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  • NIOSH
    Development And Application Of The Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR)

    By Gregory M. Molinda

    The Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) was developed 10 years ago to fill the gap between geologic characterization and engineering design. It combines many years of geologic studies in underground coal min

    Jan 5, 2007

  • NIOSH
    Understanding and Quantifying Arc Flash Hazards in the Mining Industry

    By Gerald T. Homce, James C. Cawley

    Arc flash generally refers to the dangerous exposure to thermal energy released by an arcing fault on an electrical power system, and in recent years, arc flash hazards have become a prominent safety

  • NIOSH
    OFR-15-80 Technical And Economic Evaluation Of Underground Disposal Of Coal Mining Wastes

    By M. F. Bucek

    This report summarizes the activities performed and the results achieved during a two-phased investigation of the technical and economic feasibility of disposing of coal mine refuse underground in act

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2008 - Ball Clay

    By R. L. Virta

    Editor?s note: Each year, the June issue of Mining Engineering features an industrial minerals review. Several people put in a fair amount of time in developing the material for this issue. Thank y

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Treatment of complex copper concentrates in the TBRC at Boliden

    By Sune Eriksson, Stig Peterssonsune, Christer Fridfeldt

    "Boliden Metal Corporation has developed a technique to treat complex copper concentrates containing large amounts of lead, zinc, arsenic, antimony and bismuth which cannot be treated in conventional

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    Minor Metals - Cesium And Rubidium

    By C. T. Baroch

    CESIUM-137 ISOTOPE began to displace cobalt-60 III the treatment of cancer during 1956. Production and Consumption.-Consumption of cesium and rubidium was approximately the same as in 1955. Producti

    Jan 1, 1958

  • AUSIMM
    Presentation of the Institute Medal, 1976 to Laurence Charles Brodie-Hall, C.M.G.

    ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE (MR. J. G. SYMONS) IN PRESENTING THE MEDAL TO LAURENCE CHARLES BRODlE-HALL, C.M.G.The Institute Medal is awarded to a select band of people who have rendered

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME-ICGCM
    Mine Seals ? A Rational Base for Design and Construction

    By Kot Unrug

    Mine seals are necessary in nearly every mine to isolate mined-out areas from the ventilation network. There is a large number of seals in active mines and that number continually increases as the de

    Jan 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Environmental Relevance of the Leachate Potential for Dry Storage of Delayed Coke

    By Joseph L. Fournier

    Suncor Oil Sands employs delayed coking technology in converting bitumen into synthetic crude oil. Currently up to 10,000 m3 of delayed coke (coke) is produced per day as a byproduct of the upgrading

    May 1, 2011

  • NIOSH
    An Analysis Of Rock Failure Around A Deep Longwall Using Microseismics

    By Keith A. Heasley, John L. Ellenberger, Paul W. Jeran

    In this paper, a state-of-the-art, three-dimensional, full waveform, microseismic system was used to analyze the rock failure around a deep (> 750 m (2500 ft) of cover) bump-prone longwall panel. The

  • IMPC
    Influence of the Tower Mill’s Classifying Column Structure on the Size of Collected Products

    By Takashi Furuyama, Sukeyuki Mori, Takafumi Okuma, Norio Hashiguchi

    "In order to achieve a high recovery of particles finer than 10µm, three types of dry Tower Mill (VD-1, KD-1, KD-2 and KD-3) have been developed. These mills differ from each other in the size of the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    Boron and Borates

    By Robert B. Kistler, Ward C. Smith

    The borate industry is one of the few sectors of the mining and mineral-processing industry which the United States still dominates. Since about 1927, the United States has supplied over half of the w

    Jan 1, 1975

  • SME
    Assessment of stability of flow in a modified mine ventilation network considering a presence of fire hazards

    By W. Dziurzynski

    The present article sets forward the results of field tests that made it possible to validate the mathematical model used in the VENTGRAPH ventilation engineer programmes. The case considered relates

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    RI 7708 Glass Wool From Waste Glass - With An Appendix On Economic Evaluation Of Glass Wool Production By Paul W. Johnson

    By Alan H. Goode

    Glass wool meeting requirements for commercial use was made from glassy fractions of urban solid wastes by the Bureau of Mines. This research was a part of the Bureau's program to develop buildin

    Jan 1, 1972

  • NIOSH
    OFR-14-76 Data Flow Requirements For Remote Supervisory Control Of Continuous Mining Machines - I. Introduction - A. Summary - 1. Objective

    By Harvey L. Pastan

    The purpose of the investigation and analysis described in this report is to assess the data flow requirements that are required for remote supervisory control of a continuous mining system. Since the

    Jan 1, 1975

  • CIM
    Slurry Rheology and Grinding

    By Alain Langlais, Caroline Boudrias Chapleau, Claude Bazin, Ahmed Bouajila

    "Slurry «viscosity» has been recognised for several decades as a variable that significantly influences the operation of grinding mills. This paper describes an instrument that can be used in a labora

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    The Katie copper-gold porphyry deposit, southeastern British Columbia

    By T. G. Hawkins, T. M. Naciuk

    "The Katie Cu-Au deposit is situated in southeastern British Columbia, 425 km east of Vancouver. The deposit is a member of the alkaline group of porphyry Cu-Au deposits associated with potassically a

    Jan 1, 1995

  • NIOSH
    RI 7710 Purification Of Yttrium By Electrorefining

    By D. C. Fleck

    Electrorefining yttrium from selected low-melting yttrium--base alloys is investigated, and various halide systems are studied as potential electrolytes for use in preparing low-oxygen yttrium by elec

    Jan 1, 1973

  • NIOSH
    IC 9220 The Talc Industry - An Overview

    By Robert L. Virta

    This U.S. Bureau of Mines paper discusses the structure of the talc industry, talc production, processing of talc ore, applications and demand for talc, and the outlook for the talc industry.

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Ventilation on demand (VOD) auxiliary fan project ? Vale Inco Limited, Creighton Mine

    By O?Connor. D. F.

    The ever increasing energy costs associated with mining at depth has become an important issue that needs to be addressed for future sustainable production. Vale Inco Limited?s Creighton Mine being th

    Jan 1, 2009