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  • SME
    Life-Of-Mine Process Simulation From Drill Holes To Net Present Value

    By J. T. Bartlett

    Life-of-mine process simulation is an interdisciplinary effort and a useful means of thoroughly evaluating mining and minerals projects. Communication between geologists, mine planners, miners, metall

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Concerns with the Environmental Susceptibility of Mine Utility Vehicle and Rubber-tired Mantrip LITHIUM-ion Batteries - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By D. S. Yantek, C. B. Brown

    The mining industry is beginning to implement lithiumion batteries (LIBs) to power mine utility vehicles (MUVs) and rubber-tired mantrips (RTMs). However, the ability of LIBs to withstand the harsh co

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SME
    Recent Advances in Studying Colloidal Interactions in Mineral Processing Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    Colloidal interactions play a critical role in mineral processing, including grinding, physical separation (particularly flotation), dewatering, and tailings management. Despite great energy input in

  • SME
    Colorado Miners Discuss Challenges of the New Century

    By Steve Kral

    The mining industry in Colorado faces the same problems the industry faces throughout the United States and the world — record low commodity prices and increasing regulatory and environmental restrict

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    An Experimental Comparison Of Pollutant Concentrations For Three Ventilation Configurations In A Downsloping Dead-Ended Drift

    By Harold J. Schock

    This paper describes an experimental method for the monitoring of diesel-generated exhaust gas pollutants in a dead-ended drift for the purpose of assessing the effect of control approaches. Experimen

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Passive-Treatment of Acid Rock Drainage: What is the Potential Bottom Line?

    By James J. Gusek

    Passive-treatment systems that mitigate acid-rock drainage (ARD) from coal mines have operating since the mid-1980s. Large systems at metal mines are being contemplated. A 95L/sec (1500-gpm) capacity

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Optimization Of Power For Off-Highway Haul Units

    By G. T. Lineberry

    Horsepower requirement is recognized as a most important equipment characteristic. Other critical equipment characteristics will be isolated and analyzed by traditional operations research techniques,

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 - Kaolin

    By R. L. Virta

    Twenty-three companies mined kaolin in nine States in 2004. Production was estimated to be 7.6 Mt (8.3 million st) valued at $912 million, based on preliminary data. This was a slight decrease from

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Effect of ground control mesh on dust sampling and explosion mitigation

    By L. L. Chasko, D. W. Alexander

    Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Office of Mine Safety and Health Research conducted an assessment of the effects that ground control mesh might have on roc

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 - Fluorspar

    Fluorspar was not mined in the United States during 2004, although a small amount of usable synthetic fluorspar (CaF2) was produced from industrial waste streams. The majority of fluorspar consume

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 – Bauxite and Alumina

    By P. A. Plunkert

    Metallurgical-grade bauxite was imported into the United States from 11 countries in 2004. The principal suppliers of this 10 Mt (11 million st) of imported ore were Jamaica (33 percent), Brazil (25

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Development of a Non-linear Framework for the Prediction of the Particle Size Distribution of the Grinding Products "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By E. Petrakis, K. Komnitsas

    The main objective of batch grinding modeling is the estimation of the product particle size distribution over time or specific energy input to the mill. So far, the developed analytical methods requi

    Feb 8, 2021

  • SME
    Macassa Number Three Shaft Deep Shaft Sinking By Conventional Methods

    By W. M. Shaver, W. R. Dengler, F. A. Edwards

    INTRODUCTION The Macassa Division of Lac Minerals Ltd. is a high grade gold mine that has been operating in Kirkland Lake, Ontario for the past 51 years. It produces approximately 120,000 tonnes of

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Reclaiming Steep-Slope Coal Mines In The Eastern US For Successful Reforestation

    A methodology has been developed and demonstrated to be effective in reclaiming surface-mined land for a forestry post-mining land use. The forestry reclamation approach (FRA) has been applied, almost

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 - Gemstones

    By D. W. Olson

    The estimated value of natural gemstones produced from U.S. deposits during 2004 was $12.9 million. This was a 3-percent increase from that of 2003. U.S. gemstone production included agates, amber,

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Evaluation Of Temperature Effect On P-Wave Velocity, UCS And Elasticity Modulud Of Rocks, Using Newly Developed Apparatus

    Instabilities occurred as a result of climate changes caused to investigate the rock behavior dependency to temperature changes, in this paper. In the natural earth condition, the phase transition of

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    The borehole monitoring experiment: field measurements of reservoir conditions and responses in longwall panel overburden during active mining

    By S. J. Schatzel

    In order to better understand the effects of longwall mining on the methane reservoir overlying the panel, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (NIO

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Efficiency of Carbon Sorbents in Removing Zinc from Mine Water: A Comparative Case Study of the Rothschönberger Stolln Water - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By Marlies Grimmer, Frank Amo Boateng

    One of the challenges of mining is the concentration of heavy metals it releases into the environment through a phenomenon called Acid Mine Drainage. Freiberg is no exception due to its long mining ac

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SME
    Cathodoluminescence (Cl) Microscopy Application To Refractories And Slags

    By R. E. Moore

    Refractories are unique ceramic materials, which are used in large quantities in steel making furnaces, metal smelting vessels, and glass melting tanks. They are required to possess high thermal shock

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Mechanized Tunnelling Driving Toronto’s Big Move - Eglinton–Scarborough Crosstown Tunnel Construction (ECLC1-15)

    By Osamu Nishikokura, Jumpei Yamashita, Darrell Liebno, Malcolm Sheehan

    "The Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Project builds a 19km LRT corridor that includes a 10km underground portion, between Keele Street and Laird Drive. The West Tunnel Contract (ECLC1-15) includes 6.5k

    Jan 1, 2016