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  • AUSIMM
    Increasing Net Present Value by a Third at an Operating Sublevel Cave Mine Using Draw Strategy Optimisation

    By A D. Campbell, G R. Power

    The objective of the draw strategy in a caving mine is to maximise economic return by minimising waste dilution3 and maximising ore recovery4. The draw strategy must also include suitable controls for

    May 9, 2016

  • CIM
    Treatment of Copper-Gold Ores

    By E. H. Smith

    "The El Indio mine treats a complex mixture of copper and gold/silver ores at its plant located in the high Andes in Chile. The plant utilizes conventional crushing, grinding and flotation to produce

    Jan 1, 1991

  • NIOSH
    OFR-18-81 Preliminary Design And Cost Estimate For A Field Worthy Simple Featured MMRDM Based On A Prototype Beta Attenuation/Filter Tape System Developed Under Contract Number H0166097

    By Pedro Lilienfeld

    This report presents a design and cost investigation for several alternative versions of a field-worthy mining machine-mounted respirable dust monitor. Three main design variations are considered: (a)

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SAIMM
    A Case Study Of Risk Evaluation At Cerrejon Mine

    By Luis-Fernando Contreras, Juliano Maran, Richard LeSueur

    A risk study was carried out at the Cerrejon coal mine in order to assess the impacts of pit slope failure in terms of safety of personnel and destruction of equipment with economic consequences. Res

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Application Of Nanofiltration In Metal Recovery

    By I. W. van der Merwe

    Recently, a new kind of filtration has emerged, namely nano-filtration (NF). It is a membrane-based process which exhibits totally unique separation characteristics for dissolved salts as well as for

    Jan 1, 1998

  • ISEE
    Implementation of a Real Time Traceability System from Mine to Plant

    By R. Ticona, J. Alarcon

    In the continuous search to provide comprehensive solutions and identify opportunities to improve ore traceability, from the blastholes to mill feed, different ore traceability systems have been devel

    Jan 1, 2024

  • SME
    Very White Commercial Grade Muscovite Mica From A New Sedimentary Source

    By D. M. Avant, S. M. Pickering

    A variety of grades of very white muscovite mica are now being produced from sedimentary sands and clays in Central Georgia. The mica is naturally concentrated near the base of the lens-shaped kaolin

    Jan 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Environmental Factors Related to the Development of a New Uranium Refinery

    By J. P. Jarrell

    Environmental considerations are of increasing importance in determining the acceptability, schedule and cost of expansion ofCanada's uranium processing industry. Environmental considerations mus

    Jan 1, 1979

  • CIM
    Novel High Efficiency Gold Extraction Process Using Nanotechnology

    By Adil Aledresse, Louis Mercier, Laxman Amaratunga

    "The development of high capacity adsorbents with uniform porosity denoted, MP-HMS (Mercaptopropyl – Hexagonal Mesoporous Structure) using nanotechnology, and their ability to extract gold from soluti

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Lateral Load Tests On Drilled Piers In San Diego Area Residual And Formational Soils

    By Kul Bhushan

    This paper presents the results of lateral load tests on 0.61-m to 1.27-m (24 to 50-inch) diameter drilled and cast-in-place piers in San Diego area residual/formational soils. The test piers were ins

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Increasing The Capacity Of The Grinding Circuits Without Installing More Mills

    By Godofredo F. Barrios

    For years urethane screen surfaces have been used in a wide range of wet screening applications where openings from as fine as 100 microns and coarser have been used. The purpose of this paper i

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Dripping Into Subterranean Cavities From Unsaturated Fractures Under Ventilated Conditions

    By R. Fedors, T. Ghezzehei, D. Or

    The phenomena of dripping into cavities (e.g. tunnels and drifts) within an unsaturated fractured porous medium under ventilated conditions is studied to improve estimates of dripping rates, drop size

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Experimental and Computational Investigation of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Cratering (c03a8e57-961a-42b6-9348-3dd891fa944e)

    By B Brown, P J. Hommert, B J. Thorne

    "Early attempts at estimation of stress wave damage in blasting by use of finite element analysis met with limited success due to numerical instabilities that prevented calculations from being carried

    Jan 1, 1990

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 227 Flame Safety Lamps

    By L. C. IlsLey, J. W. Paul, E. J. Gleim

    Flame safety lamps have been used in gaseous mines since the Davy lamp was introduced, more than 100 years ago. During the last decade the flame safety lamp has been rapidly replaced by the electric l

    Jan 1, 1924

  • NIOSH
    RI 9667 - Effectiveness Of Selected Diesel Particulate Matter Control Technologies For Underground Mining Applications: Isolated Zone Study, 2003

    By James D. Noll, Jon A. Hummer, Shawn E. Vanderslice, Aleksandar D. Bugarski, George H. Jr. Schnakenberg, Steven E. Mischler, Larry D. Patts

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health designed and conducted a study in an underground metal mine to assess the effects of selected diesel emissions control technologies on the con

    Jan 5, 2006

  • CIM
    High Pressure Washing Technology “Hydro-Clean”

    By Sam Palombo, James José Varela

    "Washing can be defined as the process used to eliminate or reduce the dirt (presence of fines or slimes) of one material. It is also the basic and oldest process applied to ore preparation for furthe

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    RI 3787 Prevention of Benzene-Air Explosions by Addition of Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide

    By G. W. Jones

    "INTRODUCTION As part of its work in promoting safety, the Bureau of Mines is investigating various means of eliminating or mitigating the explosion hazards of combustible gases encountered in mining

    Dec 1, 1944

  • DFI
    A Case Study On Underreamed Piles ? Synopsis

    By Rajesh Minda

    160 numbers of double bulb underreamed piles were constructed based on the safe loads specified in IS code at Tripura. The pile load tests yielded a much lower capacity. A detailed investigation work

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Field Trials for Deep Mixing in Land Remediation: Execution and Early Age Monitoring, QC and Lessons Learnt

    By Ziyad Abunada, David O’Connor, Abir Al-Tabbaa

    "Abstract Contaminated land remediation using soil mix technology (SMT) is a relatively recent development which has been shown to be a cost effective and versatile system with numerous environmental

    Jan 1, 2014

  • IIMP
    Avances en la estabilización de excavaciones subterráneas en la mina Quiruvilca

    By Oliver Gago Porras

    Son diversas las técnicas que se han empleado para el reforzamiento de la roca durante el proceso de excavaciones subterráneas en la mina Quiruvilca. Sin embargo, los sistemas utilizados actualmente r

    Nov 24, 1986