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  • SME
    The Applicability Of Alternative Particle Size Analysis Methods In Laboratory Testing

    By M. Deal

    Particle size analysis is a fundamental measurement utilized in the mining industry, especially in comminution, hydrometallurgy, and mineral processing. While sieves and cyclosizers are the standard

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Rapid and reliable flow property testing – a modified uniaxial approach

    By K Williams, W Chen, J Miller

    The flow function of an iron ore material governs its flowability characteristics in material handling chains within the resource industry. A uniaxial compression test is able to obtain a flow functio

    Jul 24, 2017

  • SAIMM
    Latest Electrode Technology Delivering Improved Electrode Performance In Submerged Arc Furnaces

    By Henk van der Bijl, Sean Rogers, Eugene Sidorski, Alan Carpenter

    The electrode column is the heart of the submerged arc furnace. Superior electrode performance provides improved furnace performance. This paper describes the main features of the electrode column tha

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AIME
    Present Tendencies in Engineering Materials

    By John A. Mathews

    D R. CHARLES W. ELIOT, the great educator and philosopher-he of the five-foot book shelf-recently gave expression to a thought I had long been cherishing as a private opinion, when he said: "It is obv

    Jan 1, 1926

  • ISEE
    Percussive Drilling Theory and Practice

    By Pat McLaughlin

    Environmental constraints are pushing many operators to change from large rotary blastholes to the smaller diameter holes drilled with down-hole or top-hammer rigs. Productivity improvements over the

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Two Tunnels in Totally Different Geological Formations Driven by the Same 7M Double-Shield TBM with an Extremely Thin-Walled Monoshell Honeycomb Segmental Lining System

    By Wolfgang Guetter, Wolfgang Weber

    The upgrading project for two hydropower plants in Slovenia, Europe, requires two new pressure tunnels: Plave II (5.9 km Flysch) and Doblar II (3.6 km Limestone). It is the worldwide largest applicati

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Understanding Damage Source Mechanisms in a Caving System Using Virtual Reality Scientific Visualisation

    By B K. Hebblewhite, F T. Suorineni, J D. Tibbett

    Block caving is an underground mining method that can provide high production capacities at low operating costs. This enables the profitable extraction of massive, low-grade orebodies and attracts ind

    May 9, 2016

  • CIM
    Maximisation des revenus et du rendement financier par l’optimisation de I’information, de la planification et des pratiques minières*

    By M. Vallée

    "RÉSUMÉDurant les 10 dernières années, les améliorations dans le contrôle des limites des sautages et les arpentages après l’exploitation ont fourni des informations préalables et post facto sur les l

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AIME
    Industrial Minerals - The Grand Isle Mine: Freeport Sulphur Company’s Offshore Venture (Mining Engineering, Jun 1960, pg 578)

    By C. O. Lee, Z. W. Bartlett, R. H. Feierabend

    The Grand Isle sulfur mine is located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately seven miles off the coast of Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, La. The deposit is on acreage covered by oil, gas, and mineral lea

    Jan 1, 1961

  • IOM3
    Co-disposal of washery wastes at Jeebropilly colliery, Queensland, Australia

    By P. H. Williams, D. J. Morris

    The co-disposal of coarse and fine coal wastes by combined pumping through a pipeline to subaerial deposition was pioneered in Australia in 1990 by Jeebropilly colliery in Queensland. Significant segr

    Jun 19, 1905

  • SAIMM
    A quantitative assessment model for the environmental load of gold production by artificial neural network

    By Z. Jin, Q. Yun, C. Lu

    This paper presents a quantitative assessment model for the assessment of environmental load in gold production, which is based on environmental ecology, Life-Cycle Assessment and technical conditions

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    On Safety Appliances and Precautions Necessary in Mines

    The mining industry to the lay mind is one which appears peculiarly dangerous, partly because the accidents which take place are usually of a very tragic nature, and partly because other, industries c

  • NIOSH
    IC 9129 Analyses Of Natural Gases, 1917-85

    By B. J. Moore

    This publication contains 14,242 analyses of gas samples from oil and gas wells and natural gas pipelines in 40 States and 24 foreign countries. These gas samples were collected in the period 1917-85

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    Corrosion Protection Of Reinforcement For Concrete Structures (VOLUME 107)

    By R. E. Wilmot

    The problem of corrosion of reinforcement in concrete structures is internationally recognized and represents the single biggest expenditure in the preservation of steel reinforced concrete structures

    Jan 1, 2007

  • ISEE
    The 8 Millisecond Rule is Dead – Or Is It?

    By Daniel Richards, Dr Rob Farnfield, Dr Geoff Adderley

    The 8-millisecond rule has been in use for many years as a basic technique to help minimize vibration levels from surface blasting operations. The rule was based on work carried out in the 1960’s by t

    Jan 21, 2025

  • NIOSH
    IC 8795 Plastic Canopy - A Computer Program For The Structural Analysis Of Protective Canopies

    By Kenneth D. Winters

    This Bureau of Mines report presents a Fortran IV computer program for the structural analysis of (1) protective canopies used in underground mines to protect equipment operators from roof falls and (

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME-ICGCM
    Coal Mine Ground Control in Western Europe; Past, Present and Future

    By D. N. Bigby

    This paper concentrates on ground control innovation in Europe since the first Morgantown conference, mainly from a UK perspective. In particular, it describes the rock engineering and ground control

    Jan 1, 2006

  • NIOSH
    RI 3219 The National Safety Competition of 1932

    By W. W. Adams

    "The eighth National Safety Competition, that for 1932, conducted by the United States Bureau of Mines, was participated in by 322 mines and quarries operating in 34 States. Tables 2 to 6 show the rel

    Jul 1, 1933

  • NIOSH
    Estimating the Hydrophobicity of Coal

    By J. A. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, R. J. Purcell, F. F. ApIan

    "Based on contact-angle measurements and the work of adhesion equation, the hydrophobicity of a wide variety of coals was found to decrease with decreasing rank, fixed carbon and total carbon content

    Jan 1, 1989

  • CIM
    Monitoring of stability conditions at Falconbridge's Strathcona Mine

    By J. E. Udd, S. Bharti

    "ABSTRACTMonitoring of stability conditions in underground mines permits management to assess the response of the rock mass to mining strategies. Monitoring of movements, if sufficiently early, may al

    Jan 1, 1987