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Flotation Performance Improvement at Placer Dome Kanowna Belle Gold Mine
By S. Schwartz, T. Bilney
"Over recent years a number of techniques have been developed as part of the AMIRA1 P9 project to represent mathematically or measure directly sub-processes occurring in flotation cells. These include
Jan 1, 2005
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Metallurgical Testwork on Harmony Project Ore
By K. Gie Tan, Frank Wright
"Misty Mountain Gold Limited (MGL - TSE VSE, MGLCF - NASDAQ) of Vancouver, owns the Harmony Gold Project located in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia. The deposit contains a mineable res
Jan 1, 2000
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Red Dog Lead Regrind Circuit Optimization
By Brigitte Lacouture, Yeen Shien Hwang, David Lin
"A baseline survey of the partially open lead regrind circuit at Red Dog Mine indicated poor regrind efficiencies for the three parallel 450 HP tower mills. Driven by the high energy cost and the pote
Jan 1, 2005
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Yield Stress Measurement of Cemented Paste Backfill with the Vane Method and Slump Tests
By A. S. Moghaddam
The transportation of cemented and non-cemented mine tailings in the form of paste through pipelines is one of the main stages of paste backfill operations. For the purpose of pipeline design, the rhe
May 1, 2007
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Design of a Leaching Strategy to Extract Gold from Eleonore Mine Ultrafine Sulphide Concentrate
By G. Deschênes
The Eleonore property (James Bay district of Northern Québec), owned by Goldcorp, hosts gold within stockworks of quartz-tourmaline-arsenopyrite veins and veinlets contained within microcline (potassi
Jan 1, 2013
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Better Flowsheeting with Modern Process Mineralogy
By Norman O. Lotter
The problem of quantifying the full performance potential of an ore body in a concentrator, and how to configure a flowsheet to achieve that potential, either for a new operation or an existing one, i
Jan 1, 2011
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Spray Drying of Mineral Concentrates
By R. J. MacLeod
"INTRODUCTIONThe removal of water or liquid from slurries and solutions is a procedure generally present in many process industries. This has prompted the development of many mechanical and thermal de
Jan 1, 1972
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The Paracatu Expansion Project III ? Building the Largest Gold Concentrator of the World
By Luis A. Tondo
The Paracatu Expansion Project III in Brazil was implemented between 2006 and 2008 to increase the existing capacity from 20 to 61 Million tons per year of gold ore treatment. This expansion led the B
May 1, 2009
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Using Gas Monitoring and Personnel/Vehicle Tracking to Maximize the Benefits of Ventilation-On-Demand in Underground Mining Operations
By Tanveer Jahir
With increasing energy costs and mounting government pressure to adopt low emission, green sources of energy, it has become imperative to develop long-term sustainable underground infrastructures that
May 1, 2011
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Determination of Metal and Mineral Flotation Performance at one of Falconbridge’s Base Metal Operations
By Dominic Fragomeni, Tony DiFeo, Martyn P. Hay
"As part of an investigation into flotation modelling of industrial scale operations, Falconbridge Ltd organised a “blind” test of the SUPASIM flotation model developed by Eurus Mineral Consultants (E
Jan 1, 2006
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Electrical Drives for Large Grinding Mills
By A. G. Spencer
"The horsepower required to drive large grinding mills has increased dramatically during the past ten years. Limitations on the amount of power which may be transmitted by a single gear and pinion hav
Jan 1, 1972
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Design and Development of an LHD for Narrow-Reef Mining
By Patrick F. R. Murphy
The mechanization of platinum group metal (PGM) underground reef mining in South Africa has posed a challenge to mining engineers for several decades. This is primarily due to the shallow dip angles a
May 1, 2003
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Are you at Risk? The Role of Environmental Auditing in the Liability Dilemma
By J. B. Brodie, C. Pelletier
"The vulnerability of Canadian and U.S. companies, their directors, officers and employees to onerous penalties associated with violations of environmental statutes and common law actions has provided
Jan 1, 1988
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Modified Stability Graph Method with a new Rock Stress Factor
The Stability Graph Method is widely used in Canadian underground hard rock mines for open stope support design and is frequently used in the mine planning phase to assess the viability of stope geome
May 1, 2011
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Environmental Control Design at Shebandowan Mines
By T. Peters, W. C. Ferguson
"Shebandowan is about 600 miles west of Sudbury and 50 miles west of Thunderbay close to the trans Canada highway. Shebandowan Lake is about 38 miles long. The ore body is located between No. 1 and No
Jan 1, 1975
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Carbon Dioxide Use for pH Control at Greens Creek Mill
By Tim Martin, Dave Tahija
"In April, 2014, Hecla's Greens Creek mill, near Juneau, Alaska, switched from sulphuric acid to the use of dissolved carbon dioxide for lead flotation circuit pH control. The Greens Creek mine uses p
Jan 1, 2016
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Application at Ok Tedi Mining of a Neural Network Model within the Expert System for SAG Mill Control
By Murray Wood, Michael Schaffer, Makat Katom
"An expert system applied to the control of mineral process unit operations is, by its nature, the site best operating practice, having been designed by the local experts in conjunction with consultin
Jan 1, 2003
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Nanisivik Mine - A Profitability Comparison of Actual Mining to the Expectations of the Feasibility Study
By Neil R. Burns, Michael Doggett
Abstract - The Nanisivik mine offers a unique opportunity to examine the economics of a mining scenario from its original feasibility study through to closure. In the early 1970s, the Strathcona Sound
Jan 1, 2004
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Design Considerations for Mine Waste Management at the Meadowbank Gold Project
By Cameron J. Clayton
Cumberland Resources Ltd. is currently planning to develop the Meadowbank Gold Project located some 70 km north of Baker Lake, Nunavut in the eastern Canadian Arctic region. The Meadowbank Gold Projec
May 1, 2004
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Developing Canada?s North - The New Challenge
By Jesse L. Duke
Outline ?Understanding the context ?The Business, political, social and legal environment ?Recipes for Success (three Ps) ?Develop effective Partnerships/relationships ?Plan carefully ?Actively
May 1, 2006