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  • AUSIMM
    State of Affairs and Current Research Trends in Theory of Sampling Fundamentals, Including Segregation and Correctness

    By D François-Bongarçon

    The theory of sampling (TOS), and therefore representative sampling, is based on three fundamental principles: sample correctness, which handles the search for non-bias; segregation, the effects of wh

    Jul 29, 2014

  • SME
    Geological domaining with unsupervised clustering and ensemble support vector classification

    By Kasimcan Koruk, Julian M. Ortiz

    A geological model accounting for uncertainties possesses important advantages for resource estimation. Machine learning algorithms (MLAs) employed on multivariate geochemical datasets open up ways to

    Mar 1, 2024

  • NIOSH
    OFR-40-80 Effectiveness Of Inclined Roof Bolts In Coal Mines

    By Madan M. Singh

    This report presents the results of an investigation of inclined roof bolts, anchored over pillars, in room-and-pillar coal mines susceptible to shear failures of the roof. Although the field data do

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    OFR-54-(3)77 Exploration Of Illumination Concepts For Underground Coal Mines - Appendix E - Electronic Ballast For The Lucalox High Pressure Sodium Lamp

    This report, authorized by a subcontract with the Crouse-Hinds Company per Section 1.1.3b of Contract Number H0220065 Amendment Number Six, and the consent of the Contracting Officer, documents the re

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    OFR-151(1)-83 Development Of A Procedure For Land Use Potential Evaluation For Surface-Mined Land

    By Raja V. Ramani

    Productive and beneficial use of reclaimed surface-mined land is a concern of industry, government, and the general public. An investigation was conducted of current mined-land planning practices to a

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    The Red Dog VIP Mill Optimization Project - A Study in Fast-Track Project Execution and Alliance Contracting

    By Steve W. Ciccone

    The Red Dog Mine is both the largest known zinc reserve and the largest zinc producer in the world. The mine started in 1989, and by 1999 had increased production from approximately 300,000 tonnes per

    May 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Tof-SIMS Surface Analyses as a Diagnostic and Predictive Tool for Mineral Processing: New Developments and Applications

    By Brian Hart, Stamen Dimov

    "The Time of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (ToF-SIMS) is unique in that it measures the outermost atomic layers of any material. The technique is particularly suited for determining surface c

    Jan 1, 2010

  • AIME
    E. DeGolyer, Fritz Medalist

    By AIME AIME

    EVERETTE LEE DEGOLYER, past President of the Institute and Anthony F. Lucas Medalist, was presented with the John Fritz Medal at a dinner at the Wal-dorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, Jan. 14. Dr. DeGoly

    Jan 1, 1942

  • AUSIMM
    AGL Energy, Loy Yang and GHD – a Further Case Study in Alliancing: Ten Years on

    By J Missen, P Currie, J Bohan, D Clark

    AGL is one of Australia’s leading integrated energy companies and the largest ASX listed owner, operator and developer of renewable energy and thermal generation in the country. AGL owns and operates

    Jun 22, 2016

  • SME
    Environmental Management At Homestake Mclaughlin Mine (PREPRINT 90-23)

    By R. E. Krauss

    The McLaughlin Mine is a world class epithermal gold deposit located in the coastal thrust fault of Northern California, U.S.A. Homestake adopted a proactive strategy in the permitting of the Mine. Ex

    Jan 1, 1990

  • ISEE
    Applying the Concept of Difficulty of Tunnelling to Brazilian Cases

    By Luiz Guilherme Isfer Maciel, Marilena Cardu, Fernando Golin, Jacopo Seccatore

    "This study applies the concept of the difficulty of tunnelling by drilling an blasting (D&B) to selectedcases from the Brazilian tunnelling industry. The difficulty of tunnelling has been defined in

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Precious Metals Economics

    By Paul Sarnoff

    The economics of precious metals -- depending upon who is involved --could be the economics of hope, of fear, indeed of profit and perhaps survival. For those investors seeking capital gains in a puzz

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    Geology and Oxide Mineralization of the Pipestone Lake Anorthosite Complex, Manitoba

    By D. C. Peck, H. D. M. Cameron, N. M. Halden, L. S. Jobin-Bevans

    Abstract-The late Archean Pipestone Lake anorthosite complex (PLAC) is a 0.9 x 17 km sill-like layered intrusion that is part of a suite of coeval megacrystic anorthosite bodies in the Cross Lake regi

    Jan 1, 1997

  • NIOSH
    RI 4502 Report Of Research And Technologic Work On Explosives, Explosions, And Flames Fiscal Years 1947 And 1948

    By Bernard Lewis

    This report on the research and technical studies conducted by the Explosives Branch of the Bureau of Mines covers the 2-year period July 1, 1946, to June 30, 1948. A report for the fiscal year 1947 w

    Jan 1, 1949

  • NIOSH
    RI 5373 Tin-Bearing Placer Deposits Near Tofty, Hot Springs District, Central Alaska ? Summary

    By Bruce I. Thomas

    As a part of the United States Department of the Interior program for developing natural resources in Alaska, the Bureau of Mines studied the tin-bearing gold-placer deposits in the Tofty area of the

    Jan 1, 1957

  • SME
    Assessing Foam Application to Mine Roof for Longwall Mining Shield Dust Control

    By M. R. Shahan, W. R. Reed, S. Klima, T. W. Beck

    "Testing was conducted to determine the ability of foam to maintain roof coverage in a simulated longwall mining environment. Approximately 27% of the respirable coal mine dust can be attributed to lo

    Jan 1, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Northside Storage Tunnel Project

    By R J. Cuttler

    In January 1998 Sydney Water Corporation formed an Alliance with construction contractor Transfield, and engineering consultants Connell Wagner and Montgomery Watson, to design and construct the North

    Jan 1, 1999

  • NIOSH
    Developing Toolbox Training Materials For Mining - What Is Toolbox Training And Why Use It?

    By Floyd D. Varley, C. M. K. Boldt

    Toolbox training is often described as short, informal training conducted at a worksite by technically competent persons for the benefit of a work team. The key feature of toolbox training is the focu

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AIME
    Corrections to Volume 242

    Discussion of "The Ordering Transformation in Titanium-Aluminum Alloys Containing up to 25 at. pct Aluminum" by F. A. Crossley, Trans, TMS-AIME, 1968, vol. 242, pp. 726-30. Dr. Blackburn, in his re

    Jan 1, 1970

  • NIOSH
    Using Ergonomics to Enhance Safe Production at a Surface Coal Mine ? A Case Study with Powder Crews

    By Janet Torma-Krajewski

    Job tasks that involve exposure to work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) risk factors may impact both the risk of injury and production downtime. Common WMSD risks factors associated with minin

    Jan 1, 2009