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Computer process control for the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited
By V. Balakrishnan, A. Hewitson
"The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, a government of India enterprise, has constructed iron ore mining, crushing, handling and concentrator facilities at Kudremukh, in southwest India. Concentrate
Jan 1, 1984
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The Outokumpu Copper Mine, Finland, and its Discovery
By E. L. Bruce
Introduction The Outokumpu copper mine is situated in eastern Finland, 50 kilometers west of the city of Joensuu or 225 kilometers directly north of the city of Viborg (Viipuri), which is situated at
Jan 1, 1931
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Autonomous vs Manual Haulage Trucks - How Mine Simulation Contributes to Future Haulage System Developments
By Juliana Parreira
The past decade shows record increases in global demand for minerals and metals with an accompanying significant decline in skilled personnel. Mining companies today are examining new technologies to
May 1, 2010
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Global Approach to Managing Deep Mining Hazards
A series of fault slip seismic events have occurred at Garson mine. The events have occurred during development advancement exposing faults, after the extraction of single stopes due to mining induced
May 1, 2009
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Application of expert systems for peak power management
By Y. L. Su, S. Vongpaisal, H. A. Smith
"It is extremely difficult for a mine's central control room operator to control peakpower demands and to maintain normal materials handling operations at the same time. An investigation of the F
Jan 1, 1993
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Optimization of Cemented Rockfill Practices for Sublevel Stoping Mining System
By Muhammad Zaka Emad
ABSTRACT: Sublevel stoping mining methods with delayed backfill employs cemented rockfill (CRF) as a backfill material. It is used in underground mines to achieve ground control and reduce wall slough
May 1, 2013
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Addressing Wear Problems in Mining and Mineral Processing
By Shiqiang (Rob) Hui, Jiaren (Jimmy) Jiang, Rees Llewellyn, Yongsong Xie
Wear has been estimated to cost the Canadian mining/mineral processing industry over $15 billion per year mainly for repair/replacement of worn parts in 2013. The associated production loss is difficu
Jan 1, 2015
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Effect of Acid Laden Mining Effluent on Characterization and Physio-Chemical Behaviour of Clayey and Sandy Soil
By V. Murugaiyan
The Geotechnical Engineer is faced to view problems emerging from the task of protecting the environment and also the problems related to prevention of natural hazarders. Geo-Environmental Engineering
May 1, 2004
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Improved Cleaner Circuit Performance at the Degrussa Copper Mine with an In Situ Column Sparging System
By E. Wasmund
"Sandfire’s DeGrussa Copper-Gold operation in West Australia is a new high grade copper sulfide mine, which includes a 1.5 Mtpa concentrator which was completed in 2013.Early after commissioning, it w
Jan 1, 2016
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Some Aspects of Industrial Safety and Accident Prevention in Coal Mines
By V. A. Cooney
Introduction For the compliment paid me by the Institute's kind invitation to speak this afternoon, I am very grateful. For the astuteness of your officers in determining that encouragement sh
Jan 1, 1946
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Hoist-Rope Stress Analysis and Preventative Maintenance for Multi-Rope Friction Hoists
By Humphrey Dean
"Canadian mining companies now operate numerous Koepe-type friction hoists in a variety of different shafts, most of which have a depth in excess of 3,000 feet. Rope performance reliability is an abso
Jan 1, 1970
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Anode Furnace Nitrogen Gas Purging System at Kansanshi Copper Smelter
By L. Hanschar, C. Bwalya, E. Mokola, K. Musonda, A. Makayi
This paper describes the installation, commissioning and operation of porous plugs featuring nitrogen gas purging in both Anode Furnaces at the Kansanshi Copper Smelter (KCS), a greenfield copper smel
Jan 1, 2019
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Treatment Plant Operation at Giant Yellowknife
By K. C. Grogan
"GeneralGIANT ORE is complex, with the gold values for the most part occurring in extremely close association with arsenopyrite, stibnite, jamesonite, and a wide group of antimonial minerals locally t
Jan 1, 1953
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The Red Dog VIP Mill Optimization Project - A Study in Fast-Track Project Execution and Alliance Contracting
By Steve W. Ciccone
The Red Dog Mine is both the largest known zinc reserve and the largest zinc producer in the world. The mine started in 1989, and by 1999 had increased production from approximately 300,000 tonnes per
May 1, 2002
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A national information service in mining, mineral processing and extractive metallurgy
By A. S. Romaniuk
More than a decade ago, CANMET management recognized the need to make better use of existing technological information in mining and extractive metallurgy-two fields basic to the economic well-being o
Jan 1, 1979
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Influence of Rock Mass Anisotropy on Tunnel Stability
Stress induced, gravity-assisted failure processes typically dominate long before stress levels approach the strength of the intact rock (at approximately smax > 0.4UCS where smax = 3s1 ? s3 and UCS i
May 1, 2009
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Suitability of PEM Fuelcells for Underground Mining Vehicles
By Marc C. Bétournay
Hydrogen fuelcells are a known technology, having been applied to stationary (e.g equipment, buildings, power plants) and vehicle applications (e.g transit buses, space shuttles). There is currently a
May 1, 2003
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Engineered Membrane Separation® (EMS®) Systems for Hydrometallurgical Applications
By Larry A. Lien
"A brief summary of the different membrane separation options currently available to the mining industry will be presented and discussed. The processes described involve operating membrane plants on t
Jan 1, 2010
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Technological advances in telecommunications for mines (d89a3fa8-5075-4299-bd13-b46b93bee6c1)
By P. M. Y. Waye, R. Yewen
"As mines utilize more automation in mining operations to improve efficiency and safety, a corresponding increasing demand is placed on the transport of information. Some of the recent technological a
Jan 1, 2002
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Mapping by the Bureau of Geology and Topography (c5632fc6-fe7a-48bf-a0c3-ceb17c4f4de0)
By K. G. Chipman
IN 1936, the Department of Mines and Resources was formed by the amalgamation of the former Departments of Mines, Interior, Indian Affairs, and Immigration. In the amalgamation, the Geological Survey
Jan 1, 1944