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  • SME
    Multicriteria and Modular Approach for the Transition from Open Pit to Underground Mining: De-Risking Concept - SME Annual Meeting 2026

    By Enrique Rubio Esquivel, Matías Fuentes Bustamante

    The transition from open pit to underground mining represents a key strategic challenge in modern mine planning. This paper presents a multicriteria and multivariable methodology to plan such a transi

    Feb 22, 2026

  • SME
    Targeting And Prioritizing Safety Interventions In West Virginia

    By R. L. Grayson

    Using powerful database management software, nested-field analysis and microanalysis of narratives have been made of West Virginia accident data, resulting in a new approach for targeting and prioriti

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Designing a Geostatistical-Based U-Spatial Statistics Algorithm for the Separation of the Anomaly Area: Application at Baghqloom Porphyry Copper System, Southeastern Iran - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Omid Asghari, Seyed Reza Ghavami-Riabi, Sajjad Talesh Hosseini

    Separation of geochemical anomalies from the background using various methods for identifying areas of higher mineral potential is a critical first step in Greenfield and Brownfield programs. There ar

    May 3, 2021

  • SME
    Global Mining: Priorities in a Politically Challenging World

    By James P. Cooney

    What is required for the mining industry to grow and prosper in a politically challenging world? The answer to this can be summarized as “the industry’s three priorities.” The first priority is g

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Integrating the Toquepala and Cuajone SX/EW Operations

    By Igor Gonzales G.

    The Southern Peru Copper Corp. (SPCC) recently built an integrated copper project consisting of dump- and heap-leaching operations at its mine complex in Peru. The pregnant leach solution (PLS) conta

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Thermal Runaway Pressures of Iron Phosphate Lithium-Ion Cells as a Function of Free Space Within Sealed Enclosures "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Liming Yuan, Isaac Zlochower, RICHARD THOMAS, Thomas H. Dubaniewicz, Teresa Barone

    Mining vehicle manufacturers are developing lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery electric vehicles as an alternative to diesel-powered vehicles. In gassy underground mines, explosion-proof (XP) enclosures are

    Nov 6, 2020

  • SME
    Effects of Furnace Slope and Rotational Speed on the Carbothermic Reduction of Celestite in a Laboratory-Scale Rotary Kiln Furnace "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020)"

    By Göksel Hızlı, Selim Ertürk, Ayşegül Bilen, Raşit Sezer, Cüneyt Arslan

    The carbothermic reduction of celestite is the first step in producing many strontium products. The way materials move in the rotary kiln has an essential effect on the carbothermic reduction efficien

    May 7, 2020

  • SME
    The Effects of Rock Mass Properties on Explosive Energy in Rock Blasting

    By Yashar Pourrahimian, Magreth S. Dotto

    Fragmentation by blasting is a critical process in hard rock mining. The blasting process and outcomes are highly influenced by rock mass properties and their response to higher stresses and loading r

    Jun 25, 2023

  • SME
    Chino Mine Modernization (42751eeb-90fb-45db-9b4e-7a395db33fa5)

    By R. D. Wunder

    The Chino Mines Company, a Kennecott-Mitsubishi partnership, located in Hurley, New Mexico, recently completed a $405 million modernization of its mine, concentrator, and smelter facilities. The mine/

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    The Use Of High Alumina Refractory In A Combustion Chamber

    By John F. Oyler

    The performance of high alumina refractory subjected to high compressive loads and high temperatures is an area in which operating experience is quite limited. This paper documents the results of five

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Case Study Of Efforts To Reduce Costs And Increase Production At A Mid-Sized International Mining Company

    By M. V. T. Da Silva, J. C. Harrison

    Eldorado Gold Corporation of Vancouver, B.C. owns and operates three gold mines. The São Bento underground gold mine in Minas Gerais State, Brazil produced 105,907 ounces in1997. The La Colorada and

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Excavating Marine Deposits At Namibia?s Diamond Deposits

    By Helmut Mischo

    For more than 100 years, diamond mining has been Namibia?s most important mining sector. Today, it provides the highest foreign currency income for the country?s development. Since the late 1970s, off

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Design Methodology of Pumpable J-Crib Stopping Wall and Jennmar High-Strength Stopping Panel Wall

    By Xiaoting Li, Richard Adasiak, Benjamin Mirabile

    Pumpable J-Crib stopping walls and Jennmar high-strength (HS) stopping panel walls are widely used for resisting high-ventilation air pressures and roof support in underground mines due to their insta

    Jul 1, 2023

  • SME
    Optimization of High‑grade Fluorspar Recovery from Rare Earth Element Carbonatite Deposit Using Column Flotation

    By Kristin K. Mueller, Lucie Coudert, Thi Yen Chau Nguyen, Lan Huong Tran, Jean‑François Blais, Guy Mercier

    Fluorite (calcium fluoride—CaF2), also known as fluorspar, is an industrial mineral used in metallurgy, hydrofluoric acid production, and ceramics manufacturing. Based on the results from a previous s

    Sep 9, 2022

  • SME
    Nonferrous Minerals Getting Day in the Sun

    By Sabina Brady

    Nearly a decade and a half after the US and China established formal diplomatic relations, and two decades after the two countries signed the Shanghai Communique and established commercial ties, the w

    Jan 7, 1983

  • SME
    Challenging Conventional Wisdom And Setting New Priorities Concerning West Virginia Mine Safety Performances (f62e11b8-0b71-4164-a7fc-42c3b392f321)

    By R. L. Grayson

    Conventional mine safety wisdom states that "the most efficient mines are also the safest." Since the 1980s, small mines (and contractors) have been targeted as the most dangerous ones because of thei

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Boron: A Review of 1995 Activities

    By J. C. Norman

    The United States was the world’s largest producer and consumer of boron compounds during 1995. According to estimates from the US Geological Survey(USGS), boron mineral concentrate and chemical prod

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Prospects for chemical coal cleaning (Technical Note)

    By D. J. Boron, R. Kollrack

    Introduction The US has the largest total (364 Gt, or 401 billion st) and recoverable (182 Gt, or 201 billion st) coal reserves in the world (Steam/Its Generation and Use, 1978). However, progressi

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Human Factors Issues Associated with Mobile Mining Equipment‐Related Injuries of Ghanaian Surface Gold Mines

    By Charlotte Abena Benyarku, Albert Buabeng, Eric Stemn

    The abstract highlights the increasing use of mobile equipment in mining and its contribution to accidents. The research analyzes injury narratives from Ghanaian surface gold mines to understand the i

    Mar 29, 2022

  • SME
    Estimation of Reaction Heat in Ti-Bearing Blast Furnace Slag—Sulfuric Acid System Based on Mechanical Mixture Model "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Fan Yang, Meigui Yi, Lan Xiang, Zhuoying Yang

    This paper reported the calculation of the reaction heat in titanium-bearing blast furnace slag (abbreviated as TBFS)-H2SO4 system based on estimation of thermodynamic data of CaTiAl2O6 by mechanical

    Feb 1, 2021