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  • SME
    Solving Process Plant Vibration Problems

    By Adriaan de Villiers

    Many conventional structural analysis and design methods in current use are not appropriate for the mining industry. Two major reasons for this are that: • The economic life of a particular mine is l

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Demonstrating Passive Hydraulic Containment For An Open Pit Copper Mine

    By J. L. Moreno, A. L. Williamson, R. D. Bartlett

    Large open pit mines in desert climates, such as the Phelps Dodge Morenci copper mine in Arizona, can create groundwater cones-of-depression of considerable size and stability. The hydraulic containme

    Jan 1, 1999

  • DFI
    Deep Dry Soil Mixing Performance and Quality Control Acceptance Criteria

    By Patrick K. Wong, Richard Kelly

    "The variability in strength and compressibility of in situ deep soil mixing products can be greater than the variability of the natural soil. However, satisfactory performance can be achieved by care

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Coal seam gas predrainage optimisation through an enhanced knowledge of coal seam permeability

    By M Blanch

    Gas management practices across the Australian underground coal industry have evolved significantly since the early nineties with the introduction of hazard management plans, directional drilling tech

    Aug 28, 2017

  • SME
    Fine Coal Cleaning Using A Centrifugal Fluidized Bed Separator

    By Mutombo Nombe, Avimanyu Das, Rick Honaker

    Enhanced gravity separators (EGS) provide a more efficient separation than froth flotation when cleaning coal in the 150 x 25 µm particle size range. To improve the performance of an EGS unit, air bub

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Mould Flux Crystallization: A Kinetic Study

    By C. Righi, R. Carli

    In modern steel continuous casting technologies mould fluxes are well-known to assure lubrication required by tribological system of mould-solidifying strand shell, and to provide crystalline phase so

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Continuing Method Improvements At The Eagle Mountain Iron Ore Mine Of Kaiser Steel Corporation

    By Emmet K. Oslen

    Kaiser Steel Corporation, the pioneer steelmaker on the Pacific Coast, was founded by the late Henry J. Kaiser. In 1944 the Company purchased from the Southern Pacific Railroad an iron ore property 20

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Mining’s next frontier:Perspectives and transformations - ME Feature Article

    By Sakshi Hazuria Anderson, Angela Binder, Oscar Jaime Restrepo Baena, Simit Raval, Sandra Nowosad

    As the mining industry faces times of change, new challenges arise to ensure raw material supply for future generations. Different scenarios are currently shaping the way we mine and teach mining engi

    Dec 1, 2025

  • AIME
    Local Section News (dca73904-3dfe-4071-8bc9-24862f4d7c75)

    COLUMBIA SECTION STANLY A. EASTON, Chairman, FREDERIC KEFFER, Vice-Chairman, L. K. ARMSTRONG, Secretary-Treasurer, P. 0. Drawer 2154, Spokane, Wash. D. C. LIVINGSTON FRANK A. Ross The first meeti

    Jan 6, 1916

  • SME
    Concentration Of Utah Tar Sands By An Ambient Temperature Flotation Process

    By J. D. Miller

    Physical separation of bitumen from low-grade Utah tar sand deposits containing a relatively high viscosity bitumen phase (Sunnyside and Tar Sand Triangle deposits) has been accomplished by traditiona

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    3D modelling of offshore alluvial tin mineralization in Ringarooma Bay, Tasmania

    By Michelle Stokes, Alexandra Miller, Campbell McKenzie

    "The ancestral Ringarooma River in northeast Tasmania has transported alluvial tin and other heavy minerals from their onshore source of stanniferous Devonian granites downstream into what is now Ring

    Sep 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Journal: Safety Talk / MSHA Winter Alert Beat Winter Hazards, Win with Winter Alert

    By MSHA website

    “Conditions at underground and surface coal mines can change dramatically during the winter months,” said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. “We must be ever mind

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AIME
    Geophysics and Geochemistry - Basic Statistical Measures Used in Geochemical Investigations of Colorado Plateau Uranium Deposits

    By A. T. Miesch, L. B. Riley

    Distribution of minor elements in sandstone-type uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau is being studied by the USGS on behalf of the A EC. A primary objective has been to provide basic data which c

    Jan 1, 1961

  • ISEE
    The Effect of Prill Specifications on Emulsion-ANFO Blends

    By Greg S. Williams, Richard W. Givens

    This paper examines the effect of prill size consistency, internal panicle density, and oil absorbency on Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil (ANFO)-emulsion blends. By analyzing these physical properties of pr

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SAIMM
    A Model For Direct Dragline Casting In A Dipping Coal-Seam

    By B. Erdem

    This article introduces a computer model, which emphasizes panel design for draglines deployed in direct side-casting mode. The study covers flat and inclined coal-seam conditions with the dragline op

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    The Evolution Of Strategic Long-Term Planning At Anglo Platinum

    By D. C. Andersen, G. L. Smith, J. Pearson-Taylor

    Following a restructuring of Anglo Platinum Limited in 2004 the strategic long-term planning function has been centralized. This paper describes the revised strategic long-term planning process coveri

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Production of Cobalt Oxide, Cobalt Sulphate and Electrolytic Cobalt

    In, one stage of the purification sequence of the zinc sulphate electrolyte used at Risdon, cobalt is, precipitated as cobalt nitroso-,B-naphtholate, which is separated from the solution by filtration

    Jan 1, 1949

  • SME
    Evaluation Of Cyanide Producing Microorganisms To Recover Gold From Low-Grade Ore ? Introduction

    By D. Shin

    The gold leaching using cyanide from ore or waste has been almost universally in use [1]. Recently, biological gold bioleaching using cyanide producing bacteria, e.g. Chromobacterium violaceum, Pseudo

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Comparing EIA And ESHIA For Evaluating Mining Projects

    By R. E. Mitchell

    Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the accepted method for evaluating proposed mining and other industrial projects to obtain regulatory approval and to help companies plan for responsible devel

    Jan 1, 2012

  • AUSIMM
    Reason Analysis of Impurity Containing and Technology Discussion of Quality Improvement for Low-Quality Iron Concentrate

    Reason Analysis of Impurity Containing and Technology Discussion of Quality Improvement for Low-Quality Iron Concentrate

    Sep 13, 2010