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  • SME
    Heap Leaching At Newmont's Muruntau Operation

    By D. Scott Barr

    The Zarafshan/Newmont Joint Venture operates the Muruntau heap leach project, located in the Kyzylkum desert of central Uzbekistan. The mine produces more than 12.4 t/a (400,000 oz/year) of gold from

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Optimization of Fire Suppression Nozzle Location on Simulated Mobile Mine Equipment - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Liming Yuan, Wei Tang, RICHARD THOMAS, DAVOOD BAHRAMI

    The location and orientation of fire suppression nozzles is critical in suppressing mobile mine equipment fires. To effectively suppress such fires, optimization needs to be considered for the suppres

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    Analysis and Repair of Failed Copper SX Plant Mix Boxes: An Application of First Principles - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By Ron Derrick

    SX operators have conducted extensive shut-downs and repairs over the years to mitigate solution leaks from failed stainless steel false floors and walls in rectangular mixersettler mix boxes. Hydrody

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SME
    Frothing Properties of Amine/Frother Combinations Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By James A. Finch, Xiang Zhou, Yue Hua Tan

    Methods to determine frother functions, control of bubble size and froth properties, are now widely used. Some collectors also exhibit frother functions which are less understood. Using a water-air sy

  • SME
    Geopolitics and the strategic risks to mining

    By Andrew C. Katen

    The mining industry faces increasing geopolitical risk in the coming decades. Constraints such as resource nationalism, corruption and social license could grow to outweigh fundamental limitations li

    Mar 1, 2014

  • SME
    Multi-objective Mathematical Programming Framework for Integrated Oil Sands Mine Planning and Tailings Disposal Optimization - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Hooman Askari-Nasab, AHLAM MAREMI, EUGENE BEN-AWUAH

    In oil sands mining, tailings are voluminous unwanted by-products generated from extracting the desired mineral from the mined ore. Dyke construction and backfilling activities require well-managed te

    Apr 14, 2021

  • SME
    Bureau Of Mines Research To Improve Underground Metal/Nonmetal Mining Technology

    By Lawrence L. Davis

    This paper describes current research by the Bureau of Mines to develop technology for improving efficiency and productivity in metal/ nonmetal mines. The research program addresses a wide variety of

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Comparison of MERV 16 and HEPA filters for cab filtration of underground mining equipment

    By J. D. Noll, J. A. Organiscak, A. B. Cecala

    Significant strides have been made in optimizing the design of filtration and pressurization systems used on the enclosed cabs of mobile mining equipment to reduce respirable dust and provide the best

    Aug 1, 2016

  • SME
    Chemical/Physical Properties and Marketing

    By James C. Hower, B. K. Parekh

    Introduction The purpose of coal preparation is to improve the quality of coal to make it suitable for a specific purpose by (1) cleaning to remove inorganic impurities; (2) sizing-crushing or scree

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Mineralogy And Geochemistry of Heavy Mineral Beach-Placer Sandstones in New Mexico - SME Annual Meeting 2024

    By Evan J. Owen, Virginia T. McLemore

    of high specific gravity, resistant minerals that form from mechanical concentration by waves, currents, and winds in marginal-marine environments. These sediments are enriched in critical minerals su

    Feb 1, 2024

  • SME
    Rhenium in Molybdenite: a Database Approach to Identifying Geochemical Controls on the Distribution of a Critical Element Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (f26d6c65-81fa-499c-a406-01c6aaf8b466)

    By Isabel F. Barton, MarkD. Barton, Christian A. Rathkopf

    Molybdenite is the world’s principal source of rhenium (Re), a critical element in multiple high-tech applications. However, the Re contents in molybdenite vary by orders of magnitude on scales rangin

  • SME
    Portable instruments for measuring tailpipe diesel particulate in underground mines

    By J. Noll

    There is a need for direct tailpipe sampling of diesel vehicles in mines in order to determine the effects of an emissions-based maintenance program, evaluate control technologies such as diesel parti

    Oct 1, 2013

  • SME
    Effects Of A Diesel Particulate Filter Regeneration Process On Aerosols In An Underground Mine

    This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) regeneration process on the concentrations and size distributions of aerosols in an underground mine. Two active r

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Flexibility of NATM Shown During the Construction of the Egge Tunnel/Germany

    By Josef Arnold, Norbert Fuegenschuh

    The “Eggequerung” is an important part of the German Railway’s (Deutsche BahnAG) modernized Dortmund—Kassel line. The heart of this 13-km-long (8 miles)construction lot is the double-track Egge Tunnel

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    The Site Planning Process: Application To Land Use Potential Evaluation For Mined-Land

    By R. J. Sweigard

    Productive and beneficial use of reclaimed surface-mined land is a concern of industry, government, and the general public. An investigation was conducted of current mined-land planning practices to a

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Geology And Mineralization At The Relief Canyon Gold Deposit Pershing County, Nevada

    By R. W. Wittkopp

    The Relief Canyon gold deposit is located approximately twenty- four kilometers east of the town of Lovelock in Northwestern Nevada. At Relief Canyon, the Late Triassic Grass Valley Formation has been

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Conveyorized Materials Handling For Surface Coal Mines In Steep Topography Areas

    By LeRoy D. Loy

    To facilitate effective land reclamation and comply with existing state regulations, surface coal mine operators have in recent years adopted new mining techniques and equipment utilization for steep-

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Least Cost Surface Coal Mining (e63d9920-6b04-46a6-bef8-db50bd5e3206)

    By J. W. Devon

    The coal mining industry is divided into two distinct economic segments based on Coal Supply Agreements. Coal supply agreements generally fall into two categories, spot or long-term, with the selected

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Cut-and-Fill at Homestake Mining Co.

    By Joel K. Waterland

    GENERAL DESCRIPTION Homestake Mining Co.'s operations are at Lead, SD. Production from the various methods used are: 1 155 753 t/a (1,274,000 stpy) by open cut-and-fill, 68 039 t/a (75,000 stpy)

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    NEBT Project: The Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve TBM Operations - RETC2021

    By Rajat Gangrade, Haotian Zheng, Jarrett Smith, Daniele Nebbia, Mike Mooney

    The application of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve tunnel boring machine (TBM) operations requires a significant amount of information to train robust performance prediction models, e.g., for

    Jun 13, 2021