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  • SME
    Four world titanium mining provinces

    By K. J. Stanaway

    Major world ilmenite and rutile accumulations reveal similar regional geology and Proterozoic age deeper crustal source rocks. During crustal collision titanium crystallizes as ilmenite and rutile at

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Novel Passive Technology For Entrained Air Measurement In Pipes And Gas Holdup Measurements In Column Cells

    By C. Keefe, O&apos

    Measurements of the quantity of entrained air within processes have challenged instrumentation developers for years. This is particularly true in the unique and demanding operating environment and ap

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Georgia Kaolin: Development of a Leading Industrial Mineral

    By R. J. Pruett

    The Georgia kaolin district is the world’s largest producer of kaolin. Georgia production tripled from 2.87 Mt (3.17 million st) in 1968 to8.35 Mt (9.2 million st) in 1998. Development of the Georgia

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Keeping an Eye on Safety Improves the Bottom Line

    By Steve Kral

    Worker safety is an issue that transcends industries, whether it be mining, construction, manufacturing or even general office work. In the mining industry, safety and training are particularly impor

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Instrumentation Of Open Cut Subway Excavation For The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

    By Rodney K. Morrison

    MARTA, The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, is building a 53 mile heavy rail transit system to serve the City of Atlanta. Phase A of the Rail System, consisting of approximately 14 miles

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Zinc Alloys Replace Bronze in Mining Equipment Bushings and Bearings

    By Tony S. Calayag

    Throughout the mining industry today, new bearing materials - ZA* high-performance zinc-aluminum alloys - are reducing costs of maintaining and rebuilding a wide range of equipment. As replacements fo

    Jan 7, 1983

  • SME
    GIBE II Tunnel Project?Ethiopia: 40 Bars Of Mud Acting On The TBM ?Special Designs And Measures Implemented To Face One Of The Most Difficult Events In The History Of Tunneling?

    By Antonio De Biase

    In October 2006, a 7m Double Shield TBM, boring through very poor volcanic formations, was pushed back by fluid mud, which presence had not been detected during previous field investigations, due to t

  • SME
    Attacking The Small-Mine Fatality Problem In West Virginia

    By R. L. Grayson

    For the years 1990 and 1991, West Virginia's underground coal small-mine fatality rate « 20 employees) was approximately ten times higher than the national coal industry rate. Although the total

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Water-Jet-Assisted Roadheaders

    By Bradley V. Johnson, Robert J. Timko, Edward D. Thimons

    Water-jet-assisted cutting involves the use of a mechanical cutting bit in combination with a high-pressure water jet directed just in front of the bit tip. Such a jet can offer benefits in terms of i

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Numerical Simulation Of Yield Pillar Behavior With Creep Material Model (e3731e33-0b34-4fad-9202-9242771c3a27)

    By C. Sun

    In this study, numerical simulations of yield pillars employing the finite element method with time-dependent Drucker-Prager material model are conducted. The stress control mechanism of yield pillars

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Measuring And Managing Dust And Nanoparticulates In Pyrometallurgical Processing (6689d80f-d5e8-491a-995c-6a41f35034df)

    By C. R. Copeland

    Combustion processes, comminution and materials handling can generate airborne particulates. Regulation of these particulates by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is becoming progres

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Respirable Dust Measured Downwind During Rock Dust Application (6aa60bab-30fb-41ca-b96e-a68949f2654b)

    By M. L. Harris, J. Organiscak, S. Klima, I. E. Perera

    "The Pittsburgh Mining Research Division of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted underground evaluations in an attempt to quantify respirable rock dust gene

    Jan 5, 2017

  • SME
    Workshop Attendees Compare Ore Modeling and Mine Planning Software Systems

    By Betty Gibbs

    The Ore Body Modeling and Mine Planning Worshop, sponsored by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME), was held Feb. 22-24, 1991 before the SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit in De

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Current usage of continuous monitoring systems in coal mines discussed

    By Kevin G. Stricklin

    Introduction Continuous monitoring techniques have been used in the US and abroad for many years. A continuous miner has a monitor that measures methane and automatically gives a warning if the metha

    Jan 9, 1987

  • SME
    Coal Review

    By F. Freme

    Coal production in the United States in 2008 reached a record level of 1.06 Gt (1,171.5 million st), according to preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (Table 1). This

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Rehabilitation of the Cape Creek Highway Tunnel Under Traffic

    By Roberto J. Guardia, Tim Shell, Robert A. Robinson, Steve Rodolf

    Our aging infrastructure includes numerous tunnels that provide easy access through topographic and societal obstacles. These tunnels are renewable resources that require periodic maintenance and reha

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2008 - Ball Clay

    By R. L. Virta

    Editor?s note: Each year, the June issue of Mining Engineering features an industrial minerals review. Several people put in a fair amount of time in developing the material for this issue. Thank y

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Crud Processing Improvements Using ACORGA® CB - 1000 Crud Busting Reagent

    By T. McCallum

    Crud is a common concern in SX processes and is formed as a complex solid stabilized emulsion of aqueous and organic.1,3 Crud formation is highly dependent on the amount of solids entering the circuit

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Niagara Tunnel Project

    By Doug Harding

    The Niagara Tunnel Project (NTP) is a 10.4 km (6.5 mi) long, 14.4 m (47.5 ft)bored tunnel that will run under the City of Niagara Falls from the Upper Niagara River to the Sir Adam Beck Power Station.

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Reducing The Fire And Explosion Hazards Of Flame Cutting And Welding In Underground Coal Mines - Preprint 09-007

    By W. D. Monaghan

    Flame cutting and welding is one of the major causes of fires and explosions in underground U.S. coal mines. On May 20, 2006, a flame cutting operation at the Darby Mine No. 1 led to an explosion tha

    Jan 1, 2009