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  • AUSIMM
    Why Accounting for Uncertainty and Risk can Improve Final Decision-Making in Strategic Open Pit Mine Evaluation

    The objectives of this paper are two-fold. First, it will show what problems can arise when single estimated values are substituted for a distribution of values when evaluating an open pit mine projec

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    The World In Steel Sheet Piling ? Synopsis

    By M. Dondelinger

    This paper presents a comprehensive review of steel sheet piling including internationally manufactured hot rolled sections, their history, applications, installation and driving techniques. The di

    Jan 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    The Mining Industry and The National Economy of Australia

    Your Excellency, on behalf of the Council of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and, indeed, on behalf of everyone present, I extend to you a welcome, and our thanks for your graciou

    Jan 1, 1944

  • DFI
    Special Foundation Systems - Introduction

    By D. A. Greenwood

    Dr David Greenwood opened the first technical session of the conference by highlighting the diverse nature of the papers in this session but drawing attention to the common theme that each solved a pa

    Jan 1, 1991

  • NIOSH
    Releasing The Energy Of Workers To Create A Safer Workplace: The Value Of Using Mentors To Enhance Safety Training

    By Elaine T. Cullen, Thomas W. Camm

    The mentor/learner model is a time-honored approach to teaching, including within the mining industry. Miners know when they see excellence and have a deep respect for experts in their field. By using

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Effects Of Microwave Energy Treatement On Value Liberation From Zn And Co-Cu Ores

    By John M. L Lewis, Antoine F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi

    In the irradiation of ore particles by microwave energy preferential absorption of this energy occurs in minerals having specific dielectric properties (Bradshaw, 1999). This leads to a selective heat

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AIME
    Logging and Log Interpretation - Velocity Log Characteristics

    By A. A. Stripling

    The Cretaceous limestone wells of the Mara/Maru-caibo Dist. of Venezuela are extremely prolific producers. To maintain production on cessation of natural flow, large scale gas-lift operations were com

  • AUSIMM
    Salvage and Direct Transfer for Accelerating Restoration of Native Ecosystems on Mine Sites in New Zealand

    By P Williams, S Flynn, R Birchfield, R Simcock, R Toft, P Comeskey

    Direct transfer, or community translocation, comprises salvage and replacement of intact æsodsÆ of vegetation together with underlying soil. It has been applied to New Zealand mine sites restoration o

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Increased Martensite Formation Temperature in Thin Films (TN)

    By H. Warlimont

    In recent investigations of the microstructure and crystallographic features of martensite by electgon microscopy,', '9 thin films (about 50 to l000A in thickness) have been used as specimen

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    Environmental Issues And Research Associated With MTR Mining In West Virginia

    By S. S. Peng, C. T. Holland

    Mountain Top Removal (MTR) mining started in West Virginia nearly thirty years ago. This surface mining method can extract multiple coal seams as thin as a few inches thick with total recovery and min

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Application of Gold Fineness to the Search for Ore

    It has been fairly firmly established (Fisher, N. H., 1945) that the fineness of the gold in any ore deposit varies with the depth from the surface at which the deposit was formed, and, as a corollary

    Jan 1, 1950

  • NIOSH
    RI 9259 - Impact of Water Sprays on Scrubber Ventilation Effectiveness

    By Jon C. Volkwein

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted a study to assess the impact of a directional water spray system on a unique single inlet dust scrubber on a low-profile mining machine. Tests were conducted in a fu

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    Sedimentary Structures in the Metamorphic Rocks and Orebodies of Broken Hill

    Undisturbed minor sedimentary structures-cross-bedding, ripplemarking, scour-and-fill, slumping-are present in most of the rock types in the Willyama Series of the Broken Hill district and in the oreb

    Jan 1, 1959

  • SME
    Using lean six sigma techniques for projects at a Canadian uranium mine, mill

    By S. G. Britton

    "Strategies to improve performance in mining production, maintenance and mineral processing operations have evolved over time from straightforward time studies of individual machine performance in the

    Nov 1, 2016

  • SME
    Extensive Concrete and Shotcrete Systems for the World?s Longest Tunnel (Gotthard Base Tunnel?56km)

    By Jürg Schlumpf

    Concrete is one of the decisive construction materials, also for the AlpTransit Gotthard Tunnel. The client has many requirements, and many are the solution possibilities that concrete systems can off

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Water Management Issues with Processing Magnetite Ores

    There are no large rivers in Western Australia capable of supplying water for processing magnetite ores. If sea water is used there are severe corrosion issues and the requirement to wash the concentr

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    Case History: Augered Cast-In-Place Piles For The Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal

    By Randy R. Huberty

    Although originally designed with deep foundations consisting of all driven steel H piles and drilled caissons, a unique application of Augered Cast-in-Place (ACIP) piles as an alternate design result

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Quantifying Domain Uncertainty for an Iron Ore Deposit

    By A Jewbali, J Phillips, C Boyle

    Normal practice in the mining industry is the creation of a single geological model. These models provide a single interpretation of the geological and mineralisation domains. These interpretations in

    Aug 12, 2013

  • CIM
    The Sampling System of Courier 300 Analyzer

    By Tapio Leskinen

    "l. IntroductionA reliable sampling system is the basis for an on-stream analyzer. This was realized in Outokumpu company when the development work of the Courier 300 On-Stream X-ray analysis system w

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    De Beers, Sandvik Team Up On Underground Automation

    De Beers? Finsch diamond mine began operation in the 1960s as a surface project using the latest technology available. During the 1990s, the operation, located about 160 km (100 miles) west of Kimber

    Jan 1, 2008