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  • NIOSH
    Rock Mass Characterization For Excavations In Mining And Civil Engineering

    By Nick Barton

    When the Q-system was launched in 1974, the name referred to rock mass classification, with focus on tunnel and cavern support selection. Besides empirical design of support, the Q-value, or its norma

    Jan 5, 2007

  • SME-ICGCM
    Mine-Wide Monitoring Applications In Ground Control Research

    By David Conover

    Technological advancements in electronic sensors and mine-wide monitoring systems have improved remote monitoring and analysis of underground mining information. The effective use of . these systems f

    Jan 1, 1990

  • CIM
    The Cigar Lake project — Mining, ore handling and milling

    By 12670

    The Cigar Lake project will develop the world’s second largest high-grade uranium deposit. The Cigar Lake Phase 1 orebody contains approximately 226 million pounds U3O8 at an average grade of 20.7% U3

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Measuring and Taking Notice of Orebody Variability – An Essential Ingredient for Reliable Plant Design

    By D David

    The majority of SAG and ball mill design methodologies are applied using a single design value for mill selection, such as the 80th percentile ball mill work index or SMC value. Inherent in the select

    Sep 7, 2015

  • NIOSH
    The Mineral Industry Of The Islands Of The Caribbean (ab79fe5a-4ae5-4883-89b7-027e3d0e816d)

    By Doris M. Hyde

    There were no significant changes in the mineral industries of the smaller Caribbean Islands during 1980. Imported petroleum requirements continued to erode economic gains that may have occurred in ot

    Jan 1, 1982

  • CIM
    Characterising Ore Micro-Texture Using X-Ray Micro-Tomography

    By X. Yuan

    "The processing behaviours of ores such as their liberation characteristics in comminution and their response in separation processes are affected by their mineralogical characteristics. Key ore chara

    Jan 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    Using Ventilation Control Technology to Reduce Respirable Dust Exposures at U.S. Metal/Nonmetal Mining Operations

    By A. B. Cecala

    It has long been known that ventilation is a cost-effective method to lower respirable dust concentrations in all types of mining applications. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Heal

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Lifter Design Using a DOE Approach with a DEM Charge Motion Model

    By Ian Orford, Peter Radziszewski, Lud Strah

    "An autogenous grinding circuit was commissioned at the Brunswick concentrator in October 1998. The AG mill was subsequently converted to SAG operation in May 1999 for a number of reasons. The mill ha

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Application Of A High-Intensity Cooling System To DC-Arc Furnace Production Of Ferrocobalt At Chambishi

    By L. R. Nelson

    A review is presented of the furnace cooling system design and operating developments since the initial furnace start-up in January 2001 of the Chambishi DC-arc furnace to produce ferrocobalt alloy. T

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Some Geological Investigations Into A Fossil River System in the Roof Strata of the Bulli Seam, Southern Coalfield, N.S.W.

    By Driver R. C, Moelle K. H R

    This paper is dedicated to the memory of our friend Peter McKenzie who contributed much to the knowledge of the New South Wales Coalfields.ABSTRACTA fossil river system was recently mapped over parts

    Jan 1, 1967

  • AIME
    Geophysics and Geochemistry - Quantitative Distribution of Major and Trace Components in Rock Masses

    By E. H. T. Whitten

    Fundamental principles of trend surface analysis are briefly reviewed. Recent analyses of several granite masses illustrate the method of estimating the quantitative regional composition and also vari

    Jan 1, 1961

  • CIM
    High Fidelity Simulation of Full Mill Transport and Breakage in SAG/AG and Pebble Mills

    By John A. Herbst, Alexander Potapov, Xiangjun Qiu

    "High Fidelity Simulation is a name applied to the use of first principles modeling tools including Discrete Element Modeling (DEM), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Discrete Grain Breakage (DGB

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Study on the Effects and Mechanics of Na2SO3 to Chalcopyrite and Galena

    Study on the Effects and Mechanics of Na2SO3 to Chalcopyrite and Galena

    Sep 13, 2010

  • CIM
    A new Canadian shovel dipper design for improved performance

    By N. Shi, T. G. Joseph

    The design of dippers for cable shovels has essentially remained unchanged for the last 100 years. In the past 10 years, shovel manufacturers have started taking another look at dipper design, resulti

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Structural Setting of the Empire Vein System of the Golden Cross Deposit, New Zealand

    By M J. Begbie, K B. Sporle

    The Golden Cross low sulfidation epithermal deposit produced approximately 750,000 ounces of Au from two ore zones: the underground Empire Vein System and the open pit stockwork. The Empire Vein Syste

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Velvet underground exhumed – discovery and development of a new mining front at the Kanowna Belle gold mine

    By G Tripp, G Lorusso

    The Velvet gold orebody (153 Koz Au) is located near the Kanowna Belle gold deposit in the Boorara Domain of the Kalgoorlie Terrane, a subdivision of the Archaean Eastern Goldfields Superterrane (Swag

    Sep 20, 2017

  • SME
    Dust Control Considerations For Deep-Cut Faces When Using Exhaust Ventilation and a Flooded-Bed Scrubber - Preprint 97-48

    By R. A. Jankowski

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) conducted a series of laboratory tests to investigate the effectiveness of using a flooded-bed scrubber with exhaust ventilation in deep-cut faces of up to 12.2 m in le

    Feb 24, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Diamond Drill, Calyx and Hand Boring by the Victorian Mines Department

    Very few of those occupied in pursuits other than mining have any conception of the extent of boring operations that have been carried out on the gold and coal fields of Victoria, or of the valuable a

    Jan 1, 1901

  • DFI
    Different Drilling Techniques in Challenging Geology at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

    By Michael Arnold, Jonathan Delgado

    In 2017, Bauer Foundation Corp. (BFC) was awarded the contract to install the deep foundations for the new 17-story Hotel Tower and the Low Rise Casino Expansion at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Ca

    Jan 1, 2018

  • DFI
    Technical Visit

    By the courtesy of Metropolitana Milanese (Milan Underground), roost of the delegates visited on April 12, 1991 the tunnel of "PORTA VENEZIA" STATION of MILANO RAILWAY LINK. The "PORTA VENEZIA" ST

    Jan 1, 1994