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  • CIM
    Creating Sustainability at Antamina

    By Steven D. Botts

    The Antamina project, owned by BHP Billiton Plc, Mitsubishi Corporation, Noranda Inc., and Teck Cominco Ltd. , is a $2.3 billion copper/zinc project, located in the Ancash Department in Perú. The proj

    May 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    The Sealing , Re-Opening, and Recovery of Aberdare North Colliery, N.S.W., Following the Occurrence of a Spontaneous Heating

    By Sneddon N

    In November, 1975, Aberdare North colliery was sealed at the surface to extinguish an open fire underground.The fire had developed from a spontaneous heating in one of the open goaf areas of the mine.

    Jan 1, 1978

  • CIM
    Study of Relationship between Pyrochlore Matrix Composition and Surface Chemistry Effects on Collector Adsorption

    By B. Hart, J. Marois

    "Scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM–EDX), and Time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS)were used to analyze pyrochlore grains from Niob

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Annual Financial Statements - Report Of The Independent Auditors

    To the members of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy We have audited the annual financial statements of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy set out on pages 451 t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • NIOSH
    Updating the NIOSH Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP) With New Support Technologies and Additional Design Features

    By Thomas M. Barczak

    The initial Support Technology Optimization Program (STOP),Version 1.0, was released at the 19th Ground Control Conference. This original program has since been updated to Version 2.3 which was releas

  • AUSIMM
    Validation and Application of Filtration Theory to Plate and Frame Pressure Filtration - From Laboratory to Full Scale

    Validation and Application of Filtration Theory to Plate and Frame Pressure Filtration - From Laboratory to Full Scale

    Sep 13, 2010

  • SME
    Assessing Small Underground Coal Mines For High Safety-Related Risk

    By H. Kinilakodi

    In 2008, the authors developed a methodology for identifying underground coal mines at high risk for major-hazard events. It focused on major hazard-related violations of safety standards associated w

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Modeling rock mass bulking around underground excavations

    By J. Gómez-Hernández, P. K. Kaiser

    Abstract The process of stress-induced fracturing around underground excavations in brittle rock is associated with dilation or volume increase of the failed, fractured rock. Different attempts to

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    The Candelaria Concentrator Expansion Project

    By D. L. Ogonowski, J. O. Marsden

    The Candelaria copper-gold mine is located approximately 25 km south and east of Copiapo in Region III, Chile. The original concentrator was designed to treat 28,000 t/d (30,800 stpd) of chalcopyrite

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SAIMM
    Analysis and prediction of slow landslide evolutions by using automatic displacement monitoring systems

    By T. Proietti, L. Mongiovì, L. Simeoni

    Reliable estimates of the kinematic characteristics of movements are obtained by using a statistical model SSM. This model represents a useful tool for the management of alert and alarm systems. L

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Paste Production Storage Mechanism (PPSM), a Major Advance in Solids Concentration Technology

    By Rudy Tenbergen, Dick Farmery, Jim Naylor

    "Paste backfill has replaced cemented rock fill as one of the components to improve ground · control and mine safety at the Macassa Operation of Kinross Gold Corporation in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. It

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    No Net Loss and Offsite Mitigation: Is New Zealand Mature Enough for a Win-Win Situation?

    By S Christensen

    In August 2001 the Minister for Conservation declined an application by GRD Macraes for an access arrangement to enable work at the Globe Progress Mine near Reefton. In her decision, Ms Lee said:æI ha

    Jan 1, 2002

  • NIOSH
    RI 7138 Effect Of Ammonia In Cyanide Solution On Copper Extraction From A Michigan Ore

    By A. F. Colombo

    Bench-scale research was undertaken to determine if adding ammonia to cyanide leaching solutions would enhance the extraction of copper from an argillaceous Michigan copper ore. Two leaching technique

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    The Use Of Sensor Derived Data In Real Time Mine Optimization: A Preliminary Overview And Assessment Of Techno-Economic Significance

    By M. Buxton

    Sensor derived data can add value across the mining operating chain ranging from resource definition, extraction, pre ? concentration, mineral process monitoring and assessment of product quality. M

    Feb 27, 2013

  • CIM
    Shaft collaring through deep overburden -a novel approach

    By Jack J. Ayotte, Michael R. Nadon

    "Today's demand for better and more efficient methods inspires new approaches to construction and mine development.A project at Asarco's Aquarius Mine provided a challenge that resulted in t

    Jan 1, 1987

  • NIOSH
    Preparation Characteristics Of Some Coals Available For The Synthetic Liquid Fuels Industry ? Introduction

    By Thomas Fraser

    WHEN the Bureau of Mines initiated the program of large-scale research and development in the field of synthetic liquid fuels authorized in the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act of April 5, 1044, the Coal Pr

    Jan 1, 1950

  • NIOSH
    OFR-112-83 Dust Control On Active Tailings Ponds

    By Russel R. Bohn

    The objectives of this study were to: (a) determine the state of the art for the control effectiveness of various chemical dust suppressants, (b) field test the effectiveness of the dust suppressants,

    Jan 1, 1983

  • IOM3
    Diagnosis of tunnel roof stability with a robotic sensor test bed

    By G. Zhan, P. Mousset-Jones, G. Danko, J. J. K. Daemen, C. Mezei

    Paper presented at the conference Risk assessment in the extractive industries, held in Exeter, 23-24 March 1994, and first published London: IMM, 1994, preprint volume. 18pp., 12 refs. (Originally en

    Dec 1, 1994

  • ABM
    EFEITOS DA DEFORMAÇÃO PLÁSTICA SEVERA APLICADA A FRIO POR ECAP VIA ROTA C EM UMA LIGA Al AA1070

    By Gabriel Gonçalves Pessoa de Castro

    O trabalho teve por objetivo produzir uma liga Al AA1070 com granulometria fina a partir de um material com granulometria grosseira, por meio de deformação plástica severa (DPS) aplicada por prensagem

    Aug 16, 2017

  • NIOSH
    MLA 25-85 - Mineral Resources Of The Mt. Stirling Wilderness Study Area (BLM No. 050-0401), Nye And Clark Counties, Nevada

    By Martin D. Conyac

    A 1984 Bureau of Mines investigation identified ho mineral resources in the Wilderness Study Area (WSA). However, four prospects in the WSA contain anomalous amounts of copper and silver minerals; one

    Jan 1, 1985