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Can We Decrease The Ecological Footprint Of Base Metal Production By Recycling? - 1. IntroductionBy PC Pistorius, DR Groot
The South African base metals industry has been one mainly focused on the production of metals or metal compounds from primary ores. This is true for metals such as titanium, vanadium, chrome, mangane
Jan 1, 2007
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Acustic-Pulsation-Based Intensification Of Heat Transfer In Continuous FurnacesBy Alexey Lozhko
The technical-and-economic furnace exploitation indices are considerably influenced by the system of heat utilization. In the situation of total output decrease works are forced to exploit furnaces at
Jan 1, 2006
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Controlled Blasting in a Historic Mining TownBy John Yenter
"Unique blasting problems during reconstruction and expansion of 100 year old buildings toaccommodate gambling. Located on steep mountainous terrain and linked by narrowroadways, the towns of Central
Jan 1, 1993
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Standards, Environmental Regulations and Consequences for Tunnel Blasting Projects in Urban Areas in SwedenBy Rundqvist
The best method to minimise disturbances from traffic to the neighbourhood and in Urban is probably to go underground. For obvious reasons this will cause vibrations, noise and other environmental eff
Jan 1, 2001
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Long-Range Planning Commission: Report of the Scope CommitteeBy Charles C. Dahl, Gordon C. Presley, Andrew E. Nevin, Bruce A. Kennedy
How does SME-AIME cope with profound changes in technology, markets - and most importantly - in employment patterns facing its membership today? This is the question that prompted the Society's B
Jan 4, 1984
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Symposium on Tailings RevegetationBy E. Watkins, J. C. LeRoy, A. Vivyurka
"TAILINGS REVEGETATIONWelcome to the Revegetation Session. My instructions are to introduce the Speakers and to provide a general introduction.I do the latter with humility not only because of a lack
Jan 1, 1975
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Chloride hydrometallurgy for complex sulphides: A reviewBy D. S. Flett
"The current state-of-the-art of chloride hydrometallurgy for treatment of complex sulphide bulk concentrates is reviewed. General considerations regarding the various flowsheet steps are examined and
Jan 1, 2002
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Conflict Management And The Resolution Of Natural Resource Disputes In The Mining IndustryEnvironmental conflict management approaches and procedures have been used to successfully address and resolve a variety of issues, problems, and conflicts related to the extraction of natural resourc
Jan 1, 2000
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Ground Pressure Control With Use Of Freezing Rocks On The Ore Deposits Of YakutiaBy G. P. Neobutov
The near surface inclined gold ore deposit is mined out at freezing temperature. The replacement of ore pillars by artificial freezing rocks during the rock pressures control in this conditions presen
Jan 1, 1996
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The First Electrolytic Copper Refinery in the USA at the Chemical Copper Co. Phoenixville, Pa – History RevisitedBy E. Wraith, W. W. Culver, B. Wesstrom, P. J. Mackey
Electrodeposited copper of the 1860s was of unprecedented purity, although the profound significance of this achievement was not fully realised until the dawn of the electrical age a decade or so late
Jan 1, 2019
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Parameter Estimation Of The Inverse Distance Estimation Algorithm - Preprint 09-116By G. Jalkanen
Parameter estimation of the inverse distance estimation algorithm is presented. The objective function to be minimized is a sum of squared cross validation errors. The unknowns to be estimated are the
Jan 1, 2009
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Shortwall facebreak beneath a dolerite sill—learning points from a recent event at Matla Coal mineBy J. W. Latilla, J. J. van Wijk
A running facebreak ahead of the powered support units occurred on the number 4 seam at Matla Coal’s number 3 shaft (Matla 3) in April and May 2002.Very difficult mining conditions were experienced fo
Jan 1, 2003
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Proactive Measures for Fatality Prevention in the Mining Industry ù Why Fatalities Persist While Lost Time Injuries DeclineThe traditional measure of Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) as a measure of improvement in safety performance is recognised as inadequate and misleading, lulling managers into believing that sa
Jan 1, 2003
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The Regulation Opportunity - PreludeBy R. Dillinger
In the environmentally conscious social atmosphere today, reclamation in surface mines has become a main issue to the public and the regulatory committees. In response to this increased attention, ma
Jan 1, 2011
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Forthcoming Meetings Of Societies (f32eb768-261f-4f69-aadb-44087505a3ce)Organization Place Date 1919 National Drainage Congress St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 11-13 American Mining Congress St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 1.7-21 Canadian Mining Institute Vancouver, B. C. Nov.. 26-28 America
Jan 11, 1919
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The need for technology standards for mobile equipment in the mining industryBy T. Skinner, M. Sahebkar
"In recent years, the mining industry has been inundated with new technologies and software systems to aid in productivity improvement. Accompanying this increased level of technology and computer sys
Jan 1, 2003
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Optimising Stope Sequences for Long Term Mine PlanningBy André van Wageningen
Long-term mine scheduling is one of the most difficult optimization problems. The problem is said to be NP-complete in that the best possible solution cannot be found any quicker than checking all pos
May 1, 2004
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MLA 14-92 - Mineral Investigation Of The Valle Vidal Unit, Carson National Forest, Colfax And Taos Counties, New MexicoBy John R. McDonnell
The Valle Vidal Unit comprises 100,000 acres In Taos and Colfax: Counties, New Mexico. The unit was donated to the American public In 1982 by the Pennzoll Co. and is administered by the U.S. Departmen
Jan 1, 1992
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Managing the hazard of wind blast/air blast in caving operations in underground minesBy P. Sharma, J. C. W. Fowler
This paper discusses the wind blast / air blast phenomenon, how it is managed in coal mines and how it might best be managed in other underground mines. L'article qui suit a pour objets de dé
Jan 1, 2003