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  • SME
    Sawdust-supported passive bioremediation of western United States acid rock drainage in engineered wetland systems

    By D. N. Thompson, R. L. Sayer, K. S. Noah

    Economical remediation of acid rock drainage (ARD) at secluded high-altitude western ore mines is difficult given the current treatment technology. Several passive-engineered systems that are based on

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Process Improvements At Samitri, Brazil

    A Mineração da Trindade (Samitri) is a major Brazilian iron ore producer. Founded in 1939, privately owned Samitri operates six mines with a total production capacity of 14.5 Mt/a (16 million stpy). T

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Microorganisms, biotechnology and acid rock drainage - emphasis on passive-biological control and treatment methods

    By N. Kuyucak

    Acid rock drainage (ARD) resulting from the natural oxidation of sulfide mineral wastes has become a major concern to the mining industry, both during the operational period and after mine closure. AR

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Antoine M. Gaudin His Influence On Mineral Processing

    By Nathaniel Arbiter

    In attempting to assess the contributions of Antoine Gaudin to the profession which he illuminated for almost a half-century, we will need to examine a very broad canvas. He was active in three signif

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Metals Trade and Industry Protection : The Metals-Exporting Developing Countries

    By James P. Dorian, James M. Otto

    The value of exported nonenergy minerals from the less-developed countries has increased substantially between 1970 and 1985, but their market share relative to world exports has remained stagnant. Of

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Basic Tools for Deformation Measurements in Mines

    By Charles J. Hass

    INTRODUCTION Deformation measurements are some of the simplest and most useful measurements that can be made by the mining/rock mechanics engineer in assessing the sta¬bility of openings in rock. A

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    The Influence Of Site-Specific Climate Conditions On Long-Term Performance Of Dry Cover Systems To Control Acid Mine Drainage Examples Of Field Performance At Sites In Australia, Canada, And The USA

    By G. Meiers, M. O’Kane

    Dry cover systems as a closure option for management and decommissioning of waste rock and tailings is a common prevention and control technique used at numerous sites around the world. Numerous site-

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    A Case Study In Valuation Of Non-Producing Mineral Rights

    By Donald E. Warnken

    The Study concerns the estimation of fair market value (FMV) of non-producing mineral rights. Two approaches to value are used and the values determined by each are compared. The Study area environmen

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Conditional Simulation As An Effective Tool For Long Range Mine Planning: Application To An Underground Nickel-Sulfide Deposit

    By A. Aubut, A. Proulx, O. Tavchandjian

    Results obtained from conditional simulations and multiple indicator kriging were compared in the assessment of two different mining methods proposed for the extraction of the down-dip extension of a

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    The Chemistry of Pyrite Flotation and Depression (5b190db7-de87-401b-96c4-fc2a8343d40f)

    By R. S. Rickard, B. Ball

    INTRODUCTION Pyrite responds to the flotation reagents normally used in sulfide flotation systems. For example, it is well known that xanthates are good collectors for pyrite, and cyanide, sulfide a

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Acid Rock Drainage Prediction for Low-Sulphide, Low- Neutralisation Potential Mine Wastes

    By Michael G. Li

    Prediction of acid rock drainage (ARD) for low-sulphide, low-neutralisation potential (LSLNP) mine wastes is methodologically different from that for normal sulphidic mining wastes. In this paper. LSL

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Environmental Impact Assessment Of The Kirki (Thrace, NE Greece) Flotation Tailings Disposal Site

    By S. Triantafyllidis

    The tailings produced from the Kirki (Agios Filippos) high sulfidation epithermal deposit processing plant are laminated, weakly cemented and their particle size ranges from fine sand to fine silt. Th

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Pre-Mining Bed Sediment Geochemical Baseline in the Animas River Watershed, Southwestern Colorado

    By Robert Blair, David L. Fey, Stanley E. Church

    Determination of the pre-mining geochemical baseline in bed sediments in watersheds impacted by historical mining activity is important in establishing watershed restoration goals. We have developed m

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Heat Stress Protection in Abnormally Hot Environments

    By P. C. Schutte, A. J. Kielblock

    INTRODUCTION Certain activities, such as emergency work and rescue operations, often have to be undertaken in environments where heat loads often exceed limits prescribed for routine work. This is

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Review Of Uranium Mill Tailings Management Programs Involving Below Grade Disposal

    By Ross A. Scarano

    It wasn't until late 1976 that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) set about to address the uranium tailings issue in earnest. It was decided that a generic environmental impact stateme

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Plant and process startup of the Sunshine silver refinery

    By J. B. Ackerman, C. S. Bucans

    The Sunshine Mining Co. has recently started up its new silver refinery in Kellogg, ID. The new plant recovers silver anc copper values from a high grade tetrahedrite concentrate using hydro- metallur

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    SME Annual Meeting Exhibitors Show Off Goods, Services - Allis Mineral Systems

    Allis Mineral Systems' Grate- Kiln system can economically convert low-grade iron ore into high- grade iron-ore pellets suitable as feed material for blast furnaces for making steel. These pellet

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Ultrafine Jet Mill Grinding – New Developments!

    By J. Roth

    PROLOGUE Nowadays, where production costs and energy costs are increasing and at the same time requirements in fineness and purity of industrial mineral products are getting higher and higher, indust

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Technical Note - Testing Procedure For The Determination Of Coal-Seam Compressive Strength In The Laboratory

    By V. B. Achanti, A. W. Khair

    Developing a laboratory procedure for the determination of coal-seam compressive strength has been a subject of discussion for many decades, and the reliability of laboratory determinations is often t

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Project Development Process-An Overview

    By David A. Milligan, William Cobb

    2.1 INTRODUCTION This chapter provides the reader with a sense of how a heap leach project may make an orderly, and hopefully non-traumatic, transition from discovery or acquisition to project constru

    Jan 1, 1988