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  • SME
    Maximizing REE Enrichment by Froth Flotation of Alaskan Coal Using Box-Behnken Design Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (86fb0501-8584-411a-8eaa-300608562be7)

    By T. Gupta, T. Ghosh

    Rare earth elements (REEs) and their compounds are essential in a multitude of mundane and sophisticated applications such as renewable energy technologies, catalysts, medicine, and defense applicatio

  • SME
    Overview Of The Mineralogy Of The Biwabik Iron Formation, Mesabi Iron Range, Northern Minnesota

    By Peter L. McSwiggen

    The mineralogy of the Biwabik Iron Formation changes dramatically from west to east as the formation nears the basal contact of the Duluth Complex. This reflects a contact metamorphism that took place

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Overview Of The Mineralogy Of The Biwabik Iron Formation, Mesabi Iron Range, Northern Minnesota (920373f1-b6c7-4867-b2db-6fdc7d83ab71)

    By Peter L. McSwiggen

    The mineralogy of the Biwabik Iron Formation changes dramatically from west to east as the formation nears the basal contact of the Duluth Complex. This reflects a contact metamorphism that took place

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Mining Foundation of the Southwest Honors 2002 Inductees

    The 20th annual American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Banquet sponsored by the Mining Foundation of the Southwest will be held at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, AZ, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2002. This y

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Mining in a New Era Theme of 1999 - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By Tim O’Neil

    More than 5,300 mining professionals from around the world attended the SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit, March 1-3 in Denver, CO. Seventy three technical sessions highlighted innovative technologie

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Virtual Reality Simulator For Training Miners To Install Rock Bolts Using Jackleg Drill

    By J. Warmbrodt, D. Apel, D. Nutakor, L. Grayson, M. Hilgers

    MinerSIM is an augmented reality system with integrated hypermedia that is suitable for training underground miners in the basics of using a jackleg drill to install rock bolts. While statistical evi

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Block Craving - General Description

    By Ray L. Tobie, Douglas E. Julin

    GENERAL DESCRIPTION Block caving is a distinct caving method applied mostly to large, massive, ore bodies because of its in¬herent low cost and high production capabilities. Areas of sufficient siz

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    The Rib-In-Roc Pre-Reinforcement System For Large Underground Openings

    By Bengt L. Stillborg

    INTRODUCTION This paper summarizes the result of a two and a half year research program. The objective of the research was to develop a fundamental understanding of the Rib-in-Roc method. Through t

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Extraction Metallurgy Of Copper From Chalcopyrite Concentrates Without Sulfuric Acid Generation Via Chlorination III. Integration Of Gaseous Chlorination And Selective Oxidation

    By T. Tamagawa, N. S. Fu, I. Iwasaki, M. Kobayashi

    A 3-stage fluidizing bed process of chlorination, selective oxidation and sulfur chloride conversion was tested for processing of a chalcopyrite concentrate. It was found that the use of excess oxygen

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Canadian Experience in Open Pit Mining

    By R. K. Singhal

    Canada is a world class producer and exporter of minerals and mineral products. Today's highly mechanized Canadian open pits use state-of-the-art equipment and support technology. They are taking

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    United Nations’ Emergency Preparedness Program Available to Mining Industry

    The Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at the Local Level (APELL) program is a process that helps people prevent, prepare for and respond appropriately to accidents and emergencies. APELL was

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Technology News – Using Satellite Technology to Find Precious Minerals

    By Beverly Cramp

    In 1995, mining engineer Alain Gachet thought about using Earth-observation satellite imagery to search for precious minerals. The latest radar Earth-observation satellite, Canada’s RADARSAT-1, had j

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Cracking The Code—Assessing Implementation In The United States Of The Codes Of Practice For Risk Management Of Tunnel Works

    By Terry W. Mellors, Robert J. F. Goodfellow

    The underground industry has been forced to reconsider risk management sincethe introduction and implementation of the “Joint Code of Practice for Risk Management of Underground Works in the UK” publi

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Development of Australia’s first major diamond discovery outlined

    By Richard D. Lang

    Introduction Argyle is located in the Kimberley region in northwest Australia (Fig. 1). It is a significant diamond discovery by world standards and is the first major diamond find in Australia. T

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    A Case Study of the Stability of a Non-Typical Bleeder Entry System at a U.S. Longwall Mine

    By Ihsan Berk Tulu, Mark Van Dyke, Ted Klemetti, Deniz Tuncay

    "Longwall abutment loads are influenced by several factors, including depth of cover, pillar sizes, panel dimensions, geological setting, mining height, proximity to gob, intersection type, and size o

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Operating Ideas That Have Saved Me Some Bucks-Gold Milling at Rayrock

    By Debbie Laney

    DOUG HALBE: Second in our quick run-through on "Operating Ideas That Have Saved Me Some Bucks," was Debbie Laney of Rayrock Mines. Debbie apologizes. She can't be here. But she said, "Doug, don&a

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Evaluation of Large Tunnels in Poor Ground—Alternative Tunnel Concepts for the Transbay Downtown Rail Extension Project

    By David Hopkins, Steve Klein, Bradford Townsend, Ed Sum, Derek Penrice

    INTRODUCTION The Transbay-Caltrain Downtown Extension (DTX) Project involves the construction of an approximately 1.5-mile rail line that will extend Caltrain commuter service and the future Calif

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Tunneling for the Eastlink Project, Melbourne, Australia

    By Peter Campi, Harry R. Asche, Ian P. Callow, Edmund G. Taylor, P. Scott Smith

    The US$1,850 million EastLink project is a 39km tollway and includes twin 3-lane,1.5km long, undrained driven tunnels. The hard rock tunnels are being built to avoid passing the motorway through the M

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    A Survey Of Mine Ventilation Practices ? Introduction

    By Pierre Mousset-Jones

    A questionnaire was sent out to three classes of mines to determine the extent of the heat problem in U.S. and Foreign underground mines. The following list shows the replies received from this questi

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Effect Of Longwall Face Advance On Spontaneous Heating In Longwall Gob Area - Preprint 09-053

    By L. Yuan

    To reduce fire hazards from spontaneous combustion of coal in longwall gob areas, a series of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were conducted by National Institute for Occupational Safet

    Jan 1, 2009