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Limitations of safety arrest mechanisms for mine shaft conveyances (4c34df84-0986-44c8-a545-e2f5a1dda9d6)
By S. Gorzalczynski
The recent trend in underground mine developments is “bigger is better.” This is most certainly evident in the mine shaft and conveyances that operate within its compartments. Today, there are several
Jan 1, 2002
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Hydrochloric acid leaching of an Elliot Lake uranium ore (13a41608-dfe4-4266-9026-6b4afd0847bf)
By G. M. Ritcey, K. E. Haque, S. H. Lucas
"Laboratory-scale hydrochloric acid leach tests were conducted on an Elliot Lake uranium ore. Hydrochloric acid leaches without an oxidant or with molecular oxygen (i.e., air or pure oxygen gas) as an
Jan 1, 1980
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Automating Delay Reporting to Deliver Effective Maintenance
By Shaun Booth
Automating Delay Reporting to Deliver Effective Maintenance Corporate Background: Technology Company: Matrikon Inc. Global software and service provider of Information Technology and Control Solut
May 1, 2003
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Economics and Challanges for the Development of Mining and Metallurgy Sector in the Bor Basin of Copper in Serbian Part of Danube Region
By S. Zekovic
"The paper gives an overview of the economics condition and strategic business challanges of the mining&metallurgy sector and their possible impact on the future development of the Bor basin of copper
Jan 1, 2012
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Minage des zones étroites à la Mine Bousquet
By Paul Gauthier
Aujourd?hui, avec un faible prix de l?or sur le marché, les opérateurs miniers doivent revoir leur façon de faire. La méthode de minage «Eureka» permet de réduire les coûts de production et d?accélére
Oct 1, 2001
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Cultivator shank manufacture and evaluation
By R. W. Pugh, D. G. Bellow
"This paper will describe how cultivator shanks are made in one company and how the manufacturing was studied with a view to increasing product consistency and reducing manufacturing cost. The product
Jan 1, 1982
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Rail wear assessment techniques at FAST
By Richard P. Reiff
"The Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) program has been involved in numerous rail wear tests since its inception in 1976. A number of specialized tools have been developed to aid in asse
Jan 1, 1988
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The Stillwater Paste Backfill Plant
By Frank Yu, Bob Fukuhara
"The Stillwater mine is a 3,000 tons/day platinum/palladium underground mine and flotation concentrator located in the Beartooth mountain range in south-central Montana. The site elevation is 5,000 fe
Jan 1, 2000
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Stochastic Mine Planning Optimization: New Concepts, Applications and Monetary Value in an ever Uncertain Market
By Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
Conventional approaches to estimating reserves and optimizing mine planning and production forecasting result in single, often biased forecasts. This is largely due to the non-linear propagation of er
Oct 1, 2009
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The Bethlehem Molybdenum Plant
By E. A. Lowe, A. F. Bellamy, J. W. Smith
"In the autumn of 1977 Bethlehem management initiated feasibility studies on recovery of by-product molybdenum from concentrate produced at the existing Highland Valley mining operation. Over the fall
Jan 1, 1980
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Ground Control Aspects of Mining Deep Remnant Panels at Falconbridge Lockerby Mine ? A Case Study
By J. Ran
There are challenges in mining deep tabular ore deposits using the open stoping method, particularly mining remnant panels towards the end of mine life. The remnant panels have experienced stress conc
Apr 1, 2005
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Agglomeration of Sulphide Minerals
By J. A. Finch, J. Vergouw
"Flotation selectivity becomes progressively more difficult to achieve with decreasing particle size. One of the possible problems is agglomeration, i.e. particles clustering together. One mechanism d
Jan 1, 1997
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Applying tracer gas techniques to evaluate the air distribution in flood leaching stopes
By A. Sheikh, S. Hardcastle
"Various methods of leaching are being used by Denison Mines Ltd. Uranium Operations. This study was designed to investigate the flood leaching operation of two parallel inter-connected stopes contain
Jan 1, 1988
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Inspection Techniques - Non-Destructive Evaluation – Mill Gear Inspection Using Eddy Current Array (ECA) Combined With Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) Techniques
By Tom Shumka
"All mineral processing facilities that use girth gear driven mills need to inspect the gear teeth on a routine basis, whether it be every six months to every three years. The inspection frequency dep
Jan 1, 2012
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Developments in Fine Gravity Concentration Using the Bartles-Mozley Table
By R. O. Burt, D. J. Ottley
"SYNOPSISRecent developments in the use of the Bartles-Mozley table and the Bartles CTS screen are described for the gravity preconcentration of fine heavy mineral and metal particles present in low g
Jan 1, 1973
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Challenges in moving from Ad-Hoc to Planned Mine Technology Innovation
Why Innovate in Mining? ?Obvious, right? ?Increase productivity and profitability ?Improve safety and ergonomics ?Improve our environmental record and eliminate liabilities ?Implement process c
May 1, 2006
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Large Tire Users Group: A Collaborative Initiative of the Surface Mining Association for Research & Technology (SMART)
By Bernard Jones
LTUG ? A meeting of many mining companies that are using large tires ? Introduction of the mines and size ? Companies go over their usage of tires and performance ? As a group we discuss how the m
May 1, 2009
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X-Ray Tomography Study on the Effect of Porosity on Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation in AM60 Die Casting
By Zhuofei Yang, Jidong Kang, David S. Wilkinson
The fatigue behavior of AM60 high pressure die casting magnesium alloys was studied in a straincontrolled manner. The fatigue test was interrupted every 2,000 cycles for X-ray tomography scanning. The
Jan 1, 2014
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Enhancements in the interpretation of geochemical data using multivariate methods and digital topography
By E. C. Grunsky, B. W. Smee
"The development of low-cost, rapid multielement analytical techniques has generated large geochemical databases in many exploration programs. When a sampling program consists of several thousand samp
Jan 1, 2003
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Survival strategy: every bit counts
By O. P. Garg
"The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) operations in Labrador and Quebec, in Canada, is among the largest openpit mining complexes on a world wide basis. Since the 1981-82 recession, IOC has embarked o
Jan 1, 1987