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  • SME
    Tunnel Cost Model

    By Charles H. Minott, Michael J. Markow, Robert D. Wyatt, Fred Moavenzadeh

    The substantial investment in tunnels anticipated in the next twenty years has focused new attention on the economics of tunnel construction itself and on some costly problems associated with undergro

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    Application Of Fixed-Bed Gasification To Low-Rank Coals - Objective

    Demonstrate the technical feasibility of using nontraditional, low-rank, coal-based fuels and new coal-based technologies for mineral and metallurgical applications. Approach A cooperative resea

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    The Rehabilitation Of Impala No. 1 A Ventilation Shaft - Introduction

    By A. Bothma

    The Impala No. 1A ventilation shaft is located approximately 15 kms north of Rustenburg and is accessed via the R510road from Rustenburg to Northam/Thabazimbi. This situation is shown on the location

    Jan 1, 2001

  • ISEE
    Underground Applications Using the New EZDrifter Dual Delay Detonator System

    By Pierre L. Labelle

    Non electric Dual Delay initiators have revolutionized many aspects of underground mining. The units are used in all types of underground blasting operations. Some operations, due to the complexity an

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME-ICGCM
    Influence Of Cutting Sequence On Development Of Cutters And Roof Falls In Underground Coal Mine (e70fc8d5-b1f5-424b-b360-729cb6e50081)

    By Anil K. Ray

    Roof falls are one of the greatest hazards in underground coal mines worldwide. Due to stringent safety measures and extensive support system development, roof falls have been reduced significantly bu

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    IC 8046 Trends And Outlook In The Pacific Northwest Aluminum Industry ? Summary

    By Frank B. Fulkerson

    Aluminum production in the Pacific Northwest has a new potential for expansion and increased stability of operation. This new potential results from greater availability of power; lower freight rates

    Jan 1, 1962

  • AUSIMM
    The Effect of Thallium on the Rate of Exraction of Gold from Pyrites Calcine

    The addition of a thallous salt to the cyanide leach of a calcined pyritic concentrate causes a marked increase in the rate of extraction of gold. This is due probably to the activation of passive gol

    Jan 1, 1964

  • AIME
    Minerals Beneficiation - Rheological Properties of Solid-Liquid Suspensions, I-Movement of Immersed Bodies in the Turbulent Flow Range

    By L. W. Pommier, F. B. Brien, A. K. Bhasin

    In the field of mineral processing, although many operations are applied to suspensions of ore particles in fluids, there is a lack of fundamental knowledge relative to the flow resistance encountered

    Jan 1, 1970

  • IOM3
    Definition of large-scale zones of hydrothermal alteration by geochemical mapping using organic lake sediment

    By P. H. Davenport, L. W. Nolan

    Paper presented at the 28th International Geological Congress held in Washington DC, July 1989 (International geochemical mapping sessions). Geochemical mapping provides a direct approach to delineati

    Jul 1, 1991

  • SAIMM
    The Importance Of Coal - And Coke Properties In The Production Of High Silicon Alloys

    By T. Lindstad, V. Myrvågnes

    In the production of high silicon alloys, carbonaceous materials like coal, coke, charcoal and woodchips are utilized as reducing agents. Primarily based on historical prices of charcoal compared to f

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Long Distance Conveyor Control ? Introduction

    By Charles LeMoyne

    The Cable belt Company has been building single flight conveyors for a number of years. The simple design concepts of this type conveyor, introduced over thirty years ago, when distances of one to two

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    The Application Of Cathodoluminescence Microscopy To The Study Of Carbonatite-Related Fluorspar Ores, Host Rock Carbonatites, And Beneficiation Products At Okorusu, Namibia

    By R. D. Hagni, P. A. Shivdasan

    Cathodoluminescence microscopy (CLM) is uniquely applicable to the study of carbonatite-related fluorspar ore deposits. The mineralogy of the carbonatites, sodic and potassic fenites, marbles, quartz

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AIME
    Iron and Steel Division - Cr2O3 as a Foaming Agent in CaO-SiO2 Slags

    By J. H. Swisher

    An experimental study has been made of the possible mechanisms for foam stability in the system CaO-SiO2-Cr2O3, where Cr2O3is the foaming agent. The degree of lowering of surface tension by Cr2O3 was

    Jan 1, 1964

  • IOM3
    Gold mining in Africa - the final frontier?

    By A. Sutton-Pratt

    The African continent has been the most prolific producer of gold since mining began. Although most of this gold has come from South Africa, other countries have also been important contributors in th

    Apr 1, 1996

  • CIM
    Vanadium-bearing magnetite and ilmenite mineralization and beneficiation from the Sinarsuk V- Ti project, West Greenland

    By T. Grammatikopoulos, A. McKen, O. Christiansen

    Vanadium mineralization occurs in oxide-rich horizons within layered metagabbro zones of the Sinarsuk deposit, West Greenland. The main oxide minerals are vanadiferous magnetite and ilmenite, comprisi

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    The Pebble Copper-Gold-Molybdenum Porphyry, Alaska

    By John G. Payne

    The Pebble deposit contains three contiguous zones. In the Pebble West zone, granodiorite stocks intrude gently warped volcanosedimentary rocks that had been intruded by diorite sills and two felsic i

    May 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Cone Crusher Operaitonal Variables

    By A. J. Magerowski

    Energy consumption is a main component of operational costs for the comminution of mineral bearing ores. Reduction of energy consumption has continually been addressed by mill operators and equipment

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    Dust Control On Longwalls – Assessment Of The State-Of-The-Art

    By J. P. Rider

    Operating practices and resulting production from longwall faces are continually improving. Consequently, longwall operators are continually seeking to improve the dust control capabilities on longwal

  • SME
    Underground Mine Air and Strata Temperature Change Due to the Use of Refuge Alternatives Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (90281dd3-2aab-47ab-9150-b1897bd40ef5)

    By M. A. Reyes, L. Yan

    Heat and humidity buildup withn refuge alternatives (RAs) may expose occupants to physiological hazards such as heat stress. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) regulations require RAs in

  • AIME
    Discussion Of The Papers Presented At The Salt Lake City Meeting, September, 1925

    CONTENTS PAGE ANDERSON, ARVID E., and CAMERON, FRANK K.-Recovery of Copper by Leaching, Ohio Copper Co. of Utah. Discussed by Thomas B. Brighton, H. C. Goodrich, Arvid E. Anderson, Thos. P. Billings

    Jan 12, 1925