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  • SME
    World?s Largest TBM Keeps Niagara Project On Track

    By Doug Harding

    The Niagara Tunnel Project (NTP) is a 10.4-km- (6.5- mile-) 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 st

    Jan 1, 2008

  • NIOSH
    IC 9329 Utilizing Mechanical Linear Transducers For The Determination Of A Mining Machine's Position And Heading: Underground Testing

    By Christopher C. Jobes

    Computer-assisted control of a mining machine can place the operator in a safe, remote location. A guidance system aids remote positioning of a mining machine by determining its position and heading.

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Origin of the "Jasper Bars" of Western Australia

    The notes from which this paper has been prepared were set down at the time of the author's departure from Australia in 1935. Mr. Frank Forman, Government Geologist of Western Australia, who has

    Jan 1, 1939

  • AUSIMM
    Composition of Fluid Inclusions from the Hellyer and Mt. Chalmers VHMS Deposits, Australia: Implications for Source of Ore-Forming Fluids

    By C G. Ryan, T P. Mernagh, S R. Hunns, R A. Both, R R. Large, J B. Gemmell

     The Hellyer and Mt. Chalmers deposits are mound-style volcanic-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) deposits in Australia. Textural, petrographic and microthennometric investigations of fluid inclusio

    Jan 1, 1995

  • CIM
    Footwall anchoring at Smoky River Coal Limited

    By Peter L. Sheehan, David A. Fawcett, Dennis C. Martin

    "Smoky River Coal Limited has successfully completed a major program involving the pattern rock anchoring of a high, steeply dipping footwall slope. The slope dips at approximately 65 to 70 degrees to

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SAIMM
    Sensitization Behaviour Of 11-12% Cr AISI 409 Stainless Steel During Low Heat Input Welding ? Synopsis

    By C. J. Van Niekerk

    The study comprised of the investigation into the sensitization characteristics of AISI 409 titanium stabilized ferritic stainless steel during low heat input welding. AISI 409 is a fully ferritic sta

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Numerical simulation of jointed block mass under uniaxial stress condition

    By K. S. Rao, R. P. Tiwari, V. K. Shrivastava

    ABSRACT: In this paper numerical simulation of jointed block mass behaviour obtained in an experimental study has been presented. Singh et al. (2002) conducted extensive tests on the jointed model mat

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Chunnel Repairs Call On Conjet Hydrodemolition Robots

    Train services through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France where scheduled to be fully restored in February 2009 following several months of repairs after a major fire in the tunnel on Sept.

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    The Effect Of Anode Impurities On Copper Electrorefining

    By M. L. Free, L. Anthian

    Electrochemical, chemical, and image analysis techniques were utilized together with statistical analysis methods to determine the effect of various anode impurities on copper electrorefining performa

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    The application of pumpable emulsions in narrow-reef stoping (c3a49f1e-796f-497e-8d58-8a582c0eb90b)

    By S. P. Pearton

    "Pumpable emulsion explosives have been available to surface and underground massive mining operations for decades, and their unique properties offer significant advantages in terms of improved safety

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    The Influence of Impurities on the Properties of Lead Part II

    This paper forms the second of a series, in which it is proposed to communicate the results of an extensive research into the influence of alloying elements on the physical properties of lead, now bei

    Jan 1, 1934

  • SME
    Ferromanganese Crusts of the Mendeleev Ridge (Arctic Ocean)

    By Natalia Konstantinova, Georgy Novikov, Pavel Rekant, Goergy Cherkashov, Olga Bogdanova

    The economic interest of oceanic ferromanganese crusts and nodules is determined by high grades of major, rare and earth rare elements in these types of marine minerals [1]. Modern oceanic ferromangan

    Sep 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    What is Required for a Low-Cost Project Outcome?

    By M Dickie

    During the 1980s and early 1990s low cost gold treatment plants were at the forefront of the Australian engineering and mineral processing business. This opportunity was the result of a high gold pric

    Jan 1, 2009

  • IOM3
    The only way is up

    By G. Richards

    Research shows that having more women in the top mining jobs can bring bottom-line benefits. Mining companies are starting to embrace the need for greater gender diversity at board and senior manageme

    Jul 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Gold Potential of a Hidden Archean Fault Zone: The Case of the Cadillac-Larder Lake Fault

    By O. Rabeau, M. Legault, A. Cheilletz, L. Z. Cheng, J. J. Royer, M. Jébrak

    "By compiling geological, structural, geophysical, and geochemical information into a 3D geological model, we evaluated the orogenic gold potential in the vicinity of a hidden segment of an important

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Construction of I-90 Highway Tunnels Under Boston’s South Station Rail Yard by Box Jacking

    By Peter van Dijk, Gary Almeraris, Philip Rice

    This paper describes the Contractor’s value engineering design and the construction of the Interstate I-90 highway tunnel sections under the South Station railroad yard in Boston, MA for the Central A

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
  • DFI
    Design Of Deep Foundations Over Shallow Mine Workings

    By Tianfei Liao

    Extensive site investigations revealed that abandoned shallow mine workings exist under a site planned for construction of a major new facility. Since the mine voids were susceptible to collapse, they

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Precision Presplitting Optimization

    By Anthony J. Konya, Calvin J. Konya

    Mine sites and construction projects have faced problems with blasting a smooth back wall. This lead to safety concerns with slope stability and rock falls from the walls. Decades ago Dr. Calvin Konya

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Mining 1986

    By J. D. Morgan

    Introduction In 1986, the US economy passed the $4 trillion mark. However, the value of domestically processed materials of mineral origin fell slightly to $240 billion. The value of metals produced

    Jan 5, 1987