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  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 – Construction Aggregates

    By T. I. Nelson

    Natural aggregates, primarily stone, sand and gravel, are recovered from widespread, naturally occurring mineral deposits and processed for use primarily in the construction industry. They are mined,

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    Influence of feed moisture on high pressure grinding roll pellet feed grinding

    By P Hunger, H Günter, F Heinicke

    High pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) have been used for more than 20 years to grind iron ore pellet feed. Besides coarse comminution (crushing), where HPGR are installed upstream of the ball mill, ther

    Jul 24, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Contrasting Ephithermal Gold Mineralisation in Andesitic and Rhyolitic Terranes

    Two types of low-sulphidation epithermal mineralisation may be recognised in volcanic terranes. Chalcedonic Silica- Adularia-Illite type mineralisation is most common in rhyolitic terranes, whereas

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 - Diatomite

    By A. Founie

    The United States continues to be the world’s leading producer and consumer of diatomite. Production of diatomite in the United States during 2004 was estimated to be 635 kt (700,000 st). This was a

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Reducing Selectivity in Narrow-Vein Mining through the Integration of Underground Pre-concentration

    By Andrew Bamber

    The introduction of pre-concentration technology into the underground narrow-vein mining scenario has the potential to change the entire economics of utilizing bulk-mining methods in these situations.

    Oct 1, 2004

  • SME
    Reducing Energy Demand on Draglines

    Rising energy costs are a growing concern among mine operators. At sur’ace operations, the size of a dragline, production requirements, pit geometry and layout, and operator skill are all factors in p

    Jan 7, 1980

  • AUSIMM
    Investigations for a New Flowsheet and Plant at Wattle Gully Gold Mines N.L.

    By Woodcock J. T, Jackson N

    Wattle Gully Gold Mines N.L. of Chewton, Victoria, has decided to replace its present battery plant by a new mill to treat a free milling gold ore, after fine grinding, by concentrating coarse gold in

    Jan 1, 1959

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Identification of Intermediate Phases in the Manganese-Titanium System

    By R. M. Waterstrat

    X-ray diffraction and metallographic examination of binary Mn-rich alloys with Ti revealed the presence of intermediate phases in this system. A binary R phase has been identified and also a phase hav

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    Brightwater?s Ballinger Way Portal Presents Deep Shaft Ground Freezing Challenges

    By James D. Nickerson

    Thee Brightwater water treatment facilities, currently scheduled to be completed in 2010 and begin operating in 2011, will serve the northern part of King County, WA. The facility includes a new trea

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Improvement of the Cobalt Process at the Chemicals of Africa (Chemaf) Usoke Plant – Effect of Seed Recycle

    By Jo Katembo, Patty Bwando, Patient K. Ilunga, Yves Kalubi, Emman Mulaj

    "From 2010, the dolomite concentration in the ore fed to the Usoke Plant increased, resulting in a significant increase in the gangue acid consumption and Mg build-up in the circuit, and thus an incre

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    Shaft hoisting system for Olympic Dam

    1. Scope of project In South Australia, the Western Mining Corporation operates the underground copper and uranium mine Olympic Dam. The deposits concerned are enormous (approx. 570 million tons) and

    May 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Geometric and Dynamic Analysis of some Faults in the Western Coalfield of New South Wales

    By Creasey J. W, Huntington J. F

    Faults cutting the Lithgow and Katoomba seams in some collieries of the Western Coalfield can be classified, on the basis of spatial pattern, into three principal groups: meridional swarms of closely

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AUSIMM
    The Mining Industry and The National Economy of Australia

    Your Excellency, on behalf of the Council of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and, indeed, on behalf of everyone present, I extend to you a welcome, and our thanks for your graciou

    Jan 1, 1944

  • AUSIMM
    Analysis of jig behaviour in coal preparation plants in China

    A wide-ranging base of jig data was collected from various types of commercial jigs in 9 coal preparation plants in China, and a complete data analysis was made. It was found that the sharpness ofsepa

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Evaluation Of Ct-Based Coal Washability Analysis System Under Simulated On-Line Conditions

    By J. D. Miller, C. L. Lin

    Appropriate software and hardware necessary to adapt a x-ray CT analyzer for determination of coal washability has recently been developed and sucessfully tested for well characterized samples under l

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Chip Formation In Mechanical Excavation: An Indicator Of Machine Performance

    By J. P. H. Steele, M. U. Ozbay

    As mining operations progress toward tele-mining and autonomous procedures, the need for machine performance monitoring increases. Presently, through a combination of vision, sound, and other subject

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    A Safety Plateau At Modikwa ? Introduction

    By S. O?Connor

    When one looks back and does assessments of what has been the key ingredient in achieving success in our safety efforts, there are many issues that spring to mind and cover a wide array of elements. O

    Jan 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Sources of Nitrate in Groundwater Near Roadway Rock Blasting Sites

    By David M. Langlais, Krystle Pelham

    "Explosives used in blasting operations, natural and anthropogenic sources such as septic systems,fertilizers, and decomposing vegetation can potentially contaminate groundwater with nitrate in thevic

    Jan 1, 2016

  • AUSIMM
    New Developments in Spirals and Spiral Plant Operations

    New Developments in Spirals and Spiral Plant Operations Records indicate that spiral separators have been utilised in mineral separation for over 100 years. The Spiral's predecessor, the sluice,

    Sep 13, 2010

  • AIME
    Natural Gas Technology - Well Test Interpretation of Vertically Fractured Gas Wells

    By R. A. Wattenbarger, H. J. Ramey

    The trend in gas well testing has been to rely more on the early-time flow data of drawdown and buildup tests than on stabilized flow tests. The stabilized testing methods often are not adequate for c

    Jan 1, 1970