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  • CIM
    Application of Structural-Thermal Modelling to Negate the Need for Movement Joints within a Frozen Mine Shaft

    By A. Pearson, Auld. F. A., S. O. Colbeck

    "To minimise mine shaft maintenance over the long-term, some potash mine shaft sinking projects have required the provision of a continuous fully welded waterproof steel liner over a substantial depth

    Jan 1, 2019

  • CIM
    The Change in Operating Philosophy After Converting the Comminution Circuit from a Single Stage SAG Mill to a SAG/Ball Mill Circuit ? The Tarkwa Experience

    The comminution circuit at Tarkwa Gold Mine was commissioned as a Single Stage SAG mill operated in closed circuit with hydrocyclones designed to process 4Mtpa. The circuit was later expanded by addin

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Method For Dynamically Balancing Water In A 50-M-High U-Tube Coal Air-Lift Hydrohoist

    By R. E. Miller

    Hoisting coal using water and air is a technology which has potential to improve the economics and safety of transporting coal. The Coal Air-Lift Hydrohoist is a prototype coal hoisting system develop

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Changes In Stress, Strain, And Displacement With Change In Slope Angle At The Kimbley Pit, Ely, Nevada

    By David W. Wisecarver

    Kennecott Copper Corporation and the U. S. Bureau of Mines cooperated in a full-scale slope stability research project at the Kimbley Pit near Ely, Nevada. The west wall of the Kimbley Pit was mined f

    Jan 1, 1968

  • AIME
    AIME Annual Meeting To Attract Registrants From All Sections Of Western Hemisphere

    MORE than 2500 members of the AIME from all sections of the U. S., Canada, Central and South America are expected to attend the 175th General Meeting scheduled for Los Angeles Feb. 16 to 21, 1953. The

    Jan 1, 1952

  • SME
    A New Approach for Hang‑Up Prediction in Block Caving Mines Based on Drawbell Geometry and Vertical Stress

    By Roberto Fustos, Gonzalo Nelis, Víctor Sanhueza, René Gómez

    Hang-ups are a challenging operational problem in block caving mines. They interrupt ore flow and imply hang-up removal activities, which take time, increase operational costs, and involve safety risk

    Oct 15, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Review of Ground Support Practice in Australian Underground Metalliferous Mines

    The range of environments which control the level of ground support required vary greatly in terms of rock type, rock structure and the mining method used. At the operating mines visited during th

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AIME
    Coal - Continuous Miner Offers Higher Production (Discussion p. 1355)

    By Stephen Krickovic

    THERE is today no proven continuous mining machine that can be used under all the varying conditions found in most bituminous coal mines. During the last five years, however, both the machines and met

    Jan 1, 1958

  • AUSIMM
    Control of Mineral Sands Dry Plant

    By D Gelling

    Mineral sands dry plants consist of a large number of repetitive unit operations with significant transport delays, in the form of stream pipes, conveyors and elevators. As part of the P255 mineral sa

    Jan 1, 2001

  • CIM
    Geological Setting of the West Meliadine Gold Deposits, Western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada

    By N. A. Duke, R. L. Carpenter

    Abstract - The West Meliadine area is underlain by structurally interleaved panels of mafic and minor ultramafic metavolcanic rocks and metasedimentary rocks that occur along the northern margin of th

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Post Start-Up Modifications to the Golden Bear Roaster

    By S. McCalpine, W. Muir, P. J. Downey

    "Golden Bear Operating Company Ltd. (GBOC) was a joint venture between Chevron Minerals Ltd. and North American Metals Corp. that was formed for the development of the Golden Bear Project. The mine is

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Investigation of Flotation Conditions for Cobalt Recovery from Mine Tailings - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Muhammad Hashim Rasa, Ali Aras

    Recovering valuable metals from tailings not only provides a source of income but also helps conserve natural resources, thus reducing the environmental impact of mining activities. This study aimed t

    May 17, 2023

  • IMPC
    Magnetic Seeding Co-Agglomeration for Hematite Slimes Flotation

    By Xiqing Wu, Tao Yue

    "Magnetic seeding co-agglomeration, i.e. adding magnetic seeds, organic depressant (such as the starch), and pre-magnetization for co-agglomeration, was applied in the reverse flotation for hematite o

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    MME launches with special issue honoring Prof DW Fuerstenau

    By None None

    This month, Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) is launching with a special issue on mineral and metallurgical processing in honor of the 90th birthday of Prof. Emeritus Douglas W. Fuerstenau. Head

  • AIME
    Block Cave Mining at the Mather Mine

    By Paul R. Bluekamp

    The Mather Mine property is composed of a 5.2 sq km (2 sq mile) area within the Cities of Ishpeming and Negaunee which are located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Production in this mine started i

    Jan 1, 1981

  • ABM
    Estudos Do Comportamento De Mistura De Minério De Ferro No Processo De Moagem De Pelotização

    By Catia Casagrande

    As principais operações unitárias de um processo de pelotização são: moagem, filtragem, aglomeração e queima. Das etapas citadas, a moagem, como início do processo, é uma etapa crucial para as demais

    Aug 1, 2018

  • ABM
    Desenvolvimento De Um Ensaio Laboratorial Para O Dimensionamento De Moinhos Verticais

    By Maria Stella Vasconcellos Limaverde

    A utilização de moinhos verticais na indústria mineral vem ganhando destaque nas últimas décadas, quando granulometrias mais finas passaram a ser exigidas, principalmente por tais equipamentos apresen

    Aug 16, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Structural Controls on Gold Deposition in the Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone at Round Hill, Otago, New Zealand

    The Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone (HMSZ) is low angle, duplex thrust system that has developed in a graphitic pelite schist within the Otago schist belt,

    Jan 1, 1993

  • ABM
    Avaliação Da Camada Nitretada Por Descargas Elétricas Do Aço Sae 52100 Temperado E Revenido

    By Steferson Ferreira de Oliveira

    A máquina convencional de usinagem por descargas elétricas (EDM) é utilizada no processo de nitretação por descargas elétricas (NDE), pois permite enriquecer a superfície de um substrato de aço SAE 52

    Oct 30, 2017

  • ABM
    Projeto, Fabricação, Reparo E Novas Tecnologias Em Mandris De Bobinadeiras E Desbobinadeiras De Laminadores A Quente, A Frio E Em Linhas De Processo

    By Henrique de Araújo Resende

    Em função do aumento constante da produtividade nos laminadores e linhas de processo de usinas siderúrgicas e de alumínio, está cada vez mais evidente a necessidade de aumentar as campanhas de produçã

    Aug 16, 2017