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  • SAIMM
    3?Chamber pipe feeder system (3-CPFS)

    By J. J. Botha

    As a Demand Side Management (DSM) Project, money was granted for the procurement and installation of a 3-Chamber Pipe Feeder System (3-CPFS) at AngloGold Ashanti?s Moab Khotsong Mine in the Vaal River

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    RI 4873 Ignition of Coal Dust by Permissible Explosives (c123dee0-6517-4c0e-b90c-1453a7810979)

    By Irving Hartmann, F. P. Christofel, John Nagy, E. B. McGibbeny

    "INTRODUCTION When permissible explosives are used in c procedure recommended by the Bureau of Mines 5/ they are relatively safe, and, no mine explosions are known to have resulted from this type of b

    Apr 1, 1952

  • AIME
    Development of the Mineral Industry in Peace and War

    By J. R. Finlay

    BEFORE entering into the statistical part of this article, some general comments may be ln order. Each important war seems to introduce a new atmosphere and a new epoch. The Civil War led to the perio

    Jan 1, 1944

  • NIOSH
    RI 2652 Zinc Used For Roofing

    By Chas. E. van Baraeveld

    "The information presented in this report is a by-product of studies concerning zinc, and is published in response to various inquiries for information as to the suitability of zinc for roofing. It pa

    Nov 1, 1924

  • SME
    Quantitative Criterion and Applications for Assessing the Impact of Coal Seam Mining on Overlying Strata - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2024)

    By Lingyun Zou, Xinghai Lei, Tiezheng Li, Yifei Song, Nan Wang, Yang Li

    The stability of key strata is of utmost importance in ensuring safe and effective coal seam mining operations. To minimize disturbance impacts on these strata and ensure their stability, it is crucia

    Mar 8, 2024

  • DFI
    Site Specific Study for Foundation Design of Iswar Gupta Bridge

    By Ambarish Ghosh, Chitralekha Ghatak, Tanumaya Mitra, Tarun Sengupta, Sajib Das, Sankar Kumar Nath

    "Currently construction of important structures like bridges, flyovers and high rise buildings in and around Kolkata are in full swing. These structures have mostly pile or well foundations. The desig

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    OFR-27-78 Improved Fire Protection For Stationary Underground Equipment

    By J. L. Buckley

    A survey of previous underground mine fires revealed a number of reported fires may have been caused by malfunctioning stationary electrical equipment. Therefore, an evaluation of conventional fire pr

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    Assessment of Effectiveness of Artificial Recharge for Coal Seam Gas Water Management Based on Numerical Modelling

    By C Rothfuss, X Wang, S J. Herbert, K Prasad

    The extraction of groundwater to produce gas from coal seam gas (CSG) reservoirs has highlighted the opportunity for beneficial uses of groundwater in Australia. This paper presents an assessment of a

    Nov 26, 2013

  • CIM
    The effect of slag composition control on the performance of magnesite-chrome refractory linings in top blown rotary converters

    By R. White, C. Doyle, B. Martin, C. Díaz, J. Hrepic, G. Cuthbert

    "A program initiated to improve the service life of the magnesite-chrome refractory in the top blown rotary converters at INCO’s Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery identified slag corrosion as a major wear

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Oldie But Goldie – Bi-Directionally Tested Foundation Piles With Base Enlargement As A Smart And Economical Alternative To Conventional Piles At Geneva, Switzerland

    By Dipl. -Ing. (FH) Thomas Schmitt, Dr. Melvin England

    Foundations in Geneva are difficult and expensive due a large overlayer of clay and silt above competent bearing material in the moraine. Common foundation schemes use deep barrettes or bored piles, f

    May 1, 2022

  • IMPC
    Higher grades and better recovery through pre-concentration of precious and base metal ores

    By Georges Delemontex, Nigel Grigg

    "Pre-concentration of precious metal and base metal ore types is becoming more relevant with the discovery, development and operation of many lower grade deposits around the world. The fluctuations in

    Jan 1, 2014

  • IOM3
    Ignition prevention

    By J. S. WARWICK, E. J. Browning

    Ignitions continue to occur underground, sometimes leading to major explosions. There has been considerable effort in the UK, and more widely in the European Community, to formulate the best ventilati

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SAIMM
    Risk-based slope design: Insights from the Thabazimbi failure

    By T. Dlokweni, M. Bester, C. Koegelenberg, I. Basson

    Certain degrees of safety, economic, and financial risk are implicit in any mining operation. At Thabazimbi Mine, slope stability was one of the major sources of risk, largely due to data uncertaintie

    Sep 1, 2025

  • TMS
    Thermodynamic Analysis of Incineration Treatment of Waste Disposable Syringes in an EAF Steelmaking Process

    By Maryam Ghodrat, Bijan Samali

    Disposal of waste syringes in a safe and eco-friendly way has been an issue of considerable scale for decades. The generated amount of waste syringes has escalated with the rapid growth in population

    Mar 1, 2018

  • AIME
    The Compressed Air System Of The Anaconda Copper Mining Co., Butte, Mont.

    By Bruno Nordberg

    THE high cost of coal in Butte and the development of large amounts of cheap electric power from the Missouri river caused the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. in 1908 to make an investigation as to the pos

    Jan 9, 1913

  • CIM
    Recent Developments in Dry Atomization and Heat Recovery

    By L. C. So, S. Faucher, S. Mostaghel, D. Sauter, S. -Y. Oh, S. K. Lee

    "Molten material from pyrometallurgical furnaces is tapped at high temperature, carrying a large amount of heat. Traditional handling methods of slow air cooling or water granulation do not allow for

    Jan 1, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Contemporary Criteria of Open Pit Long-Term Production Scheduling

    Production scheduling of open pit mining is a key area as it deals with the management of operating cash flows of mining companies. The efficiency of long-term schedules is usually assessed with econo

    Sep 26, 2011

  • CIM
    Accounting practices

    By D. T. Pritchard

    "Introduction""No accounting system is very good, and all of them are infinitely variable*.”The purpose of this chapter is to discuss those facets of a typical accounting system which are most commonl

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SAIMM
    SA coal resources and reserves, a present-day outlook

    By X. M. Prévost

    The reassessment of coal reserves has become a matter of urgency and has come as a result of the present situation of the industry, in the context of globalized coal economies, as well as new mining l

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Study of Re-Entry Time Post Blasting at Ciguha PT Antam Ubpe Pongkor Underground Gold Mine

    By P. H. Agson Gani, T. Sitorus, N. P. Widodo

    "PT ANTAM UBPE Pongkor underground mine use blasting to develop its tunnels which will cause poisonous and dangerous gases trapped inside mine. To analyze this case, a study of mine ventilation, the d

    Jan 1, 2019