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  • SME
    Procurement, Program Management, Risk, and Financing of Underground Projects: Changing the Paradigm

    By William W. Edgerton, Moussa Wone, David H. Corkum, Carlton M. Ray

    "The DC Clean Rivers (DCCR) Project is a 25 year, $2.6 Billion court ordered project to reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) discharging into the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and Rock Creek, and als

    Jan 1, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    Procuring Control and Intelligent Traffic Systems for Major New Build Projects – Avoiding Pitfalls and Maximising Value

    By G M. Taylor

    The application of high technology to monitor and control fire life safety, critical functionality in tunnels and underground spaces generally has progressed at an ever accelerating rate over the past

    Sep 17, 2014

  • TMS
    Producing Commercial Products From Inorganic Wastes

    By C. T. Philipp

    Recycling of waste is much preferred over disposal. This paper discusses the Enviroscience, Inc. (ESI) process, now being commercialized by MetWool, Inc., to recycle hazardous wastes using an extracti

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Producing Structural Concrete While using Mine Tailings as a Substitute for Fine Aggregate

    By J. M. Bray, R. R. H. Cohen, P. Kiousis, S. R. Al-Abed

    "INTRODUCTION Conventional tailing storage and management practices typically utilize engineered facilities, such as ring dikes and valley impoundments. To reduce the environmental costs associated wi

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    Product stewardship

    By Larry A. Morris

    The environmental impacts of industrial activities have become very serious concerns of the public over the past few decades. Not surprisingly, governments have responded with legislation and regulati

    Jan 1, 1996

  • CIM
    Product stewardship (4abb8bf0-af4b-4e1c-9e9d-74ed056b135f)

    By Larry A. Morris

    The environmental impacts of industrial activities have become very serious concerns of the public over the past few decades. Not surprisingly, governments have responded with legislation and regulati

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AUSIMM
    Product Stewardship - A Mine ManagerÆs Guide to Business Risk Management

    By J de Vries

    Arthur Page, a past President of AT&T said:All businesses in a democratic society begin with public permission, and exist by public approval. Product stewardship in its most basic form is simply risk

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Product stewardship at Dofasco: A discussion paper

    By B. W. Steele

    "Dofasco began operations in 1912 as a steel foundry located in Hamilton, Ontario. Today, Dofasco is a fully integrated mill that manufactures hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized and tinplate steels.

    Jan 1, 1996

  • AIME
    Production - Foreign - Petroleum Development in Argentina in 1932

    By Gilbert P. Moore

    The production of petroleum in Argentina during 1932 was greater than in any preceding year. The total amount produced was 13,012,-756 bbl. This figure represents a decided increase in the production

    Jan 1, 1933

  • AIME
    Production - Foreign - Search for Oil in Great Britain - by D’Arcy Exploration Company Ltd. - Received through the courtesy of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., London, England. Manuscript received at the office of the Institute Fe

    The D'Arcy Exploration Company Ltd. has been granted prospecting licenses in Great Britain to explore four different types of prospect. In the south of England (Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex) the

    Jan 1, 1937

  • DFI
    Production And Testing Of 600 Reinforced-Concrete Piles For The Central Bank Of Iraq

    By H. Meseck

    The new building of the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad was footed in difficult underground conditions on more than 600 reinforced concrete driven piles, with cross-sectional diameters of 45 x 45 cm a

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AUSIMM
    Production at Lift 530 m of Tongkuangyu Copper Mine

    By K W. Bian, Y M. Liu

    Tongkuangyu Copper Mine is currently the only mine in China employing block caving. It comprises two large orebodies known as the No 4 orebody and the No 5 orebody. They are approximately 50° in

    May 9, 2016

  • ISEE
    Production Blasting at the Empire Mine

    By G J. Kulbieda

    The Empire Mine initiated production in 1963. Since then the unit operations of drilling and blasting have evolved continually in order to meet the increased mining requirements demanded by plant expa

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Production Drill and Blast Practices at Ridgeway Gold Mine

    Newcrest Mining Limited (NML) owns and manages the Ridgeway Gold Mine (RGM) located outside Orange in the state of New South Wales. RGM is a new underground sublevel caving (SLC) operation that is ram

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Production Drill Optimisation at Telfer Underground - A Move Towards Automation

    By P F. Knights, P Boniwell

    This paper investigates the causes of low effective utilisation of the production drill fleet at the Telfer Underground Gold Mine, as measured by the percussion hours per shift. The first part of this

    Jan 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Production Energy Optimization in Mining

    By Fabio Mielli

    In these times of increasing costs and diminished returns, energy consumption is one source of savings that remains relatively untapped in the mining sector. Typically, 15% to 40% of operational costs

    Aug 1, 2013

  • AIME
    Production Engineering - Diamond Coring in the Rangely Field, Colorado (TP 2301, Petr. Tech., Jan. 1948)

    By Carl J. Christensen

    This paper presents the development of diamond coring of the Weber sand section in the Rangely Field, Colorado. The description and operation of the diamond-coring equipment is included as well as the

    Jan 1, 1948

  • AIME
    Production Engineering - Diamond Coring in the Rangely Field, Colorado (TP 2301, Petr. Tech., Jan. 1948)

    By Carl J. Christensen

    This paper presents the development of diamond coring of the Weber sand section in the Rangely Field, Colorado. The description and operation of the diamond-coring equipment is included as well as the

    Jan 1, 1948

  • SME
    Production Estimating Techniques For Underground Mining Using Roadheaders

    By D. M. Neil

    Road-headers are one of the most popular mechanized excavators used in mining and civil under-ground construction. These machines are primarily used in soft to medium hard rocks. This paper reviews th

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    Production improvement opportunities in comminution circuits

    By M Yahyaei, M S. Powell

    Mineral processing plants have become large and complex, generally through progressive expansions. Addition of a pre-crushing stage to conventional Semi-Autogenous-Grinding (SAG) and ball mill - crush

    Aug 29, 2018