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  • TMS
    Ultrasonic Characterization of Copper using Wavelet Analysis

    By S. Prasad

    The effectiveness of ultrasonic velocity measurements and attenuation of the propagating pulse was evaluated as a means of Non-Destructive characterization of cold worked and annealed copper. Commerci

    Jan 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Effects of DA as a Grinding Aid on Selective Grinding of Low-Grade Bauxite

    Effects of DA as a Grinding Aid on Selective Grinding of Low-Grade Bauxite Effects of DA (a copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide) as a grinding aid on selective grinding of low-grade bauxite were

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Variation in property parameters of iron ore granulated mix with moisture content

    By C Li, D O’Dea, R Moreno-Atanasio, T Honeyands

    The behaviour of iron ore granules in the feeding process of sintering is significantly influenced by the material properties of the granulated mix. Therefore, the measurement of key material properti

    Jul 24, 2017

  • NIOSH
    RI 4539 Investigation Of The Cartersville Manganese District, Bartow County, Ga.

    By A. L. Peyton

    Manganese-oxide minerals occur in irregular pockets distributed through the residual clays of the Cartersville district, which lies 45 miles north-west of Atlanta in Bartow County, Ga. The district pr

    Jan 1, 1949

  • SME
    Oil Mining : An Emerging Technology

    By John S. Hutchins, David L. Wassum

    Mining engineers are ready to take a big step into a new field-oil mining. To understand the subject, one must look at the world's oil supply and demand as well as petroleum technology successes

    Jan 12, 1981

  • TMS
    Carbothermal Reduction Study Of Kaolin And Two Different Silica Sources

    By Sutham Niyomwas

    Synthesis of alumina-mullite-silicon carbide composite (Al2O3-Al6Si2O13-SiCw) was obtained in situ by carbothermal reduction of a mixture of kaolin and two different silica sources. The carbothermal r

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Geophysical Case Study of the Gallen Deposit, Québec, Canada

    By D. Bois, P. Keating, J. Lemieux, M. A. Vallée, M. Allard, R. S. Smith, L. Z. Cheng, M. Chouteau, D. K. Fountain

    "As part of a larger research program, a number of MEGATEM airborne electromagnetic (EM) test flights were flown over the Gallen massive sulfide deposit in northwest Québec. A particularity of this te

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    The role of coal and CCS in energy policy and sustainable development of Turkey: Is it compatible to the EU energy policy?

    By N. Sahin, K. Baris, A. Ozarslan

    This paper aims to assess the current and future role of coal in energy strategy of Turkey and evaluates the compatibility of the policies to the EU energy policy and strategy. The Turkish government

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    From Green Field Site to Block Cave Mine - Results of Northparke's Drill and Blast Design Process

    The green field site is one that has no history of mining and as such it presents the designer with a blank canvas, on which any number of drill and blasting options can be drafted. No matter which mi

    Jan 1, 1998

  • CIM
    Improving the Gold Gravity Performance: an Investigation into the Laboratory and Plant Gravity Recoveries

    By Sunil Koppalkar, Guillaume Noel, Ahmed Bouajila, Makni Sami, Claude Gagnon

    "Gold gravity recovery circuits utilizing enhanced gravity separators have become an integral part of many of the modern gold processing plants. Thus, efforts to improve the operating efficiency have

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    In Situ Condition Monitoring of a Rail-based System

    By Jeffrey L. Pagnutti

    Train derailment can lead to loss of capital, damage to the environment, and loss of life. Machinery condition monitoring techniques can be used to develop a structural health monitoring system for r

    May 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Interfacial Phenomena And Reaction Kinetics Between Carbon And Slag Containing MnO

    By Haiping Sun, Samir Ganguly, Oleg Ostrovski, M. Yaser Lone

    Wettability of graphite by synthetic SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-MnO slags with varied MnO content and by industrial slags was studied at 1350-1600 °C using sessile drop method under argon atmosphere. Initial con

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Advantages of Design in Drilled Displacement Type Piles in Tropical Porous Soil Deposits

    By Jean R. Garcia, Paulo J. R. Albuquerque, Renato P. Cunha, Osvaldo Freitas Neto

    "Abstract Results obtained from in-situ load tests carried out on drilled displacement piles sunk in a porous, lateritic and unsaturated soil deposit, are analyzed in this paper. Three slow-maintained

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Bagdad Concentrator Process Control Update

    By Peter Amelunxen, Craig Lockhart

    Significant effort was made in 2003 and 2004 to upgrade the existing instrumentation and process control infrastructure at the Phelps Dodge Bagdad copper concentrator. Specifically, • cameras were

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AIME
    Reservoir Engineering - General - Some Theoretical Aspects of Underground Combustion in Segregated Oil Reservoirs

    By B. S. Gottfried

    This paper is concerned with possible transport mechanisms which occur during segregated burning (i.e., burning in an oil reservoir in which the oil-bearing formation is overlain by a "clean" porous z

    Jan 1, 1967

  • SME
    A New Short- And Medium-Term Production Planning Tool - Minesight® Schedule Optimizer (MSSO) - Preprint 09-079

    The MineSight Schedule Optimizer (MSSO) is a new production scheduling tool developed by Mintec, Inc. using mixed integer linear programming (MILP) techniques. This tool was developed to solve the sho

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    New Approach Controls Dust At The Collector Dump Point - NIOSH Finds A Simple, Cost-Effective Solution For Reducing Dust For Blasthole Dills

    By Steven J. Page, Wm. Randolph “Randy” Reed, John A. Organiscak

    Researchers studying dust generation from blasthole drills developed a simple, quick fix that reduced respirable dust concentrations by more than 63% at the dump point. This device, which requires alm

  • AUSIMM
    Practical Hints on Deep Alluvial Mining

    As it is my opinion that deep alluvial mining in Victoria and in the Murray Flats in New South Wales is practically in its infancy, and considering that we, the old school of alluvial miners, who have

    Jan 1, 1901

  • SME
    Innovations in Underground Communication Infrastructures

    By Darrell Gillis

    Recent accidents in the United States underground Coal Mines and the on-going carnage in Underground Chinese Coal Mines has shown the danger associated with the lack of communication infrastructures i

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Intelligent Air Management for Energy Efficiency in Mining and Mineral Processing Operations

    By Arun .. J. Basu

    The paper introduces Intelligent Air Management (IAM) as the core activity of M&I Group of Companies (M&I) for providing a total solution to any air management problems for mining and mineral processi

    Apr 1, 2005