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  • SME
    The Minetrain Project; Developing an Advanced-Level Training Program for Mining Professionals in an Actual Deep Mine Site

    By Z. Zhang, M. S. Gonzalez, M. de P. Bueno, P. Holopainen, S. Luukkanen

    "Despite being a field of study that requires practical knowledge and experience, mining engineering education follows the same pattern in most mining universities around the world, consisting of theo

    Oct 1, 2019

  • SME
    3D Characterization And Analysis Of Particle Shape Using X-Ray Microtomography (XMT)

    By J. D. Miller, C. L. Lin

    In the processing industries, it is well known that particle shape is an important factor which determines the behavior of particulate systems. For example, system properties of technological signific

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Reducing the Toxicity of a Gold Mine Effluent Using Biological Reactors and Precipitation

    By M. Laliberte

    Gold mine effluents are often characterized by a high concentration of copper, ammonia and cyanide derivatives (mostly cyanates and thiocyanates). While non-acutely toxic to birds, this water can be a

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Characteristic Curves Revisited: A More Logical Approach To Determining Operating Points

    By L. M. English

    When plotted as head vs. volume, fan curves start high and decrease in head with increasing volume while mine head curves start low and rise with increasing volume. Their intersection is the system op

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Characteristics curves revisited: A more logical approach to determining operating points

    By L. M. English, Y. J. Wang

    When plotted as head vs. volume, fan curves start high and decrease with increasing volume, while mine head curves start low and rise with increasing volume. Their intersection is the system operating

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Extreme Multiple Seam Mining in the Central Appalachian Coalfields (8129456e-a9ee-4edc-84af-bd34aa808bd3)

    Coal has been mined in the central Appalachian coalfields of southern West Virginia, western Virginia, and eastern Kentucky for more than a century. The dwindling reserve base consists in large part

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Concentrator Operations At Chino Mines Co. ? Introduction

    By R. P. Schneider

    The Chino mine, concentrator, and smelter are located in Grant County in Southwestern New Mexico. Chino Mines Company is a partnership two-thirds owned and operated by Kennecott Santa Fe Corp., and on

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Ore Zoning Applied To Geologic Reserve Estimation Of Molybdenum Deposits (fe475e9f-211d-4cbf-a193-e50fff0e6ee5)

    By Donald E. Ranta

    An ore zoning technique developed by Climax geologists during the past forty years has been used to contour drill-hole assay values on cross-sections for fourteen porphyry molybdenum deposits in weste

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Transactions Volume 342 2017 - SME Transactions 2017

    By Chee S. Theng

    As the 2017 president of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc., I am pleased to present the 2017 issue of the Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc., Vol

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    A Portable Deep Learning-based Solution For Roof Fall Hazard Detection - SME Annual Conference 2023

    By P. Lopez, E. Wellman, N. Risso, A. Anani

    Current machine learning models used for roof fall hazard prediction are mounted on expensive sensors, computationally expensive, or lack the robustness for accurate prediction in the underground mini

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    Evolution And Success Of Gold Roasting Utilizing Lurgi's Circulating Fluidized Bed Technology (CFB)

    By E. Stolarski

    The circulating fluid bed (CFB) technology can proudly point to its history of more than a quarter of a century of commercial operations. Over 80 CFB units operate in aluminum calcining, coal combus

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Graphical Representation Of The Operating Points For Two-Fan Ventilation Systems

    By Y. J. Wang

    This paper describes a graphical technique by which the operating points for a two-fan ventilation system can be represented as the intersection of the modified fan curves. In constructing the diagram

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Analytical Behavior of a Tunnel with Rock Bolts and Shotcrete During an Extreme Fire Event - NAT2022

    By Dean Newman, Michael Behrens, Mark Trim, Justin Arifin

    Road tunnels in recent infrastructure projects in Sydney, Australia, are designed to have a fire resistance level of either a 4-hour cellulosic fire or a 2-hour hydrocarbon fire. Where permanent groun

    Dec 1, 2022

  • SME
    Fine Coal Dry Classification And Separation

    By Yuemin Zhao, Daniel Tao, Xinxi Zhang, Qingru Chen, Maoming Fan, Zhenfu Luo, Xiuxiang Tao, Guohua Yang

    Coal is currently cleaned with the minimum of size reduction, fine particle processing, recovery, and tailings disposal are major problems. Adequate water resources are not always available. For examp

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    REINFLATION TESTING OF INFLATABLE FRICTION ROCK BOLTS - SME Annual Conference 2023

    By J. Hallowell, M. Conley, R. Cook

    Inflatable friction rock bolts (IFRBs) are often considered temporary ground support due to their susceptibility to weakening from corrosion. The effective service life of an IFRB can be difficult to

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    Fan Stall And Multiple Operating Points In Multiple-Fan Ventilation Systems

    By N. P. Reddy, Y. J. Wang

    Stall or aerodynamic stall of axial flow fans has long been recognized as an important operational problem in mine ventilation. To develop a technique for characterizing fan stall in multiple fan vent

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Photometric Ore Sorting

    By David G. Kidd

    The principles of Ore Sorting in general and photometric sorting in particular are discussed with detailed reference to the Model 16 machine. The operating principles and design of the Model 16 are di

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Hydrocyclone Modelling: Large Eddy Simulation CFD Approach

    By Jose A. Delgadillo

    The hydrocyclone problem has been a challenging task for the last 30 years. In the 80’s and 90’s Computational Fluid Dynamics solution to this problem began to appear. These were unsuccessful due to o

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Mining For Operational Excellence

    By Russell Barr

    Operational excellence is generally known as a management system integrated across critical functions that is geared towards continually improving operational performance. Functional areas such as he

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Design Development of the I-35 Capital Express Central Drainage Tunnels - NAT2024

    By Joseph Goessling, Mark Kroncke, James Parkes

    The I-35 Capital Expressway (CapEx) Central Drainage Tunnels will serve as a stormwater collection system for the forthcoming I-35 Capital Express Central reconstruction project through downtown Austi

    Jun 23, 2024