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    Considerations Regarding Sustainable Development in the Vietnamese Coal Mining Industry

    By Naoko Shimazaki, Andre Xavier

    Over 10 million tourists have visited Vietnam in 2016. Travel and tourism accounted for 9.3% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014. At the same time, as with many other resource-rich d

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Leach Pad Liner Stability On Slopes-Two Case Histories

    By D. A. Poulter

    The stability of a liner system is influenced by many factors which can be compiled into four basic groups. They are: 1. the liner system components and physical characteristics; 2. the geometry a

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Optic Fiber Structural Monitoring System for Pavoncelli Bis Hydraulic Tunnel

    By Gabriele Eccher, Michele Caponero, Paolo Cucino, Roberto D’Angelis

    "This paper describes the optic fiber structural monitoring system implemented for Pavoncelli Bis tunnel. The paper highlights the optic fiber sensors customization capabilities, how they smoothly fit

    Jan 1, 2016

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    Contract mining : An attractive and economical alternative to owner operations

    By Don S. McCoy, W. Joseoph Schlitt, Donald B. Swanson

    Introduction Contract miners have long played an important role in the minerals industry. Historically, these were individuals who worked as underground miners and were paid by the ton or the day. Th

    Jan 12, 1987

  • SME
    Present Practices In The Computer Control Of Copper Flotation Plants

    By Emmanuel V. Manlapig

    The variables involved in a complex process like flotation can be classified as follows: a. Disturbance variables - which are undesired properties of the process input which affect the value of the pr

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Recycling And Secondary Recovery Applications Using An Eddy -Current Separator

    By D. A. Norrgran, J. A. Wernham

    Introduction In view of the continuing depletion of natural resources, requirements for energy conservation, plant optimization and hazardous waste management, and environmental consciousness, recy

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Techniques for assessing and mitigating longwall subsidence effects on interstate highways

    By Yi Luo, Jian Yang, Hua Jiang

    Surface subsidence induced by underground coal mining activities, especially longwall mining operations, can cause various problems to interstate highways ranging from structural integrity to drivabil

  • SME
    Effect Of Semiconductor Character Of Pyrite On Bioleaching Of Refractory Gold Ores

    By Z. F. Wang, W. K. Choi, A. E. Torma

    The present study has investigated the bioleachability of low-grade and high-grade pyritic gold ores and the extraction of gold from the leach residues of bioleaching with thiourea solutions. Final go

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    The Lands Unsuitable Petition Process Under SMCRA -A Case Study (3ac44039-af3c-48d6-831c-8838a7a90cc7)

    By J. J. Zaluski

    The Surface Mining control and Reclamation Act (public Law 95-87) (here-inafter the "Act" or "SMCRA") passed by congress in August of 1977 represents a comprehensive federal scheme for controlling sur

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Air Quality Control In Diesel Equipment Operations At The Henderson Mine ? Introduction

    By Wayne A. Sadik

    The mine ventilation system of the Henderson Mine provides a case study of designing and maintaining high-quality respirable air in a large underground mine with over 200 units of diesel-powered equip

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Study on the tribocharging properties of CaCO3 particles in a cyclone tribocharger

    By Yang Song, Li Shaokang, Wang Zhiqiang, Wang Jinjun, Li Guofeng, Su Meixuan

    The paper investigates the triboelectric charging properties of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) particles under different conditions using a cyclone tribocharger. It explores the effects of airflow velocity

    Sep 1, 2023

  • SME
    Mobile Solid-State Lidar for Construction Quality Assurance - RETC2023

    By Adam Saylor, Travis A. Shoemaker, Steve Miller

    Lidar scanning has become an increasingly popular tool for documenting underground excavations; however, high costs of traditional mechanical electrical lidar hardware, software, and training have lim

    Jun 13, 2023

  • SME
    Discussion - Tailings Dam Performance From USCOLD Incident-Survey Data - Technical Papers, Mining Engineering, March 2001, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 49-53- Strachan, C.

    By A. F. Agnew

    Discussion by A.E Agnew Strachan's paper summarizes a wealth of data on water-storage dam "incidents" published by USCOLD and ASCE in 1988, together with a review of tailings-dam incidents pub

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Image Analysis Characterization Of Coal Flotation Products

    By G. T. Adel

    As a prerequisite to removing mineral matter from coal by any physical separation technique, the mineral and coal particles must be sufficiently liberated. In the case of the production of superclean

    Jan 1, 1989

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    Processing Non-Terrestrial Materials (4e0319a3-6ab9-46ef-9f46-97405ad79e31)

    By J. S. Lewis

    Beneficiation and physical and chemical processing of non-terrestrial materials borrow strongly from terrestrial experience, but also involve the necessity of handling literally un-Earthly feedstocks,

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Rolling With The Punch ? Underground With Shuttle Trucks And Loaders

    By R. S. Shepard

    A quick glance at a-portion of the title of this discussion -'Rolling With The Punch" may immediately lead you to assume that I am about to expound on the so-called manly art of self-defense.

    Jan 1, 1963

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    Thermodynamic Equivalencies For Pressure, Head And Work Losses In Mines

    By P. C. O. Chukabarah

    Atkinson's resistance square law is the cornerstone equation for traditional expression of energy losses in mine ventilation engineering. But the nomenclature for the various forms of energy loss

    Jan 1, 1995

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    An Innovative Rotary Triboelectrostatic Separator For Fly Ash Purification

    By D. Tao

    More than 80 million metric tons of fly ash is produced annually in the U.S. as coal combustion by-product. Fly ash can be converted to value-added products if unburned carbon is reduced to less than

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Vacuum Filtration: Available Equipment And Recent Innovations (1d8b2c0d-43d3-4554-8421-efd2df8d1a31)

    By Stanley M. Moos

    In reviewing available vacuum filtration equipment in this paper, several types of filters have been included which are probably not familiar to operators in the mining industry. However, it was felt

    Jan 1, 1978

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    Short-Haul Opportunities For Moving Minerals By Rail ? Summary

    By B. M. Flohr

    Railroads are cost competitive with trucks for hauls greater than 500 miles - WRONG. Today I will tell you about many rail movements of less than 100 miles throughout the country. Rail is a short haul

    Jan 1, 1986