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  • AIME
    Coal - Flowsheet Changes for Decreased Moisture of Concord Mine Coal

    By J. D. Allen

    In the coal preparation plant at U.S. Steel Corp.'s Concord mine in Alabama, the product moisture was reduced from about 20% to 9% through the development of a workable flowsheet for dying the cl

    Jan 1, 1969

  • CIM
    Footwall anchoring at Smoky River Coal Limited

    By Peter L. Sheehan, David A. Fawcett, Dennis C. Martin

    "Smoky River Coal Limited has successfully completed a major program involving the pattern rock anchoring of a high, steeply dipping footwall slope. The slope dips at approximately 65 to 70 degrees to

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Mine Power Systems

    By Christopher J. Bise

    INTRODUCTION A mine's power system represents the driving force behind all of the extraction and auxiliary operations, because the production and transportation of mined material and the oper

    Jan 1, 1986

  • IIMP
    Permitting in mining projects and their challenges in Perú

    By Miguel Gutiérrez

    This paper will seek to provide an awareness of the challenges the permitting process presents to the engineering design for open pit mining projects in Perú. This awareness will create a better under

    Sep 21, 2013

  • NIOSH
    RI 9330 - Sealed Flask Test for Evaluating the Self-Heating Tendencies of Coals

    By Yael Miron

    This report describes laboratory studies by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to determine the suitability of a static oxygen (OJ adsorption test for evaluating the self-heating tendencies of coals. Reliable m

    Jan 1, 1990

  • AUSIMM
    The Design of Blends for the Production of Metallurgical Coke with Particular Reference to Long Term Aspects of Using New South Wales Coals

    Coking coals are very much in demand on a world wide basis, particularly the higher rank coking coals, which form an important part of many coking blends and which represent the smallest portion of th

    Jan 1, 1972

  • CIM
    Content and Structure of a Plant Grinding Performance Management/Improvement System

    By K. Bartholomew

    The Functional Performance Equation for ball milling circuits provides plant staff with a new means to improve circuit performance. However, successful execution of a plant processing performance impr

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Cost-effective Air Separation Plants for the Mining and Mineral industry

    By Goutam H. Shahani

    Today, the mining and mineral sectors are being impacted by highly fluctuating supply ? demand, extreme price volatility and tremendous market uncertainty on a world-wide basis. This pattern is expect

    Nov 1, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Calibrated Geotechnical Measurement to Provide a Quantitative Understanding of Rock Mass Conditions at the Tasmania Gold Mine, Beaconsfield, Tasmania

    Judicious placement of a range of geotechnical instruments was employed at the Tasmania gold mine, Beaconsfield, Tasmania, as a key strategy in the monitoring of rock mass conditions over the past fou

    Nov 25, 2010

  • CIM
    Effects of Solids Loading on Cyanidation Rates

    By Ralph Harris, Qi Xia

    "Gold cyanidation rates are known to be limited by the rate of oxygen dissolution in the cyanidation tanks. The effect of solids loading on the oxygen dissolution rates is not obvious and the results

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME-ICGCM
    Introduction of Long, High Capacity, Highly Tensioned, Post- Grouted Cable Bolts at BHP Billiton?s San Juan Mine,

    By James Pile

    Long, high capacity, highly tensioned, cable bolts (strand bolts), stiff enough to be installed with resin like a solid bolt, yet flexible enough to be used in any lengths, have been widely used in

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Is Your Management Control Loop Functioning

    By John D. Campbell

    "IS YOUR MANAGEMENT CONTROLLOOP FUNCTIONINGMineral processors make use of hundreds of control circuits in their mills, process plants, smelters and refineries, to optimize throughput and recovery and

    Jan 1, 1985

  • AUSIMM
    Chemical Environment in Australian Lead-Zinc Flotation Plant Pulps: I. PH, Redox Potentials, and Oxygen Concentrations

    Up to 19 chemical parameters were studied in flotation pulps in six Australian lead-zinc concentrators with the aim of obtaining a better understanding of the nature of, and changes in, the chemical e

    Jan 1, 1970

  • SME-ICGCM
    Experimental Study Of Line Electrode Method To Detect Underground Cavities

    By F. Ziaie

    Line electrical resistivity method using physically infinite distance between current line electrodes is proposed to determine the location of mine workings. In this method at least three line electro

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    FLSmidth Flotation Developments - Dorr Oliver Machines

    By S Vianna, K Caldwell, R Silva, T Olson, D Bell

    Studies to enhance the FLSmidth forced air machine through changes in the design, showed important improvements through changes in the number of Rotor blades, stator designs, rotor air distribution an

    Jul 15, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Kinetics of the Gaseous Reduction of Hematite

    The widely accepted kinetic model for the gaseous reduction of hematite is critically examined. The formation of the wustite layer during internal reduction cannot be explained in terms of solid-state

    Jan 1, 1964

  • CIM
    Restauration Du Site Minier Poirier (Joutel) - Expériences Acquises Et Suivi Des Travaux

    By Richard Maurice

    RÉSUMÉ La restauration du site minier Poirier, à Joutel s?est déroulée entre 1998 et 2001. Le principal élément des travaux a été la restauration du parc à résidus et des zones d?épanchement qui tot

    Nov 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    ‘Intelligent Mining’ – the Way of the Future

    By F N. Baez

    This paper supplements a keynote address prepared for the MassMin 2016 conference on mass underground mining methods, including block, panel, inclined and sublevel caving. It advocates for a new cave

    May 9, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Dipmeter Interpretation of Intra-Latrobe Group Fluvial Sand Bodies, Basker/manta Block, Gippsland Basin

    By Rayner B

    Five wells have been drilled in the Basker/Manta Block of VIC/P19, Gippsland Basin, resulting in sub-economic Intra-Latrobe Group oil and gas discoveries at Basker-1 and Manta-1. A total of 21 indiv

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Pumping Machinery for Mines, with Special Reference to the Plant at the Waihi Mine, N.Z.

    THE choice of a pumping plant for the drainage of a mine is a matter of such importance that it is obvious that in a short paper it is impossible to go fully into the reasons governing the adoption of

    Jan 1, 1912