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  • AUSIMM
    Macraes Gold Project: Value Creation through Applied Technology - Pressure Oxidation

    By T S. Giraudo

    The Macraes Gold Project, operated by GRD Macraes Limited, engaged GRD Minproc Limited to assist with the evaluation of a pressure oxidation circuit, this being the key component of a recovery enhance

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Recent Developments in Stress Analysis and Live Reclaim Prediction within Iron Ore Stockpiles

    By K C. Williams, A W. Roberts, J D. Prigge

    For stockpile design, the flowability and structural interfaces are critically dependant on the stress conditions throughout the pile. Historically, the predictive methodologies for stress determinati

    Aug 12, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    Mid Sampling and Reserve Estimation Practice in the Base Metal Orebodies

    The Mount Isa mine in North West Queens- land produces a total of nearly 10 million t/yr from separate copper and silver lead zinc orebodies. Sampling information is mainly obtained from diamond dr

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME-ICGCM
    Proposed Criteria For Subsidence Damage To Buildings (d2ee0f1e-295b-4fb1-ab17-d19f1e17df4a)

    By Swapan Bhattacharya

    United States federal and state regulatory authorities require underground mine operators to adopt adequate measures to minimize material damage to the surface caused by nine subsidence. This paper pr

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Dust control in room-and pillar coal mining using continuous miners: Additional field evaluations

    By Y. P. Chugh

    Additional field evaluations of a modified continuous miner using a new spray system and modified scrubbers have been conducted by the authors. In this demonstration, a comprehensive package for dust

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Prediction of Plant Process Performance Using Feed Characterisation ù An Emerging Tool for Plant Design and Optimisation

    By J M. F Clout, E Donskoi

    The ability to design a beneficiation process for a new orebody based on particular feed characteristics is a powerful and practical tool. A new technique has been developed where beneficiation outcom

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AIME
    Part IX – September 1968 - Communications - The Effects of Gold, Palladium, and Platinum on the Liquid-Gas-Solid Equilibrium in the Ag-O System

    By N. A. D. Parlee, I. D. Shah

    THIS communication reports the results of some work done on the effect of gold, palladium, and platinum on the liquid-gas-solid equilibrium in the Ag-O system,1,2 see Fig. 1. Recently several inves

    Jan 1, 1969

  • IMMS
    Sulphuric Acid Pressure Leaching Of The Matte Prepared From Deep-Sea Manganese Nodules

    By Kyung-Ho Park

    The smelting leaching process is known as one of the most favorite methods for the processing of deep-sea manganese nodules because of its smaller environmental impact and easiness of manganese recove

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    Biographical Notice - Died in Service - Martin F. Bowles

    department, first as a practical miner, next. as rodman on the survey corps, of which he soon became chief, then draftsman and mining engineer in the company's office. In January, 1916, he was pr

    Jan 1, 1920

  • AUSIMM
    The Estimation of Gold and Tin Alluvials in Malaya

    The presence of gold or tin in a particular place in payable quantities may be suspected from geological and prospE;cting reports. It behoves the engineer by judiciously spaced boreholes or pits to es

    Jan 1, 1942

  • SME
    Pre-Excavation Drilling and Grouting for Water Control and Ground Improvement in Highly Variable Ground Conditions at the Arrowhead Tunnels Project

    By Brian Fulcher

    The Arrowhead Tunnels Project represents the final portion of a 70 km (44-mile) long water conveyance facility that will bring up to 28 m3/sec (1,000 ft 3/sec) of water into Southern California. The 1

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AIME
    Mining Methods Session

    THE morning session on mining methods with R. M. Raymond as chairman was devoted mainly to papers on explosives and the discussion of these papers. A paper on the numerical index of the re-sistance wh

    Jan 3, 1928

  • SME
    Case studies illustrate the need for a new concept of coal pillar design

    By Syd S. Peng

    Introduction The most commonly used ground control design in coal mining is the determination of pillar size by various pillar strength formulae for mine layout (Bieniawski, 1983; Holland, 1973; Hust

    Jan 11, 1986

  • DFI
    Mt. Baker Ridge Access Pits And Seattle Bus Tunnel Jet Grouted Piles

    By John F. MacDonald

    From 19BS thru the present, Guy F. Atkinson Construction Company has been involved in several transportation construction projects in the Seattle area. Two of these contracts, the Mt. Baker Ridge Tunn

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    Explosive Methods of Entry for Law Enforcement Tactical Operations

    By Charles O'Connor, Ben Tisa

    International Training Resources is a company consisting of personnel with extensive law enforcement and military special operations experience, The staff members are qualified to train and certify, a

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Bacterial Leaching of Complex Polymetallic Sulfide Ore

    Bacterial Leaching of Complex Polymetallic Sulfide Ore The work described here concerned the study on bacterial leaching of complex sulfide minerals and polymetallic ores operated in shaken flasks an

    Sep 13, 2010

  • SME
    Piedras Verdes: Mexico?s Newest Copper Mine

    By P. J. Rua

    The Piedras Verdes copper mine is a new run-of-mine (ROM), heap leach, solvent-extraction/electrowinning (SX-EW) operation located 21 km (13 miles) north-northwest of the town of Alamos in the state o

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AUSIMM
    Thiorea Leaching of a Refractory Gold Ore

    By Ciminelli VST

    Thiourea leaching has been applied to a refractory gold concentrate previously treated by bacterial oxidation. Following the bio-oxidation, gold has been leached in acidic thiourea solutions, under

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 – Talc and Pyrophyllite

    By G. P. Tomaino

    Talc is a layered, hydrous magnesium silicate mineral. It has a soft, soapy feel and typically a smooth texture. Talc is also known for its insulation, heat resistance, chemical stability, oil absorpt

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - The Fatigue Hardening of Copper

    By A. G. Metcalfe, A. Siede

    The hardening of annealed copper during fatigue testing appears to be independent of the applied stress and to occur largely within the first 4000 cycles. Copper hardened by fatigue is more resistant

    Jan 1, 1960