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The Coal Cleaning Plant at Michel, B.C.
By Paul F. Grundy
The ever changing conditions in the coal-mining industry and the increasing competition of other fuels such as oil, natural gas, wood refuse, etc., have made it imperative that the coal operator be in
Jan 1, 1934
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New Innovations for Dewatering Using Teepee™ Panels on Vibrating Screens
By A. D. Yell
"Recovery of water is always a major factor in the Beneficiation process. As Preparation Plants become larger the recovery of water for reuse, is a critical cost consideration. Tema Isenmann Inc in co
Jan 1, 2017
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Advanced Testing And Modelling Of Hydrogen Embrittlement
By W. Dietzel
Fracture mechanics based techniques are used to gain insight into the phenomenon of stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and to develop guidance for avoiding or controlling SCC. From constant extension rat
Jan 1, 2010
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Critical hydraulic pressure forecasting of water inrush in coal seam floors based on a genetic algorithm-neural network
By T. Liu, C. Shi, T. Fu, M. Zhong
Water inrush in coal mines is induced by the imbalance of the groundwater flow field and the engineering geo-mechanics field. Therefore, to prevent water inrush it is important to predict the critical
Jan 1, 2008
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A method of extending wire rope service life
By S. Wood
"Plastic Filled Valley (PFV) wire rope represents a significant development over the design of conventional wire rope. A sealing thermoplastic is impregnated under controlled conditions of temperature
Jan 1, 1982
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Production Trends and Economic Characteristics of Canadian Gold Mines
By M. Doggett
All 231 Canadian primary gold mines that produced from 1946 to 2004 were analyzed with respect to their production and economic characteristics. Trend analysis revealed that the average annual capacit
Jan 1, 2007
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Pressure Oxidation in Gold Circuits: Basic Ferric Arsenate Sulphate and Basic Ferric Sulphate Behaviour in Downstream Processing
By M. A. Gomez, V. Yahorava, J. A. Strauss
"It is accepted widely that pressure oxidation (POX) is the most appropriate technology for processing of arsenic containing refractory gold ores. However, studies on the stability of various iron-ars
Jan 1, 2017
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Development of a Sorbent Adsorption/Desorption and Gc/Ms Method for the Determination of Perfluorocompounds (CF4 and C2F6) Emitted from Aluminum Smelters
By N. Sauret-Szczepanski, G. Patry, S. Gauthier, G. Potvin, C. Munger
Adsorption/thermal desorption with sorbent cartridges and analytical method using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was developed for the determination of tetrafluoromethane (CF4
Jan 1, 2006
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Networking Tertiary Education and Industry
By J. F. Archibald
This paper reviews the formation of the Canadian Mining Education Council (CMEC) and its terms of reference. CMEC considers that Canada?s mining schools represent a distinct competitive advantage to t
May 1, 2002
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Influence of Zinc on Imtermetallic Phase Selection in Al-Mg Compound Castings
By B. J. McKay, K. Schneider, H. B. Nadendla
"A series of experiments were conducted to assess the impact of zinc additions on the morphology and soundness of the interface of Al-Mg compound castings. It was found that high amounts of zinc (>15w
Jan 1, 2018
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Occupational Standards and Certification for Mineral Processing Technicians in the Northwest Territories
By Mary Ann Bennett, Val Nichols, Colleen Proctor
"In 1997 when Royal Oak Mines Inc. went into receivership, the mineral processing technicians (mill operators) who had been working at Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for most of thei
Jan 1, 2005
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Application of Discrete Element Method to Model Crack Propagation
By Zhenyu Han, Dion Weatherley, Ruslan Puscasu
"This study aims to demonstrate the capacity of the Discrete Element Method (DEM) to model and simulate fracture in brittle rock, capture the crack propagation process and determine crack propagation
Jan 1, 2015
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A Northern Mine Developer?s Guide Through the Ottawa Maze
By Robert J. Shank
This paper describes the Federal Government assistance available for northern mining development. The paper commences with a discussion of why the Federal Government should give assistance to northern
Jan 1, 1978
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Heavy media cyclone circuits
By J. Hoover
"IntroductionThis chapter will discuss the operational and maintenance aspects of a heavy media cyclone circuits as applied to coal processing and using magnetite as the media. It deals with heavy med
Jan 1, 1989
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Optimization of Acid Consumption for Copper Heap Leaching
By Anand Raman, Steve Dixon
"Industry practice for defining acid consumption is based on column tests. Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) has adopted a practice of leach operation using a defined pH or gpl acid in the raffinate based on the
Jan 1, 2008
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Computer Adjustment of Metallurgical Balances
By H. W. Smith, N. Ichiyen
A convenient method for the calculation of metallurgical balances, based on statistical treatment of all available data, is presented. An error analysis is included. Examples show the advantages of th
Jan 1, 1973
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Trends in Drilling and Blasting
By Alan Bauer
New developments in drilling, blasting and explosives in both open-pit and underground mining operations are discussed, as well as novel surface blasting techniques such as are used in tar sand mining
Jan 1, 1978
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Foundry Sand Reclamation
By J. M. Cummings
The importance of controlled sand properties to the production of quality castings has been recognized by foundry men for many years, but the maintenance of requisite standards results in a relatively
Jan 1, 1947
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Reducing Drilling Noise in Roof Bolting Operation Through Rationalized Drilling
By Y. Luo
The rock breakage process in drilling is a main source of noise in roof bolting operations, especially when hard rocks are encountered. Proper control of drilling operation can provide an opportunity
Aug 1, 2013
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Inverse Slope Method for Interpreting Vertical Electrical Soundings in Sedimentary Phosphatic Environments in the Al-Sharquieh Mine, Syria
By J. Asfahani
"The inverse slope method (ISM) was applied to reinterpret vertical electrical soundings (VES) data from pits at the Al-Sharquieh phosphate mine, in order to demonstrate applicability and suitability
Jan 1, 2016