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  • NIOSH
    RI 7130 Application Of Filiform Tungsten To Reinforce Metals

    By A. G. Starliper

    The Bureau of Mines made laboratory investigations to determine the feasibility of utilizing fine tungsten wires to reinforce a number of nonferrous metals and alloys and a superalloy, S-8l6. The comp

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    Safety Control Systems Used In A Hydrogen-Fueled Mine Vehicle

    By Chelsea Woodward

    The Spokane Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has demonstrated a prototype hydrogen-fueled mining vehicle as an alternative to diesel equipment in underg

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Manufacturing of FeSiB high-temperature phase change material by silicothermic reduction

    By W Polkowski, M Tangstad, M Wallin, J Jiao

    Fe-26Si-9B (wt per cent) alloy has been identified as a potential high-temperature phase change material (PCM) due to its attractive properties, such as its high latent heat of fusion and low volumetr

    Jun 19, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Coal Measure Paleoenvironments and Seam Correlation in the Rapahoe Sector, Greymouth Coalfield

    Drilling in the south of the Rapahoe Sector at Greymouth Coalfield has demonstrated the existence of thick coal seams in the upper Rewanui Member. Seam correlation is handicapped by complex lithostrat

    Jan 1, 1985

  • AUSIMM
    Technical Note - A Test and Comment on Taylor's Rule of Mine Life

    By Schaap W

    A test on Taylor's rule of mine life using published data on open pit porphyry copper mines confirmed that mine life is, on average proportional to the fourth root of reserve tonnage. Deviations

    Jan 1, 1984

  • NIOSH
    Understanding and Quantifying Arc Flash Hazards in the Mining Industry

    By Gerald T. Homce, James C. Cawley

    Arc flash generally refers to the dangerous exposure to thermal energy released by an arcing fault on an electrical power system, and in recent years, arc flash hazards have become a prominent safety

  • NIOSH
    OFR-58-85 A Pilot Program For Underground Mine Rescue And Emergency Program Utilizing Cooperative Resources

    By James H. McCutchan

    The small and remote mine operators must comply with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration regulation requiring them to train and maintain mine rescue teams. The alternative is for the ope

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    An Integration Of Long-Term Mine Planning, Tailings And Reclamation Plans

    Oil sands processing generates huge volumes of slurry, known as tailings, that is being stored in tailings ponds. The volume of produced tailings is a very important factor in oil sands surface mine p

    Feb 27, 2013

  • DFI
    Comparison of Static Lateral Behavior of Vertical and Battered Pile Groups of the I-10 Twin Span Bridge Using Finite Element Simulation

    By Ahmad F. Souri, Murad Abu-Farsakh

    "In this study, the static lateral resistance of vertical and battered pile groups was analyzed using 3D finite element analysis. The battered pile group finite element model was verified using the re

    Jan 1, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Detoxification of Arsenic Bearing Wastes

    By E N. Sajin

    The final arsenic bearing waste products at the majority of metallurgical and chemical enterprises are cakes in which arsenic is present in the form of calcium arsenate. Burial of cakes demands constr

    Jan 1, 2002

  • IOM3
    In-situ modification of platinum-group minerals in Tonsina ultramafic complex, south-central Alaska: implications for surficial dispersion and geochemical exploration

    By N. B. J. Kieser

    Paper presented at the IAGOD international symposium on mineralization related to mafic and ultramafic rocks, held in Orleans, France, 1-3 September 1993. Platinum-group minerals (PGM) in the enriched

    Apr 1, 1994

  • SME-ICGCM
    Determination of the Strength of Powered Roof Supports According for Fatigue Life

    By Monika Patrycja Polak - Micewicz

    This paper presents an approach for estimating the fatigue life for the base of powered roof supports (shield) manufactured by the FAZOS roof support company. FAZOS?s powered roof supports are designe

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Wet Shotcrete Trial

    By A. D. Storrie

    An underground wet shotcrete trial was completed last year to determine the effectiveness of wet shotcrete as an alternative support mechanism to dry shotcrete in the kimberlite environment. The wet s

    Jan 1, 2001

  • NIOSH
    OFR-104-77 Coal Mine Combustion Products Identification And Analysis - 1. Abstract And Summary

    By K. L. Paciorek

    The aim of this program was to develop a reliable and meaning-ful basis for assessing certain safety aspects, namely fire and, in particular, toxicity hazards of articles employed in underground coal

    Jan 1, 1976

  • TMS
    Structure Evolution of Aluminum Foams during Foaming Process

    By Zhuokun Cao

    Manufacture of aluminum foams still suffer from nonuniformity and poor reproductively for there is lack of basic knowledge of foaming process. In this paper, carbon fibers are used as novel stabilizin

    Jan 1, 2010

  • NIOSH
    RI 9256 - Characterization of the Sheep Creek Pb-Zn-Ag-Sn Prospect, North-Central Alaska Range

    By W. K. Connor, O&apos

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated the Sheep Creek prospect in the north-central Alaska Range to evaluate the Pb, Zn, Ag, and Sn resources. The studies included field investigations, mineralogical

    Jan 1, 1989

  • DFI
    Design Of Drilled Pier In Expansive Soils

    By G. T. Hong

    A numerical model for use in design is developed to predict the stresses and axial and bending displacements in a drilled pier in expansive soils. The prediction is based on the horizontal swelling p

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    A Brief History Of Infacon

    INFACON conjures up many things for many people. For the fortunate few who have been actively involved with this event since its inception, it brings back memories of far places, stimulating debates a

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Development Of New Geophysical Technique For Mineral Exploration And Mineral Discrimination Based On Electromagnetic Methods

    By Michael S. Zhdanov

    One of the major problems of mineral exploration is the ability to reliably distinguish between uneconomic mineral deposits and economic mineralization. While the mining industry uses many geophysical

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    IC 8035 Bibliography Of Investment And Operating Costs For Chemical And Petroleum Plants, January-December 1960 ? Introduction

    By Sidney Katell

    This cost bibliography, covering the period from January through December 1960, is a continuation of the series which began with the publication of Information Circular 7516 in October 1949. It is als

    Jan 1, 1961