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  • AIME
    Drilling Performances At The Kensico Dam, Catskill Aqueduct System, New York

    By W. L. Saunders

    WHEN work was begun in September, 1910, on the rock excavation for the foundation of the gigantic dam at Valhalla, N. Y., which is to convert Kensico lake into an important storage reservoir of the Ca

    Jan 2, 1914

  • IOM3
    Lower Cretaceous Pb-Zn ores of Cantabria, northern Spain: new considerations based on petrological and geochemical evidence (Paper originally entitled: Lead and zinc ores from Santander, northern Spain - genetic implications)

    By M. Bustillo, S. Ordonez

    "Paper presented at the conference Economic geology in Europe and beyond II, models for mineral deposits in sedimentary basins, held in Keyworth, UK, 13-14 April 1994. The Mississippi Valley-type depo

    Apr 1, 1995

  • SAIMM
    Optimisation of Circuits for Pressure Leaching of Sulfide Ores and Concentrates

    By Fadeela Saloojee, Frank K. Crundwell

    "Pressure leaching is an option for copper recovery from chalcopyrite. Leaching takes place at high temperatures and pressures in the presence of an oxidising agent. This work shows how the performanc

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Support Pressure Estimation For Circular And Non-Circular Openings Based On A Parametric Numerical Modelling Study

    By H. Yavuz

    Closed form solutions assume opening shape to be circular to simplify the calculation of the ground response curve for the design of underground openings. However, in mining and civil engineering work

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Relationships of Intrusion, Wall-Rock Alteration and Mineralisation in the Batu Hijau Copper-Gold Porphyry Deposit

    By P Mitchell, J Proffett, I Munajat

    Batu Hijau is an island arc porphyry copper-gold deposit located in the southwest corner of Sumbawa Island in the Sunda-Banda archipelago of Indonesia. Southwest Sumbawa Island is underlain by Early T

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    The Treatment of the Auriferous Sulphide Ores of Kalgoorlie

    As requested by my fellow members I shall endeavour to read a paper on the Treatment of the Auriferous Sulphide Ores of Kalgoorlie from a metallurgical standpoint. Before going into the subject it wil

    Jan 1, 1901

  • AUSIMM
    Assessing the Potential for Industrial Minerals

    It is possible to divide industrial minerals into four general categories: 1. fuels, 2. construction materials, 4. agricultural minerals, and 4. industrial minerals. It is proposed to ignore the

    Jan 1, 1984

  • DFI
    Innovative European Technologies To Accelerate Construction Of Embankment Foundations - Part I: GEC, AUGEO & CFA

    By Ali Porbaha

    In today's fast-track construction environment, owners are searching for non-conventional technologies to build their projects faster and safer while maintaining traffic flow during construction.

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    An Analytical Approach For Diagnosing and Solving Blasting Complaints

    By Douglas Rudenko

    Have you ever had a neighbor complain about a blast one day, but says the next day’s blast was better, even though the Peak Particle Velocity (PPV) increased? How about neighbors that complain about a

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Social and Environmental Responsibility Pierina Mine

    ?General Facts:Barrick?sFirst Mine in Peru Production started in November 1998 ?The Facilities:Open Pit, Primary and Secondary Crusher Valley Fill Heap Leach PadMerrill Crowe PlantRefinery Environme

    May 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Air Leakage Through Underground Ventilation Stoppings And In Situ Assessment Of Air Leakage Characteristics Of Remote Filled Cement Concrete Plug By Tracer Gas Technique

    By A. K. Singh

    Between the main fan and the coalface in a mine a lot of air is lost through leakage at stoppings, doors, air-crossing etc. so that a much larger quantity of air has to be circulated by the fan in ord

    Jan 1, 2004

  • NIOSH
    Technology News - No. 514 - The Air Quantity Estimator (AQE): A New Computer Software Tool For Large-Opening Mine Ventilation Planning

    To provide operators of large-opening mines with a ventilation planning tool that will help them develop a healthier, safer, and more efficient ventilation system in the underground workplace.

    Jan 3, 2006

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Forensics Of Underground Roof Falls (c5c31282-77d4-44b1-8aa1-d01534eb267d)

    By Steve Tadolini

    Underground roof falls can have devastating effects on the safety of operations personnel, and equipment, and seriously impact production. Immediate steps are usually taken to danger off and secure t

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    IC 8075 Microbiology Of Coal ? Summary

    By Martin H. Rogoff

    This publication combines a critical review of the literature on the microbiology of coal with an introduction to those areas of microbiology related to studies of coal as a biological material. The a

    Jan 1, 1962

  • AUSIMM
    Mining and Geological Factors Associated with Instantaneous Outbursts of Coal and Gas

    This paper considers the application of recent laboratory gas sorption data to the understanding outburst phenomena in underground coal mining. Previous use of threshold limits based on gas content an

    Jan 1, 1994

  • DFI
    Numerical Analysis of Pile-Supported T-Walls Subject to Large Settlements and Flood Loading

    By Alexander B. Reeb, Richard J. Varuso, George M. Filz, Jehu B. Johnson

    "T-walls, which are concrete floodwalls in an inverted “T” shape, are an integral component of the Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS). In order to resist lar

    Jan 1, 2017

  • NIOSH
    IC 8111 Water As An Inert For Neutralizing The Coal Dust Explosion Hazard ? Summary And Introduction

    By Donald W. Mitchell

    Research shows that water neutralizes the explosion hazard of coal dust when present in sufficient quantity and when intimately mixed with the dust. The quantity of water required to neutralize coal d

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SAIMM
    Interaction of dust with the DC plasma arc - a computational modelling investigation (48774a53-c126-481b-8630-879d3aef53c9)

    By Q. G. Reynolds

    The presence of dust and fume suspended in the freeboard region is a common feature of the operation of direct current (DC) plasma smelting furnaces. This occurs primarily as a result of the use of fi

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Heap Leach Gold Production Modeling

    By M. Irish, M. Jahraus

    Accurate prediction of gold (or other metal) production from a heap leach operation is essential to the economic vitality of any such operation. However, this is also one of the most challenging issu

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Key Components For An Effective Filtration And Pressurization System To Reduce Respirable Dust In Enclosed Cabs For The Mining Industry

    By A. B. Cecala

    Enclosed cabs have been used for many years to isolate workers on mobile equipment in the mining industry for health and safety reasons. These enclosed cabs create a microenvironment for workers where

    Feb 27, 2013