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  • CIM
    Mill Operator Training-Where do we Go?

    By Andre Vien, D. H. Hendriks, D. Willet, B. C. Flintoff

    "For many years the training of mill operators was an informal process which involved senior operators training junior operators on an as-needed basis. Recognizing the needs and benefits of better tra

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Theoretical And Experimental Study Of Compaction Process In Roll Press

    By R. T. Dec

    A review is undertaken of existing mathematical models of compaction process in roll press. The example of plane-strain, plane-stress model is presented together with comparisons between computed and

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Rock mass damage and induced passive depressurisation around open pits

    By M. Royle, A. Bloem, R. Uken

    Rock mass damage induced by mining increases the fracture frequency and joint aperture width in the pit walls and rock mass behind open pit mine slopes. The depth and intensity of this mechanical dama

    Sep 1, 2025

  • DFI
    Jet Grout Underpinning to Support the Waterman Hospital

    By Piotr Kozlowski, Stanley L. Worst, Matthew J. Niermann

    The Waterman Hospital in Tavares, Florida was undergoing an expansion and required a below-grade excavation immediately adjacent to the Emergency Department. This wing of the hospital was under high t

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Cut-off grade determination for the maximum value of a small Wits-type gold mining operation

    Work undertaken in the field of cut-off grade optimization has not advanced much beyond the work undertaken by Lane in 1988. His definitive work is based on the calculus of the Net Present Value crite

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Novel Flotation Collectors For Base Metal Minerals

    By P. A. Dimas

    A new family of sulfide flotation collectors has been developed in our laboratory. These formulations are comprised of novel renewable materials combined with conventional reagents. The resulting d

    Jan 1, 2012

  • TMS
    Simulation of the Flotation of Bear Lodge Ore and a Preliminary Economic Analysis

    By H. Cui

    Rapid technological development has caused an increase in the demand for rare earths. Ancylite, a strontium rare earth carbonate, is a potentially significant source of rare earths. In this research p

  • AUSIMM
    Incorporating Sustainability into Mining Plant and Infrastructure Design

    By A Murphy

    Mining plants and infrastructure, and the decisions made by their designers, can have large impacts on their environmental and social context, commonly referred to as the site or plant footprint. They

    Jul 16, 2014

  • SME
    Reducing Emissions Of Air Toxics: Evaluating The Potential For Removing Trace Elements From Powder River Basin Sub-bituminous Coals

    By Jr. Raleigh

    As part vi the development of the Coal Quality Expert (CQRN) --a computer program capable of predicting the impacts of coal quality on power plant performance, costs, and emissions control--several na

    Jan 1, 1993

  • AIME
    Minerals Beneficiation - Instrumentation and Control of the Heavy Media Process (MINING ENGINEERING, 1962, vol. 14, No. 5, p. 41)

    By D. G. Oss, S. E. Erickson

    An automatic control method for the ferrosilicon heavy media process maintains media density within 0.01 specific gravity points. Continued demands for higher grade, competitive products from the Mesa

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    Large-Diameter Tunneling Collapses: Recovery Design and Execution

    By Bradford F. Townsend

    A study was made on six collapses that occurred during large-diameter tunnelling through weak sedimentary rocks and soil using SES methods in three stages?top heading, bench and invert. The collapsed

    Jan 1, 2008

  • CIM
    Use of the Similarity Principle in Predicting the Optimum Performance of Iron Reduction Kilns

    According to the principle of similarity, the physical and chemical configurations of a system can be defined by ratios of magnitudes within the system and do not de-pend on the size or nature of unit

    Jan 1, 1964

  • ISEE
    Optimizing the Initiation Position of Geophysical Exploration Charges

    By E. McCullough, D. Preece, M. Ortel

    Geophysical explosive charges are used in mineral resource exploration. They are detonated subsurface and radiate sonic waves into ground monitors, which detect the vibration waves and their interacti

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SME
    Geology And Zoning In The Steeple Rock District, New Mexico And Arizona (578862df-5447-43e9-959a-190b07363fb3)

    By V. T. McLemore

    The Steeple Rock district is a major epithermal .gold-silver district in New Mexico that exhibits district zoning. Five types of ore deposits occur in the district. The base-metal veins (with Au and A

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    A Mathematical Model to Estimate Slag Flow Rate Using a Novel Stellite‑Coated Thermocouple for Blast Furnace - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Manoj Kumar, Anil Kumar Singh, Prabal Patra, Ashish Agrawal, Souvik Ghosh, Subhashis Kundu, Kamma Ramakrishna Rao, Manish Kumar Gupta, Anindya Sarkar

    The slag measurement systems in the cast house are very important. In the conventional method, the slag is granulated in a slag granulation system, and the slag flow rate is measured by the associated

    Oct 2, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Setting the basis of big-data in impact crushing, S. Lange and H. Lieberwirth

    By S. Langea, H. Lieberwirth

    Impact crushers are common machines in comminution plants. Their high size-reduction ratio and relatively simple design, make them a preferred tool even when subjected to harsh wear, and producing a l

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Modelling water uptake in highly compacted bentonite in environmental sealing barriers

    By W. Wittke, J. Gattermann

    ABSTRACT: One alternative to close a radioactive waste repository in rock salt is the construction of a “Cross Section Closure (CSC)“ sealing barrier. The proposed material for the CSC is highly compa

    Jan 1, 2003

  • NIOSH
    Field Performance Testing Of Fully Grouted Roof Bolts

    By C. S. Compton, D. R. Dolinar, D. C. Oyler

    More than 80% of U.S. roof bolts are fully-grouted, but about 1500 roof falls are reported each year. Anchorage failure of a fully grouted bolt can occur when the roof is active near the top of the ho

  • CIM
    Valuation of Dredging Ground in the Sub-Arctic

    By A. M. Nordale

    Let us first trace a line, mentally, across Alaska and Yukon, starting at a point in the west slightly south of the delta of the Yukon river and from there continuing eastward, loosely following the 6

    Jan 1, 1947

  • AIME
    Papers - Zinc - The Waelz Process

    By William E. Harris

    Time and experience have demonstrated that by means of the Waelz process zinc, lead, cadmium, arsenic, antimony, bismuth and tin can be volatilized satisfactorily. In this way difficult gold ores are

    Jan 1, 1937