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  • SME
    Comprehensive Pressure Quantity Survey For Investigating The Effects Of Booster Fans In A Trona Mine

    By A. Habibi

    The ventilation survey was conducted in an underground longwall trona mine. The mine is relatively shallow and categorized as a gassy mine. The ventilation system consists of nine shafts (three intake

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Heavy mineral mining in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of Florida and Georgia and the chemical and physical characteristics of the deposits

    By F. L. Pirkle, D. L. Pirkle, E. C. Pirkle, W. A. Pirkle

    Heavy minerals have been mined from the sands of the United States’ Atlantic Coastal Plain since the early part of the twentieth century. Production of ilmenite from beach sands near Mineral City (Po

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Holistic planning and approval of sustainable lignite mining and utilization

    By L. Kulik, J. den Drijver

    Rhenish lignite will continue to play an indispensible role in the energy mix of the German Federal Republic for a long time to come. The use of lignite for electricity generation, upgrading and, if n

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Comparison Of Oleate Adsorption At Calcite And Fluorite Surfaces: An In-Situ FT-NIR/IRS And MLRS Study

    By C. A. Young

    In-situ Fourier transform infrared/internal reflection spectroscopy (FT ?IR/IRS) has been extended to study oleate adsorption at a calcite surface. The birefringent and transmission limitations of cal

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Members Ready for Mining Industry Upswing at SME’s Annual Meeting

    By Steve Kral

    It seems that mining has been in the doldrums for awhile. Except for gold, metals prices remain depressed. And economic conditions in the United States and around the globe have put governments in a

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    In-Situ Recovery Of Sandstone Uranium Deposits In New Mexico: Past, Present, And Future Issues And Potential - Preprint 09-016

    By V. T. McLemore

    In-situ leaching (ISL) operations have been proposed to recover uranium from sandstone-uranium deposits in NM. ISL (also known as in-situ recovery, solution mining, solution-leach mining, leach mining

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Effects of MERV 16 filters and routine work practices on enclosed cabs for reducing respirable dust and DPM exposures in an underground limestone mine

    By J. D. Noll

    An effective technique to minimize miners? respirable dust and diesel exposure on mobile mining equipment is to place mine operators in enclosed cabs with designed filtration and pressurization system

    Feb 1, 2014

  • SME
    Additional Damage to Buildings and Infrastructure Induced by Long-Term Surface Movements Above Longwall Mining - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By André Vervoort

    After the systematic closure of Europe’s coalfields in the late twentieth century, the emphasis is now clearly on industry’s environmental legacy. One aspect of the latter is the longterm surface move

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SME
    Utilization of lignite fly ash as hydraulic binder and backfill material

    By I. Gombköto, G. Földing, G. Mucsi, B. Csoke, J. Faitli, B. Kovács

    This paper summarizes the main achievements of our previous project entitled "Development of a technological system producing quality guaranteed fly-ash based binder". Furthermore, this study deals wi

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Recovery And Utilization Of Bottom Ash Magnetics For Coal Cleaning Medium - Preprint 09-002

    By R. Q. Honaker

    Dense medium processes are used to clean over 50% of the coal that is fed into preparation plant facilities worldwide. The dense medium is formed using ultrafine magnetite which is recovered after the

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Development of a Smart Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (Smart Scba) for use in Emergency Escape

    By D. Kimball, P. Chambers

    "BACKGROUND In the event of an explosion or fire in an underground mine, workers can be exposed to a deficiency of oxygen, an excess of carbon monoxide, or both. These threats can occur as separate co

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Managing The Drill And Blast Process

    By L. W. Berry

    Drill and blast planning is critical to successful mine production, both in timing and in results. However, typical planning, reporting, and information exchange usually involves large quantities of d

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Rock Mechanics In Potash Mining In Saskatchewan

    By C. L. Emery

    The geology and early history of the discovery of potash in Saskatchewan as described by Heber Cole (1) and R. V. Thompkins (2) has dealt with the distribution of the salt beds and their potash conten

    Jan 1, 1966

  • SME
    Integrating a Drill Rig into the Digital Mine 4.0 Ecosystem - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Max Friedemann, Alexandros Bousdekis, Anna Gustafson, Helmut Mischo, Håkan Schunnesson

    Many devices used in mining are not monitored by sensors or do not have their own intelligence. By retrofitting sensors and real-time data processing, machines can be integrated into an existing digit

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    Kaolin, Mining And Processing (37eb0ec6-0a51-43ce-b5c0-4dc23602c5f2)

    By E. R. Dotson

    Kaolin is an important industrial mineral. It has unique properties, which combined with its low cost, make it suitable for use in a wide variety of products. Kaolin is defined as "any of a group of

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    John O. Marsden: An interview with the 2014 SME President

    We have lived through a period of strong metal pricing during the past eight to 10 years. Copper has been hovering in the range of $3-$4/lb during much of the past eight years, averaging close to $3.3

    Mar 1, 2014

  • SME
    Key Regulatory Issues Planned And Controlled Subsidence

    By Gary E. Slagel

    The year was 1974. The event - the United States Congress was embroiled over what issues should be included in the proposed national surface mining law. The question - what should be done with undergr

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Looking For Value In Wastelands: Developing Renewable Energy On Degraded And Polluted Lands

    By R. Rushforth

    The surge of activity in the solar energy market, spurred by government incentives, has created new and more efficient solar technologies, but issues surrounding land- and water-use have backlogged th

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    The Role Of Microorganisms In Acid Rock Drainage

    By Phil Pennington, D. Jack Adams, G. Ward Wilson, Virginia T. McLemore, Luiza Aline F Gutierrez, Rodney Shields, Steven Lockwood, Samuel Tachie-Menson

    Microorganisms are directly or indirectly involved in many chemical alterations and in the decomposition of minerals required for their growth. Microbial dissolution of sulfide minerals under acidic

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Effects of FAME Biodiesel and HVORD on Emissions from an Older-Technology Diesel Engine

    By S. E. Vanderslice, J. A. Hummer

    "The results of laboratory evaluations were used to compare the potential of two alternative, biomass-derived fuels as a control strategy to reduce the exposure of underground miners to aerosols and g

    Jan 12, 2017