declines in domestic manufacturing and industrial output ended the longest economic expansion in US history and pushed the nation

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Automated Conditions Mining at Sylvite

    By William G. Schultz

    Sylvite of Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., operates an 8000 TPD potash mine and refinery located nine miles North East of Rocanville, Saskatchewan. Prior to Hu

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Massive Tires Keep The Industry Rolling

    One of the biggest challenges for the mining industry is, quite literally, how to the keep the equipment rolling. There is a limited amount of companies that manufacture the 4.2-m- (14-ft-) tall, 5,

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    An Overview Of Gemstone Production In The United States

    By G. T. Austin

    This is an overview of the gemstone industry with special attention on particular states within the united states. The U.S. Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior compiled and analyzed the inform

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Limestone Lithological Classification, Using Image Processing And Pattern Recognition Technique

    By F. Khorram

    Image processing is a technique that simulates the human vision system. This technique enables applying every statistical or intelligent operation to recognize differences. In this way this new techni

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Underground Mine Air and Strata Temperature Change Due to the Use of Refuge Alternatives

    By M. A. Reyes, L. Yan

    Heat and humidity buildup within refuge alternatives (RAs) may expose occupants to physiological hazards such as heat stress. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations require RAs i

    Nov 22, 2019