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  • TMS
    Aspects of Impurities Control at Caraiba Metais' Electrorefinery

    By José Luiz Rodrigues Bravo

    The production of electrolytic copper with assured quality corresponding to international standards, in a conventional electrorefkery of a custom smelter, is a hard and cautious task, if no advanced t

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    A Memory Cutting Method of Virtual Shearer Based on Shape Track Prediction of AFC - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Wang Xuewen, Bao Qingbao, Xie Jiacheng, Yan Zewen

    This study puts forward a virtual memory cutting method based on the prediction of AFC shape. The integrated key technologies include the generation of virtual teaching cutting curve, the height adjus

    Aug 16, 2021

  • CIM
    Continuous Improvement of the Return Air Raise Silencer System at Totten Mine

    By Andrew Dobson, Cheryl Allen, Enrique Acuña

    "Totten Mine return air raise was designed with two parallel fans equipped with silencers to reduce the noise emitted from the outlets into the environment. As development and production of the mine p

    Jan 1, 2019

  • NIOSH
    RI 8070 Blasting Tests in a Porphyry Copper Deposit in Preparation for In Situ Extraction

    By Robert C. Steckley

    The Bureau of Mines performed a fragmentation experiment in cooperation with Duval Corporation in a porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit near the Sierrita pit south of Tucson, Ariz. This experiment eval

    Jan 1, 1975

  • SAIMM
    Accretion formation on the refractory lining during the melting of ferrosilicon

    By A. M. Garbers-Craig, T. Coetsee, T. M. Nemavhola

    Accretions often form in furnaces when slag and charge materials attach to the refractory wall and build up over time. Accretion formation is usually unwanted because it reduces the working volume of

    Feb 2, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Applications Of Variography To Process Control

    By Dick Minnitt

    Large-scale variability in process plants and process control can be identified and controlled through disaggregating the overall variability in a process stream. Conventional statistics and Statistic

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Advanced Electrochemical Techniques to Monitor Corrosion Phenomena of Stainless Steels in Hydrometallurgical Environments

    By M. Lindgren

    "Hydrometallurgical processing involves process stages, like leaching, that create harsh environment for stainless steels. High acidity, the presence of chlorides and oxidizing ions combined with rela

    Jan 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    A New Materials Handling Technique for Cemented Rockfill Distribution in VBM Mining

    By Szymanski J

    Although efforts towards producing a `total quality rockfill product' have allowed cemented rockfill costs to be reduced considerably, there is still tremendous potential for further cost reduc

    Jan 1, 1995

  • NIOSH
    Acknowledgments And Sources (MINERALS IN THE WORLD ECONOMY-1991)

    By Charles L. Kimbell

    For a study such as this, which summarizes and amalgamates much information collected, compiled, and utilized by the numerous U.S. Bureau of Mines country specialists and branch chiefs for inclusion i

    Jan 1, 1993

  • NIOSH
    OFR-36-75 Surface Magnetic Field Noise Measurements At Geneva Mine

    By J. W. Adams

    Measurements of surface magnetic field noise were made at various locations over the Geneva Coal Mine near Price, Utah, on June 12, 1973. The locations selected were on the surface over emergency loca

    Jan 1, 1974

  • AUSIMM
    Prospecting in Areas of Glacial Overburden in Western Tasmania

    By Orr D. B

    This is a case history of prospec- ting carried out by Comstaff Pty. Ltd. over the Pinnacles Area, part 4 of Exploration Licence 5/63, 9 km north of Rosebery in Western Tasmania. Evidence is prese

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    The Use of Mathematical Modeling in Developing Advanced Control Systems for Mining Industry Processes

    By J. H. C. Scrimgeour, T. Toong, R. E. Hamilton

    "The principles involved in the use and application of mathematical models as an aid to the development of advanced process control computer systems are described briefly. This is followed by a brief

    Jan 1, 1970

  • SAIMM
    Increased liberation and flotation performance of bulk copper flotation concentrate following its regrinding in a stirred media mill, A. Stefanov, K. Grossman, V. Stoilov, A. Angelov, U. Peuker, and S. Gaydardzhiev

    By A. Angelov, U. Peukerd, S. Gaydardzhieve, A. Stefanov, K. Grossman, V. Stoilov

    Flotation concentrate originating from the Asarel-Medet porphyry copper mining and processing complex in Bulgaria has been subjected to regrinding using a Ro-Star mill; the effects of which on the dow

    Jan 1, 2020

  • CIM
    Sinking the Morning Incline at the Nickel Plate Mine

    By C. W. Davis

    AN inclined shaft is usually more difficult to sink than a vertical shaft, yet it is often chosen because of the subsequent saving in cross-cuts required to reach an inclined ore body. This paper brie

    Jan 1, 1945

  • CIM
    Study on Acoustic Wave Propagation in Fractured Rock Mass Under High in-Situ Stress of Model Test and Damage Constitutive Relation

    By Hang Zhao, Xinping Li, Pingan Wu, Yi Luo

    "The deep-buried rock surrounding the Jinping II Hydro-power Station was taken as the engineering background. Using model specimens of classified rock materials to simulate fractured rock mass under h

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Application of the UNFC-2009 to Metals' Production Waste

    By V. Panayotov, M. Panayotova, R. Villas-Bôas

    The "United Nations Framework Classification (UNFC-2009) for Fossil Energy and Mineral Resources 2009” is the international system designed to meet (to the extent possible) the needs and to support th

    Jan 1, 2016

  • TMS
    Computer Control in the Brenda Mines Ltd. Concentrator

    By B. C. F1intoff, R. G. Bradburn, E. Groiss

    "The concentrator at Brenda Mines Ltd. treats a copper - molybdenum porphyry ore with current head grades of 0.185% Cu and 0.036% Mo. The consistently low head grades provided the driving force to exp

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    Note on the Attitude and Conjectural Shape of the Submarine Portion of the Sydney Coalfield

    By Francis Wm. Gray

    The preparation of a paper read before this Society in 1927 on Undersea Mining led to representations to the Deputy Minister of Mines at Ottawa, Dr. Chas. Camsell, and to the Director of the Geologica

    Jan 1, 1934

  • TMS
    Magnesium Alloys Containing Rare Earths For Space Applications: Microstructural Aspects

    By K. Suseelan Nair

    Magnesium alloys containing rare earths are finding increasing applications in space programmes. A number of alloys have been developed and e good data base an the mechanical properties of these alloy

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AIME
    Geology - Occurrence of Mineral Deposits in the Pegmatites of the Karibib-Omaruru and Orange River Areas of South West Africa

    By Eugene N. Cameron

    Pegmatites of these areas have become important sources of beryl and lepidolite and have yielded cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, and other minerals. Examination of about 60 of these pegmatites leads

    Jan 1, 1956