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  • SME
    Transfer Of A Project Risk Register From Design Into Construction: Lessons Learned From The WSSC BI-County Water Tunnel Project

    By R. J. F. Goodfellow

    Many underground projects now include preparation of a Risk Register through planning and design as a tool for project and risk management. There is still significant discussion within the industry as

  • SME
    M5 East Tunnels: A Flat Roofed, Bolt and Shotcrete-Lined Highway

    By Isabelle Lamb, Manfred K. Lechner, Daniel N. Adams

    Sydney Australia’s M5 East Motorway connects southwestern suburbs to the airport. Central to the project are twin 3.8 km roadway tunnels which are mostly driven through rock. In order to come up with

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    On the Mineral Recovery Estimation in Cu/Mo Flotation Plants

    By L. Vinnett, J. Yianatos, S. Flores

    "A numerical conditioning analysis for mineral recovery estimation was performed for industrial flotation plants, considering the copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo) and iron (Fe) separability. A modified re

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    An Evaluation Of The Strength Of Slender Pillars

    Pillars with width to height ratios of less than 1.0 are frequently created in underground hard rock mines. The strength of slender pillars can be estimated using empirically developed equations. Ho

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Microcomputers In The Mining Industry - A Case Study

    By Michael D. Loy

    This paper examines the computerization steps of United Coal Company of Bristol, Virginia. OVERVIEW Producing close to 7,000,000 tons per year, United Coal Company is one of the most interesti

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Dual Concentrate From The Egyptian Baritic Iron Ore

    By F. Hassan, M. A. Arafa

    At El-Gedida iron ore deposits there is a block of about 30million tons neglected due to its higher sulfur content due to the presence of barite gangue minerals. From this bluk by magnetic separation

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Application of Fatigue Management Systems: Small Mines and Low Technology Solutions

    By B. M. Eiter

    The impact of fatigue is seen not only in its effect on the job performance of haul truck operators but also on the health of the operator and the productivity at the mine site. Its impact can even ex

  • SME
    The Miocene Questa Caldera, Northern New Mexico: Relation To Batholith Emplacement And Associated Molybdenum Mineralization

    By Peter W. Lipman

    Structural and topographic relief in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico provides a remarkable cross section through the recently recognized 23-26 m.y.-old Questa caldera and cogenet

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME
    Coal In Florida?s Future

    By Donald M. Benjamin

    Florida's electrical needs are served by 58 utilities of practically every type: six investor-owned, 34 municipal, 17 cooperative, and one federally-owned. They range in size from a small municip

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Annual Review 2006 – Exploration Review

    By D. R. Wilburn

    This summary of international mineral exploration activities for 2006 draws upon avail-able information from literature, industry and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) specialists. The summary provides da

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Ventilation on demand (VOD) project ? Vale Inco Ltd. Coleman Mine

    By C. Allen

    Vale Inco Ltd. is trialing several energy conservation initiatives in an effort to minimize costs and reduce green house gas emissions. The Ventilation on Demand (VOD) concept is a major project being

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Hydraulic Shovel Digging Phase Simulation and Force Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By JESSICA W. A. AZURE, Samuel Frimpong, AZUPURI G. A. KABA, FORSYTH A. KADINGDI, PROSPER E. A. AYAWAH

    This study developed machine learning (ML) models for predicting rock formation reactive forces experienced by a hydraulic shovel bucket during excavation. To do this, rock formation in the form of mu

    Sep 27, 2021

  • SME
    Characterizing Respirable Dust Generated From Cutting Potash In Laboratory Full Scale Cutting Tests With Radial Picks At Different Stages Of Wear - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By M. Ishaq, J. Rosami, J. Brune, E. Sidrow, C. Tsai, S. Slouka

    Respirable rock dust poses serious long-term health effects to workers in mining and tunneling underground hard rock environments. When inhaled, respirable silica particles commonly found in quartz an

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SME
    Practical Options for Solving the Dolomite Problem with Florida Phosphate Resources

    By C. Feng, W. Song, B. Moudgil, P. Zhang, W. Xiao

    Separation of dolomite from phosphate is the most challenging problem in phosphate mineral processing. Over 50% of the future phosphate reserves in Florida contains too much dolomite to process using

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Plant-Site Evaluations Of The OPSA System For On-Line Particle Size Measurement From Moving Belt Conveyors (a2c80e29-57fc-42d5-930c-7b75b81ed0dc)

    By C. L. Lin

    The image-based On-line Particle Size Analyzer (OPSA) system has been developed at the University of Utah to measure particle size distributions under plant conditions where overlapped and segregated

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Applications of Automatic Sensor Based Sorting to Mining Ores

    By M. M. Veras, C. H. Sampaio, A. S. Young, D. Neto, C. O. Petter

    "Due to new technological developments, automatic sensor based sorting has made progress within industrial minerals, precious metals, diamond, and coal mining in recent years (Lessard et. al. 2016). I

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Agglomeration and Characterization of Nickel Concentrate (MHP) Pellets for Ferronickel Production "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020)"

    By Ramiro da Conceição do Nascimento, Horst Guenter Feldhagen, Rafael Piumatti de Oliveira

    Mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) is a nickel intermediate product that has economical benefits to downstream leaching of lateritic marginal ores. Usually, this product is subsequently processed and r

    Jul 6, 2020

  • SME
    Evaluation of Rockburst Classification Using Deep Learning Algorithm - RASIM2022

    By Ehsan Moosavi, Kamyar Tolouei, Mehran Gholinejad

    The literature defines rockbursts in slightly different ways based on their generation mechanisms, field phenomena, and degree of damage, but in a way that is almost consistent. Generally, a rockburst

    Apr 26, 2022

  • SME
    Coal Review

    By F. Freme

    Coal production in the United States in 2007 totaled 1.03 Gt (1,145.6 million st), according to preliminary data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) (Ta-ble 1). This is a decrease of 1.5

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Performance Analysis Of Resin And Mechanical Anchorage Bolting Systems

    To build an effective entry roof beam, a roof bolting or supporting system must be of the ability of providing a clamping force to the bolted roof strata. Currently, two roof bolting systems are widel

    Jan 1, 2011