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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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