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  • AUSIMM
    Mineral Composition of Sulphide Ores from the Peelwood, Cordillera and Mt. Costigan Mines, Peelwood District, N.S.W.

    The Peelwood district of New South Wales is located some 65 miles south of Bathutst on the Tuena-Crookwell road. A number of occurrences of lead-zinc-copper ore are known from this district but only t

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME
    Experimental and CFD Simulation Techniques for Coal Dust Explosibility: A Review

    By Santosh Kumar Ray, DEBASHISH MISHRA, Niroj Kumar Mohalik, SOMU MANDAL, Jai Krishna Pandey, Asfar Mobin Khan

    Coal is a low-cost and high-calorific-value fuel. The coal mining industry worldwide has been suffering from severe accidents due to coal dust explosion hazards since its inception. Statistically, it

    Jun 29, 2022

  • CIM
    Effect of Waste Plastics Addition on the Reduction of Iron Oxide by Sawdust

    By James Ransford Dankwah

    This work investigates the effect of waste plastics addition on the reduction of iron oxide by sawdust. Composite pellets of iron oxide containing sawdust (SD), high density polyethylene (HDPE) and bl

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Lake Ft. Smith Microtunneling Lake Tap

    By Roberto J. Guardia, Ted Lewtas, Peter Rasmussen, Klaus Winkler

    As part of the Lake Fort Smith Water Supply Dam Enlargement project, located in northwest Arkansas, microtunneling methods were used to install two side-by-side,1.53m (60-in) inside-diameter steel pip

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Managing high volume water inflows of 300 L/s in the planning and development of a large scale underground Gold Mine – the Didipio story

    By J P. Evert

    Didipio gold-copper mine operation is situated in the island of Luzon, approximately 270 km north of Manila in the Philippines, in an area of high seasonal rainfall. The hydrogeological water flow mod

    Mar 29, 2023

  • SME
    Simulation of Material Transport in a SAG Mill with Different Geometric Lifter and Pulp Lifter Attributes Using DEM Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Alejandro Gutiérrez, David Ahues, Paola Merino, Felipe González

    A Discrete Elements Method (DEM) study of load movement within a SAG mill 12,192 × 7620 (40′ × 25′) in normal operating conditions is performed. The purpose is to determine how the geometry of the lif

  • CIM
    Stabilisation et Solidification de Résidus Miniers Sulfo-Arséniés Dans des Remblais Cimentés en Pâte

    By Mostafa Benzaazoua

    Les remblais en pâte cimentés sont de plus en plus utilisés dans les exploitations minières souterraines. Une autre alternative d?utilisation du remblai en pâte consiste à le pomper et à le stocker da

    Nov 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Applications of fracture mechanics in failure analysis case studies

    By M. N. Bassim, W. W. Tennese

    "Concepts of linear elastic fracture mechanics were applied to study two cases of failure, namely an equalizing beam from a tandem rear axle of a highway tractor unit and the main beam of a flat bed t

    Jan 1, 1985

  • ISEE
    Using Photogrammetry Data from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) for Blast Design

    By Luis Valentim, John E. Wiegand

    Highwall or face profiling has long been used to facilitate the design and placement of front row blastholes to ensure optimum burdens. Traditionally, a large number of laser measurement points obtain

    Jan 1, 2016

  • NIOSH
    IC 8505 Materials Substitution Study - General Methodology And Review Of U.S. Zinc Die-Casting Markets

    By N. S. Petersen

    As part of the Demand Evaluation Program of the Bureau of Mines to determine future needs for minerals, a study was instituted to develop and describe a methodology for approaching the problem of subs

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SME
    Boart Longyear Coring Bits Pass Field Tests

    Using mines in Canada, Boart Longyear, a leading provider of drilling services and products, has put its Stage 3 Coring Bit to the test and each time the bit has passed the test with great success. A

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Exploration risk

    By R. G. Burn

    "A brief outline will be given of the concept of risk and its implications with regard to investment in exploration. The relationship between risk and decisions under uncertainty will be examined as a

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Production Operations

    By Lee W. Saperstien

    At the heart of the mining process are a number of basic and fundamental tasks whose regular and repeated performance constitute the mining cycle. As will be discussed presently, these tasks are the b

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Concreting the Queens Tunnel, New York City Water Tunnel No.3

    By Edward M. Dowey

    The concrete lining for a long 8.05 km (5 mi) section of New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 was cast in place. The contractor, Grow-Perini-Skanska, placed over76,841 m3 (100,505 cy) of concrete, pouring

    Jan 1, 2001

  • CIM
    Huckleberry Mines Ltd. Process Design and Project Startup

    By Greg Rasmussen

    "Huckleberry Mines Ltd is an open pit porphyry copper-molybdenum mining operation located 120 km south of Houston, British Columbia with a 18,000 tpd milling facility. Huckleberry Mines is owned 60% b

    Jan 1, 1998

  • IMPC
    Using The Methods Of TRIZ To Generate Innovative Approaches To Resolve The Minerals Industry-Environment Conflict

    By M. S. Prithvi

    Over the decades, mine and mineral processing plant operations for the most part, have been found to have had adverse impacts on the environment. At the same time, mineral processing and mining operat

    Sep 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    IC 6946 Recommendations Of The United States Bureau Of Mines On Certain Questions Of Safety As Of October, 1936 ? Introduction ? Organization And Scope Of Mine Safety Board

    Mining men and State officials in their efforts to make mining safer are confronted from time to time with various complicated questions. In recent gears these questions have tended to increase with t

    Jan 1, 1937

  • AUSIMM
    The Composition of The Lead-Zinc Ores at CaptainÆs Flat, NSW

    The following observations on the mineral composition of the lead-zinc ores at Captain's Flat, New South Wales, are based upon the examination of a collection of specimens made during a brief vis

    Jan 1, 1943

  • 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