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  • CIM
    Design Spans ? Underhand Cut and Fill Mining

    By Rimas Pakalnis

    This paper describes a focus of work presently being conducted at the Rock Mechanics Research Group at the University of British Columbia. The underhand method under consolidated fill ensures a high r

    Apr 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    Design Spans – Underhand Cut And Fill Mining (a912b9dd-cc3d-4815-9ae5-05c7be299ff3)

    By Rimas Pakalnis, Ted Williams, Tom Brady, Wilson Blake, Mary MacLaughlin, Kathryn Clapp, Cristian Caceres, Mario Morin

    This paper describes a focus of work presently being conducted at the Rock Mechanics Research Group at the University of British Columbia. The underhand method under consolidated fill ensures a high r

  • SME
    Design Strategies For Selective Flocculants

    By G. R. O?Neil

    The justification for a "ligand- selective' approach to fine mineral beneficiation via flocculation is established initially. Special emphasis is placed upon the need to identify non-selective, i

    Jan 1, 1983

  • DFI
    Design Strategy For Deep Slurry Stabilized Bored Piles In Compression

    By Chu E. Ho

    Field load tests on deep slurry stabilized bored piles have shown that end bearing resistance was unreliable due to soft toe conditions caused by debris accumulation at the bottom of the hole during p

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Design techniques for sublevel caving layouts

    By D. A. Trotter, G. J. Goddard

    "This paper describes a method of deciding on various design parameters for a sublevel caving layout. Layout design curves are obtained from the output of a computer optimization program. The program

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    Design to closure – construction of detailed rehabilitation designed iron ore waste rock dumps based on upfront site specific assessment

    By A Kemp, I Taylor, S C. Lamoureux

    Detailed landform designs were completed for six (integrated) iron ore waste rock dumps at a Western Australian iron ore mine site to meet closure objectives and to optimise material movements for clo

    Jul 24, 2017

  • SME
    Design Tools for Construction Engineering

    By Scott G. Britton

    Up to now, the hands-on approach to construction has been stressed. This chapter reviews the basic tools available for construction design and monitoring of a construction project. It is divided into

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Design Tools To Control Transients In Solvent Extraction Plants (SME Annual Meeting Feb. 26-28, Denver, Colorado)

    By G. Miller

    The design of solvent extraction plants has been generally based on the assumption of steady operating conditions in both the settler and the mixers. Recent experience with both large and small plant

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Design tools to minimize the occurrence of ore pass interlocking hang-ups in metal mines

    A comprehensive review of ore pass records, from ten Quebec underground mines, indicated some of the limitations of available design tools to predict the occurrence of ore pass interlocking hang-ups i

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Design, Commissioning, and Operation of a Heavy Rare Earth Separation Pilot Plant

    By Jack Zhang, Yunguo Tang, Baodong Zhao

    "Rare earth elements (REEs) have numerous key applications in both traditional and advanced technologies. A shortage of some critical REEs is expected due to the discrepancy between the REE abundance

    Jan 1, 2017

  • CIM
    Design, Commissioning, Start-Up and Performance of Vale’s Long Harbour Stirred Media Detritor Ultrafine Grinding Circuit

    By Adam Moore, Ryan Gillespie, Jarrett Quinn, Audrey Walters, Peter Radziszewski

    "Vale Long Harbour Processing Plant (LHPP) was designed to process Voisey’s Bay nickel concentrate into finished nickel and associated copper and cobalt products. The plant includes a secondary grindi

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    Design, Construction and Commissioning of Gold Tailings Plant at Mazowe Mine, Zimbabwe

    By Peter Makuvise, Alain M. Bantshi

    "The Mazowe Gold Mine is managed by Metallon Gold (Zimbabwe) and is situated in the west-central part of the Harare greenstone belt. Orebodies here generally comprise shear zones which are in-filled w

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Design, Construction and Design Validation through High Strength Testing (PDA) of CFA and DD Foundations

    By Stefano Pirrello

    "Sydney’s booming real estate market has pushed property developers to invest in historically “no-go” areas, which were previously too expensive to develop. These areas are usually near rivers where t

    Jan 1, 1900

  • CIM
    Design, Construction and Initial Operation of the Tailings System at Brenda Mines Ltd.

    By H. Tetu, F. Pells

    "The copper-molybdenum property of Brenda Mines Limited is located in the Okanagan district of British Columbia, approximately 25 miles west of Kelowna. The Okanagan Valley is a resort and fruit-growi

    Jan 1, 1971

  • DFI
    Design, Construction and Monitoring of a Secant Pile Compression Ring

    By Jason Weck, Alper Turan, Ali Chehadeh

    "Rapid expansion of urban areas dictates the need to expand/rehabilitate the existing buried infrastructure at the same rate. The technical challenges such as variable soil and rock profiles, high gro

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Design, Construction And Operation Of A Long Large Diameter Polyethylene Tailings Pipeline ? Introduction

    By M. D. Scott

    Lornex Mining Corporation operates an open pit porphyry copper mine in the Highland Valley southwest of Kamloops with a rated capacity of 43 500 TPD (48,000 TPD). It went into production in April 1972

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    Design, Construction and Performance of a Passive Treatment System for the Reduction of Acidity and Dissolved Metals in Acid Sulfate Soil Waterways

    By M D. Melville, B C. T Macdonald, T D. W

    The surface waters in regions with acid sulfate soils (ASS) can contain high concentrations of acidity and dissolved metals. These soils cause problems for agriculture, construction and development. T

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Design, Construction and Performance of PKC Dams on Northern Terrain

    By James W. Cassie

    The Snap Lake Diamond Project is located approximately 220 km northeast of Yellowknife, NT, Canada at an approximate latitude of 63?35?. The project location is within the zone of continuous permafros

    May 1, 2003

  • SME
    Design, Construction And Start-Up Of The Ilo Smelter Modernization Project

    By H. Walqui, C. Noriega

    Southern Copper Corporation (SCC) is one of the world’s largest copper companies and is finishing the modernization of the Ilo copper smelter. A single ISASMELTTM furnace will start smelting 1,200,000

    Jan 1, 2007

  • DFI
    Design, Construction And Verification Of Temporary Working Platforms – Australian And New Zealand Good Industry Practice

    By Martin D. Larisch, Ronald Damen

    The design and construction of temporary working platforms for cranes and piling rigs is a high-risk activity. It requires the careful selection of the appropriate input parameters to obtain the corre

    May 1, 2022