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  • NIOSH
    IC 9110 Development Of An Automated Breathing And Metabolic Simulator

    By Nicholas Kyriazi

    The Bureau of Mines has been developing breathing and metabolic simulator technology since 1970. Breathing simulation has been widely achieved throughout the world and used in the testing of open-circ

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AUSIMM
    The Protection of Surface Ventilation Fan Installations from Underground Explosions

    By R Bourcier, T Rafferty

    Following an underground coal mine explosion, it is important that ventilation is quickly restored to ventilate the mine and affect a mine rescue. To achieve this, surface ventilation fans must be sui

    Jul 1, 2013

  • SME
    The Use Of Bentonite In Oil And Gas Well Drilling Fluids

    By John Hughes

    Fundamental to the use of rotary bit drilling equipment for oil and gas drilling is the requirement to maintain a cooling and lubricating environment for the bit and a means of conveying the cuttings

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    Diesel-Electric Truck Haulage Improved Through Trolley Assist

    By Rejean Gagnon, Fernand Rochefort

    "Haulage costs, in most operations, represent a large portion of total cost. Quebec Cartier Mining Company came to the conclusion t hat an electric trolley assist providing more horsepower than availa

    Jan 1, 1972

  • AUSIMM
    Plan Implementation ù How Communication Impacts on Securing Organisational Success in the 21st Century

    By W Roy

    When it comes to plan implementation and securing success in organisations in the 21st century, if there was such a thing as the secret to success it would be effective communication. Commoditisation

    Jan 1, 2006

  • NIOSH
    RI 9112 - Bit Wear-Flat Temperature as a Function of Depth of Cut and Speed

    By C. F. Wingquist

    As part of an ongoing study to determine how the wear of mining tools affects dust generation, the Bureau of Mines has measured bit tempera-ture rise during cutting of abrasive rock. Radial bit wear-f

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AUSIMM
    Outotec Pressure Oxidation - More out of Sulfide Ore

    By J Tiihonen, J OÆCallaghan, T Haakana

    Outotec is today capable of providing technologies, process equipment and engineering for the construction of pressure oxidation leaching (POX) plants in any location in the world. Outotec works with

    Sep 26, 2013

  • CIM
    The Production of Molybdenite and Bismuth at La Corne, Quebec

    By F. K. McKean

    Introduction The present paper may be considered as a sequel to a paper, A Process for Cleaning Molybdenite .Concentrate, which was presented by the author at the annual meeting of the Institute la

    Jan 1, 1947

  • SME
    Slope Steepening Investigations for the Valley Pit at the Teck Highland Valley Copper Mine Using Presplit Blasting

    By Nick Rose, Mathieu Veillette, Matthew King

    "The Teck Highland Valley copper (THVC) mine is located approximately 55 km (34 miles) southwest of Kamloops and approximately 20 km (12 miles) west of Logan Lake, BC, Canada (Fig. 1). Mining at THVC

    Apr 1, 2019

  • SME
    High Angle Conveying: The Vital (Missing) Link to IPCC - 2017

    By J. A. Dos Santos

    "INTRODUCTION Dramatic reduction in energy use and environmental impact can be achieved with sandwich belt high angle conveyors that serve as the vital link in any IPCC (In-pit Crushing and Conveying)

    Jan 1, 2018

  • NIOSH
    RI 9377 - Ultra Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fire Alarm System for Underground Mines

    By K. E. Hjelmstad

    During an underground mine fire, air can be rapidly depleted of oxygen and contaminated with smoke and toxic fire gases. Any delay in warning miners could have disastrous consequences. Unfortunately,

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Coalbed Methane: Conversion Of A Liability To An Asset (11b9ca6f-41d6-45e7-8953-5ecd9068dbbb)

    By J. J. Schwoebel

    Resource Enterprises, Inc. (REI) is exploiting the coalbed gas resource by working in unison with active underground mining operations. At REI?s pilot project at the Soldier Canyon Mine, Carbon County

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Investigating the Key Parameters of an Agent-Based Model of Mining Community Preferences for Managing Social Risks

    By M. K. Boateng, K. Awuah-Offei

    "Mining companies have started using quantitative tools, including computer models of community interaction, to gain intelligence on social risks surrounding their projects. Models of changes in commu

    Jan 1, 2018

  • CIM
    Use of Photogrammetry to Estimate Mine Pillar Damage and Strength

    By H. McIntire, R. Preston, D. Roberts

    "Repeated 3D terrestrial digital photogrammetric surveys were conducted on hard rock mine pillars to characterize damage during secondary mining. Damage was quantified by measuring Depth of Failure, D

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Ground Control in the Underground Coal Mines of Colombia

    By Christopher Mark

    Colombia is 11th largest coal producing nation in the world, and the world?s fifth largest coal exporter. But while most of Colombia?s coal is mined at large modern surface mines located near the Cari

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Longhole Stope Mining – Mass Blast Project

    By S. Dereski, G. Chancellor

    "INTRODUCTION Barrick Goldstrike underground mine is located in Northern Nevada on the Carlin trend. The underground mine produces approximately 1.5 to 1.8 million tons a year and approximately 400,00

    Jan 1, 2015

  • TMS
    The Design of Counter Current Metallurgical Reactors

    By A. Treverrow, G. A. Brooks, H. K. Worner

    "The work by H.K Worner and co-workers at CRA in the 1960s, and early 1970s, established that molten metals could be refined continuously utilising counter current flow of metal and slag. Womer also d

    Jan 1, 1996

  • NIOSH
    RI 9107 - A Photographic Method for Determining Mineral Reflectances in Underground Mines

    By Alan G. Mayton

    The Bureau of Mines conducted a study to (1) determine from laboratory tests the feasibility of a photographic method for determining reflec-tances that may be applied to measuring in-mine mineral ref

    Jan 1, 1987

  • NIOSH
    IC 9034 Agglomeration And Heap Leaching Of Finely Ground Precious-Metal- Bearing Tailings

    By G. E. MeGlelland

    During the 1970?s, the Bureau of Mines investigated a particle agglomeration technique for improving the flow of leaching solution through heaps of clayey or crushed, low-grade gold-silver ores. This

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Pump Phase Shift Control in the World’s Largest Iron Ore Concentrate Pipeline

    By Ralph van Rijswick, Erik Vlot

    "Anglo American operates 18 Weir GEHO piston diaphragm pumps (PD) in the two pump stations of the 52-km (32-mile) long Minas Rio iron ore concentrate pipeline. The pipeline is designed to transport 26

    Jan 9, 2017