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Homestake’s McLaughlin mine : One of the largest US gold mines comes onstream in 1985Introduction The Homestake Mining Co. has always been big on gold. After 108 years in the business, the company and its principal product are almost synonymous. The relationship continues. On Sept.
Jan 1, 1986
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Latitudinal/land-mass proximity controls on ferromanganese crust composition and resource potential, Ninetyeast Ridge, Indian OceanBy Kira Mizell, James R. Hein, Tracy Conrad
"The Ninetyeast Ridge (NER) extends roughly N-S as a topographic feature for 5000 km, from 31° south to 10° north (Fig. 1) where it becomes buried beneath the Bengal Fan at its northern end. These two
Sep 1, 2014
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Mineralogic Sources Of Metals In Leachates From The Weathering Of Sedex, Massive Sulfide, And Vein Deposit Mining WastesBy S. F. Diehl
Weathered mine waste consists of oxidized primary minerals and chemically unstable secondary phases that can be sources of readily soluble metals and acid rock drainage. Elevated concentrations of met
Jan 1, 2011
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Site Development Over an Abandoned Coal MineBy Gennaro G. Marino
During the preliminary design stages of the Illinois Division of Natural Resources(DNR) building, it was discovered that an old coal mine was present some 70 m (220 ft) beneath the building site. Th
Jan 1, 2000
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A Thermodynamic and Environmental Assessment of Lanthanide Chloride Production from BastnaesiteBy A. Nivala, S. Ulgiati, M. Canino
Mining and processing of bastnaesite ore, (Ln)CO3F, for lanthanides extraction is investigated in this paper. This series of elements proved to be applicable for a wide range of high-tech uses. In spi
Jan 1, 2005
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Operating a Commercial-Scale Bioleach Reactor at the Congress Gold PropertyBy Ralph P. Hackl
Ore at the Congress gold property, located near Goldbridge, British Columbia, is extremely refractory with most of the gold disseminated in fine-grained arsenopyrite. Metallurgical testwork conducted
Jan 1, 1990
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Mining in the Newspapers: Local and Regional Media Representations of Mineral Exploration and Mining in Finland, Germany, and Spain - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)By TUIJA MONONEN, LUDGER BENIGHAUS, CHRISTINA BENIGHAUS, Virginia del Rio, SARI KAUPPI, JUHA M. KOTILAINEN, JAVIER GÓMEZ, JARI LYYTIMÄKI
The understanding of public debates over mineral exploration and mining largely originates from exceptional situations such as mining accidents of conflicts. Less is known about how mining is portraye
Jul 6, 2021
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Blizzard fails to keep 7,202 away from SME Annual Meeting in Denver, COOne of the critical challenges facing the mining industry ? and not just in the United States ? is the looming labor shortage. A significant percentage of the industry?s professional workforce is, wel
Jun 1, 2013
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Effectiveness Of Pennsylvania’s Remining Program In Abating Abandoned Mine Drainage: Part 2 - Efficacy Of Best Management PracticesBy J. W. Hawkins, K. B. C. Brady, K. Miller, J. Cuddeback
Remining of abandoned coal mines in Pennsylvania requires the implementation of pollution abatement and mining techniques called Best Management Practices (BMPs). Water-quality data from over 100 remi
Jan 1, 2002
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Comparison of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Constituents Estimated using FTIR, TGA, and SEM–EDXBy Setareh Afrouz, Emily Sarver, Cigdem Keles
The resurgence of severe lung disease among US coal miners since the mid-1990s has led to efforts to better characterize and monitor respirable dust exposures, particularly focusing on mineral constit
Feb 24, 2022
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Increasing Kaltim Prima Coal Overland Conveyor Speed To 8.5 MPSBy Poltak Sinaga
PT Kaltim Prima Coal?s 13.1 km overland conveyor (OLC) was commissioned in 1991. It is of conventional 3 roller 350 trough belt type. Cost and performance optimization during initial design ended up w
Jan 1, 2008
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The Behavior of Zinc and Iron in Neutralized Residue During Pressure LeachingBy Kaixi Jiang, Chaozhen Zheng, Shuchen Qin, Hao Ma, Yufang Wang
The study investigates the behaviors of zinc and iron in neutralized residue during pressure and hot acid leaching. It examines the effects of temperature, acidity, leaching time, and oxygen partial p
Feb 14, 2022
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Evaluation of carbon monoxide and smoke sensors at a low ventilation velocityBy Richard A. Thomas, III JAMES H. ROWLAND, Liming Yuan
This paper presents the results of large-scale fire experiments on evaluating the performances of carbon monoxide (CO) and smoke sensors at low ventilation velocities. Experiments using three differen
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Blast-Induced Rock Movement Measurement For Grade ControlBy Ananta L. Yennamani
Blast movement measurement (BMM) transmitters are a practical method to measure three-dimensional (3D) rock movement because of blasting. The BMM transmitters are activated, programmed and installed i
Jan 1, 2011
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Exploratory Shafts For The Nuclear Waste Repository In BasaltBy Birger Schmidt
INTRODUCTION Conceptual design of the first Exploratory Shaft (ES-I) for the Nuclear Waste Repository in Basalt (NWRB) began in July 1981; detailed design began in February 1982, and was largely co
Jan 1, 1987
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Methods For Predicting Gas Outbursts In Salt And Coal Mines (3b68f076-0ff9-40e2-9f53-8ce41cf2b6fc)By N. Cruickshank
Gas outbursts occur as sudden eruptions of gas and minerals from the face of a mine heading as the heading approaches potentially burst-prone (or anomalous) zones of rock. Such outbursts have resulted
Jan 1, 1985
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Use of the Field-Based Silica Monitoring Technique in a Coal Mine: A Case Study Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (73df3ae5-6ddf-4125-a270-9ce737fe4b48)By James J. Meadows, Jason D. Pampena, Emanuele G. Cauda, Lauren G. Chubb
Exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) can cause serious and irreparable negative health effects, including silicosis and lung cancer. Workers in coal mines have the potential of being expose
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Treatment of Copper-Gold Ores at El Indio, ChileBy George Hope, Edward H. Smith
In late 1989, LAC Minerals purchased 65% of Bond International Gold and as a result became controlling shareholder of the El Indio Mine through Bond and San Jose. El Indio is a world class, complex s
Jan 1, 1990
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Analysis of Fall-Related Imminent Danger Orders in the Metal/Nonmetal Mining Sector Mining, Metallurgy and ExplorationBy Mahiyar Nasarwanji, Jonathan K. Hrica, Jonisha P. Pollard, Lydia M. Kocher, Brianna M. Eiter
Within the metal/nonmetal mining sector, fall-related incidents account for a large proportion of fatal and non-fatal injuries. However, the events and contributing factors leading up to these inciden
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Climate Change For Mine Planners: Some FundamentalsBy R. D. Williams
In spite of the increasingly polarized and politicized view of climate science and climate change in the United States, many of the principles behind the ?theory? of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW)
Feb 27, 2013