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    Risk And Reward For Mining Investment In Bolivia

    By W. P. Blacutt

    A financial-economic model incorporating physical, market and policy variables has been developed for mining investment in Bolivia. Additional risk criteria emanating from political instability, new m

    Jan 1, 1995

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    Measuring Sustainability Of Building Aggregates By Means Of LCA Tools

    Building aggregates, basic materials for the construction industry, must be produced according to socio-economic and environmental sustainability principles, i.e. the three fundamental components of S

    Jan 1, 2007

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    Technical Note - Pilot plant trials of new gravity concentration equipment

    By E. Forssberg, T. Nordquist

    Introduction In this technical note, pilot-scale tests with two types of gravity concentrators, the Knelson separator (Anon., 1983; Forssberg and Johansson, 1984) and the Mark VIIA Reichert spiral

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Current Health Initiatives

    By J. R. Caylor

    The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) advanced several initiatives last year to further protect miners' health. Regulatory efforts included the implementation of a Hazard Communication

    Jan 1, 2003

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    Application of economic parameters and cutoffs during and after pit optimization

    By B. K. Baird, P. C. Satchwell

    The application of cutoffs during and after pit optimization is examined for a lower-grade multimetallic copper deposit. Pit optimization requires calculation of the net revenue associated with each m

    Jan 1, 2002

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    A Partial Solution To Optimal Mine Ventilation Network Design

    By Randal J. Barnes

    The nonlinear network optimization algorithm developed in this paper solves the following mine ventilation design problem: find the location and size of all fans and regulators which minimize the over

    Jan 1, 1989

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    A Personal Diesel Exhaust Aerosol Sampler

    By Kenneth L. Rubow, Virgil A. Marple, Ye Tao

    Techniques are being developed for measuring the mass concentration of respirable diesel exhaust particles found in underground coal mines. Studies have been conducted over the past five years to inve

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Practical Application Of Simulation To Production Planning - Case Study

    By Robert H. Marshall

    The application of simulation to production planning at a large, complex open-pit mining operation proved to be challenging and enlightening. The mine is divided into two separate pits and several dum

    Jan 1, 1982

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    Optimizing The Value Of A Sample

    By Gustavo G. Pilger, Jair C. Koppe, João Felipe C. L. Costa

    Information for mine planning requires to be close spaced, if compared to the grid used for exploration and resource assessment. The additional samples collected during quasi-mining are frequently loc

    Jan 1, 2002

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    Regulations Versus Management Practices

    By Richard S. Ghent, Daniel G. Warnock

    JOHN HAMRIC: Our next speakers are Richard Ghent, manager of environmental health and safety for CF Industries, Hardee Phosphate Complex, in Wauchula, Florida. Richard has 20 years' experience wi

    Jan 1, 1998

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    Rock Mechanics Modelling of the Ekofisk Reservoir Subsidence.

    By G. Vik, P. Chryssanthakis, S. C. Bandis, L. Haruik, N. Barton, M. Christianson, A. Makurat

    The large jointed chalk reservoir situated at 3 km depth in the North sea's Ekofisk field is undergoing major compaction after nearly 15 year of oil and gas production. Approximately 150 km 3 of

    Jan 1, 1986

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    The Coexistence: Of Nahcolite-Trona In Central Anatolia-Turkey

    By Fikret Suner

    Two rare evaporite minerals, nahcolite (NaHC03) and trona (Na2C03?NaHC03?2H20), are both widely used in the production of sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) The largest natural carbonate deposits (trona) are i

    Jan 1, 2001

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    Abandoned Mines and Naturally Occurring Acid Rock Drainage on National Forest System Lands in Colorado

    By Daryl L. Gusey, John T. Neubert, Matthew A. Sares

    The Colorado Geological Survey completed an inventory of environmental degradation associated with abandoned and inactive mines on National Forest System lands in Colorado. In the course of the invent

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Shotcreting Automation

    By T. M. Karppanen

    Shotcrete is used both in mining and tunnelling for supporting rock. Both dry and wet processes are used for shotcreting, and each produces good quality concrete. Thick shotcrete layers function a

    Jan 1, 1989

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    2000 Wadsworth Award Lecture - Expanding role of microbiology in metallurgical processes

    By James A. Brierley

    The author has known Professor Wadsworth since the 1960s, when interest in the application of microbial technology for metallurgical processes was beginning its rapid rise. The development of bioleach

    Jan 1, 2000

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    Discussion - Degradation process in coal slurry pipelines

    By M. G. Ayat, B. C. Scott

    J. Dasher Having an interest in coal slurry pipelines from a decade of arguments with Ed Wasp and crew at Bechtel about pumping thicker slurries slower, I immediately read this article and found noth

    Jan 1, 1989

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    Spectral Signature Of Ultrasonic Attenuation Profiles For Rock Characterization

    By P. Kolettas

    The development of novel methods for the investigation of the subsoil contributes to the improvement of geotechnical research, enhances the obtained geotechnical characterization and may reduce the in

    Jan 1, 2008

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    Titanium: A Review Of 1996 Activities

    By J. M. Gambogi

    Demand for titanium minerals and pigments was nearly unchanged in 1996 compared with 1995. However, through mine expansions and process optimization by the TiO, pigment industry, the available supply

    Jan 1, 1997

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    Applications of Computer-Based 3D-Visualization in Quarry Planning

    By Michael Honerkamp, Clemens Mann

    A quarry is not a static, but a dynamic structure that greatly affects the appearance of the surrounding area. Excellent planning is required today to cope with this continual change. In this paper se

    Jan 1, 1996

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    Ventilation of an underground testing facility in salt

    By M. B. Mirza, W. A. Sadik, B. T. Stanley

    This paper presents the ventilation design for an underground testing facility in a salt medium. The under-ground workings consist of two 3.6 m-diam (12 ft-diam) watertight shafts and about 1830 m (60

    Jan 1, 1987