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  • SME
    Paste Fly Ash Management To Reduce Impoundment Seepage And Improve Storage Efficiency

    By G. D. Criswell, F. Palkovits, J. M. Johnson

    A paste technology investigation was completed for non-pozzolanic fly ash from Units 3 & 4 of PPL Montana’s Colstrip Steam Electric Station. The purpose was to assess the feasibility of converting fro

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Characterization of hydrothermally dried low-rank coals

    By P. D. Roa, O. Noirot, H. Owens, D. E. Walsh, J. R. Mokka

    Over a period of eight years (1989 through 1997) the Mineral Industry Research Laboratory (MIRL) at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, has investigated the effects of temperature, residence time

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Graphic Algorithms In An Object-Oriented Hydrology Model

    By Michael E. Salovich

    The U. S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Mines (Bureau) has developed a prototype version of a computer application that combines hydrologic analysis with object-oriented graphics. This software is

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Geoenvironmental Models for Seafloor Base- and Precious-Metal Massive Sulfide Deposits

    By Charles N. Alpers, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert R. II Seal, Nora K. Foley

    Geoenvironmental models are compilations of geologic, geochemical, and hydrologic information that describe both the pre- and post-mining environmental signatures of mineral deposits. The environmenta

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Thiourea Leaching Of Gold From An Oxidised Gold-Copper Ore

    By Cheryl M. McInnes, Graham J. Sparrow, James T. Woodcock

    Three composites, assaying about 3 g/t Au and 0.75% Cu, were investigated. Each contained oxide copper minerals, iron oxides, and silicates. One composite also contained copper and iron sulphides.

    Jan 1, 1989

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    Problems In Gaging Markets For Specialty Fillers

    By Harry W. Barr

    Judging by the inquiries that come to Battelle, a number of companies have run into problems in determining the size and character of markets for mineral fillers in general and specialty fillers in pa

    Jan 1, 1961

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    Industrial Minerals Of Saskatchewan ? Introduction

    By Lynn I. Kelley

    Industrial-mineral production contributes on the order of CDN$1.5 billion per year to the economy of Saskatchewan, Canada. Potash is the primary industrial mineral produced in the province, followed b

    Jan 1, 1999

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    A Comparison Of Diesel Emissions Between A Conventional Load Haul Dump Vehicle And A Proposed Hybrid Version

    By Michel Grenier, David A. Young, Brent Rubeli, Mahe Gangal

    This work forms part of a study being conducted into the feasibility of constructing a prototype Load Haul Dump (LHD) vehicle for operation in underground Canadian mines. A series of in-laboratory ass

    Jan 1, 2006

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    Technical Note - Flotation Of Low-Grade Birnin Gwari And Alawa Graphite, Nigeria.

    By G. G. O. O. Uwadiale, M. A. Kollere, M. A. U. Nwoke

    Birnin Gwari and Alawa graphite deposits were upgraded by flotation. Using 0.5 kg/t kerosene and 0.25 kg/t sodium silicate, flotation concentrates grading 90.7% and 88% Cg with recoveries of 86.2% and

    Jan 1, 1998

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    Reaction Product Coatings On Limestone/Calcite and on Non-Reactive Minerals in Contact with Acidic Waters Containing Various Metal Ions

    By Richard L. Ranich, Frank F. Aplan, J. B. Hiskey, Robert S. Thompson, B. J. Scheiner

    Acidic waters typified by acid mine drainage, copper dump leach solutions and steel pickle liquors will typically contain SO4-2 and cations such as Fe+3, AI+3 and for the pickle liquors, sometimes Cr+

    Jan 1, 1993

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    Surface Structural Damages

    By W. M. Ma, Daniel W. H. Su, K. Centofanti, Yi Luo, W. L. Zhong, Syd S. Peng

    5.1 INTRODUCTION There are several types of surface ground disturbances, each of which is immediately transmitted to surface structures and causes damage of various forms, depending on the location o

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Some Considerations In Computer Structural Analysis Of Large Grinding Mill Shells

    By Vytas Svalbonas

    Sophisticated computer analysis methods such as finite elements, finite differences, and numerical integration have become tools in the mineral processing industry for design of large mill shells. Whi

    Jan 1, 1979

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    40. Discovery of the Mount Emmons Molybdenite Deposit, Gunnison County, Colorado

    By Ora H. Rostad

    The sequence of events preceeding the discovery of the Mount Emmons molybdenite include some inadvertent near misses by several groups. The events are given in general chronological order to bring out

    Jan 1, 1991

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    The History of Gold Dredging

    By Mortimer J. Richardson

    Dredging can be traced to early times where it may have been derived by the Phoenicians prior to the 4th century B.C. The first tangible design drawings of a bucket ladder (BL) dredge can be found in

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Maintenance Scheduling and Management

    By John W. Rushton

    THE PLANNED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM All concentrators should start with a planned maintenance program from day one. Every- body thinks they have a program in place before start-up, but in reality, most

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Colloidal Precipitation Of Fatty Acids In Flotation

    By R. C. Bunge

    Many minerals float best with fatty acids in the intermediate pH range. For example, fluorite, a semi soluble salt mineral, exhibits a maximum contact angle and a maximum flotation recovery in the pH

    Jan 1, 1994

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    3D-Canvent: An Interactive Mine Ventilation Simulator

    By Stephen G. Hardcastle

    3D-CANVENT is a software package that integrates advanced computer aided design (ACRD) true 3D graphics with a mine ventilation simulator. The package runs as a Windows(tm) application to access its

    Jan 1, 1995

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    Greenwich Collieries, A Variation In The Art Of Coal Washing By Jigs

    By C. E. Tackett

    The Greenwich Collieries Co. is a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Mines Corporation, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the PP&L Co. which serves the northeastern portion of Pa. PP&L annually consumes ab

    Jan 1, 1977

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    Waste Heap Reorientation By Explosive ? Introduction

    By W. A. Zingg

    Impervious zones in copper waste heaps create a problem in contacting the rock with leaching solutions. These zones are normally associated with compacted layers .formed on the surface of each lift by

    Jan 1, 1970

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    Electrochemistry of Sulfide Flotation

    By R. Woods

    INTRODUCTION Gaudin (1), considered that "the mechanism of mineral collection is the central problem of flotation theory". From their work on adsorption phenomena in flotation for more than fifty ye

    Jan 1, 1976