Search Documents
Search Again
Search Again
Refine Search
Refine Search
- Relevance
- Most Recent
- Alphabetically
Sort by
- Relevance
- Most Recent
- Alphabetically
-
Graphical-Analytical Model of the Generation of Methods and Variants of Methods of Digging, respectively of the Technologies and Technological Variants of the Execution of the Underground Mining Work
By Nicolae Dobritoiu
The literature in this field and the practical activity record that a method, respectively the technology used for an underground mining work have many components which, in order to be applied, demand
Oct 1, 2009
-
Evolution of SAG Mill Process Control at the Xstrata Nickel Raglan Operation
By Colin Hardie, Erik Bartsch, Guy Comeau
"The Xstrata Nickel Raglan Concentrator, located at the northern limit of Quebec’s Nunavik region has been in operation since 1997. Originally designed to process 800,000 tonnes per year of high grade
Jan 1, 2008
-
Copper Concentrate Quality Improvements at Myra Falls (40th Annual Meeting of the January 22 to 24, 2008 Canadian Mineral Processors Ottawa, Ontario, Canada )
By Trevor Yeomans
"NVI Mining’s Myra Falls Operation is a forty year old underground mining operation feeding a 4000 mtpd concentrator.The current Mill, built in 1985, was designed to process a large massive sulphide o
Jan 1, 2008
-
Moly-Cop Tools Applications for the Assessment of Grinding Media Performance at Full Industrial Scale
By J. E. Sepulveda, R. Morrow
"The Linear Wear Theory provides a reliable framework for the assessment of grinding media performance at full scale. This theory can be applied for analyzing grinding media consumption rates in any g
Jan 1, 2014
-
Mining Community Sustainability and well-being in British Columbia, Canada
By Janis A. Shandro
The mining sector is a major economic driver for Canadian, and British Columbian communities. In parallel strong commitments have been made by industry to the well-being and sustainability of associat
May 1, 2011
-
Control System Performance Assessment-Best Practices
By Michel Ruel
"PID loops – also known as base layers or regulatory controls – form the foundation of any plant’s control layer and it is generally accepted that PID loop health has a direct impact on the plant’s bo
Jan 1, 2011
-
Considerations Regarding the Development of an Economic Mathematical Model for Optimizing the Technological Variants in the Coal Mine Faces
By Dolea Gabriel Gheorghe
In the present paperwork is proposed an economical-mathematical model (fuzzy) that aims optimize the technological variants of the mechanized coal face. By fuzzification, the issues to solve become mo
Oct 1, 2009
-
Flowsheet Development for the Hypogene Geomet Unit in the Ivanplats Kamoa Copper Project
By S. R. Amos, N. O. Lotter, A. L. Hannaford, J. F. Oliveira, D. W. Broughton
"Ivanplats Ltd appointed Xstrata Process Support to perform the flowsheeting development work for their hypogene and supergene geomet units of the Kamoa Copper deposit, located in the Democratic Repub
Jan 1, 2013
-
A Review of Flotation Columns Application in Rougher Circuits
By M. Massinaei, M. R. Yarahmadi, S. Zeidabadi, M. Oliazadeh
"Although the majority of new flotation column installations continue to be for cleaning or recleaning, an increasing number of flotation projects are specifying columns for roughing or scavenging dut
Jan 1, 2011
-
Improvements in Column Flotation Through the Use of Microcel™ Spargers at Antamina
By David Estrella, Hector M. Lizama, Jhonny Carrión
"Microcel™ sparging systems were installed on one column of the molybdenum cleaner circuit and one column of the copper first cleaner circuit at Antamina. The Microcel™ system is known to generate fin
Jan 1, 2008
-
MillMapper - A Tool for Mill Liner Condition Monitoring and Mill Performance Optimization
By Jochen Franke, Derek D. Lichti
"This paper gives a brief introduction and presents recent enhancements in the MillMapper technology developed for thickness gauging and condition monitoring of liners in grinding mills used for miner
Jan 1, 2008
-
Implementation of the management safety audit system
By Claude MacDonald, John H. Ashburn
"IntroductionIndustrial growth and technological change over recent years had been accompanied by two major sources of concern to management and employees: (a) increase in occupational injury and illn
Jan 1, 1987
-
Comparison of Uranium Solvent Extraction Strip Options
By Deon van Tonder, Chuck Edwards
"Solvent extraction is used in many acid leach uranium circuits to upgrade and purify the uranium bearing solution prior to final product precipitation. A number of strip options are available to reco
Jan 1, 2013
-
Scandium: an Unusual Element with a Bright Future - The Development of Processing Technologies for the Nyngan Scandium Project
By Willem P. C. Duyvesteyn
"Scandium International Mining Corp (SCY) has been involved in the commercial development of its Nyngan Scandium Project for about ten years. Various studies at a variety of global R&D organizations h
Jan 1, 2016
-
On The Floatability of Gold Grains
By Stephen L. Chryssoulis, Daniela Venter, Stamen Dimov
"Comparative surface analysis of floated and rejected free gold grains from a number of full scale benefication plants and from pilot plant testwork, has shown silver (the most common impurity in gold
Jan 1, 2003
-
Knelson-Deswik Milling Technology: Bridging the Gap between Low and High Speed Stirred Mills
By David Rahal, Des Erasmus, Ken Major
"Over the past twenty years there has been an increased emphasis on fine grinding in the minerals industry. This spurred the development of a range of new fine grinding equipment in the 1990s. At that
Jan 1, 2011
-
A New ERA Tool for State of the Art Metallurgical Balance Calculations
By Frédéric Flament, Luc Lachance
"The important task of metallurgical accounting that used to be done manually is being more and more automated. Currently available solutions can generate accounting reports without human intervention
Jan 1, 2011
-
Pyrrhotite Rejection at Strathcona Mill - DETA/SMBS Plant Trials
By J. Coffin, R. Multani, C. Deredin
Glencore’s Strathcona Mill has recently evaluated a pyrrhotite depressant combination of diethylenetriamine (DETA) and sodium metabisulfite (SMBS) to improve its overall plant pyrrhotite- pentlandite
Jan 1, 2019
-
A Feasibility Study on the Use of Desulphurized Tailings to Control Acid Mine Drainage
By Mostafa Benzaazoua, Bruno Bussière, Philippe Poirier, Denis Bois
"Environmental desulphurisation is an attractive alternative for the management of acid generating tailings. Non selective froth flotation is the most commonly used method to produce desulphurized tai
Jan 1, 2004
-
Tensile Strength Anisotropy of Barre Granite
By F. Dai
Granitic rocks usually exhibit strongly anisotropy due to pre-existing microcracks induced by geologic loadings. The understanding of the rock anisotropy in mechanical properties such as tensile stren
May 1, 2009