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  • SME
    TBM Tunneling At The Ashlu Hydropower Project, Squamish, BC

    By Serge Moalli

    The Ashlu Creek Hydro-electric project, located north of Squamish, BC, at the confluence of Ashlu Creek and the Squamish River, comprises a 49 MW run-of-river project and features a 4.08 m diameter, 4

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    Construction of Headrace Tunnel of Uma Oya Water Conveyance Project, Sri Lanka

    By Jamal Rostami, Ataollah Rahbar

    "Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project is under construction in Sri Lanka. This project involves 2 Rolled Concrete Core (RCC) Dams connected through a tunnel currently under construction by Drill a

    Jan 1, 2016

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    Nuclear Energy?s Future From A Uranium Producer?s Perspective

    Gary R. Steele is vice president, corporate marketing with Energy Fuels Resources. As such, he knows the global uranium market. The following are some of his thoughts on uranium?s place in the globa

    Jan 1, 2008

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    DSI DYWI Rock Dust Enhancing Safety And Productivity In Underground Coal Mining

    By J. Pinkley

    DSI DYWI Rock Dust application is aiding in enhancing safety and productivity in underground coal mining. DSI DYWI Rock Dust combines wet dusting technology and polymers to allow for drying and lift

    Jan 1, 2012

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    Latitudinal/land-mass proximity controls on ferromanganese crust composition and resource potential, Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian Ocean

    By Kira Mizell, James R. Hein, Tracy Conrad

    "The Ninetyeast Ridge (NER) extends roughly N-S as a topographic feature for 5000 km, from 31° south to 10° north (Fig. 1) where it becomes buried beneath the Bengal Fan at its northern end. These two

    Sep 1, 2014

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    Preliminary Seismic Design Considerations for a Highway Tunnel in Coronado, California

    By David Young

    This paper presents tunnel design considerations for the SR75/282 Transportation Corridor Project in Coronado, California. The project is managed by the City of Coronado in cooperation with Caltrans a

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Reduction Mechanism Of Chromite Spinel With Carbon

    By A. B. Hazar-Yoruç

    Ferrochromium produced by smelting chromite ores is an important alloying component in the steel industry. Ore, coke and fluxes are mixed and reacted in an arc furnace for a smelting process of ferroc

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Bleeder Entry Evaluation Using Condition Mapping and Numerical Modeling

    One of the most common critical areas of longwall mining in terms of ground stability are the gateroad and bleeder entries. These critical entries provide much-needed safe access for miners and allow

    Jan 7, 2020

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    Assessment Of Stable And Failed Pillars In Underground Limestone Mines

    Pillars in underground limestone mines are required to support the overburden and provide a safe, stable working environment for mining personnel and equipment. Pillar stability was assessed by the Na

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Risk Management of the Canada Line Transit Tunnels ? Introduction

    By Brendan Henry

    The Canada Line is a 19km long automated light rapid transit system with 16 stations in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The Concession was awarded to InTransitBC to design, build, partially finance, operate, a

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Onsite Assembly And Hard Rock Tunneling At The Jinping-II Hydropower Station Tunnel Project

    By Stephen M. Smading

    The Jinping-II hydroelectric project in China features four parallel headrace tunnels approximately 18-km- (11-mile-) long. Two will be excavated by tunnel boring machines (TBM) and two by drill-and-b

    Jan 1, 2009

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    Introducing in January 2019... SME’s new member benefit

    By None None

    Life as a mining/mineral professional doesn’t leave much time for perusing 20-page technical papers. Yet, being technologically savvy is part and parcel of a successful career in this industry. What’s

  • SME
    Limestone Mining – Is It Noisy Or Not? (a6f0b5ad-a610-4972-afd6-68c53ccd734c)

    By D. R. Babich, E. R. Bauer

    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) researchers are conducting a cross-sectional survey of equipment noise and worker noise exposures in the mining industry. Surface and und

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Maintenance Management: Minimizing Risk to Profitability

    By Paul D. Tomlingson

    Modern production equipment has been designed with greater productive capacity and higher reliability to meet the rigorous operating demands of the mining industry. These improvements have also made

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Making Headway: All-Tool Carriers And Attachments Are Making An Impact On Advanced Tunneling

    By Peter Bigwood

    Whether drilling through tough clay or breaking rock, or facing the most severe conditions including mixed face ground, perched water and running and flowing sands, working under-ground certainly come

    Jan 1, 2012

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    Planning and Design of the A3 Hindhead Tunnel, Surrey, United Kingdom

    By Tom Ireland, Tony Rock

    The proposed 1.83km long twin bore A3 Hindhead road tunnel planned for contruction in 2008 is being delivered under a Highways Agency Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract. The proposed cons

    Jan 1, 2007

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    A Simplified Computerized Method To Predict Maximum Subsidence And The Subsidence Profile For The Appalachian Coal Basin

    By Kewal K. Kohli, Thomas Z. Jones

    This paper presents a simplified computerized method for the prediction of maximum subsidence and the subsidence profile for the Appalachian Coal Basin using the Hyperbolic Function Profile Method. Se

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Edmonton South LRT Twin Tunnels

    By Steve Skelhorn

    Edmonton South LRT is the latest expansion of the Subway system in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Consisting of twin 5.8m segmental lined tunnels, 280m long, driven by a Lovat EPB machine. The key challen

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Actualizing Sustainable Mining: “Whole Mine, Whole Community, Whole Planet” Through ‘Industrial Ecology’ And Community-Based Strategies

    By Ivan Weber

    Asking the question, “What do the world’s leading corporations and cutting-edge practitioners of sustainability put forth to guide a given mine site for planning and action toward ‘sustainability’?”,

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Design and Risk Management Strategy for the Sound Transit Beacon Hill Station and Tunnels

    By Joseph Gildner, Donald J. Phelps, Jürgen Laubbichler, Christopher Tattersall, David McAllister

    The Beacon Hill Station and Tunnels portion of the Sound Transit Central Link Project consists of one mile of twin rapid transit tunnels, an underground station, portals and ancillary works constructe

    Jan 1, 2005