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  • SME
    Feasibility Study And Design Of A New Underground Coal Mine Developed From Open Cut Highwall In Indonesia

    By Takashi Sasaoka

    About 200 M tons of coal were imported into Japan in 2007 and Indonesia was its second largest exporter, accounting for about 30 M tons (12% of the total imported coal). Indonesia produced about 200 M

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Early Cretaceous Deposits Of Kaolin Clay And Silica Sand In Nova Scotia, Canada

    By P. W. Finck

    Detailed mapping, using a large diameter diamond-drill in conjunction with high resolution reflection seismics, has increased known resources of kaolin clay and glass-grade silica sand from scattered

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Medium-Sized Surface Mine Blasthole Drill Shroud

    By W. R. Reed, J. P. Rider

    "The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) has recently developed a series of models utilizing computational fluid dynamics (C

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Calibrating Numerical Model For Room-And-Pillar Coal Mining Simulation In Weak Immediate Roof Based On In-Situ Tests

    By Andre C. Zingano

    It is a very difficult task to estimate the immediate roof and support behavior in a room-and-pillar mining section in the initial phase of the mining project. There is little information available at

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Stability Mapping To Examine Ground Failure Risk: A Field Study At A Limestone Mine

    As the surface reserves are being depleted, more and more stone operators are seeking underground mining options. Stability of underground openings is a major concern for the safety and productivity.

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    The First Adoption of Soil Cement Steel Diaphragm Walls in the Construction of Underground Railway Station

    By Koji Nakanishi, Masayoshi Karasawa, Yasuhiro Morimoto

    "Shin-Yokohama station (tentative name), one of the station of the Sotetsu - Tokyu through line (ST line), is under construction by the OPEN – CUT method. The Underground Soil–Cement Steel Diaphragm W

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Vanadium: The New ?Green? Metal And Mineral Deposits In The Colorado Plateau

    By A. D. Hammond

    Vanadium is a transition metal, ductile, silver-gray metal. It is harder than most metals and steels and it has a good resistance to corrosion, it is stable against alkalis, sulfuric and hydrochloric

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Attenuation of Mechanical Vibration During Transmission to Human Body Through Mining Vehicle Seats - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By AMIT SHARMA, BIBHUTI BHUSAN MANDAL

    Operators of mining vehicles are exposed to high levels of whole-body vibration (WBV) and are therefore at risk of developing vibration-related health disorders. For implementing an effective control

    Mar 12, 2021

  • SME
    An Exploratory Assessment Of The Risk Of Lung Cancer Associated With Exposure To Diesel Exhaust Based On A Study In Rats

    By Randall Smith, Leslie Stayner

    At the request of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, a quantitative assessment of the risk of lung cancer associated with occupational exposures to diesel exhaust was performed. This assessmen

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Evaluating Tailgate Spray Manifolds to Reduce Dust Exposures for Shearer Face Personnel

    By G. J. Joy, J. P. Rider

    "Technical advances in longwall mining over the last several years have resulted in much larger and faster shearers that have the capability of mining at speeds over 100 ft./min. This has resulted in

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Development, Design, and Installation of Climax's Tin Upgrading Circuit

    By R. M. Rowe, T. E. Irwin

    A flowsheet was developed for upgrading Climax tin concentrate to about 45 percent Sn. Bench-scale test work conducted at AMAX Extractive Research and Development, Inc., was used to design a multiple-

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Practical Application Of PSM At Golden Sunlight Mines

    By G. B. Amicucci

    A Denver Autometrics Particle Size Monitor, PSM-400, was installed at Golden Sunlight Mines, Inc. in October 1988. The PSM-400 measures the grind product's particle size and percent solids. The p

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Indian Experiences Of Mechanised Coal Pillar Extraction

    By Arun Kumar Singh

    Wide variation in the nature of the coal seams and the surrounding rock mass of the Indian coalfields and very little information about the associated stress fields were observed to be the major hurdl

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Cut-And-Fill Mining In Sweden: Development Trends And Applications

    By G. Almgren

    With the exception of sublevel caving, the most common method of underground mining in Sweden is the "cut-and-fill" method. It is normally used for mining non-ferrous metals , and' is used extens

    Jan 1, 1975

  • SME
    Geology, Genesis And Bauxite Reserves Of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

    By Johan K. Rodenburg

    A major bauxite belt was discovered and evaluated from 1969 to 1974 by P. T. Alcoa Minerals of Indonesia in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. The proven reserves of beneficiated bauxite are 800 million tons

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    The Edge Surface of Kaolinite and its Surface Chemistry

    Fundamental results obtained from research on the properties of the edge surfaces of kaolinite particles (~500 nm) are reported. Of particular significance was the development of the experimental prot

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    A New Approach To Determine The In-Situ Strength Of Coal In Mine Pillars

    By Y. J. Zhang

    This paper presents the results of a recent study on the development of an in-situ testing method for determining the coal strength in mine pillars. The strength testing is performed in the horizontal

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Novel, Fully-Automated German Tunneling Method

    By Thiemo Hagedorn, Gerhard Weissbach, Ralph Bergmann, Wilhelm J. Kogelmann

    The objective of this unique method is to multiply the advance rate of conventional tunneling while improving both ground control and the safety of the crew. The high advance rate is achieved by concu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Golden Sunlight - A New Gold Mining Operation

    By T. J. Smolik

    The Golden Sunlight Mine started full-scale operations in February 1983, with a conventional open-pit mine supplying 4464 tonnes (5000 tons) per day of milling ore. After crushing and grinding, the or

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SME
    Preparing the section foreman for his full responsibilities

    By R. L. Grayson, R. C. Althouse, M. J. Klishis

    The health and safety of employees, efficiency of the operating system, and production are paramount goals in underground coal mining. The section foreman assumes responsibility for making his part of

    Jan 1, 1987