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  • AIME
    Dimensions And Changing Patterns Of Supply And Demand

    By Richard H. Mote, W. C. Schroeder

    The endlessly changing pattern of mineral supply and demand offers opportunity to the alert and can bring disaster to the unwary. The discovery of ore bodies, the invention of extractive processes, th

    Jan 1, 1959

  • CIM
    Present Milling Practice at the Kambalda Nickel Operations of Western Mining Corporation Limited

    By C. M. Kleemann

    The paper describes the present milling practice at Western Mining Corporation Limited's new nickel mine at Kambalda in Western Australia. It details the crushing, autogenous grinding, flotation and s

    Jan 1, 1973

  • CIM
    Passive Biologically Based Anaerobic Treatment Systems For The Removal Of Metals ? An Overview Of Current Research With Examples

    By A. G. Mattes

    This paper presents an overview of passive, engineered, biologically-based anaerobic bioreactor (ABR) treatment systems of the sort that can be used to remove dissolved copper from mine wastewaters. T

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Field Testing of Roof Bolter Canopy Air Curtain Operating Downwind of the Continuous Miner "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Todd Grounds, William R. Reed, VASU GANGRADE, Michael Shahan, Garron Ross, Kunal Singh

    Roof bolter canopy air curtains (CACs) are gaining acceptance as a respirable dust control device that can provide roof bolter operators with protection from overexposure to respirable coal mine dust.

    Oct 14, 2020

  • NIOSH
    OFR-103-83 Probabilistic Modeling Of Soil Loss From Surface Mined Areas - Introduction

    By K. B. Rojiani

    Surface mining activities disturb large tracts of land resulting in the potential for greatly increased downstream sediment loads. The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 places increas

    Jan 1, 1983

  • IMPC
    Process Mineralogy and Applications in Mineral Processing

    The ultimate goal of a mineral processing plant is to recover as much of the target mineral(s) as possible from the ore being treated to achieve the best economics. Selection of the mineral processing

    Jan 1, 2014

  • CIM
    The Evolution of Iron Control at Rustenburg Base Metal Refiners

    By L. J. Bryson, C. A. Biley

    "Anglo American Platinum’s Rustenburg Base Metals Refiners (RBMR) produces Ni and Cu cathode from slow cooled converter matte after Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) are magnetically separated for further

    Jan 1, 2016

  • NIOSH
    RI 6458 Extraction of Sulfides From Petroleum Fractions by Conversion to Sulfonium Salts

    By R. L. Hopkins, H. T. Rall, H. J. Coleman, C. J. Thompson

    Two methods were tested for separating sulfur compounds in certain petroleum fractions into types . Such separation is preliminary to identifying the compounds . Each method involved extraction of sul

    Jan 1, 1964

  • NIOSH
    RI 5815 Explosibility Of Coal Dust In An Atmosphere Containing A Low Percentage Of Methane ? Summary

    By John Nagy

    The effect of low percentages of methane (0 to 5 pet.) in an air atmosphere on spark initiated explosions of coal dust was investigated. With low dust concentrations (0.1 to 0.4 oz./cu, ft.), small am

    Jan 1, 1961

  • IMPC
    Flotation Separation Of Scheelite From Fluorite And Calcite

    Ca-containing gangue minerals such as Fluorite, Calcite have same surface activity point--calcium ions and approximate floatability with scheelite, it is difficult to achieve good dressing index of ro

    Sep 1, 2012

  • SME
    Newmont opens Merian Mine in Suriname on time and under budget

    By William Gleason

    "There are few people more qualified to speak of the tumultuous times in the global mining industry during the past four years than Newmont Mining Corp. president and chief executive officer Gary Gold

    Nov 1, 2016

  • NIOSH
    OFR-41-88 Measuring Critical Mine Health And Safety Skills

    By Henry P. Cole

    A series of studies are described that identify critical health and safety skills needed by underground coal miners for coping with mine emergencies. First aid and self-rescue and escape were selected

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Study of Straw Charcoal as Reductant in Co‑reduction Roasting of Laterite Ore and Red Mud to Prepare Powdered Ferronickel - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Dong Yang, Jicai Han, Xiaoshuang Guo, Tichang Sun, Zhengyao Li

    Straw charcoal was used as a novel reductant in the co-reduction roasting of laterite ore and red mud. The influence of the reductant dosages, co-reduction temperature, and co-reduction time were inve

    Aug 12, 2021

  • AUSIMM
    Sustainable Development and Tailings

    By H Jones

    The paper outlines the adoption and evolution of ‘sustainable development’ as a concept in tailings management practices in the mining industry over the last 30 years. Over 500 lives have been lost in

    Nov 22, 2011

  • ABM
    Estudo Da Variação Micro-estrutural E De Resistência Mecânica De Um Aço Arbl Temperado E Revenido Submetido Variados Ciclos Térmicos

    By Luiz Augusto Ferreira de Campos Viana

    O processamento de aços ARBL (Alta Resistência Baixa Liga) para fabricação de bens de capital de dimensões avantajadas pode sobrecarregar máquinas operatrizes de indústrias do setor metal-mecânico. Um

    Aug 16, 2017

  • ISEE
    Application of New Technologies for PSD Data Acquisition

    By J. Pizarro

    Any organization that subjects its activities to a continuous improvement methodology, aiming to optimize their processes and services, must be able to adequately measure the results of the implemente

    Jan 1, 2024

  • NIOSH
    RI 6647 Removing Copper From Copper Clad Steel By Oxidation

    By R. J. Leary

    Oxidation testing of copper-clad steel strip was performed in a muffle furnace to determine whether copper in contact with steel scrap could be removed by oxidation in an airstream at high temperature

    Jan 1, 1965

  • ISEE
    A Retrospective Examination of the Evolution of Electronic Detonators

    By Campbell Robertson

    The evolution of electronic detonators in commercial mining, construction and demolition has been a transformative journey, characterized by technological innovation, enhanced safety measures and impr

    Jan 21, 2025

  • CIM
    Silver Recovery and Concentrate Grade Improvement for Scavenger Concentrates through Regrinding and Selective Aggregation

    By O. Espinoza Ortega, S. Song

    A process scheme has been devised to improve the silver recovery and the grade of concentrates from the scavenger concentrate of a silver ore flotation circuit. Based on modal analysis studies it was

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Chemical wear analysis of a tap-hole on a SiMn production furnace

    By M. Tangstad, J. D. Steenkamp

    In April 2013 a 48 MVA submerged arc furnace producing silicomanganese was excavated in South Africa. Since the high shell temperatures recorded in the tap-hole area resulted in the furnace being swit

    Jan 1, 2015