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Brass making in medieval western Europe
By Sandra K. Zacharias
Brass, a deliberate alloy of copper and zinc, has been known since before Roman times. There are two main methods of making brass: (1) Cementation or calamine process - crushed zinc ore (calamine, Zn
Jan 1, 1999
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Radiation Grafted Structures - A New Tool for Recovery of Precious Metals from Dilute Solutions
By G. Shore
Radiation grafted structures my be fabricated to contain ion exchange groups selective to an ion complex. Proper choice of substrate and monomer will provide selective ion exchange with differing phys
Jan 1, 1985
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Mineralogy and pre-concentration of the chromite overburden of the Sukinda Ultramafic Belt, Orissa, India
By R. B. Rao, B. Das, J. K. Mohanty, D. S. Rao
Physical, mineralogical and geochemical characterization, along with some beneficiation approach to pre-concentrate the Ni content of the chromite overburden material of the Sukinda Valley, India, hav
Jan 1, 2000
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Roasting Renaissance- Fluid Bed Roasting For Enhanced Gold Recovery from Double Refractory Ores
By A. R. Barnes, N. Stubina
Increasingly, gold producers are forced to treat ever more refractory ores. While ores containing pyrite, arsenopyrite and carbonaceous material have been subjected to complete pressure oxidation (PDX
Jan 1, 2011
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The Lithium Industry
By R. B. Ellestad
Introduction Lithium has been known since 1817, when it was discovered by the Swedish chemist, Arfvedson, while working in the laboratory of Berzelius on the chemical analysis of the mineral petali
Jan 1, 1948
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Heap Leaching in Ontario - An Example
By W. J. Witte, M. K. Witte
"The purpose of this report is to present a generalized preliminary design and cost estimates for a typical heap leach operation such as might be undertaken in Northern Ontario. This report should be
Jan 1, 1985
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Gold Extraction from Refractory Ore by Pressure Oxidation and Thiourea Leach
By D. M. Wyslouzil
"Micron or sub-micron size gold inclusions in sulphide minerals cannot be extracted by conventional cyanidation. The gold surfaces must first be exposed by decomposition of the sulphides. As an altern
Jan 1, 1985
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Mill Speed Control for More Efficient Grinding
By V. K. Gupta
"Effect of mill speed on grinding kinetics has been investigated with a view to using mill speed as a manipulated variable for control and optimization of the grinding circuit performance under variab
Jan 1, 1985
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Risk Adjusted Cash Flows: Discount Rates, Risk & Long Life Projects
By L. D. Smith
Net Present Value Impact of Discount Rate The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method of valuations is universally used and accepted. The main criticism of the method is that it does not recognize the val
May 1, 2013
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Design & Development of the Barmac Rotopactor
By Bryan A. Bartley
"Jim Macdonald was promoted from Waterworks Engineer to Streetworks Engineer for the Wellington City Council. He thus took over the City quarry and responsibility for its performance. The crushing pla
Jan 1, 1985
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Development and Implementation of an Operating Concept and Training Program for the Start-Up of the Stanleigh Mill
By H. Ewaschuk
"INTRODUCTIONRio Algom's Stanleigh Mill in Elliot Lake began production in June of 1983. The highly instrumented mill treats uranium ore at an average rate of 3900 metric tons per day. To help ensure
Jan 1, 1985
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Centrifugal Concentration and Separation of Precious Ores
By B. V. Knelson
"GENTLEMEN:This paper will deal with centrifugal separation - theory and practical, and since the Knelson Concentrator is the only centrifugal concentrator with a properly fluidized bed, this paper wi
Jan 1, 1985
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Violence Per Ounce: Is There a Correlation Between Mineral Values and Conflict Intensity?
Despite the fact that mined minerals and gemstones have allowed human beings to continuously improve their standard of living throughout the ages, mining has also been implicated in violent conflict f
Aug 1, 2013
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Metallurgical Strategy at Sturgeon Lake Mill
By C. P. Patel
"The Sturgeon Lake Joint Venture volcanic massive sulpide deposit was discovered in 1970. Milling was started by Falconbridge Copper Ltd. at Sturgeon Lake in September 1974. The Sturgeon Lake pit and
Jan 1, 1980
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Aggregate Operators Best Management Practices Handbook Presentation
By Thom Sedun
No sector of the mining industry is more closely tied to local communities than aggregates. Noise, dust, traffic, visuals aesthetics and environmental impacts all fall under the purview of neighbours,
May 1, 2002
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Applications of microwave energy in extractive metallurgy, a review
By C. A. Pickles, D. K. Xia
"In the last few decades, microwave energy has been widely employed in food processing, rubber and plastics curing, and in ceramic sintering. Recently, the application of micro waves as an energy sour
Jan 1, 1997
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The Mechanics of Operation of Column Flotation Machines
By R. L. Amelunxen
"In January 1983, Gibraltar Mines Ltd. started an exploratory program on Column Flotation with hopes of improving performance of the Molybdenum Cleaning circuit. The encouraging results led to a colum
Jan 1, 1985
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Physical Metallurgy: I.-Recent Developments; II.-Diagnosis of Mechanical Failures
By Gordon Sproule
THE papers presented to the Institute, and published in the BULLETIN, in the past three years, may be classified as follows: Geology, Mining, and Milling 89 or 58.5 per cent Smelting, Refining, an
Jan 1, 1936
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Impact and Benefit Agreements: Are they working?
By Jason Rrno
The emergence of Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) in the Canadian mining sector has been read by many as a positive governance innovation. Negotiated directly between mineral resource developers a
May 1, 2010
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Power Quality and Production Improvement of an Iron Ore Mine by the use of an SVC
By Niklas Willemsen
Introduction to SVCs ? SVC = Static var Compensator ? Dynamic step-less control of reactive power without switching of passive components: ? Voltage control/stabilization ? Harmonics- and flicker
Aug 1, 2013