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  • SME
    Computer Mine Planning For Surface Coal Operations ? Introduction

    By Mark A. White

    Arch Mineral has developed several computer programs that aid the surface mine planning function. These programs are utilized to perform long term projections for various area or semi-area stripping o

    Jan 1, 1984

  • CIM
    Evaluation of the Performance of a CIP Gold Recovery Process

    By M. Courchesne, C. Barbery, D. Hodouin, C. Carrier

    "The carbon-in-pulp process for recovery of gold dissolved in dilute cyanide solutions, in the presence of solids, has now replaced the convedntional processes of pregnant liquid/barren solids separat

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Case Study in Rock Mass Behavior: TBM versus Drill and Blast

    By Scott Chesman

    Increased TBM performance is leading the way for resurgence in tunneling activity in NYC. Tunnels will be excavated in the same geologic formations as previously excavated D&B tunnels whose constructi

    Jan 1, 2005

  • IIMP
    Algunas formas en que la mecanización puede resultar en un aumento a corto plazo de la productividad en la mediana minería subterránea del Perú

    By Felipe De Lucio Pezet

    El presente texto señala las formas más eficaces de producción, donde no haya mayor consumo de mano de obra con menor incidencia directa en el tonelaje minado. Por ello, la modificación de las operac

    Nov 1, 1972

  • SME
    Vibration effects on underground concrete structures - SME Transactions 2014

    By F. B. Kuhnow

    When performing blasting operations in open pit settings, energy is released and transmitted through the geology. Some negative effects can have significant impacts on mining operations and adversely

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Pressure‑Quantity Characteristic Curves for a Mature Panel Cave (Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration)

    By Y. Pan, V. V. S. Vytla, P. Tukkaraja, R. BHARGAVA, S. Jayaraman Sridharan

    Panel caving is an underground bulk mining method that utilizes gravitational force for mining massive, steeply dipping, and deep-seated ore deposits at a lower operating cost. To control dust and gas

    May 17, 2022

  • TMS
    Common Granulation System Problems With A Focus On Non-Ferrous Applications

    By Art Cooper

    Granulation systems are customarily viewed as problem areas in metallurgical operations. The inherent risk of explosion when combining a high temperature melt with water creates a safety hazard. Separ

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Crushing and screening circuits

    By D. W. Zandee

    "IntroductionHaving mined an economic mineral bearing rock which is of insufficient grade to warrant direct smelting, upgrading or beneficiation is required to make it an economically viable ore. The

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SAIMM
    Mechanical behaviour of chalk reservoir: Numerical modelling of water sensitivity and time dependence effects

    By Ch. Schroeder, F. Collin, R. Charlier, Y. J. Cui

    The paper proposes two numerical models ot the mechanical behaviour of chalk. First, an elasto-plastic constitutive law reproduces the different plastic mechanisms of the chalk and the influence of po

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Sélection optimale des quantités d'explosifs basée sur des contraintes de production et un résultat d'analyse de régression multiple

    By J. L. Collins

    "Une recherche debutee en 1987 tente de cerner divers éléments ayant un impact sur la productivite miniére, de facon à améliorer la planification des operations souterraines. II a été possible de recu

    Jan 1, 1990

  • NIOSH
    RI 3066 The Use Of Aluminum For Oil Lease Tanks - Part 1 - Field Tests

    By C. J. Wilhelm, John M. Devine, Ludwig Schmidt

    "Steel tanks often corrode rapidly in oil fields where the Gas produced with crude contains an appreciable quantity of hydrogen sulphide. In many instances working tanks have been discarded after only

    Apr 1, 1931

  • IIMP
    Proceso de producción metales preciosos en refinería de Ilo

    By Valentín Pamo

    El presente trabajo describe los procesos y equipos que permiten la extracción de metales preciosos de la refinería de Ilo en condiciones agresivas, obligando a investigar materiales resistentes a la

    Sep 9, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Transformation Of Ferrochromium Smelting Technologies During The Last Decades

    By J. Daavittila, P. Jokinen, M. Honkaniemi

    In the latter part of the 1980?s Outokumpu Chrome in Tornio, Finland, was in a situation when its twenty-year-old ferrochrome plant was becoming inefficient to sustain economically sound production. T

    Jan 1, 2004

  • NIOSH
    OFR-47(2)-83 Ecological Studies On The Revegetation Process Of Surface Coal Mined Areas In North Dakota - 2. Physical And Chemical Properties Of Overburden And Topsoils As Affected By Time And Amendments

    By Nirander M. Safaya

    Revegetation success on surface mined lands is dependent upon the nature of the plant growth media. Soil physical and chemical properties dictate the needs for specific reclamation and subsequent mana

    Jan 1, 1982

  • AUSIMM
    Development of Stockton Borehole Colliery

    The early history of the mine is traced from the beginning of shaft sinking in 1886 to the purchase by the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. in 1949. A necessary preliminary to mechanisation of the Bor

    Jan 1, 1957

  • NIOSH
    IC 9239 Multislice Mining For Thick Western Coal Seams

    By T. D. Hackett

    Multislice mining methods were analyzed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines to determine their application to western United States thick coal seams; ground control, geology, and costs were considered. Multis

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Bringing the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Mining Engineering Education (Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration)

    By Rudrajit Mitra, Erik Hulthén, TOBIAS HARTMANN, ELISABETH CLAUSEN, Aarti Sörensen

    There has been an ongoing debate on how to transform engineering education to better prepare students for today`s professional world that is characterized by increasingly complex problems and challeng

    May 25, 2022

  • ABM
    Avaliação Do Ciclo De Vida Da Produção De Pelotas De Minério De Ferro: Estudo De Caso

    By Giancarlo Alfonso Lovón Canchumani

    A indústria da mineração do ferro brasileira ocupa posição relevante no cenário mundial, exportando para os principais mercados consumidores os produtos beneficiados. Esta indústria de beneficiamento

    Aug 16, 2017

  • NIOSH
    RI 7673 Performance Characteristics Of Coal-Washing Equipment: Dense-Medium Cyclones

    By A. W. Deurbrouck

    The separations achieved by eight conventional cyclone washers have been evaluated to determine their performance when processing intermediate size coal of 28 mesh bottom size. The dense-medium cyc

    Jan 1, 1972

  • AUSIMM
    The discovery of the QTS Central ore system, CSA mine, Cobar, NSW, Australia

    By E Apaza, R Neumayr

    This paper aims to summarise the discovery of the QTS Central resource, a previously unidentified +1 Mt inferred resource that lies between two major CSA resource systems.The 1.7 Mt at 5.76 per cent C

    Sep 20, 2017