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  • AIME
    Mineral Economics - U. S. Share of World Metal Output Declines in Last Decade

    By Arthur Notmon

    WORLD production of the three major nonferrous metals, copper, lead, and zinc, in 1939 will aggregate about 6,050;000 tons, compared with the all-time peak of 6,237,944 tons in 1937, and the previous

    Jan 1, 1940

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 206 Petroleum Laws of All America

    By J. W. Thompson

    Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, oil, oil shale, or gas, and lands containing s

    Jan 1, 1921

  • NIOSH
    IC 7423 Wash and Change Houses at American Mines

    By J. H. East, D. Harrington

    "INTRODUCTION Mining at its best is not a clean occupation for either surface or underground employees; and this applies alike to coal, metal, and non-metallic mines. The employees are handling minera

    Dec 1, 1947

  • NIOSH
    IC 9184 Mine Drainage And Surface Mine Reclamation Proceedings Of A Conference Sponsored By The American Society For Surface Mining And Reclamation, The Bureau Of Mines, And The Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation And Enforcement.

    Mine waste and mine reclamation are topics of major interest to the mining industry, the government and the general public. This publication and its companion volume are the proceedings of a conferenc

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Coal Division ? Longwall ? Underground Mining I - Strata Control Simulation During Longwall Mining ? Introduction

    By Christopher Haycocks

    Because of growing pressure from government and consumers to produce more coal, the mining industry must improve existing techniques and devise more efficient mining methods. Mining of the thicker, sh

    Jan 1, 1979

  • AIME
    Utilization of Natural Gas in the United States - Proven Reserves Would Last 35 Years at 1944 Rate of Consumption

    By G. G. Oberfell

    THOUGH the largest volume use of natural gas has been, is. and in all probability will continue to be as a fuel for domestic and industrial heating, it has various market outlets, both as a fuel and a

    Jan 1, 1946

  • AIME
    Chronology of Lead-Mining in the United States

    By W. R. Ingalls

    THE following chronology presents the history of lead-mining in the United States in a brief form and is a useful reference in connection with the statistics of production 1621. Lead was mined and s

    Jan 9, 1907

  • CIM
    The Business Case: Defining the Project

    By Rob Boom, Yasuyuki Tozaki, Greg Traquair

    The objectives of the business case are to examine a proposed metallurgical project and answer fundamental questions about project feasibility, risks, opportunities, and value. A business case fulfill

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AIME
    The Petroleum Industry ? Development of Reserves Trails New Discoveries; Older Fields Required to Produce Beyond Maximum Efficient Rates

    By W. S. Morris

    PETROLEUM'S importance in World War II can perhaps be better realized by the recitation of a few facts and figures: Gasoline needs in this war are already eighty times greater than in the last w

    Jan 1, 1945

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Indicators - Aluminum (4f66e2e8-882d-4f3f-b5c8-6e72d1ac7837)

    Workers at Anaconda Aluminum Company's primary aluminum smelter at Sebree, Ky., were back on the job December 1, after agreeing to a new 3-year contract. The old contract had expired November 15.

    Jan 1, 1980

  • IMPC
    The Crucial Role of Elemental Sulphur Formation on Self-Heating of Sulphides

    By K. E. Waters, J. E. Nesset, F. Rosenblum, R. Langlois, J. A. Finch

    "Some sulphide mineral mixtures when exposed to air and a warm and humid environment can exhibit a self-generating temperature rise, referred to as self-heating or spontaneous heating. The observed se

    Jan 1, 2018

  • NIOSH
    OFR-73-86 Research To Determine The Feasibility Of Utilizing Employee Assistance Programs For The Mining Industry - Final Report

    By Paul S. Goodman

    This report examines the feasibility of Employee Assistance Plans for the coal industry. Three issues are examined in detail. First, the prevalence of off-the-job factors such as alcoholism, drug abus

    Jan 1, 1986

  • CIM
    The First Two Years of Milling at Renabie

    By E. G. Kearnery

    Introduction It is believed that the present paper will be of some interest, not because of any outstanding features of Renabie milling practice but because Renabie is the first gold mining propert

    Jan 1, 1950

  • SME
    The Place Of Minerals In Economic Development

    By F. Taylor Ostrander

    Some countries are infinitely poorer than others in mineral resources-despite the perfect equality of their political leaders ambitions. Compare the mineral poverty of Kenya and Tanganyika with the ri

    Jan 1, 1963

  • SME
    Adaptive Environmental Management - "Reactive or Adaptive?"

    By Charles J. Kucera

    Today's highly publicized issues of resource development and environmental protection are not new. But recently these issues have been played one against the other, and some would have us believe

    Jan 1, 1979

  • AIME
    Surveying the Names on the Ballot

    By AIME AIME

    WTHIN the next month all members of the Institute will be given an opportunity to vote for a new President, two Vice-Presidents, and five Directors. All of the candidates nominated by the official com

    Jan 1, 1935

  • NIOSH
    Silicosis

    By S. L. Weber, D. E. Banks

    "Silicosis was first reported by the ancient Greeks and is apparently as old as human history. The prevalence of this illness peaked in the last half of the 19th century and the early part of this cen

    Dec 1, 1995

  • AIME
    Broadening Engineering Curricula

    By C. L. Dake

    AN insistent and steadily growing demand is evident for the broadening of undergraduate curricula in engineering. Among suggested additions are training in public speaking, report writing, business la

    Jan 1, 1934

  • CIM
    Crushing and screening circuits

    By D. W. Zandee

    "IntroductionHaving mined an economic mineral bearing rock which is of insufficient grade to warrant direct smelting, upgrading or beneficiation is required to make it an economically viable ore. The

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Lithologic Controls On Subsidence

    By Jr. Abel

    Subsidence is controlled by a complex combination of mining and geologic factors. For example, a world-wide compilation of data shows that, as the percentage of shale in the overying rock mass decreas

    Jan 1, 1980