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  • SME
    Partition Moment Of Inertia: Techno-Economic Partition Curve Analysis with Applications to Coal Separations

    By A. Noble

    "In coal and mineral processing, several numeric parameters are used to quantify the separation performance of unit operations. For density-based separations, the partition curve is used as the starti

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Strategic Drivers Of The Mining Industry: From Enclave Production To Industrial Clusters - 1. Introduction

    By P. van der Veen

    The objective of this paper is to analyze the evolution of the strategic drivers of the mining sec-tor over the last half century, which has been guided by a varying and expanding list of motivations.

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    A Study Of Parameters Influencing Direct Coal Firing Of Grate-Kilns

    By B. P. Faulkner

    In 1974, Allis-Chalmers, in corporation with several iron ore operating companies, began to evaluate direct firing of coal in the GRATE-KILN System. Several coals were ground at the Allis-Chalmers Pro

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    A Thermochemical Process For Utilization Of Gypsum And Pyrite Wastes

    By M. Abdelkhalek, M. Hepworth, D. Tao, B. K. Parekh

    Pre-combustion coal cleaning and post-combustion flue gas desulfurization (FGD) using lime or limestone are the primary methods employed to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission from coal combustion.

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Effectiveness Of Pennsylvania’s Remining Program In Abating Abandoned Mine Drainage: Part 1 Water Quality Impacts

    By J. W. Hawkins, K. B. C. Brady, M. W. Smith

    The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP) has been issuing surface mining permits since 1984 that authorize remining in areas that will affect preexisting pollutional discharges.

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Employment outlook in US for metallic minerals

    By Richard L. Stotlar

    Introduction During the last decade, the metallic minerals segment of the industry could be categorized as a "feast-or-famine" business. It is no secret that metallic minerals are cyclical. Employmen

    Jan 2, 1985

  • SME
    Trends In Fluorspar Production And Consumption ? Introduction

    By Lawrence Pelham

    The demand or consumption of fluorspar has been somewhat taken for granted in recent years, except for the specific interest of those that produce, market, and/or consume the commodity. A tradition wa

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    A Causation Mechanism for Coal Bursts during Roadway Development Based on the Major Horizontal Stress in Coal, Very Specific Structural Geology Causing a Localised Loss of Effective Coal Confinement and Newton’s Second Law

    By Aaron Jones, Guy Reed, Russell Frith

    "In 2017, one of the international authorities on coal bursts, Dr. Chris Mark, published a paper entitled “Coal Bursts that Occur during Development: A Rock Mechanics Enigma,” in which several relevan

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    The Effect Of Water Carry-Over In A Bank Of Industrial Coal Froth Flotation Cells With A Comparison To Laboratory Test Results

    By B. J. Arnold

    Prior laboratory work has demonstrated -that much of the fine ash-forming minerals entering a flotation froth are there as a result of water carry-over from the bulk contents of the flotation cell (Ar

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Roof and Pillar Failure Associated with Weak Floor at a Limestone Mine

    By J. L. Ellenberger, T. Miller

    "A limestone mine in Ohio has had roof instability problems that have led to massive roof falls extending to the surface. This paper describes a collaborative study of these events undertaken by the N

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Reducing Emissions Of Air Toxics: Evaluating The Potential For Removing Trace Elements From Powder River Basin Sub-bituminous Coals

    By Jr. Raleigh

    As part vi the development of the Coal Quality Expert (CQRN) --a computer program capable of predicting the impacts of coal quality on power plant performance, costs, and emissions control--several na

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Burying The Dinosaurs: Achieving Breakthrough Safety Performance Without A Safety Department

    By B. Cavender

    Safety departments have traditionally been held responsible for the safety performance of their division or company. This approach leads to a lack of ownership of safety issues by the larger organizat

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Public Private Partnerships: Education And Research Opportunities

    By F. J. Brenner

    The Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition was organized to restore a 70 km2 portion of the headwaters of the Slippery Rock Watershed in northwest Pennsylvania. Thirteen passive treatment systems have bee

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Construction of the Lewis Street CSO Tunnel, Nashville, Tennessee

    By Patrick J. Doig

    The Lewis Street CSO Tunnel is an important element in the efforts of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro) to improve the treatment of waste-water in the area. The t

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Ventilation Improvement in Longwall Recovery Face Using Convergence Transducers - Case Study

    By A. Habibi

    The FMC Westvaco Trona Mine is located near Green River, Wyoming and has an annual production of 4.5M tons. Trona is an evaporite mineral that is processed into several products, mostly soda ash. The

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Installation of a Ventilation Shaft at San Juan Coal

    By T. Arthur Palm, Stephen L. Bessinger

    San Juan Coal Co. (SJCC) operates an underground coal mine near Farmington, NM. Continuous miners and a longwall produce 6.3 to 7.2 Mt/a (7 million to 8 million stpy). SJCC is owned and operated by

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Conversion Of Fixed Speed To Variable Speed For Sag Motors At The Barrick Goldstrike Mine

    By J. Hebert, J. Donnelli, J. Sedey

    Installation of a Load Commutated Inverter (LCI) provides an economical method for conversion of a Fixed Speed Semi-Autogenous Grinding Mill into one with variable speed, qualities. Though capital int

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    How Does Limestone Rock Dust Prevent Coal Dust Explosions In Coal Mines? - Preprint 09-050

    By C. K. Man

    Coal dust explosions in underground coal mines are prevented by generous application of rock dust (usually limestone). If an explosion should occur, the rock dust disperses, mixes with the coal dust a

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Overcoming Massive Squeezing Ground Utilizing Curved Tunnel Face and Full-Face Excavation with Early Ring Closure

    By Hiroyuki Tamaru, Futoshi Kusumoto, Kosuke Tanimura, Atsuyuki Kimura

    "SUMMARY The Hachinoshiri tunnel is a 2,469 m long two-lane road tunnel on the Chubu-Odan Expressway. Since more than 70% of the total tunnel length consists of low strength rock masses the competence

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Early Experiences of Microseismic Monitoring in Kittilä Mine - RASIM22

    By Stephen Meyer, Véronique Falmagne, Antti Pyy

    Kittilä Mine is a gold mine located in Northern Finland, owned and operated by Agnico Eagle Finland. The mining operation started in 2008 with open pits which were completed in 2012 and production mov

    Apr 26, 2022