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  • AUSIMM
    Rock fill consolidation for the extraction of sill pillar stopes at Toguraci gold mine

    By A Proudman, J Isles, R Lawolo, G Forster

    PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals (PT NHM) is an Indonesian joint venture company owned by Newcrest Mining Limited (75 per cent) and PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) (25 per cent). PT NHM operates two underground

    Oct 16, 2017

  • NIOSH
    Technology News - No. 500 - Using In-Place Stone Stoppings To Direct Air in Underground Stone Mines

    To improve the ventilation of large-opening under-ground stone mines by using stoppings made from stone left in place. Background Underground stone mines typically use large room-and-pillar open

    Dec 1, 2002

  • SME
    Discussions - Relationship of Fault Displacement to Gouge and Breccia Thickness

    By E. C. Robertson

    D.G. Wilder I found the suggestion that the amount of displacement of a fault can be numerically related to the thickness of gouge or breccia to be both intuitively satisfying and intriguing. I hav

    Jan 12, 1984

  • NIOSH
    OFR-142-77 Reducing Methane In Coal Mine Gob Areas With Vertical Boreholes

    By R. L. Mazza

    This final report on methods of reducing and controlling methane in coal mine gob areas indicates that vertical degas holes are beneficial to the mines of northern West Virginia working the Pittsburgh

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    LKAB Green Pellets

    By F. Lindroos

    A cornerstone in the LKAB Green Pellet concept is to produce pellets with a small footprint in terms of energy con-sumption, CO2 emission and emission of other elements harmful to the environment, lik

    May 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Journal: Safety Talk / Out With The Old and In With the New / It’s Time for a Little Spring-Cleaning

    By Paul Downing

    When was the last time the documents and paperwork were cleaned out of the glove boxes, door pockets, under the seats and above the visors in your company vehicles? Insurance cards that expired three

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Pile Top Hydraulic Hammer Drive Down The Hole Chiselling Round Steel Piling System - Summary

    By J. Nakayama

    For installation of round steel piles or cast-in-place pile construction through boulder contained ground or rocky formation, usual system does not function properly or impossible to work. This paper

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SAIMM
    Human Health Risk Assessment For Metallic Chromium And Trivalent Chromium In Accordance With European Union Legislation

    By V. Riihimäki, M. Luotamo

    The Unit of Toxicological Risk Assessment of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) is conducting a 'Health Risk Assessment for Metallic Chromium and Trivalent Chromium' under t

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    The Implementation of Selective Mining Practices at Hadleigh Castle Mine, Charters Towers

    By I P. Hodkinson

    SMC Resources Limited is implementing a selective mining approach at the Hadleigh Castle mine, formerly operated by Aurora Gold Limited. The main ore zone has a length of 250 metres and dips at 40 - 4

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Blast Design Methodology for Surface Mines: An Integrated Approach to Optimization - Part 2

    By G. R. Adhikari

    Step 4: Selection of explosives and initiation system Various types of explosives are manufactured in India and a wide choice is available among them that include nitroglycerin based explosives, slurr

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Precambrian Shield Gold Exploration Trends Detailed

    By James W. Stewart, A. C. Colvine

    Introduction Precambrian shield terrains the world over are experiencing an unprecedented level of concerted exploration for lode gold deposits. Reasons for this include: • The increase in the price

    Jan 12, 1984

  • TMS
    Kinetics Of Limonite And Nontronite Ore Leaching By Fungi Metabolic Acids

    By Anat Deepatana

    Bioleaching of nickel laterite ores is the extraction technology based on the use of heterotrophic micro-organisms and their organic acid products to dissolve metals from oxide minerals. This study ex

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Bearing Capacity Of Piles Determined By Field Tests ? Synopsis

    By D. M. Milovic

    On the basis of relatively large number of field load tests of piles, the determination of the ultimate bearing capacity have been studied. Using the load settlement curves and the results of the cone

    Jan 1, 2010

  • NIOSH
    IC 9482 - Nitrogen Dioxide Calibration Standards for Portable Monitors

    By Edward J. Chuhta, Joseph E. Chilton, Robert J. Timko

    in underground mines to measure worker exposure to various gases such as methane, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Even in relatively small concentrations, NO2 can produce harmful side eff

    Dec 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    RI 3722 Inflammability and explosibility of metal powders

    By John Nagy, Hylton R. Brown, Irving Hartman

    "INTRODUCTION The tests described in this publication were planned to provide information on the explosibility of metal-powder dust clouds. This subject has become increasingly important because of th

    Oct 1, 1943

  • AUSIMM
    New Developments in Spirals and Spiral Plant Operations

    New Developments in Spirals and Spiral Plant Operations Records indicate that spiral separators have been utilised in mineral separation for over 100 years. The Spiral's predecessor, the sluice,

    Sep 13, 2010

  • SME
    Cut And Fill Narrow Vein Mining At Hollister

    Narrow vein mining, with enough challenge and also where the cutting edge technology can be applied, is still a very important and exciting portion of the mining industry. Based on the deposit charact

    Jan 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    RI 6057 Transfer Of Heat From Helium At High Temperatures - Physical Characteristics Of Ceramic Heat Exchangers ? Summary And Introduction

    By John J. S. Sebastian

    A laboratory-scale investigation was made of the basic problems involved in developing a ceramic heat exchanger to operate at high temperatures for using nuclear heat from gas-cooled process-heat reac

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    Recovery Of Bitumen By Implementation Of Column Flotation In The Athabasca Oil Sands

    Column flotation has been successfully implemented on a production scale in the Athabasca oil sands. In this application, bitumen is recovered and mineral matter is simultaneously rejected from a midd

    Jan 1, 2012

  • IIMP
    Aplicación y estandarización de las herramientas estadísticas en la administración de riesgos en la compañía minera La Poderosa

    By Víctor Cárdenas

    El presente trabajo describe el manejo de las herramientas de calidad que aportan a la reducción de riesgos en la compañía minera La Poderosa. Para determinar los defectos, causas y consecuencias, es

    Sep 13, 2001