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A Field Survey of Rare Earth Element Concentrations in Process Streams Produced by Coal Preparation Plants in the Eastern USA Mining, Metallurgy and ExplorationBy Gerald H. Luttrell, Mohammad Rezaee, Roe-Hoan Yoon, Rick Q. Honaker, Aaron Noble, Abhijit Bhagavatula, Michael J. Kiser
A field study was undertaken to experimentally measure the concentrations of rare earth elements (REEs) contained in the process streams generated by a group of 20 coal preparation plants located in t
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Gravity Concentration of Chromite FinesBy N. Duru
"Gravity concentration is still a challenging area in the mineral industry. This is mainly because of the fine size valuable mineral losses to the tailings during its application. But the recent devel
Jan 1, 2017
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Radiation Exposure Assessment Following The 1978 Church Rock Uranium Mill Tailings SpillBy Kathleen Kreiss, A. James Ruttenber
INTRODUCTION Early in the morning of July 16, 1979, there was a breach in the earthen retaining dam of a tailings pond at the United Nuclear Corporation's (UNC's) Church Rock uranium mill
Jan 1, 1981
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Mineral Processing Control Systems - Past And Future - IntroductionBy Lynn B. Hales
Unfortunately, the term "control" has a negative connotation in the minds of many of our operating plant personnel. Whereas the opposite is true of those associated with research and technical centers
Jan 1, 1979
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Performance Evaluation of Rockburst Prediction Based on PSO‑SVM, HHO‑SVM, and MFO‑SVM Hybrid Models - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)By Manoj Khandelwal, Jian Zhou, Yingui Qiu, Peixi Yang, Pingan Peng
Rockburst prediction is crucial in deep hard rock mines and tunnels to make safer working conditions. Due to the complex interaction of many factors involved in rockburst prediction, such as multi-var
Feb 3, 2023
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Load State Identification Method for Wet Ball Mills Based on the MEEMD Singular Value Entropy and PNN Classification Mining, Metallurgy and ExplorationBy Xiaoyan Luo, Congcong Dai, Gaipin Cai, Xin Liu, Lu Zong
To overcome the difficulty of accurately judging the load state of a wet ball mill during the grinding process, a method of mill load identification based on the singular value entropy of the modified
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Design And Application Of Rare-Earth Magnetic SeparatorsBy Peter L. Dunn
With the advent of new high-strength magnetic materials, rare-earth magnetic separators have become more common place for processing heavy mineral sands. In many instances, rare-earth magnets have rep
Jan 1, 1999
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An Overview Of The U.S. Department Of Energy's Initiative In Advanced Coal Cleaning For Acid Rain ControlBy III Feeley
Coal is the nation's most abundant fossil energy resource and serves as the primary fuel for the U.S. electric-power industry. However, its continued and expanded use is often challenged by the n
Jan 1, 1990
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Metal ProductionBy Omar A. Muhtadi, R. Bruce Thorndycraft, David A. Milligan
9.1 INTRODUCTION Precious metals in a leach solution are extracted, concentrated, and purified to complete the process begun in the heap and to produce an end product which will provide an economic p
Jan 1, 1988
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Evaluation Of The Altair Centrifugal Jig For Fine Particle SeparationsBy M. K. Mohanty
Due to inefficiencies of the flotation process, significant effort has been recently provided to develop gravity separators for treating ultrafine particles. As a result, several enhanced gravity conc
Jan 1, 1998
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Assessment Of The Real Economic Feasibility Of Potential Critical Raw Materials Mining Projects In The U.s.; Implementation Of A Newly Developed Computational Tool - SME Annual Meeting 2022By M. A. Islam, H. Mischo, G. Barakos
Among the thirty-five declared critical raw materials (CRM) in the United States, there is no sustainable domestic production for the fourteen of them, while for some others domestic supply does not m
Mar 2, 2022
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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Tunnel Design and Construction - NAT2022By Gunjan R. Bhattarai, Kumar Bhattarai
Recently, there has been an enormous increase of interest in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and their applications by researchers, government agencies, and the underground constr
Dec 1, 2022
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Seismic Velocities in Unconsolidated PermafrostBy F. R. Corwin, M. S. King, R. W. Zimmerman
A model has been developed to relate the velocities of seismic waves in unconsolidated permafrost to the porosity and the extent of freezing. The permafrost is idealized as an assemblage of spherical
Jan 1, 1986
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Impact of face ventilation and nitrogen inertization on hazardous gas distribution in bleederless longwall gobsBy J. Marts
Underground longwall coal mining sections are operated as sealed gobs if the coal is prone to spontaneous combustion. Sealing along the gate roads during longwall face retreat limits the flow of fresh
Sep 1, 2013
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Determination of the Fire Hazards of Mine Materials Using a Radiant Panel (ME Technical Papers)By R. A. Thomas, C. D. Litton
"The objective of this study was to develop a laboratory-scale method to rank the ignition and fire hazards of commonly used underground mine materials and to eliminate the need for the expensive larg
Jan 1, 2015
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Deister Flotaire Column Flotation Cell-Plant ExperienceBy John A. Christophersen, Adolf J. Jonaitis
Coal flotation applications utilizing column flotation have been shown to improve grade and recovery when compared with traditional mechanical cell flotation. Deister Flotaire Column Flotation Machine
Jan 1, 1989
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The Role of Research in Pyrometallurgy Technology Development—From Fundamentals to Process Improvements—Future OpportunitiesBy Evgueni Jak
Pyrometallurgy is an important sector of modern industrial society actively participating in solving current environmental, economic, materials scarcity and other challenges. Recent advances in analyt
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Y2K - No PROBLEM?By John William Carlson
The Y2K or "Millenium" bug is a tiny critter, comprising no more than two digits in a date field. This bug, like its' more lethal cousins of biological and computer virus fame, has the potential to de
Jan 1, 1999
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Peak Torque Calculations for BackstopsBy Dr. -Ing. Karlheinz Timtner
This paper deals with the complicated and often misunderstood relationship between torsional windup, load sharing and peak torques in conveyor backstops. The principals apply in low speed, intermediat
Jan 1, 1996
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Assessing the Quality of Incident Investigations and its Effect on Safety Performance: A Study of the Ghanaian Mining IndustryBy E. Stemn
Incident investigation is of utmost importance in most high-risk industries. This study was undertaken to study the content of past investigation reports to determine the effectiveness of the incident
Jan 1, 2019