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  • CIM
    Fifty Years of Pressure Hydrometallurgy at Fort Saskatchewan

    By J. Budac, R. Krentz, P. Cordingley, G. Freeman, M. E. Chalkley, H. Scheie

    Pressure hydrometallurgical unit operations have been in commercial use at the Fort Saskatchewan refinery of Sherritt International Corporation for fifty years. This paper traces the history of Sherri

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Fifty Years of Seeding

    By D. Purdie

    "This paper aims to remind researchers, designers, operators, and managers about the benefits of seeding in the design of precipitation stages in their flowsheet. Including a high density solids (HDS™

    Jan 1, 2018

  • AIME
    Fighting Fire With Steam Shovels - A Unique Operation At The United Verde

    By Robert E. Tally

    The ore reserves of the United Verde Copper Co. in 1907 were estimated at 4,500,000 tons, averaging about 7 per cent copper. Seventy-five per cent of this tonnage was confined to the so-called fire st

    Jan 1, 1932

  • CIM
    Filtering of Background Variation Factors in Stream Sediment Geochemical Surveys - Application to Zn Sedex Deposits in the Gatineau Area, Southwestern Quebec, Canada

    By Michel Jébrak, Claude Bellehumeur

    Abstract - Regional and orientation geochemical stream sediment surveys were carried out by the Quebec Department of Energy and Resources in southwestern Quebec, over a part of the Mont­ Laurier Terra

    Jan 1, 1993

  • TMS
    Filtration Properties of Ferric Hydroxide Precipitate in Nickel Production

    By Beate Ina Jenssen

    Ferric iron removal from the nickel electrolyte at Glencore Nikkelverk AS in Kristiansand, Norway, is achieved by precipitation of iron hydroxide followed by filtration, and it is desirable to improve

  • SME
    Final Design of the River Des Peres Tunnel in St. Louis, MO

    By Patricia Pride, Mike Robison, Jon Bergenthal, Wojciech Klecan

    "The Lower and Middle River Des Peres (LMRDP) CSO Storage Tunnel is the largest single component of Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s (MSD) CSO control system improvements planned to meet consen

    Jun 1, 2019

  • AUSIMM
    Final Pit Wall Stability ù Understanding Crest Loss Mechanisms and Possible Solutions to Block Movement

    By K McSweeney, A Marton

    This paper discusses the development of a strategy for ensuring long-term geotechnical stability of final pit walls at AngloGold AustraliaÆs Sunrise Dam Gold Mine. The strategy makes use of improved b

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Final recovery at Inco's Little Stobie Mine: A case study

    By S. Espley, G. Tan

    "Inco's Little Stobie Mine is a low-grade nickel operation producing approximately 4()()() tons per day. Backfill has never been an economical option at the mine; therefore, the only viable type

    Jan 1, 1994

  • DFI
    Final Report – Workshop on Quality Assurance for Post-Grouted Drilled Shafts

    By Mary Ellen Bruce Large

    "In partnership with California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and with support from International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC), Deep Foun

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    Final Wall Stability in Metal Open Pit Mines Using Presplit Blasting

    By Kazem Oraee

    Implementing stable final pit walls in open pit mines during the open pit design phase and mine exploitation has become one of the most important concerns of mining engineers in recent years. Failure

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Finance accounting and cost control for long-term construction contracts supported by the integrated management and information system Aristoteles

    By K. Böde

    Hochtief AG Germany has developed a comprehensive management and information system for the construction industry named Aristoteles. This system is an efficient supporting tool to manage a variety of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Financial Analysis of the Impact of Increasing Mining Rate in Underground Mining, Using Simulation and Mixed Integer Programming

    "This paper challenges the traditional notion that mine planners need to plan production so as to incur the lowest mining cost. For a given mine configuration, a mine that increases its mining rate wi

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Financial and Geomechanical Optimization for Mine Pushbacks

    By M. Grenon

    OBJECTIVE ?To link slope stability and financial assessment algorithms into a commercially available mine design software packages to provide integrated global pit optimization.

    May 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Financial Assurance for Mine Closure - A New Zealand Perspective

    A variety of environmental financial assurance instruments are in use across the globe. This paper reviews some of the more common forms currently used in New Zealand, Canada, USA and Australia. In or

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Financial Benefits Of Training At Cyprus Sierrita

    By C. M. Jones

    Cyprus Sierrita Corp. has developed a training program that has led to several significant improvements in safety performance and productivity. Truck productivity has increased 6% as measured by truck

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Financial Benefits Of Training At Cyprus Sierrita (6fb84046-b941-49d4-bf57-f0a86d00e2fa)

    By C. M. Jones

    The training program developed at Sierrita over the last twelve months has led to several significant improvements in both safety performance and productivity. Our most easily quantified results have

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Financial Evaluation and Risk Assessment of a Placer Gold Deposit during the First Stages of Exploration: A Case Study

    By D. Drymonitis, G. Gialoglou

    "Placer gold mineralizations have been observed in the north-eastern parts of Greece. Some of them have been at first evaluated to be of special interest so, exploration campaigns have been designed a

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Financial Feasibility of Integrating Mineral Carbonation into Proposed Mining Operations at the Turnagain Nickel Site, Northern BC

    By Sarah R. Hindle

    Carbon capture and storage has jumped to the forefront of climate change mitigation efforts for its capacity to sequester large amounts of carbon. Mineral carbonation is one prominent option, mimickin

    May 1, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    Financial Modelling with the Auditor in Mind

    By S G. Gemell

    "The financial model is an integral component of any project evaluation based on mineral resources, ore reserves and (at least internally) exploration targets. Given the unity of purpose for preparing

    Mar 8, 2016

  • SME
    Financing A Government Owned Industrial Mineral Company (3229cc63-a618-453d-b095-dc0a94b2596a)

    By D. A. Karvonen

    Although the economy in the Province of Saskatchewan has historically been agriculturally oriented, a major new source of wealth has been realized through natural resources such as petroleum and natur

    Jan 1, 1983