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  • AUSIMM
    Improvements in the Application of Water Cooled Tests for Cupellation

    Since the introduction of water cooled test rings the operation of cupelling retort bullion has not alone been sImplified, but has also been the means of concentrating the bullion for the fining test

    Jan 1, 1901

  • AIME
    Pennsylvania Hotel, New York, to Be Headquarters for Annual Meeting of the Institute, Feb. 15-19

    By AIME

    NEW YORK'S largest hotel, the Pennsylvania, will be filled with mining and oil men and metallurgists the third week of February when some 3000 AIME members, their wives, and guests will gather fo

    Jan 1, 1948

  • AIME
    Genesis Of The Lake Valley Silver Deposits

    By CHARLES R. KETES

    I. INTRODUCTORY. Lake Valley, New Mexico, has long been one of the most widely known mining districts of southwestern United States. For many years its silver-mines have been among the most famous of

    Jan 1, 1908

  • IMPC
    Design, Modelling and Control of Flotation Equipments

    By Juan B. Yianatos

    "After almost 100 years, since the first commercial application began in Australia, flotation has shown an extraordinary growth and nearly 2 billion tons of ore per year are presently treated by flota

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ISEE
    Blasting Topologies for Electronic Initiation Systems

    By D. Lansburg

    Electronic detonators are increasingly being used in today’s blasting in quarries, seismic, surface and underground mines. Electronic detonators offer several distinctive features over electric and no

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Estimating The Strength Of Pillars With Karst Voids In A Room-and-pillar Limestone Mine

    By AMAN SONI, JONATHAN G. BAGGETT, Nino Ripepi, JUAN J. MONSALVE, Richard Bishop

    Underground stone mines are vulnerable to karst void formations due to the erosion of carbonate rocks by groundwater flow. The voids or cavities may lead to hazards including ground collapse and sudde

    Sep 1, 2022

  • NIOSH
    Government Actions And The Mineral Industry (1e19f693-da28-41ae-9830-bd4dea1e0bdb)

    Law of the Sea. - The Ninth Session of the Law of the Sea Conference resumed July 28 at Geneva and will run for 5 weeks. The 160-nation Conference began in 1973. Two of the major factors to be discuss

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SAIMM
    A sustainable approach to derelict and ownerless mines in South Africa

    By S. Mudau, P. Mohasoa, M. J. Cole

    Derelict and ownerless (D&O) mines in South Africa have been an ongoing concern for over a decade. While some progress has been made to rehabilitate D&O asbestos sites, significant work remains, exace

    Apr 25, 2025

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals review 2015

    By Daniel M. Flanagan

    "Editor’s note: Each year, Mining Engineering features an industrial minerals review. Several people put in a fair amount of time in developing the material for this issue, all the while doing their o

    Jul 1, 2016

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Some Studies of A1-Cu and Al-Zr Solid State Bonding

    By S. Storchheim

    MORE and more attention is being paid to the bonding of metals in their solid states. For a better understanding of this technique for joining metals and how it is affected by changes in temperature,

    Jan 1, 1956

  • AUSIMM
    Contract Commissioning and Operation of Western Areas’ Cosmic Boy Concentrator

    By C Dick

    Over the past three decades, mining operations have seen a significant increase in the use of contractors for mining, camp management and catering, recruitment, maintenance, power management, and comm

    Aug 8, 2011

  • ISEE
    Wall Control Blasting Practices at Kisladag Gold Mine

    By Ekin Güngor, Berkant Ozdemir, Erkan Bayrak, Serdar Ergün, Sedat Esen

    "This paper presents the final wall blasting practices at Eldorado Kisladag Gold Mine in Turkey. Benchmark and improved wall control designs were explained in detail. Kisladag Mine has been implementi

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SAIMM
    Interpretation and modelling of a hydromechanical in situexperiment within a fractured calcareous rock mass

    By Y. Guglielmi, V. Merrien-Soukatchoff, I. Kadiri

    ABSTRACT: Hydraulic experiments have been conducted since 1997 within a small fractured calcareous rock mass in southeastern France, at a site called Coaraze. On this reduced-scale site closing a floo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Pre-Implementation Evaluation of VR as a Mine Safety Training Tool - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By CASSANDRA L. HOEBBEL, Jennica L. Bellanca

    High-fidelity, immersive training is known for its learning and logistical benefits. While other industries have used virtual reality (VR) for decades, the same uptake has not been seen in mining. NIO

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    Ventilation Monitoring and Control in Mines "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020)"

    By MAHESH SHRIWAS, CHRISTOPHER PRITCHARD

    Ventilation monitoring and control in mines are becoming an integral part of day-to-day activity for maintaining health and safety of miners. The authors evaluate potential real-time monitoring soluti

    May 12, 2020

  • NIOSH
    IC 9307 Preval: Prefeasibility Software Program For Evaluating Mineral Properties

    By R. Craig Smith

    This report presents the software documentation for PREY AL, a prefeasibility mineral property evaluation program developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines on a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. It is presented in

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Getting it right from the beginning – ESG in mineral exploration

    By L H. G McClean

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have always been important to the minerals industry and is now considered one of our most important opportunities (and risks). Getting it right from

    Sep 1, 2024

  • SME
    NIOSH Extramural Research Funding: Fulfilling the Mandate of the MINER Act

    By J. F. Burr, D. P. Snyder, G. W. Luxbacher

    "The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER Act) of 2006 (PL 109-236, 2006) established the Office of Mine Safety and Health, functioning as the Office of Mine Safety and Health Resear

    Jan 10, 2018

  • NIOSH
    Helium: Bibliography Of Technical And Scientific Literature From Its Discovery (1868) To January 1, 1947 - Introduction

    By Henry P. Wheeler

    H ELIUM (chemical symbol: He) is a member of a family of normally gaseous elements, which, because of their zero valence and corresponding lack of chemical activity, are called the "noble" or "inert"

    Jan 1, 1952

  • ISEE
    Magnitude 2.8 Earthquake Caused by 90 Pounds (41 kg) Per Delay! Not So Fast

    By D. Rudenko, C. T. Aimone-Martin, J. K. Ratliff, I. G. Wong, J. Aiken, R. E. Burnham, T. A. Davidsavor

    A small quarry blast was conducted with a maximum of 90 pounds per delay and shortly afterwards, area residents sensed ground motion and building shaking indicative of an earthquake. In addition, seis

    Feb 6, 2023