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  • SME
    Conveyor Monitoring Through Fiber Optic Cables—Reducing Downtime, Increasing Safety and Improving Preventative Maintenance - SME Annual Meeting 2026

    By Mathew Cook

    Technological developments in Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing and improvements in both hardware and software have allowed fiber optic sensing systems to be deployed in a variety of applications such a

    Feb 22, 2026

  • SME
    Analysis of the behavior of the weld mesh and the rolled mesh against static loads and a dynamic impact, to design the overlap according with the connection method. - RASIM2022

    By R. Brändle, R. Luis-Fonseca, R. Cornejo, G. Fischer, G. Von Rickenbach, J. Jarufe

    Rock damage around underground excavations has been an important hazard in mines and tunnels. Rock dilation generates buckling that needs to be contained before it causes damage to equipment or safety

    Apr 26, 2022

  • NIOSH
    RI 9474 - Field Evaluation of Cable Bolt Supports, Homestake Mine, Lead, SO

    By J. M. Goris

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines, in a cooperative project with the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, and Homestake Mining Co., Lead, SD, conducted in situ monitoring and numerical modeling of rock mass

    Jan 1, 1993

  • IIMP
    Prácticas no Convencionales de Rehabilitación de las Zonas de Cierre Progresivo en la Unidad Minera Constancia Cusco-Perú

    By Iván Calmell del Solar Salas

    Desde el año 2014, se ejecutaron pruebas piloto en zonas en condición de cierre progresivo dentro de la Unidad Minera Constancia, propiedad de Hudbay Perú S.A.C. El objetivo de estas pruebas fue logra

    Sep 1, 2017

  • SME
    Optimal Design and Digital Prototyping of E-Volute and E-Duc Feedwell - SME Annual Meeting 2026

    By Thien Sok, Yaojun Lu, Craig Gilbert, Jeremy Scott

    Feedwells play a pivotal role in gravity thickeners, governing flow distribution, feed dilution, and flocculation condition during solid–liquid separation. This study presents an optimized design and

    Feb 22, 2026

  • SME
    Opportunities And Advantages Of 3d Geologic Modelling For Tailings Storage Facilities - SME Annual Meeting 2023

    By H. D. Lelono, M. Walden, G. Johnson

    3D modelling can be used throughout the mine lifecycle and has proven to be a powerful tool for consultants and mining companies. One of the most significant benefits of 3D models is their ability to

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    SCMAGLEV—Innovative Mass Transportation in the Northeast Corridor (NEC) - RETC2021

    By Nikolaos Syrtariotis, Mark Berger, Timothy O’Brien, Vojtech Gall

    The Northeast Corridor Superconducting Maglev Project (SCMAGLEV) entails construction of a high-speed train system between Washington, DC and New York City, with the first leg between Washington and B

    Jun 13, 2021

  • TMS
    AMD Treatment Using Rice Husk as Biosorbent

    By Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório, Flávia Paulucci Cianga Silvas, Bianca Medeiros, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, Ivo André Homrich Schneider, Daniella Cardoso Buzzi, José Roberto de Oliveira

    "AMD is one of the main problems associated with mining activities and the techniques used in their treatment may be the biosorption. The aim of this work was to study the rice husk as a biosorbent fo

    Jan 1, 2012

  • DFI
    Application of Deep Soil Mixing Walls in the Warren Avenue Grade Separation Project, Fremont, CA

    By D. S. Yang, Y. D. Wang, G. Watanabe, A. P. Notaro

    "Deep soil mixing (DSM) walls reinforced with steel soldier piles were installed for excavation support and groundwater control for the construction of a grade separation structure at the intersection

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Development of a Process for the Treatment of Electric Arc Furnace Dust and Other Urban Mining Wastes

    By T. Hofbauer, M. J. Dry, G. B. Harris, C. W. White

    "Urban Mining is a term that is increasingly being used, and represents an appreciable source of secondary materials for the metals extraction industry, a source that does not incur mining costs, but

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    Closure Cost Estimation - All Things to All Men?

    By H Jones

    Closure cost estimates may be generated at any stage of a mining operationÆs life; commencing with the initial prefeasibility studies and continuing through to the final decommissioning cost estimates

    Nov 20, 2012

  • SME
    Estimation of Optimum Line of Extraction for Continuous Miner Workings and Development of Continuous Miner Stability Index (CMSI) using 3D Numerical Modeling and Statistical Approach

    By Sunil Bodakunta, Sreenivasa Rao Islavath

    The abstract highlights the importance of determining the optimum line of extraction in continuous miner workings for improved safety and productivity. The study investigates three extraction techniqu

    Apr 28, 2022

  • NIOSH
    RI 4174 Tungsten Deposits in Alaska

    By Wilford S. Wright, Harold E. Heide, Robert L. Thorne, Neal M. Muir, Aner W. Erickson, Bruce I. Thomas

    A program of investigation of strategic and critical minerals began in 1940 to examine and develop tungsten occurrences in the western United States and Alaska. During the years in which the nation wa

    Jun 1, 1948

  • CIM
    Surface Complexation Modeling of Toxic Elements to Aluminum Hydroxidefor Process Optimization of Wastewater Treatment

    By Taisuke Sakakibara, Shinya Suzuki, Tatsuya Kato, Chiharu Tokoro, Kenichi Muto

    Surface complexation using a diffuse layer model were constructed for arsenic (As(V)), zinc (Zn(II)) and silicate (Si(IV)) for aluminum hydroxide in the co-precipitation process. From experimental inv

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    RI 6300 Analyses of Tipple and Delivered Samples of Coal (Collected During the Fiscal Year 1962)

    By F. E. Walker, S. J. Aresco, J. B. Janus

    The Bureau of Mines has been active in promoting the purchase of coal for Government use under specifications that define the requirements in terms of heating value of the coal , expressed in British

    Jan 1, 1963

  • IIMP
    Diseño de perforación y voladura para vetas angostas

    By Edwin Anatolio Calderón Vicuña

    En la actividad minera, los costos de operación en perforación y voladura son importantes puesto que el logro óptimo de una voladura óptima, no debe afectar la eficiencia física y económica de las dem

    Nov 24, 1993

  • NIOSH
    Studies Of High-Current Metallic Arcs

    By F. W. Wood

    ORIGINAL experimentation in specially designed arc-melting furnaces and a comprehensive review of technical literature have helped with an understanding of electric arcs as used in metallurgical appli

    Jan 1, 1965

  • SAIMM
    Investigation of stress in a pothole in the Bushveld Complex: A case study

    By B. P. Watson, D. Hoffmann, D. P. Roberts

    Potholes on the Merensky and UG2 reefs in the Bushveld Complex occur as near-circular to elliptical depressions or slumps on the reef horizon, normally presenting as severe disruptions which prevent e

    Jan 1, 2021

  • NIOSH
    RI 9056 Strata Interactions in Multiple-Seam Mining-Two Case Studies in Pennsylvania

    By Gregory J. Chekan

    The Bureau of Mines, in an effort to improve planning and development in coal mining, is investigating strata interactions associated with mining of multiple coalbeds. Two common interactions that occ

    Jan 1, 1986

  • CIM
    Improving Concentrate Loadout Availability with Specialised Containers and an Upgraded Filter Press at the Nunavik Nickel Project Concentrator

    By M. Girard, C. Farsangi, N. Singh

    "Canadian Royalties Inc. owns and exploits the Nunavik Nickel Project: a copper and nickel deposit in Nunavik, Québec. The nickel and copper concentrates are filtered by plate and frame filter presses

    Jan 1, 2019