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Mine Evaluation and Production Scheduling (MEPS)By H. C. W. Bosman
"Over the past five years, contributions from geologists and mining engineers were instrumental in the successful development of MEPS. It is a system of FORTRAN programs specifically designed to be us
Jan 1, 1973
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Coal and Coke Petrography as Applied to the Iron Blast FurnaceBy B. N. Nandi
This paper is a study of the application of the science of coal petrology to the use of coal in the iron and steel industry. The petrography of coal is given the most attention, with some mention of c
Jan 1, 1966
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Using real options to value and manage a mine expansion decision at a multi-zone depositBy R. Poulin, M. R. Samis
Real options valuation is an alternative net present value framework that is able to incorporate both management flexibility and dynamic project risks. In this paper, management is considering the dev
Jan 1, 2006
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Electricity in Coal MinesBy E. L. Martheleur
The use of electricity in coal mines dates almost from the time when it was realized chat it could be used to produce mechanical power. The first motor put in service underground was installed to driv
Jan 1, 1928
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Slim-Hole Drilling Cynthia Area, and Completion Practices, Pembina Field, AlbertaBy W. D. Freeborn
Slim-hole drilling and completion techniques were first used in the Cynthia area of the Pembina field, Alberta, by the Texaco Exploration Company in the summer of 1957. Prior to that time, eighty-eigh
Jan 1, 1958
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The Appropriateness of the Transfer Size in AG and SAG Mill Circuit DesignThe AG/SAG circuit discharge P80 is now increasingly referred to as the ?Transfer Size? or T80 for short. From the literature it is apparent that in circuit design some approaches to the sizing of AG/
Jan 1, 2012
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Crows Nest Resources' Line Creek MineBy Roger J. Goodman, Don Riva
"IntroductionCrows Nest Resources Limited (CNRL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell Canada Resources Limited, is nearing completion of its first coal project, located in southeastern British Columbia
Jan 1, 1985
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Characterization of Carbonaceous Matters Associated With Preg-Robbing OresBy Zihe Ren, Edouard Asselin, Marcus Tomlinson, Tianbi Zhang, Jing Liu
"Raman spectroscopy is used to quantify the extent of disorder in the carbonaceous matter associated with preg-robbing ores. Previous studies of Goldstrike ores showed that the height and width of the
Jan 1, 2017
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Tungsten Carbide Bits at the Britannia MineBy P. W. Billwiller
Abstract The Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, have replaced diamond drills with percussion drills and tungsten: carbide bits for most of their blast hole drilling operations and have
Jan 1, 1950
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Quartzites purs du QuebeciaBy Jehan Rondot
Les bancs de quartzite inhabituellement purs et epais decouverts lors de la cartographie geologique de la region de Charlevoix sont maintenant entres au stade de !'exploitation et se revelent etre une
Jan 1, 1984
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Sulfate Leaching Of Chalcopyrite: The Use of Potassium Iodide to Enhance the Dissolution of CopperBy A. Miura, G. Granata, C. Tokoro, A. Fuwa
"The high copper demand as well as the lack of new high-grade deposits, are pushing the copper industry to process low-grade and refractory ores containing chalcopyrite. However, for a quantitative di
Jan 1, 2017
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The Du Pont Sequential Blasting SystemBy D. O. Tansey
This paper will describe the mechanisms involved in delay blasting and how they are applied with the use of D.S.B. It will examine the control of potential damage resulting from detonations, and show
Jan 1, 1979
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Optimisation and Continuous Improvement of Antamina Comminution CircuitBy Edward Rybinski
Compañía Minera Antamina is a polymetallic mining complex that produces copper and zinc concentrates as primary products and molybdenum and lead/bismuth/silver concentrates as by-products. In 2007, Me
Jan 1, 2012
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Geotechnical Risks Affecting Pipelines - The Bolivia-Brazil Natural Gas Pipeline ExperienceBy H. R. Oliveira, C. R. Aragonez de Vasconcellos
Pipeline operation and maintenance necessarily involves geotechnical studies at points and areas with deflagrated instabilities or still to map and monitor areas prone to geotechnical problems. Landsl
Jan 1, 2005
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Multi-Criteria Optimizing Method of Earthwork Machine Group Selection Implemented into Soil ProcessesBy J. Ga?parík
The optimal selection of machine or machine group for building processes is very important role of building planner during the process of building planning. During this process building planner have t
Aug 1, 2013
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Methods of Determining the Flow Characteristics of Gas WellsBy M. H. Cullender
THE determination of the flow characteristics of gas wells depends upon the analysis of pressure data obtained under shut-in conditions and under one or more known flow conditions. These data are comm
Jan 1, 1961
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Conversion to?Truck Haulage?at Asbestos Corporation's British Canadian MineBy Lionel C. Piuze
Introduction and Early History The British Canadian Mine is one of four operating properties of Asbestos Corporation, Limited, and is located in the town of Black Lake, Que., five miles southwest o
Jan 1, 1950
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Flowsheet Development for the Extraction of Rare Earths Using Mintek’s Pyearth™ ProcessBy I. Thobadi, C. Pawlik, K. Bisaka, S. Mokoena, M. Erwee
The PyEarth™ process developed at Mintek has been demonstrated successfully at pilot scale. Nine tons of ore containing 2.3 mass % of total rare earth oxides (TREO) from a dormant mineralogically comp
Jan 1, 2017
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Microstructure and Wear Behavior of Remelted Stellite6 CladdingsBy Sandeep Singh Sandhu, Karanvir Singh Ghuman, Manjit Singh
"Cobalt based super alloy stellite 6 was weld cladded on AISI 304 L stainless steel using SMAW process in order to improve the wear resistance for tyre crusher blades. Microstructure characterization
Jan 1, 2017
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Phosphorus Removal from Silicon by Solvent Refining Using Ferrosilicon AlloysBy L Tafaghodi Khajavi, M. Barati
The distribution of phosphorus between solid silicon and iron-silicon melt was determined to investigate the degree of phosphorus removal from silicon by solvent refining with iron-silicon alloys. The
Jan 1, 2015