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  • SME
    A review of the applications of through-the-Earth (TTE) communication systems for underground mines

    By Philani Larrance Ngwenyama, Ronald CW Webber-Youngman

    Through-the-Earth (TTE) communication systems were developed to provide post-accident communication in underground mines. Unlike primary tracking systems, they do not require any major infrastructure

    Feb 1, 2025

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the Applications of Tunnel Boring Machines in Mines

    By Q Gong, J Li, J Zhao, Y Zheng

    Excavation by tunnel boring machines (TBMs) offers many advantages over conventional excavation methods, in terms of safety level, working environment, advance rate and overall cost. While TBMs have b

    Sep 17, 2014

  • TMS
    A Review of the Behavior and Deportment of Lead, Bismuth, Antimony and Arsenic in Copper Electrorefining

    By Michael S. Moats, Daniel Kim, Shijie Wang

    "The behavior and deportment of lead, arsenic, antimony and bismuth are critical in producing high quality cathode by copper electrorefining. A critical review of research related to these elements is

    Jan 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the Broken Hill Lead-Silver-Zinc Industry

    Before presentIng my address I wish to acknowledge the honour which has been conferred on me by my appointment to the position of President of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.It is

    Jan 1, 1940

  • SAIMM
    A Review Of The Design Criteria And Practical Aspects Of Developing A Successful Pre-Split.

    By Simon St J Tose

    The objective of this paper and presentation is to review the different criteria and methodology used by AEL and other organisations to create a pre-split design which delivers a stable highwall for t

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    A Review Of The Duluth Gabbro Complex Of Minnesota As A Domestic Source Of Critical And Strategic Metals - Introduction

    By Stanley N. Watowich

    Recently the petroleum market has made us aware that we are indeed global natural resource consumers, and as such, we have become captive to fundamental global resource economics and their attendant v

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    A review of the first 25 years of mobile machine automation in underground hard rock mines

    By Malcolm Scoble, Nick Vagenas, Greg Baiden

    Recent advances in underground communications technology have demonstrated the feasibility of teleoperation and automation in underground metal mines. One major challenge lies in the automation of und

    Jan 1, 1997

  • CIM
    A Review of the Geological Characteristics of 'Gold-Only' Deposits in the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield

    By C. Jay Hodgson, P. J. MacGeehan

    "Of the 135 current or past-producing 'gold-only' mines in the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield which have produced more than 100,000 tons of ore, the 33 mines which have produced one million

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AUSIMM
    A review of the geology and mineralisation of the Kainantu area, Papua New Giunea

    By Nekitel S, Arumba J, Kopi G, Findlay RH

    The Kainantu area lies within the composite Scrapland terrane which is composed of Mesozoic metamorphic and intrusive units, overlain by Cenozoic marine sediments, volcanic and intrus-ive units and Qu

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    A Review Of The Geology And Ore Genesis Of The Cobar Mining Field

    The ore deposits of the Oobar mining field are confined to sediments of the Early Devonian Cobar Supergroup. The mineralisation is discordant to bedding and parallel to cleavage. The structural as

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    A Review of the Geology of Gold in Nova Scotia

    By Milton C. Graves, Marcos Zentilli

    "Gold has been reported from most geological environments in Nova Scotia; however, virtually all production (circa 2,000, 000 troy ounces; circa 60 tonnes) has come from that part of the province to t

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of The Gold Mining Industry of Western Australia

    I had hoped when the time came for me to address this meeting that gold mining would be in a much happier position than we find it to-day.As it is, and because of the demands of national security, we

    Jan 1, 1942

  • CIM
    A review of the history, design and manufacture of rubber mill liners

    By Ludwig Strah

    "The paper outlines the history of rubber mill liners beginning with the awarding of the first North American patent rights in 1923. It includes the early-day applications and installations of the 192

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the In Situ Stress Database for Tunnel Design in the Hawkesbury Sandstone, Sydney, New South Wales

    By G McKay, M Erskine, S Macklin

    The City of Sydney is currently investing in a number of infrastructure projects that require tunnel excavations within the Triassic Hawkesbury Sandstone. It is generally accepted that this formation

    Sep 17, 2014

  • CIM
    A Review of the Industrial Minerals of Saskatchewan

    By E. Y. Carlson

    "IN A SHORT PAPER it is impossible to do much more than to list the industrial minerals found in Saskatchewan and to give a brief description of the activity associated with each. I will not attempt t

    Jan 1, 1959

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the Influence of Gas Pressure on Block Stability during Rock Blasting

    Blasting is an essential component of most mining operations, and is used to reduce the rock mass to a workable size distribution, as well as to create stable openings and pit walls. Frequently, there

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AIME
    A Review of the Institute Year

    By Samuel Taylor

    IT is customary for the president of an engineering society, in his annual address, to describe either some engineering problem with which he has beer connected or to review the work of the society du

    Jan 3, 1927

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of the Kapit Orebody, Lihir Island Group, Papua New Guinea

    By J R. Robinson

    Prior to mine development, exploration drilling within the Luise Caldera on Niolam Island encountered gold mineralisation to the northwest of the main Minifie and Lienetz orebodies. This mineralisatio

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    A Review of the Lac Otelnuk Iron Property, Northern Labrador Trough

    By Richard J. H. Barclay

    The Lac Otelnuk iron property is located in the Province of Québec in the Northern Labrador Trough. The Labrador Trough is an extensive geosyncline of Proterozoic rocks, unconformably underlain by Arc

    May 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    A Review of The Literature on The Chemistry and Metallurgy of Tantalum and Columbium

    In 1801, Hatchett discovered the oxide of a new element while he was examining a heavy black mineral from Haddam, America, which had been presented to the British Museum. He named the mineral Columbit

    Jan 1, 1943