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  • SAIMM
    Factors influencing the resistivity of titanium minerals

    By M. Ng

    As part of a long-term study of titanium minerals processing being undertaken by the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, techniques have been developed to measure the resistivity of ilmenite,

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Assessing the Quality of Incident Investigations and its Effect on Safety Performance: A Study of the Ghanaian Mining Industry

    By E. Stemn

    Incident investigation is of utmost importance in most high-risk industries. This study was undertaken to study the content of past investigation reports to determine the effectiveness of the incident

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    Technological Advances in Telecommunications for Mines

    By Patrick M. Y. Waye

    As mines utilise more automation in mining operations to improve efficiency and safety, a corresponding increasing demand is placed on the transport of information. Some of the recent technological ad

    May 1, 2001

  • SME
    Current Applications And Future Trends Of Perlite Worldwide

    By T. Karalis

    Perlite is a generic term for naturally occurring siliceous rock. It is a form of natural volcanic glass the main constituent of which is amorphous silica (70-76%). Perlite, when heated rapidly to its

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME-ICGCM
    Weak Floor Stability During Perimeter Mining In The Illinois Basin Coal Mines (40fab914-2257-4efe-b587-9358b9303f41)

    By Murali M. Gadde

    Perimeter mining is a special form of very productive partial extraction method practiced at some mines in the United States. In the Illinois Basin mines where all major coal seams have weak underclay

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    Developments In Sealant Support Systems For Ground Control

    By Eric S. Weiss, Deno M. Pappas, Timothy M. Barton

    During the past few years, the Pittsburgh Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has been evaluating developments in sealant support systems from a gr

  • ISEE
    Smooth Blasting with the Electronic Delay Detonator

    By Yoshiharu Tanaka, Toshiyuki Ichijo, Masaaki Yamamoto

    We utilized electronic detonators (EDs) to investigate the effect of high detonator delay accuracy on overbreak, remaining rock damage, and surface smoothness, in comparison with that of long-period d

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SAIMM
    The Effect Of The Proposed Royalty Billon Mineral Property Values - Introduction

    By E. V. Lilford

    The South African Minerals Development Act (?the Act?) has been promulgated and will come into full force and effect once it is gazetted. Thereafter, all Old Order mineral rights will have to be conve

    Jan 1, 2003

  • IMPC
    Oil Sand Processing ? Filtration With Organic Solvents

    By Elisabeth Schmidt

    The conventional Canadian oil sand processing, the Clark Rowe process, is associated with many risks for the environment and high energy costs. To recover the bitumen from the oil sand (tar sand), lar

    Sep 1, 2012

  • ABM
    Perspectivas De Utilização De Olivina E Pellet Feed Na Mistura De Sinterização Como Alternativa Ao Aumento Do Teor De Sílica Dos Minérios De Ferro

    By Geraldo Timotheo da Rocha

    Nos últimos anos ocorreu uma deterioração considerável na qualidade química e granulométrica dos minérios de ferro utilizados na sinterização. Como resultado ficou limitada a utilização de silicatos d

    Aug 1, 2018

  • ISEE
    Engineering Field Controls and Hole Deviation

    By Mick Fritz, Tom Treleaven

    The success of any blast is dependent on the accuracy of the blast design and field controls placed at the shot location. The procedure by which the data is collected and analyzed is paramount to acco

    Jan 1, 1998

  • CIM
    The Recovery of Scheelite Concentrate at Hollinger Tungsten Mill During 1942

    By John Blackshaw

    NEW sources of supply of tungsten concentrates became necessary when the flow from the Far East was blocked in 1942. In Canada, one source has been noted in the workings of the Hollinger mine at Timmi

    Jan 1, 1943

  • 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

  • SAIMM
    Extending The Upper Particle Size Limit For Coal Flotation

    Novel flotation reagents were developed to improve the flotation of coarse particles. Laboratory tests conducted on an anthracite coal sample from Kyung-Dong Coal Company, Korea, showed that the reage

    Jan 1, 2002

  • TMS
    The Application of CFD to the Design of Electric Furnaces

    By T. Plikas, L. H. Gunnewiek, L. Oshinowo

    "Electric furnace smelting is one of the principal unit operations for ferroalloy production, and increased process intensity, improved availability, minimal maintenance and a longer campaign life are

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Modern Diesel Emission Control

    By R. W. Waytulonis

    This paper is an update of the activities of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, other government agencies, and the automotive and truck industry concerning diesel emission control. Enacted and proposed regulat

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    2. Drill-Hole Data Management and Display ? Introduction

    By Richard A. Bideaux

    With both unit costs per meter and average depth of drilling constantly increasing, there is a strong incentive to maximize the information acquired from drill holes, and then to make this information

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Mechanized Shaft Sinking Method For Soft And Medium Strength Rock

    By W. Burger

    Mechanical excavation methods can significantly improve excavation performance and labor safety compared to drill and blast operations. Herrenknecht has developed a mechanized shaft sinking method

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Study on Tunneling in Rock Masses with Inclined Layers Using Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA)

    By J. -H. Wu, S. Nishiyama, Y. Ohnishi

    The behaviors and stress distributions of the inclined jointed rock masses with different dip angles obtained from DDA are compared to the results of laboratory tests. By calculating the block stress

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME-ICGCM
    Roof Falls: An Inherent Risk In Underground Coal Mining (656e7541-42e3-48b1-8edc-4e23e6c7b7b1)

    By Kourosh Shahriar

    The occurrence of rock falls in underground coal mines entails detrimental effects as fatal or non-fatal injuries on workers, stoppages in mining operations and breakdown of equipment. In this paper,

    Jan 1, 2009