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Rock fall in surface mining
By C. O. Brawner, J. Kalejta II
"The classical approach to control rock fall and ravel in open pit mining has been to use catch benches. The width and volume of benches is most dependent on the bench height, size of loading equipmen
Jan 1, 2002
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Quantified Benefits of Automated Loading of Remote-Controlled LHD Vehicles in a Production Environment
By E. Brouillette
Difficult operating and mining conditions such as low visibility, difficult roadbeds, fast cycling, small openings, and sharp corners create high demand for LHD manoeuvrability and operator dexterity.
May 1, 2003
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Emergency Egress/Ventilation Raise Innovations in Directional Raise Boring & Remote Shotcrete Application
By Eric Schraml
Wardrop Engineering and the Placer Dome?s Campbell Mine Design Team utilized leading edge directional raise boring techniques and an innovative, remote controlled application of steel fibre reinforced
May 1, 2002
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MLA: The New Sherlock Holmes of the Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Industry
By Paul Miranda, Corby Anderson
"The Center for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing (CAMP) has recently obtained a Mineral Liberation Analyzer (MLA). CAMP has utilized the technology for several projects with excellent res
Jan 1, 2007
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Numerical Expansion Analyses of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Bayou Choctaw Salt Dome, USA
By B. Y. Park
This paper develops a series of three-dimensional simulations for the Bayou Choctaw Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The U.S. Department of Energy plans to leach two new caverns and convert of one of the
May 1, 2009
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Reduced wear on mine car wheels in the Kiruna Mine
By J. Eric Nylund
"Intensive mechanization and automation in the LKAB, Kiruna Mine in Sweden have resulted in substantial rise in productivity and decrease in production cost. Capital investment in a modern mine today
Jan 1, 1987
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Corrosive Wear and its Control in Ball Mill Grinding - A Progress Report
By Dr. G. R. Hoey
"Abrasive wear and corrosive wear of carbon-steel grinding balls occurred simultaneously during the wet-grinding of hematite iron ore, and Ni-Cu sulphide ore, in laboratory ball mills. Two corrosion c
Jan 1, 1974
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Feldspar Mining And Milling In Canada
By Norman B. Davis
Introductory Feldspar is one of the most important mineral products consumed by the various branches of the ceramic industry. In the manufacture of table ware, electric porcelain, floor tile, and ena
Jan 1, 1931
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The Canadian Mineral Processors A Brief History
By R. J. C. MacDonald
"The first recorded discovery of placer gold in Canada was on the Chaudiere River in Quebec's eastern townships in 1832 and the first major production came from placer deposits in British Columbia in
Jan 1, 1998
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Difficult Mining Conditions in 153 Orebody at a Depth of 4550 ft at Vale Inco?s Coleman Mine
Vale Inco?s Coleman Mine 153 Orebody is a narrow vein deposit with a dip that varies from 30 to 70 degrees. It has a strike length of 1200-feet and the current mining extends from the 4250 level to 51
May 1, 2009
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Analysis of the Effect of the Tyresense Tire Monitoring System on Tire Performance: A Case Study
By S. Klingmann
ABSTRACT In this paper, we used data collected from the Gibraltar mine to analyze the effect of the TyreSense tire monitoring system on tire performance by reducing tire wear and preventing premature
Jan 1, 2014
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How to Achieve Operational Reliability in the Natural Resources and Petroleum Industries
By Emilio Giuseppe Sarno Severi
Mining and Petroleum Similar Industries ?Asset Intensive ?Exposed to market volatility ?Highly Risky Operations ?Scarcity of Experienced and Trained resources ?Operating in diverse countries wi
Nov 1, 2011
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Seismic source parameters used to monitor rockmass response at Brunswick Mine
By B. Simser
Noranda?s Brunswick mine is a 10 000 t/d producer of lead-zinc-copper-silver ore that has been in operation since 1964. Mining of this multiple lens deposit is primarily by blasthole stoping technique
May 1, 2004
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Seismic source parameters used to monitor rockmass response at Brunswick mine (5a673da7-13e1-42d4-880a-c4441be71d76)
By B. Simser, V. Falmagne
"Noranda’s Brunswick mine is a 10 000 t/d producer of lead-zinc-copper-silver ore that has been in operation since 1964. Mining of this multiple lens deposit is primarily by blasthole stoping techniqu
Jan 1, 2004
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Rehabilitation of Tailings Areas of Uranium Mines
By A. J. Vivyurka
"This is a talk about the experiences that Rio Algom Mines Ltd. has had in the Elliot Lake uranium area trying to make the tailings more compatible with the surrounding environment. To get a better id
Jan 1, 1975
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Vision for a Risk Adverse Integrated Geometallurgy Framework
By Guillermo Turner-Saad
"Best practice in the economic evaluation of mining projects and operations is based on the integration of geological, mining, metallurgical, environmental, marketing, economic and corporate informati
Jan 1, 2010
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Water Problems in the Cape Breton Coal Mining Districts
By J. L. Bowlby
Introduction In the following discussion, boiler-feed and mine waters will be considered from the point of view of the problems arising from the chemical nature of the mineral and gaseous impurities
Jan 1, 1934
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Nanoparticle Flotation Collectors for Pentlandite
By Manqiu Xu, Songtao Yang, Zongfu Dai, Robert Pelton
"Hydrophobic polystyrene nanoparticle suspensions were evaluated as potential flotation collectors for pentlandite. Experiments involving both clean model mineral suspensions and complex ultramafic ni
Jan 1, 2012
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Lithium: Usage, Demand and the Québec Lithium Mine
By Charles Taschereau
The statements made in this presentation contain certain forward-looking statements concerning potential developments affecting the business, prospects, financial condition and other aspects of Canada
May 1, 2011
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A Model Study of the Resistance to Air Flow of a Rectangular Mine Shaft
By Cedric E. Gregory
"A study of model rectangular mine shafts has been made in the wind tunnel, with the aim of reducing air-flow resistance elements to a practicable minimum. An analysis of Table 7 shows an indicated av
Jan 1, 1973