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The role of a pilot scale facility in performing R&D and helping Canadian coal and mineral industriesBy O. E. Humeniuk, A. I. A. Salama, M. W. Mikhail
"The Western Research Centre (WRC) of CANMET operate a unique pilot plant facility where ongoing R&D on coal preparation and mineral processing is conducted. The pilot plant carries out two functions:
Jan 1, 1992
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Improving Underground Mining/Ore Extraction Projects ROI Through Process ControlBy Charles Tkaczuk
Key issues ? Process control is a corporate function implemented locally. ? Security and documentation is mandatory requiring standard practices. ? Publish and communicate activities (do not re-
Apr 1, 2005
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Intracratonic Basins and Ore DepositsBy C. John Sullivan
Is there a relationship among the Sudbury nickel ores, the Cobalt deposits, and the Huronian, Athabascan and North Australian uranium provinces? All are within intracratonic basins, with ore near ba
Jan 1, 1979
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Oxidative pressure leaching of zinc concentratesBy E. G. Parker
"Sherritt's zinc pressure leaching process converts zinc sulphide concentrates directly to zinc sulphate solutions and elemental sulphur. Thus, one pressure process step replaces both the roastin
Jan 1, 1981
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Size degradation of bituminous coal from Western CanadaBy T. H. Patching, M. W. Mikhail
"Data from a standardized procedure for measuring methane desorption rates from samples of Western Canadian coals gave a good correlation (0.994) with the percentage of fines (-0.6 mm) found in the co
Jan 1, 1980
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In Situ Image Analysis of Batch Settling of Flocculated Minerals with Physical-Statiscal Feature Extraction MethodBy M. R. MacIver, M. P. Pawlik
"An image analysis method based on chord length distributions is applied to the batch settling of polyacrylamide flocculated kaolin suspensions. Two features of the interaggregate void space, the void
Jan 1, 2016
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Quality Assurance Programs for Fabrication of Specialised Vessels and Exotic Alloy PipingBy M. Pearson, W. Bristowe, A. Hanson
"There's no such thing as quality assurance; only quality control ... by inspection. "(1) A common misunderstanding in the procurement and construction of custom designed, fabricated pressure ves
Jan 1, 2004
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A calibration probe for level detection systems in flotation columnsBy A. Uribe-Salas, J. A. Finch, B. J. Huls
Froth depth or interface level is an important control variable in column flotation which can influence both grade and recovery. A common method of locating the level is based on sensing the hydrostat
Jan 1, 1990
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Analysis of risk in mining projectsBy T. Alan O'Hara
"The decision to invest capital in developing a mine and constructing a mineral processing plant and services is usually made after a feasibility study shows 'that the estimated future cash flow
Jan 1, 1982
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Radon emanation rate studies: Inter-laboratory standard reference materials and the effects of powdering and pelletizingBy R. H. McCorkell
Radon emanation rates. J. and compositions of materials from the Canadian Certified Reference Materials Project (CCRMP) indicate that the fraction of the Rn produced that escapes, E, is usually 1% to
Jan 1, 1986
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Supervisors - their selection and developmentBy Peter Moon, Lloyd G. Campbell
"How well supervisors supervise, and are supervised determines whether management's goals will be reached and ...how effective the work force will be... Upper management must recognize the potent
Jan 1, 1990
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Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources incentive programs to encourage exploration and to facilitate the development of small mines in northwestern OntarioBy R. C. Beard
"The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has recently initiated several incentive programs to encourage and facilitate the development of new mines in northwestern Ontario. Some are privatized out t
Jan 1, 1982
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Wet grinding of asbestos ores through reduction of slurry viscositiesBy D. E. M. Plaumann
"The wet grinding of asbestos has attracted the attention of engineers for many years as a means of improving fibre liberation from the ore. Today, added impetus for wet grinding has resulted from a n
Jan 1, 1988
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Mineralogical examination of gold-bearing samplesBy Nigel J. Cook
"Detailed mineralogical examination of gold-bearing rocks, ores, concentrates and other samples should be considered an integral part of any study of a deposit for which exploitation is being planned.
Jan 1, 1990
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An Evaluation of Field, The Material Balance Saskatchewan, CanadaBy P Kovacs, D. L. Flock
For the purpose of reservoir-performance calculations a balance can be made between the materials with-in the reservoir and the production from the reservoir. The material balance equation, a relation
Jan 1, 1961
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New features and developments in the application of the CONTOP cyclone smelting processBy Gerhard Melcher, Hermann Hilbrans, Michael Gamroth
"IntroductionSeveral new smelting processes have been proposed and developed during the last 20 years. This has been true, in particular, for copper smelting technology. The important impulses for the
Jan 1, 1987
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Monitoring Wastewater Quality at Falconbridge's Sudbury OperationsBy M. U. Oko
"Monitoring of all the waste streams from Falconbridge's Sudbury Operations to determine whether they meet the required standards, has been performed for many years. By 1969, however, the number of sa
Jan 1, 1971
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A rule-based expert system for mining method selectionBy P. Venkatasubramanian
"In recent years, computer based ""expert systems"" have been taking on large complex tasks for which no exact algorithmic solutions are feasible; tasks previously reserved for human experts requiring
Jan 1, 1988
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A data acquisition system for geotechnical instrumentation and designBy E. M. De Souza
"The mining industry has developed a strong need for monitoring underground openings since bulk mining, used for increased productivity, has become the dominant mining method industry wide. The large
Jan 1, 1992
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Pilot plant study on improved electrostatic precipitation of copper converter dustBy L. Lamothe, C. H. The
"Pilot precipitator tests were conducted at Noranda's Horne Smelter in late 1978 to evaluate methods of improving converter dust collection efficiency. A bout 35 Nms/min. of converter off-gas wer
Jan 1, 1985