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IC 6602 Shaft-Sinking Methods, Practices, And Costs Of The Consolidation Coal Co. At Its No. 261 Mine, Caretta, McDowell County, W. Va. ? IntroductionBy Laurence F. Kelley
This paper is one of a series being prepared by the United States Bureau of Mines on shaft-sinking methods and costs at individual operations in various mining districts of the United States. The meth
Jan 1, 1932
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Agglomeration Binders To Improve Efficiency Of Copper Heap LeachingBy S. Kawatra, K. Lewandowski
Heap leaching efficiency is reduced by poor solution flow characteristics (channeling and ponding), which result from fines migration. Agglomeration of the ore can immobilize fines, but copper leachi
Jan 1, 2007
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Feasibility Study On Triboelectrostatic Concentration Of <105 µm Phosphate Ore ? SynopsisBy S. O. Bada
Fine phosphate feed is considered to be slime and normally disposed of as a discard in settling ponds or dumped as landfill. The purpose of this research was to establish whether commercially acceptab
Jan 1, 2012
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Visualization of Fine Bubbles and Their Role in Fine Particle FlotationBy Wei Sun, Jaewon Choung, Zhenghe Xu, Zhangming Cui
"High intensity conditioning has been demonstrated in a number of cases to enhance fine particle flotation. The improvement could be attributed to the enhanced formation of particle aggregates. Howeve
Jan 1, 2006
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OFR-40(1)-81 Coal Mine Equipment Population Characterization And Protective Structure Status - Volume IBy Gary R. Gavan
This report presents the results of a research project that gathered detailed information on the composition of the population of mobile equipment used in U.S. coal mines. A computerized data bank con
Jan 1, 1978
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The Influence of Geology on Blasthole Deviation (0b527217-6b23-477f-8c0b-03e530d5c921)Blasthole deviation is a frequent, well documented and undesirable occurrence in mining operations. It is caused by the drill string mechanics, operating variables and the interaction between the dril
Jan 1, 1996
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Tools For The Transfer Of Strata Control KnowledgeBy T. O. Hagan
Analyses of accident records show that a better understanding of very basic strata control principles and practices, by production personnel, will improve worker safety. Workers, lack of knowledge, wi
Jan 1, 2005
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Methods Of Constructing Concrete Piles On Heavily Contaminated SitesBy N. C. Matheson
The West's Shell Pile has been used on sites with very soft ground conditions for over 60 years. Fibre reinforced precast concrete shells 900mm long are threadled onto an internal mandrel which c
Jan 1, 1989
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Discussion - Selective flocculation for the recovery of iron in Kudremukh tailings - Technical Papers, MINING ENGINEERING, Vol. 37, No. 11, November 1985, pp. 1312-1315By K. Hanumantha Rao, A. Nayak, K. S. Narasimhan, S. N. Mahapatra
B.A. Hancock It is not at all surprising that causticized potato and potato derived amylopectin starch solutions performed much better than their parent starches. Some preparation is required to ru
Jan 9, 1986
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RI 9467 - Improved 6.8L Furnace for Measuring the Autoignition Temperatures of Dust CloudsBy Ronald S. Conti
A new U.S. Bureau of Mines 6.8-L ignitability furnace was used to study the thermal autoignitability of dust clouds. This furnace has a quartz window to allow observation of the early stages of the ig
Jan 1, 2010
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Controlled Flotation Processes: Prediction And Manipulation Of Bubble-Particle CaptureThe processes by which particles and bubbles interact capture many of the central concepts of colloid science and hydrodynamics. This area of research embraces hydrodynamics, interfacial(including cap
Jan 1, 1999
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1970s – SME Moves Headquarters From New YorkBy William M. Gleason
The war in Vietnam stretched into another decade, an American President was at the brink of impeachment, the earth was given its own day, twin tower monuments of American ingenuity were completed in N
Jan 1, 2007
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Development of Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu MineBy John Frostiak
"Kahama Mining Corporation Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation, poured the first dore bar and filtered the first concentrate produced at the Bulyanhulu mine on February 28,
Jan 1, 2003
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IC 6742 Milling Methods And Costs At The Concentrator Of The Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Premier, B. C., Canada ? IntroductionBy D. L. Pitt
This paper, describing the milling methods at the concentrator of the Premier Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Premier, B. C., Canada, is one of a series being prepared by the United States Bureau of Mines on m
Jan 1, 1933
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Noise & Hearing Protection - Development Of Two Training Exercises For DrillersBy Edward A. Barrett, Roberta A. Calhoun
MORE THAN 30 MILLION EMPLOYEES each year are exposed to hazardous occupational noise, and approximately one-third of them develop permanent hearing loss (NSC, 2000). Possible explanations for the latt
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A Thermodynamic Model For The Reaction Zone Of Lead Blast FurnaceBy Pengfu Tan
A thermodynamic model has been developed to predict the distribution behaviors of Cu, Fe, S, O, Pb, Zn, As, and heat balance in a lead blast furnace. The modeling results have been validated by the pl
Jan 1, 2005
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Carvão Vegetal Como Aditivo Para Coqueificação: Estudo Da Reatividade Ao Co2By Bruno Deves Flores
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo investigar a influência da adição de carvão vegetal e do seu tamanho de partícula na reatividade do coque. Para isso, um carvão vegetal de eucalipto foi adicionad
Aug 1, 2018
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The development of techniques to predict and manage the impact of surface subsidenceCOALTECH 2020 initiated a research project to provide the coal mining industry with a modelling tool to determine the expected types of subsidence, risks and the investment required in post-closure fu
Jan 1, 2003
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Dewatering Of Fine-Particle Slurries Using A Compound-Beach Decanter With Cake-Flow Control (SME Annual Meeting Feb. 26-28, Denver, Colorado)By A. H. Shapiro
A decanter centrifuge of novel design was developed for the dewatering of fine-solids slurries having micron-range particles that form paste-like, flowable, hard-to-dewater cakes. The design combines
Jan 1, 2001
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Discussion - Shaft Sinking Today– A Boring Business Tomorrow - Technical Papers, MINING ENGINEERINS, Vol 33, No, 12 Dec. 1981, PP. 1705-1710By Maurice Grieves
GC. Waterman Mr. Grieves' paper on "Shaft Sinking Today--A Boring Business Tomorrow" in the Dec. 1981 issue of MINING ENGINEERING is an excellent description of recent improvements in speed an
Jan 3, 1983