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  • NIOSH
    Mineral Commodity Summaries 1995 - Significant Events, Trends, And Issues - The Mineral Sector Of The U.S. Economy

    A stronger U.S. economy stimulated the domestic mineral sector in 1994. Metals demand was spurred by robust U.S. motor vehicle sales, while demand for major industrial minerals rose in response to hig

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME-ICGCM
    The In-Situ Pillar Strength and Overburden Stability in U.S. Mines

    By Hamid Maleki

    Prudent design of coal pillars in any mining system requires an estimation of in-situ pillar strength, overburden lateral load transfer capability, and a failure criterion. Pillar strength is typicall

    Jan 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Computational power and ion-exchange modelling

    By J. Abrahams, A. Nesbitt

    Over the past half-century, researchers have commented on the complexities of ion-exchange processes, but have been forced to use gross assumptions to simplify the associated mathematics sufficiently

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    OFR-137-80 1979 Survey Of Respirable Dust Control Research In Underground Coal Mines

    By J. A. Kost

    A survey of 80 coal producers was conducted to determine the extent and scope of respirable dust control research for underground coal mines and the current methods employed to control respirable dust

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    RETC 2019 Full Proceedings - RETC2019

    By CHRISTOPHER D. HEBERT, SCOTT W. HOFFMAN

    All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Information contained in this work has been obtained by SME, Inc. from sources believed to be reliable. However, neither SME nor its autho

    Dec 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Metallogenic Concepts in Gaspé

    By R. Marleau, R. Assad, J. Dugas

    "A study of the geological features of known occurrences of mineralization in Gaspe is the basis for a classification. Nickel, chromite, asbestos and some copper are pre-or syn-Taconic, whereas the mo

    Jan 1, 1969

  • SME
    A Minitest Of An In Situ Leach Solution

    By Terry R. Guilinger

    A minitest of the new potassium chloride-potassium carbonate two-stage in situ uranium leach process has been carried out at the Intercontinental Energy Corporation (IEC) Zamzow project site in South

    Jan 1, 1984

  • IMPC
    The appropriate, and inappropriate, application of the JKMRC t10 relationship

    By Luís Marcelo Tavares, Marko Hilden, Malcolm Powell, Grant Ballantyne, Lian Liu

    The t10 relationship developed by Narayanan and Whiten has underpinned a number of the JKMRC models and the characterisation of ore competence through impact testing with the drop weight tester. This

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Science of Empirical Design in Mining Rock Mechanics

    By Christopher Mark

    "Many problems in rock mechanics are limited by our imperfect knowledge of the material properties and failure mechanics of rock masses. Mining problems are somewhat unique, however, in that plenty of

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    OFR-122(3)-80 Alumina Process Feasibility Study And Preliminary Pilot Plant Design - Task 3 Report: Preliminary Design Of 25 Ton Per Day Pilot Plant - Volume III - Appendix A - Equipment List, Specifications And Quotations - Areas 8 - 25 ? Intro

    This appendix contains the list of equipment, their corresponding number and their specifications with the quotations from the vendors/ manufacturers who can supply this equipment. The listings are ar

    Jan 1, 1979

  • DFI
    Nonlinear Spring Functions For 3-D Seismic Responses Of Structures On Piles

    By Nien-Yin Chang

    The contemporary seismic response analysis of structures using a finite element analysis code requires six elastic spring constants to address the six degrees of freedom ground/foundation contribution

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    Highlights - Aluminum

    In response to increased aluminum demand, U.S. producers have begun reactivating primary aluminum capacity which was shutdown during the 1974-1975 recession. Reynolds Metals Company started up almost

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AIME
    Authors' Replies To Discussion Of Papers Presented At Recent Meetings

    Discussion of the paper of R. J. COLONY, presented at the New York Meeting, February, 1921, and issued With MINING AND METALLURGY No. 169, January, 1921. R. J. COLONY (author's reply to discussi

    Jan 8, 1921

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Commodity Summaries 1980 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 91 Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum

    1. Domestic Production and Use: In 1979, 12 companies operated 32 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 3 firms accounting for 64% of production. Washington, Oregon and Montana accounted for 32% of

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    IC 6775 How Can The Bureau Of Mines Most Effectively Serve Mining? (The Bureau And The South)

    By Milton H. Fies

    To present some idea as to how the Bureau of Mines may most effectively serve mining, it is necessary that we make some resume of its pact accomplishments in order to determine what, if any, changes w

    Jan 1, 1934

  • SME
    APPLICATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY – WHERE WE ARE NOW? - SME Annual Conference 2023

    By N. Akbulut, A. Anani

    From the initial planning phases to the closing of a mine, mining is an industry where high attention, care, and sensitivity are needed in every step of the mine life. Since mining projects have a lon

    Feb 1, 2023

  • NIOSH
    IC 6972 Gold Lode Mining In The Tobacco Root Mountains, Madison County, Mont. - Introduction

    By S. H. Lorain

    This paper is one of a series being published by the Bureau of Mines describing the mines and mills and subjects related to mining in western mineral areas. Although mining districts in the Tobacc

    Jan 1, 1937

  • SME
    Energy Plan For Mining Operations - Introduction

    By F. Mielli

    Ranging between 20% and 40% of the typical mining operational costs, energy in mining operations is a growing concern for the industry. However, this concern is a complex, multi-faceted variable that

    Jan 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    RI 2718 Diatomaceous Earth

    By C. W., Davie

    "DEFINITIONDiatomaceous earth consists almost entirely of the silicious remains of minute flowerless aquatic plants known as diatoms. The name diatomaceous earth, therefore, is to be preferred to othe

    Nov 1, 1925

  • SAIMM
    Reflections on destress blasting for deep level hardrock mining: Key considerations for successful application of the techniques

    By C. Yi, M. Onifade, B. Genc, S. Dineva, T. Zvarivadza, M. Khandelwal

    Deep hardrock mines worldwide increasingly face rockbursts as mining depths increase. These events result from the accumulation and sudden release of stress, causing rockmass damage and posing major s

    Jun 27, 2025