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IC 7115 Cars for Transporting Explosives
By O. W. Owings
"The handling and transportation of explosives and explosives supplies are inherently hazardous owing to their sensitiveness to impact and flame or electric arcs and sparks. Many accidents have occurr
May 1, 1940
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IC 8689 Basic Estimated Capital Investment And Operating Costs For Underground Bituminous Coal Mines - Mines With Annual Production Of 1.03 To 3.09 Million Tons From A 48-Inch Coalbed - Revision Of Information Circular 8641
By Sidney Katell
This Bureau of Mines study estimates capital investment, operating costs, and selling prices for three underground bituminous mines producing coal with annual production ranging from 1.03 to 3.09 mill
Jan 1, 1975
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RI 3876 Survey of Tin in California
By R. H. Bedford, F. T. Johnson
"In California the history of tin mining began in Riverside County in 1853, with the discovery of the Temescal deposit. This deposit remained the only one with a production record until recent small s
Apr 1, 1946
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Newmont Gold Company Post Mill Grinding Circuit
By David L. Hill
Newmont Gold Company's Mill No. 4 is located along the Carlin trend, about 25 miles North of Carlin, Nevada. The plant consists of a primary grinding circuit using a 7.2 m (22 ft) diameter by 2.6
Jan 1, 1993
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The Evaluation of Empirical Coal Pillar Strength Formula Based on Uncertainty Criterion
By Navid Hosseini
Several empirical equations to estimate coal pillar strength have been presented in academic studies. The development processes of these equations are similar and are usually obtained by fitting the m
Jan 1, 2012
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Technical Note - Increased value of refined high sulfur coal
By P. R. Dugan
Sulfur removal from high sulfur coal has several objectives including: a) reduction of the atmospheric load that contributes to the problem of acid precipitation; b) reduction of ash, which contribute
Jan 8, 1987
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Development of a Cadmium Removal Process for Vale’s Long Harbour Hydrometallurgy Plant
By P. C. Holloway, A. Tshilombo, T. Xue, M. J. Collins, R. Lopetinsky, I. Mihaylov, I. M. Masters
The Voisey’s Bay deposit contains a trace amount of cadmium, which reports to solution during pressure leaching of the nickel concentrate at Vale’s Long Harbour Hydrometallurgy Plant, and must be remo
Jan 1, 2019
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Low PH Trial in the Ernest Henry Mining Copper Rougher Flotation Circuit (db4a4353-e70f-4fb2-9b3d-7daf6f017863)
"The Ernest Henry Mining (EHM) ore body is an iron oxide copper gold deposit with an average grade of 1.1 percent copper, 0.5 g/tonne gold and 22 percent magnetite. At the end of 2009, EHM converted t
Jan 1, 2014
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Method Selection for Large-Scale Underground Mining
As has been the case since the early Phoenician traders, the minerals used by modern man come from deposits scattered around the globe. The price received is more and more being set by worldwide suppl
Jan 1, 2000
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Case Histories, Part 1 - Études De Cas, Partie 1 - Jet Grouting Underpinning Of A Building In The Us
By Gustavo E. Armijo
This job was done in Morristown, NJ, with mono fluid system jet grouting for the construction of a new bank building. After the demolition of the existing two story structures, an excavation in loose
Jan 1, 2002
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Deep Foundation Design For Liquefaction Induced Lateral Spreads
By Zia Zafir
Design of the deep foundations for the loads imposed by lateral spread include the estimate of the pressure applied by the liquefied material as well as amount of anticipated displacement. In the abs
Jan 1, 2006
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Design And Instrumentation Results Of A Reinforcement Concrete Piled Raft Supporting 2500 Ton Oil Storage Tank On Very Soft Alluvium Deposits
By Shaw-Shong Liew
This paper presents the design concept using floating piles to support 2500Ton oil storage tanks on a very soft alluvial clayey soil of about 40m thick in Riau Province of Sumatra, Indonesia. The floa
Jan 1, 2002
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The Platinum-Group Minerals
"7.1. Glossary of the Platinum-Group Minerals7.1.1. IntroductionA glossary of the platinum-group minerals (POM) serves as a useful introduction to a chapter on their mineralogy. Earlier glossaries (Ca
Jan 1, 1979
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IC 6232 Mining Methods And Costs At The Hecla And Star Mines, Burke, Idaho ? Introduction
By Charles H. Foreman
This paper describing the mining practice of the Hecla and Star mines, both located at Burke, Idaho, is one of a series being prepared by the Bureau of Mines on mining practices, methods, and costs in
Jan 1, 1930
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Unconventional Mining – New Generation of Mining Technology of the XXI-st Century – Preprint 97-45
By K. Y. Vasioutchkov, Y. F. Vasyuchkov, B. M. Vorobjev
In general a term "unconventional mining or "non-traditional mining technology" getting more and move familiar to the mining engineering media. There are several alternating terminological combination
Feb 24, 1997
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Electrokinetic Properties of the Zinc Sulphide-Water and Nickel Sulphide-Water Interfaces
By Healy T. W, Dixon D. R
The present study 'of pure ZnS and NiS and ZnS (marmatite) by detailed electrokinetic methods has shown that by careful control of experimental parameters much new' information on sulphide-w
Jan 1, 1977
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TPM (Total Productive Mining)
By G. Budge
In the extractive industry the term ‘continuous improvement’ (CI) usually means procurement of the latest state of the art equipment. This is generally perceived as the only way to add further value
Jan 1, 2001
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CSM-USBM Rotary Cutting Machine: Research Capabilities And Trials For Improving The Performance Of Tunnel, Shaft And Raise Boring Machines
By Levent Ozdemir, Robert J. Evans, Russell J. Miller, William Sharp
This paper describes the specifications and capabilities of a 6 ft (1.83 m) diameter laboratory rotary cutting machine which was designed and fabricated under a Bureau of Mines (USBM) contract awarded
Jan 1, 1983
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A Preliminary Study into the Relationship between Air Overpressure and Face Velocity in quarry Blasting
By W. J. Birch, R. Farnfield, L. Bermingham
Whilst a significant body of research has been carried into air overpressure levels that arise as a result of the use of explosives, few published studies have actually tried to relate the movement of
Jan 1, 2008
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The Valuation of Mineral in the Ground with Particular Reference to Expropriation
State ownership of mineral in the ground is not newthe Regalian Right is an ancient concept. And the compulsory purchase of land and the minerals beneath it by the State or a body approved by the Stat
Jan 1, 1957