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Presidential Address, M.S.N.S. (6cc565cc-c06f-4eb7-b803-717878c836d5)By Frank Doxley
"FIRST OF ALL I should like to express to the members my sincere thanks for having had the privilege of serving them as President during the year now ending, to the Council for their guidance, and to
Jan 1, 1955
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Smelting Furnace Melt Zone Wall Modification to Cope Higher Production Rate OperationBy Antonius Prayoga
PT Smelting adopted the Mitsubishi Continuous Technology for its copper smelter plant which has been operating since 1998. Through a series of expansion projects, the plant annual production capacity
Jan 1, 2015
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Discrete Event Simulation of the Glencore Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations Converter AisleBy G. Goodall, M. Muinonen, R. Pandher, R. Jabbar, S. J. Muinonen
"The implementation of a new and highly efficient converting practice at the Glencore Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations Smelter has opened the possibility to further capacity increases by using lar
Jan 1, 2017
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Continuous gas holdup estimation in a laboratory mechanical cell using Maxwell's modelBy L. Magne, M. Maldonado, R. Varela
Real-time optimization of flotation circuits demands for accurate and reliable measurements to support the decision making process. The collection zone gas holdup is an important variable in this cont
Jan 1, 2015
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Conveyor systems design and application for surface miningBy M. Scobie, T. Atkinson
"This paper reviews the development of new designs in extensible and high angle conveyor systems. These aim to overcome the limitations of prior alternative concepts in design. The application of such
Jan 1, 1991
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Electrostatic Beneficiation of Coal in Fluidized BedsBy M. A. Bergougnou, I. Inculet, K. I. Burgess
This paper describes the electrostatic methods of separating various minerals, reviews the principles of fluidization and outlines the technique of electrostatic sorting in fluidized beds. The applica
Jan 1, 1970
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Soft Sensors and Fuzzy Logic Control: A Practical Way to Overcome Complex ProblemsBy M. Tardif, F. L. -Lavoie, M. Ruel
"In mineral processing, it is often very difficult to reliably measure several key operation variables. The harsh environment and high temperature encountered in pyrometallurgy processes lead to some
Jan 1, 2017
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Starting Koala North — North America’s first underground diamond mine (3411bd0a-cb31-4972-a1b8-9d78990f23d8)By P. Harvey
"Following initial discovery in 1991, BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. opened Canada’s first diamond mine, the EKATI Diamond Mine (EKATI) in the Northwest Territories on October 14, 1998. Four short years l
Jan 1, 2005
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Mackenzie Valley Zinc Project: The Relationship between Sedex and Carbonate Hosted Zn-Pb Showings in the Selwyn Basin in Yukon and MacKenize Mountains, NWTEagle Plains Resources? Exploration in the Northern Cordillera ?Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. (EPL) is actively exploring for Zn-Pb deposits in the northern Cordillera in both carbonate-hosted and sh
May 1, 2006
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Kinross Mine Planning Best PracticeBy C. Turek, R. Henderson
Mine planning is the foundation of value for a mining company. Good mine planning requires solid understanding of the ore body, rigorous standards and processes, robust and useful information technolo
Jan 1, 2011
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Planning and development of Syncrude's new truck and shovel oilsands mine"Syncrude Canada Ltd. operates one of the largest surface mines in the world. The mining operation has two distinct phases: (1) the removal of the overburden, utilizing trucks and shovels; and (2) the
Jan 1, 1993
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Characteristics of Modern Copper Flotation CircuitsAs part of the Australian Mineral Industries Research Association (AMIRA) P9 project, methods of characterising both the ore and the machines in flotation circuits have matured considerably over the p
Jan 1, 2007
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The Use of Qemscan for Ore Characterization"The QEMSCAN system is the third generation of automated mineral analysis systems that began with the QEM*SEM at CSIRO 30 years ago (Butcher et al. 2000). It is now a successful commercial instrument
Jan 1, 2012
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Improvements in Sag Mill Throughput from Finer Feed Size at the Newmont Ahafo OperationBy Adrian Dance
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited?s Ahafo operation have been working with Metso Process Technology & Innovation (PTI) since early 2009 to increase mill throughput from a combination of controlled blasting p
Jan 1, 2012
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Research on Mineral Processing Technology and Production Adjustment for Seyrigite OreBy Tong Guan, Guangqin Fu, Lihong Deng, Yuanlin Chen, Xiaotong Zhou
"In natural world, some kinds of scheelite minerals are rich in molybdenum. Molybdenum exists in the crystal lattice of scheelite in the form of isomorphism, and the content of MoO3 varies from 2% to
Jan 1, 2016
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The Development of Modern Air Compressors and Trends in the FutureBy George H. Bodfish
This paper begins with a short history of air compressors, emphasizing their "roots" in the mining industry. It then describes the types of compressors available, including reciprocal, the various rot
Jan 1, 1978
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Characterization of Carbonaceous Matters Associated With Preg-Robbing OresBy Zihe Ren, Edouard Asselin, Marcus Tomlinson, Tianbi Zhang, Jing Liu
"Raman spectroscopy is used to quantify the extent of disorder in the carbonaceous matter associated with preg-robbing ores. Previous studies of Goldstrike ores showed that the height and width of the
Jan 1, 2017
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Oil and Gas Explorations -Eagle Plains Area, Yukon TerritoryBy W. G. Campbell
"The region discussed comprises approximately eight million acres spreading across the Arctic Circle in Yukon and North West Territories.Encouraged by four years of surface geological and geophysical
Jan 1, 1960
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Concentrator Utilization under Geological UncertaintyBy Alessandro Navarra, Kristian Waters
Mineral concentrators are designed from preliminary geological data, and are therefore subject to geological uncertainty. This uncertainty has a demonstrable impact on the mining lifecycle, and has mo
Jan 1, 2015
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A Study of Rapidly Solidified Al-Cu Eutectic DropletsBy A-A. Bogno, M. Rappaz, J. Valloton, H. Henein
"Rapid solidification of Al-Cu droplets of eutectic composition was carried out using Impulse Atomization in an argon atmosphere, to study the microstructures forming at different cooling rates and un
Jan 1, 2017