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  • SME
    Fundamental Error Estimation and Accounting in the Blasthole Sampling Protocol at a Copper Mine (fd2830cc-cf09-46fe-aec9-1e3a4bb83ff9)

    By A. Chieregati

    "A heterogeneity study was conducted at Erdenet Copper Mine in Erdenet, Mongolia, to determine the fundamental sampling error associated with blasthole sampling. Using a custom-designed radial sector

    Jan 11, 2017

  • SME
    Standing Support and Rolled Mesh for Safe and Efficient Tailgate Rib Control

    By J. Dubbert, T. H. Jones

    "This paper describes a rib-control methodology that uses standing support to provide most of the lateral resistance to the rib. The method is analyzed, and its boundary conditions for rib control are

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Collaborative Strategic Research Initiatives: Their Benefits and Best Practice Approaches for Establishing the Same

    By Daniel Brutto

    "Environmental considerations are a key driver within marine mining consenting processes across different national and international legislative regimes and are critical in shaping the global public p

    Sep 1, 2014

  • SME
    Amax Uses Practical Approach to Dewatering at Its Sleeper Mine

    By W. David Tyler

    Any mining or engineering-construction excavation that extends below the water table must be dewatered. In many situations, the ground is of low permeability or the workings extend only a short distan

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Selective Water Leaching of Sulfated Rare Earth Ore and Impurity Removal from a Rare Earth Sulfuric Liquor Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Éder Domingos Oliveira, Carlos Antonio Morais, Ruberlan Gomes Silva

    The objective of this work was to assess the influence of parameters such as residence time, solid content, and temperature in a process route towards purified rare earth liquor which could be adequat

  • SME
    Teaching New Employees About Processing Equipment: What is That and How Does it Work?

    By M. Albrecht

    In the mining industry and particularly in the processing plants, we use some large and unusual equipment. Understanding what it is and what it does is important to good operations, but how do you t

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Electrical Default Detection on Downed DC Trolley Lines – Preprint 97-38

    By J. S. Peterson, G. P. Cole

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Pittsburgh Research Center (PRC), has conducted research to improve electrical fault detection on coal mine direct current (dc) troll

    Feb 24, 1997

  • SME
    World Record Set In Poland: Cat Plow System Sets Mark From Single Face

    On Feb. 16, 2012, the Polish coal mining company Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka S.A. set the world record for daily production from a plow-equipped longwall, with an output of 24.4 kt (26,900 st) of coal fr

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    The Mercer Clay in Pennsylvania as a Polymetallic Mineral Resource: Review and Update - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Lee R. Kump, Sarma V. Pisupati, Peter L. Rozelle, Alan R. Larson, Timothy S. White, Nicholas A. Crescenzo, Maureen D. Feineman

    The Mercer Clay bed in central Pennsylvania has produced feedstocks for the refractory industry in the USA and has also been investigated as a source of alumina and lithium. Developments in global mar

    Jul 22, 2021

  • SME
    Eight problems examined that point out serious inadequacies in testing for drug use

    By James L. Weeks

    Introduction This paper attempts to summarize some of the major criticisms of drug testing. Eight problems with drug testing are discussed. These are: • It does not measure something employers have

    Jan 11, 1987

  • SME
    Technical Note - Reducing Respirable Dust Concentrations At Mineral-Processing Facilities Using Total Mill Ventilation System

    By A. B. Cecala, G. W. Klinowski

    Introduction The US Bureau of Mines has designed and evaluated total mill ventilation systems (TMVS) at two mineral-processing operations. Both systems have proven proficient at cost-effectively re

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    A Technical Performance Comparison Of Coal-Pyrite Flotation And High-Gradient Magnetic Separation

    By Richard E. Hucko

    The Coal Preparation Division of the Pittsburgh Mining Technology Center conducted an investigation to assess and compare the pyritic sulfur reduction potential of coal-pyrite flotation and high-gradi

    Jan 1, 1981

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    Predictive modelling of polymetallic nodule deposits in the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone

    By Greg Partington, Darryl Thorburn, Charlene Wildman, Elisa Puccioni, Connie Payne, Campbell McKenzie

    "Mineral prospectivity modelling of polymetallic nodule deposits has been completed over the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (CIEEZ) using the GIS based Weights of Evidence modelling technique. P

    Sep 1, 2014

  • SME
    Kinetics of Yttrium Dissolution from Alkaline Fusion on Zircon Tailings "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration"

    By Herry Poernomo, Agus Prasetya, Iga Trisnawati, Himawan Tri Bayu Murti Petrus, Gyan Prameswara, Panut Mulyono

    We studied yttrium extraction from untreated zircon sand processing waste tailings. Xenotime mineral as the rare earth element source with an abundance of yttrium (REY) was detected in sufficient grad

    May 26, 2020

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    The Origin, Distribution, And Chemical Alteration Of Iron Disulphides In Coal And Coal Associated Rocks ? Introduction

    By J. J. Renton

    The iron disulphide minerals, pyrite and to a lesser extent marcasite, are ubiquitous to coal and coal associated rocks and are the source of nearly all the environmental problems associated with the

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Rare Earth Elements (REE) Deposits In New Mexico

    By V. T. McLemore

    Deposits of rare earth elements (REE) are found in NM, but they have not been important exploration targets in past years because demand has been met elsewhere. However, with the projected increase in

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    ICMM: Sustainable Development Framework: Principles And Reporting

    By A. Roper

    Since the Toronto conference in May 2002, the International Council on Mining and Minerals (ICMM) has made progress on the road to sustainability. Fifteen of the world?s largest mining and metal produ

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Design-Build of the Lake Hodges to Olivenhain Pipeline Tunnel and Shaft

    By Jon Y. Kaneshiro, Sean A. Menge, M. Luis Piek, Brian Barker

    The Lake Hodges to Olivenhain Pipeline project is part of a 40-megawatt pumped storage project linking two reservoirs as part of the San Diego County Water Authority’s $939 million Emergency Storage P

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Exploratory Finite Element Analysis (FEA) And Conceptual Design Findings Of Large-Diameter, Segmentally Lined Shafts

    By D. Kruse

    Top-down constructed large-diameter (up to 90 m or 300 ft) shaft design and constructability issues present an interesting suite of challenges and opportunities highlighted in this paper. The study co

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Tunneling Under Highway 401: Construction of Large Diameter Pre-Support Pipe Canopy - RETC2021

    By Tyler Lahti, Peter Borgacci, Mary Jane Ferraro, Prakash Nadesparan

    Toronto Tunnel Partners (TTP), under contract to Metrolinx/IO, is constructing new twin rail tunnels under the Highway 401 & 409 interchange to accommodate additional tracks to support the GO Expansio

    Jun 13, 2021