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  • DFI
    Versatility of Compaction Grouting to Stabilize and Lift Large Structures

    By Joe Harris

    Large structures, such as a multistory office building or a large storage tank, are constructed the most economical way possible, which may involve a shallow foundation system placed on native soil or

    Sep 1, 2023

  • DFI
    DFI Collaborates on Risk-Based Panels

    By Derrick Dasenbrock

    Two DFI committees independently organized two complimentary panel sessions for the recent American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Geo- Risk 2023 "Advances in Theory and Innovation in Practice" Co

    Sep 1, 2023

  • DFI
    Partnering for Cutoff Wall Project Success

    By Osvaldo Valdez, Matteo Bertoni, Aem Ragy

    The East St. Louis Deep Cutoff Wall project is located in the area of East St. Louis, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from the city of St. Louis, Missouri, along the left descending bank of the

    Sep 1, 2023

  • SME
    Evaluation of the Rock Burst Intensity of a Cloud Model Based on the CRITIC Method and the Order Relation Analysis Method - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Yongheng Jiang, Wentong Wang, Haoming Luo, Chuanju Liu, Qianjun Zhang, Sha Guo

    Rock burst has always been a major problem in deep underground engineering with high stress, and rock burst strength evaluation has become an important research topic. To effectively predict the rock

    Sep 1, 2023

  • SME
    Modelling of Fragile Coal Mine Roof and Estimation of Rock Loads—Some Empirical and Numerical Methods - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Amar Prakash, V. M. S. R. Murthy, Ajoy Kumar Singh, Avinash Paul, John Loui Porathur

    Weak, layered, and fragile rock mass formation, if not supported properly, is subject to roof failure thereby affecting safety and productivity in underground coal mines. Though Central Mining Researc

    Sep 1, 2023

  • SME
    Geometallurgical Modeling of the Escondida Deposit - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Andres Salazar, Carlos Delgado Robles, Richard K. Preece

    Minera Escondida, located in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile, is the world’s largest producer of copper as concentrate and SX-EW cathode. Projects to increase mill and flotation capacity bega

    Aug 31, 2023

  • SME
    Alkali Methods for Alumina Extraction from the By‑products of High Alumina Coal: A Review - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Jiayao Wang, Jian Chen, Leiting Shen, Hongyang Wang, Zeping Cao, Ziru Wang

    Large amounts of by-products, including coal gangue, circulating fluidized bed (CFB) slag, and coal fly ash (CFA), are generated during mining, washing and burning of high alumina coal (HAC). The stoc

    Aug 25, 2023

  • SME
    A Study on Controlling Losses of P2O5 from Phosphoric Acid Plant Using Pressure Filtration - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Shilpa S. Haramkar, Bhaskar N. Thorat, Sachin V. Jadhav

    The filtration of phosphogypsum is a ubiquitous step in the manufacturing of phosphoric acid. It is highly desired to achieve the minimum concentration of P2O5 in the phosphogypsum cake. This work is

    Aug 23, 2023

  • SME
    Failure Characteristic Analysis and Warning Method of Sandstone Based on Catastrophe Theory - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Ping Li, Baokun Zhou, Lei Yang, Changfeng Li, Erhui Zhang

    A uniaxial compression experiment was conducted on standard sandstone specimens to explore the sandstone’s mutation characteristics and early warning interval during deformation and failure. Meanwhile

    Aug 23, 2023

  • SME
    Assessing Stainless Steel Swarf Effect on Limonitic Laterite Sintering Process - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Yuanbo Zhang, Yikang Tu, Zijian Su

    Stainless steel swarf is a typical by-product produced from stainless steel processing, which contains a significant level of valuable metals, such as iron, chrome, and nickel. About 1 million tons of

    Aug 23, 2023

  • SME
    The Effect of Roasting on the Mineralogical Structure and Cyanidation Performance of Gossan Type Oxidized Refractory Gold‑Silver Ores - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By İbrahim Alp, Emine Yoğurtcuoğlu

    This article includes the application of roasting pretreatment by assisting the cyanidation process in the recovery of Au–Ag from Bolkardağ Gossan refractory ore and the characterization studies of th

    Aug 21, 2023

  • SME
    Probabilistic Modeling of the Round Mountain Gold Deposit: a Case Study - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Rodolfo Lagos, Nicos Pfeiffer, Ben Harding, Clayton V. Deutsch

    This paper documents a probabilistic resource modeling workflow for the Round Mountain epithermal gold deposit. The set of categorical and continuous variable simulated realizations provides a model o

    Aug 19, 2023

  • SME
    An Innovative Method of Gob‑Side Entry Retaining to Control the Non‑collapse Behaviors of Hard Roofs: a Case Study - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Lei Zhang, Zhibo Ma, Pingye Guo

    The mechanical behavior of hard roofs often leads to significant deformation and strong mine seismicity in gob-side entry retaining (GER) of the longwall mining, affecting the mining safety and effici

    Aug 14, 2023

  • SME
    Large-Scale Underground Mine Positioning and Mapping with LiDAR-Based Semantic Intersection Detection - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Min Chen, Qinghua Liang, Weishan Yan, Yuan Feng, Shigang Wang

    Various coal mine robots (CMRs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are implemented to explore unknown mines for improving the safety and efficiency of mining. It is challenging for CMRs and UAVs to a

    Aug 10, 2023

  • SME
    Spalling Hazard Occurrence in Longwall Excavation: a Case Study - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Sunny Murmu, Gnananandh Budi

    One of the most significant concerns in longwall ground control is the instability and failure mechanism of the coal wall. The current research uses FLAC3D to simulate panel 1 of the Adriyala Longwall

    Aug 8, 2023

  • SME
    Extraction of Critical Electronic Materials from Steelmaking Wastes - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Michael Moats, Weston Hartzell

    The stable domestic supply of gallium, indium, and germanium has been identified as a critical need for the USA. Electric arc furnace dusts processed to recover zinc produce a process residue that cou

    Aug 8, 2023

  • SME
    Phase Transformation of Impurity Elements and High‑efficiency Impurity Removal in Complex Copper Concentrate Smelting Process - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Yingbao Yang, Jinyue Liu, Yonggang Wei, Bo Li

    Due to the depletion of copper ore with high-grade and low impurity contents, the raw materials for copper smelting exhibit low copper contents and high impurities. High-impurity elements lead to the

    Aug 8, 2023

  • SME
    Distinct Element Analysis for the Effectiveness of Preliminary Coal Pillar Rib Support Systems Based on the Strength Reduction Method Using Coal Mass Constitutive Model - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By MAURICE SUNKPAL, Taghi Sherizadeh, Kutay E. Karadeniz, Dogukan Guner, Samuel Nowak

    Despite numerous empirical, numerical, and hybrid studies conducted on the subject of coal rib failure, mine fatalities related to rib failures continue to occur at around 1.5 per year between 2009 an

    Aug 5, 2023

  • SME
    The Mechanism of Selective Dissolution Reaction of Columbite with H2SO4 - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Dan Wang, Qiuju Li, Xiao Guo

    The chemical states and ions interaction were significant interest to understanding columbite mineral/acid solution interface dissolution and reaction. The present research work was focus to explore t

    Aug 5, 2023

  • SME
    Investigation of Occupational Accidents in Mining with Survival Analysis - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Hakan Uyguçgil, Beril Bayraktar, Adnan Konuk

    Mining is one of the industries with the highest risk of occupational accidents in Turkey and globally. The most important feature that distinguishes the mining industry from other sectors is the cons

    Aug 5, 2023