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Discussion at the The Midland Counties Institution of Engineers' general meeting, held in Nottingham on 6th May 1916, included contributions by Bramall E., Bragge G.S. and Watkins W.G. regarding possible measures for reducing energy consumption in coal-winding and pumping by centralising engines, using exhaust steam, improving coal quality and size uniformity, or mechanical stoking

Dec 1, 1916

By T. Bennett

Geothermal energy has the potential to provide 20% of the UK's annual average electricity generation capacity requirement. This article discusses the costs and potential benefits.

Jun 1, 2015

Jan 1, 1947

By Jones R. G.

Dr Pat Foster, Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering at the UK's Camborne School of Mines, talks to Rhiannon Garth Jones about mining safety around the world, education and the future of the industry

Feb 1, 2015

Jan 1, 1947

By NA NA

Background information on Exchem Mining and Construction and its products.

Jan 7, 1997

By D. L. Buchanan, M. J. Jones

In May, 1982, the University of Western Australia in Perth hosted a three-day international conference on nickel sulphides, followed by a ten-day field excursion to the Western Australian nickel sulphide deposits. The conference was arranged by Professor D. I. Groves, C. M. Lesher and Dr. R. E. T. Hill under the auspices of the International Geological Correlation Programme's Projects 161 ("Sulphide deposits in mafic and ultramafic rocks") and 91 ("Metallogeny of the Pre- cambrian"). This volume contains a selection of the papers that were presented at the Perth conference. Most of the papers are related to the nickel sulphide deposits of Western Australia, but contributions with settings in North America, Finland, Vietnam and Southern Africa have also been included.

Jan 1, 1984

By Asfa-Wossen L.

Davy saw science to be the ultimate truth. He loved the utility and permanence of it and the feeling of progression. He was a bold chemist and an inventor, but he thought like a writer

Feb 1, 2015

By Briggs H.

Initial discussion of the paper presented at the Mining Institute of Scotland's general meeting held in Edinburgh, 12 February 1916, with D.W. Mowat, president, in the chair, included comments by Masterton J. (HM Inspector of Mines) and Sim J., and the author's reply

Dec 1, 1916

By NA NA

Stamler Corporation manufactures of mining machinery and material handling equipment specialising in Feeder-Breakers to the mining and quarrying industries.

Jan 9, 1996

By Thomas D. E.

Discussion at the Manchester Geological and Mining Society' general meeting held in Manchester, March 14th , 1916, with Leonard R. Fletcher, President, in the Chair, of a paper published in Trans. Instn. Min. Engrs., 1916, vol. L., page 482, comprised the author's written response to suggestions made in previous discussion

Dec 1, 1916