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  • SME
    Sierra Gorda Chile’s new copper-molybdenum operation

    By C. Garcia, J. J. Opazo, A. Potulsha, T. Comi

    "Sierra Gorda SCM is a joint venture partnership of KGHM International (owned by KGHM SA, Poland), Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. (Japan) operating in northern Chile. The Sierra Gorda openpi

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Design and Construction of the NBAQ4 Project— First Urban EPB TBM Tunnel in Metro Manila - RETC2023

    By Abegail Endraca, Allan Sebastian, Andrew Raine, Allan Patdu

    The project involves the construction of a new aqueduct tunnel by an Earth Pressure Balance TBM tunnel for the Novaliches-Balara Aqueduct No 4 (NBAQ4) project in Metro Manila. It comprises a 7.3 km lo

    Jun 13, 2023

  • SME
    Subsidence Associated With Louisiana Salt Domes

    By M. A. Stoakes, H. D. S. Miller

    Surface subsidence is becoming an increasingly important factor in the economics of mining Louisiana salt domes due to, amongst others, excessive shaft deformations and land loss to encroaching sea wa

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Mining In Minnesota: Balancing Environmental Protection And Economic Development (93c1efa5-9836-488f-b32e-e83ac099d4e8)

    By W. C. Brice

    A cooperative study was undertaken by representatives of the environmental community, the mining industry, and state government to identify and resolve environmental issues associated with base and pr

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Unground Aragonite Process

    By R. D. Auten

    This paper is primarily a report on the process of using oolitic aragonite, as received from Marconi& Ocean Industries, Ltd. without further processing, for a major portion of the raw feed to a rotary

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Artisanal Miners and Their Social and Environmental Situation in Colombia

    By J. Diaz

    "Antioquia region, in Colombia, is considered one of the areas with the highest mercury contamination in the world due to its use in gold recovery through artisanal mining, emissions to the environmen

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Lake Mead intake No. 3: TBM tunneling at high pressure (ed38a026-61b2-4fb1-96a2-f8a5edcaaf6a)

    By Erika Moonin, Jim Nickerson, Claudio Cimiotti, Roberto Bono

    "In response to the severe drought on the Colorado River basin and in order to preserve existing water capacity to the Las Vegas Valley, the Southern Nevada Water Authority contracted a new deep-water

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Case Study: The Glenrock, Wyoming Subsidence Control Project

    By J. J. Gusek, J. T. Gormley, V. Scovazzo

    Glenrock, WY is underlain by two abondoned coal mines. Subsidence events have been recorded over the years, with the frequency increasing in recent years. As part of Wyoming's Abondoned Wins Land

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    New dozer offers increased fuel efficiency, enhanced serviceability

    Caterpillar unveiled a new dozer, the new Cat D10T2 dozer, that builds on the success the company has had with its D10T model. The newest version of the dozer includes refinements to its power train

    Mar 1, 2014

  • SME
    Deep Inclined Water Intake Shafts At The Navajo Generating Station

    By Albert Ruiz

    The 2,250-MW, coal-fired Navajo Generating Station located in Page, AZ draws water from Lake Powell using submersible pumps installed in five inclined shafts. Drought threatens to lower the reservoir

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Recent Developments In The Allowances For Percentage Depletion

    By Frank H. Madison

    The percentage depletion deduction on Federal Income Tax Returns under the provisions of the 1939 Internal Revenue Code and of Sections 611 to Section 615, inclusive, of the revenue act of 1954, have

    Jan 1, 1958

  • SME
    San Juan Ridge Gold Mine Begins Production

    By Robert C. Pease

    Siskon Gold has started gold production at the San Juan deposit in northern California. The mine is located about 27 km (17 miles) north of Nevada City, CA (Fig. 1). It is scheduled to be-come the l

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Evaluation of carbon monoxide and smoke sensors at a low ventilation velocity

    By Richard A. Thomas, III JAMES H. ROWLAND, Liming Yuan

    This paper presents the results of large-scale fire experiments on evaluating the performances of carbon monoxide (CO) and smoke sensors at low ventilation velocities. Experiments using three differen

  • SME
    Grindability Of Taconite Rod Mill Feed Enhanced By Microwave-Induced Cracking

    By J. W. Walkiewicz

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines has conducted studies using microwave energy to stress-crack iron ores. In a microwave chamber which simulates a continuous throughput operation, the Bond grindability of a ta

    Jan 1, 1993

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    The introduction and advancement of remote roof bolting in coal mines

    By Robert Burgess, Dale Gill, Jaco Steyn, Bill Kyslinger

    "With mining, especially coal extraction, comes the necessity of supporting the roof. Since the 1950s, the primary method for roof support has been the use of roof bolts. Roof bolting is considered o

    Mar 1, 2017

  • SME
    The Hylsa Pelletizing Plant In Colima, Mexico

    By John E. Appleby

    Grupo Acera, HYLSA originated in 1942 when Hojalata y Lamina began operations to supply steel strip for the Cuauhtémoc Brewery, the parent company. Production began in April, 1943 with growth accelera

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SME
    Vanadium trends in exploration; markets and future demands

    By A. D. Hammond

    "The drop in iron ore prices has claimed an unwitting casualty in vanadium. Vanadium is dominantly produced as a coproduct of steel production. The recent shutdown at EVRAZ’s Mapochs steel-vanadium op

    Jul 1, 2016

  • SME
    The Effects of Wave Detonation Collisions on Rock Throw

    "Cast blasting is the primary means of overburden displacement in a surface coal mine. It serves two purposes; fragmenting the rock and throwing it directly to its spoil pile using explosive energy. I

    Jan 6, 2017

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    Applying The Reasonableness Standard Early In A Property Evaluation - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By D. M. Abbott

    The requirements of the International Mineral Property Valuation Standards Template (IMVAL Template) (includes Petroleum), 4th edition of April 14, 2021, are based on six principles: 2.1.1 competence,

    Mar 2, 2022