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  • NIOSH
    RI 3007 Use of Ethyl Mercaptan to Detect Leaks in Natural-Gas Distribution Systems

    By R. D. Leitch, W. P. Yant, A. C. Fieldner, R. R. Sayers, S. J. Pearce

    "The detection of leakage is a recognized problem in the safe and economic distribution and use of natural gas. Natural gas is practically odorless and therefore lacks he property of indicating signif

    Jun 1, 1930

  • NIOSH
    OFR-55-80 Analysis Of Industry Research And Development Recommendations In Mining And Reclamation Technology

    Recommendations from 44 mining industry workshops are summarized and reviewed in the context of Bureau of Mines research and development programs on-going during the period 1974-1977. Approximately 1,

    Jan 1, 1979

  • AUSIMM
    Dust Mitigation - Changing the Paradigm

    By J Visser

    Dust mitigation has long been seen as nothing more than managing a nuisance issue, but the reality is that poor dust management can lead to one or more of the following negative consequences: an incre

    Aug 12, 2013

  • SAIMM
    The Tap-Hole — Key to Furnace Performance

    By R. J. Hundermark, L. R. Nelson

    "The critical importance of tap-hole design and management for furnace performance and longevity is explored through examining some of the specific matte, metal, and slag tapping requirements of non-f

    Jan 1, 2016

  • TMS
    Computer Modelling of Combined Heat and Momentum Transfer in the Melt Spinning of Amorphous and Crystalline Metals

    By Z. Sun, H. A. Davies

    "Current understanding of the mechanisms by which glassy and crystalline thin ribbons are formed in high speed continuous casting processes is considered. A computer model of the combined heat and mom

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SAIMM
    Fuel Cell Technology In Underground Mining

    By A. R. Miller

    A fuel cell locomotive incorporates the advantages of its competitors, namely catenary-electric and diesel-electric units, while avoiding their disadvantages. It possesses the environmental benefits,

    Jan 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    IC 7173 Technical Research By The Bureau Of Mines In Oil And Gas Production, Refining, And Utilization ? Introduction

    By H. C. Miller

    Several agencies of the Federal Government are engaged in research and fact finding relative to petroleum and natural gas, and others are concerned with carrying out the provisions of specific laws th

    Jan 1, 1941

  • SME
    Design of Precast Segmental Tunnel Lining in a Design‑Build Environment - RETC2021

    By David Mast, Irwan Halim, Seung Han Kim

    Nowadays more infrastructure tunnel projects are procured using design-build method. In this environment, the Owner’s engineer would typically provide performance requirements for the design-builder,

    Jun 13, 2021

  • NIOSH
    OFR-29-78 Mine Wide Test Of The WVU Monitoring Concept - Phase I Final Report: System Design, Installation And Test Results

    By M. D. Aldridge

    The results of designing, constructing, installing and operating a ventilation monitoring system throughout an entire commercial coal mine is presented. Measured parameters were airflow, methane, carb

    Jan 1, 1977

  • ISEE
    Electronic Detonator and Initiation Systems - Implications of the Dominant Design for Widespread Acceptance and Sales of this 'New' Technology

    By Steve Brace

    Electronic detonators have been commercially available to the mining industry worldwide for over ten years. It is estimated that total cumulative global sales will have reached 25 million units by the

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Waste Dump Site Selection By Using Fuzzy Vikor

    By A. Yazadni-Chamzini

    Considering the nature of open pit mines, harvest volume, it usually is required to remove a lot of waste to access to mineral planned grade. So, one of the most important part of open pit mines desig

    Jan 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    RI 4408 Thermochemical study of the olivines and orthopyroxenes (ba15a029-4a3f-44b7-9d8b-0199ec4551f5)

    By D. R. Torgoson, Th. G. Sahama

    "This paper contains some new thermodynamic data for silicates in the series Mg2SiO4-Fe2siO4 and MgSiO3-FeSiO3 and gives the results of a thermodynamic attack on the problems of stability end paragene

    Feb 1, 1949

  • NIOSH
    Extraction And Recovery Of Radium, Uranium And Vanadium From Carnotite. - Introduction.

    By Charles L. Parsons

    Early in 1912, from information received by the Bureau of Mines, it became evident that quantities of valuable radium-bearing ore from Colorado were being exported for manufacture in foreign countries

    Jan 1, 1915

  • NIOSH
    RI 2956 Review of Fatalities in Calif. Petroleum Industry, 1928

    By G. B. Shea

    "In 1928, there were 47 fatal accidents in the California petroleum industry, 14.6 per cent more than occurred in 1927 when 41 men lost their lives in the drilling, producing, manufacturing, and marke

    Sep 1, 1929

  • SME
    Panel Discussion: Air Pollution Control As It Affects The Coal Industry

    The use of coal as a fuel causes air, pollution in; a number of different forms, and in nearly all stages of its, handling, preparation, storage, use and-disposal of its residue. First let us consi

    Jan 1, 1964

  • SME
    A Report On Airborne AFMAG, The Theory, Equipment, And Operation In Western United States ? Introduction

    By William Crowe Kellogg

    By now the term AFMAG has been fairly well introduced to the mining industry. Several papers have been presented and published concerning AFMAG (references 1 and 2). However, the term AFMAG remains ra

    Jan 1, 1960

  • SME
    On the Mechanisms of Silica (SiO2) Recovery in Magnetite Ore Low-Magnetic-Drum Concentration Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By A. López-Valdivieso, M. A. Corona-Arroyo, M. Llamas-Bueno

    Magnetite (Fe3O4) ore is concentrated by low-magnetic-field drums to recover a magnetite concentrate that is low in silica (SiO2). The presence of SiO2 in the magnetite concentrate for steel productio

  • AUSIMM
    Optimising the recovery of stopes at Bentley Mine through rockfill stabilisation and cemented aggregate fill

    By D Pateman, F de Fredrick

    The Bentley underground mine, which is located 60km north of Leonora, Western Australia, is owned and operated by Round Oak Minerals Pty Limited. A high-grade Zn-Cu Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS)

    Mar 15, 2021

  • SME
    The Interplay of Face Support Pressure and Soil Permeability on Face Stability in EPB Tunneling

    By Dimitrios Litsas, Michael Kavvadas, Panagiotis Sitarenios

    "The paper discusses the results of 3D finite element analyses to investigate the effect of face support pressure and soil permeability on face stability conditions in EPB tunnelling. Two main types o

    Jan 1, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Review of Variogram Properties and Remarks on its Use in Process Control

    By D M. Frantois-Bongarton

    Variograms can be powerful tools for the analysis and control of process streams and their sampling. Their uses and proper utilisation have been described somewhat unclearly to date, and their limitat

    Aug 21, 2012