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  • DFI
    RD Pile Wall – A Water Tight Retaining Wall Structure

    By Antti J. Perala, Teemu J. Yli-Kovero

    "Efficient use of land is constantly requiring more underground construction. Minimized execution time and disturbance to surroundings and nearby structures are essential benefits for all construction

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Pillar Design and Coal Burst Experience in Utah Book Cliffs Longwall Operations

    Longwall mining has existed in Utah for more than half a century. Much of this mining occurred at depths of cover that significantly exceed those encountered by most other U.S. longwall operations. De

    Jan 7, 2020

  • 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

  • SAIMM
    Statistics or geostatistics? Sampling error or nugget effect?

    What is a nugget effect? In the early development of geostatistics, the term ?nugget effect? was coined for the apparent discontinuity at the beginning of many semi-variogram graphs. This name was ch

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    The Adsorption Mechanisms Of Modified Thiol-Type Collectors

    By C. I. Basilio

    The mechanisms involved in the adsorption of modified thiol-type collectors on sulfide minerals have been investigated in the present work. These collectors belong to the broad classes of thionocarbam

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SAIMM
    Safety Considerations When Blasting Off The Solid In Underground Fiery Coal Mines

    By G. V. R. Landman

    In the early days of underground coal mining, the use of explosives to break coal resulted in a large number of disastrous methane and coal dust explosions and consequential loss of life. Research by

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Design Principles for Optimizing an Established Survey Slope Monitoring System

    By N. Mphathiwa

    When slope angles are designed during open pit optimization, there is a risk factor applied in steepening the slopes. The steepening of slope angles has implications for the safety and economics of th

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    A Case Study On Stoping Shift Buffering At Impala Platinum: A Critical Chain Project Management Perspective ? Synopsis

    By R. C. D. Phillis

    Conventional stoping in hard rock mining is largely considered an operational environment. This paper suggests that stoping falls within the realm of a project management environment typified by uncer

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    The Cariboo and Bridge River Goldfields, British Columbia

    By Victor Dolmage

    Introduction Although gold production in British Columbia began in 1859, lode gold was not produced till 1893. Since 1900, the annual production of lode gold has fluctuated between $3,000,000 and $6,

    Jan 1, 1934

  • AUSIMM
    Reflections on Gold Occurence at Bendigo

    Cessation of mining on the Bendigo goldfield makes it evident that, as the older generation fades away, knowledge of the famous Bendigo saddle reefs will be limited in the future by their written reco

    Jan 1, 1961

  • AUSIMM
    The Preparation and Properties of Cemented Carbides

    Much interesting data on cemented carbides has been published over a period of years which, when classified and pieced together, gives a clear picture of this special branch of powder metallurgy. This

    Jan 1, 1942

  • AUSIMM
    Government and the Resource Industry

    Throughout history, many of the world's achievements, conflicts and problems can be traced to the demand for minerals. With the rapid expansion of our industrialised society in recent years the d

    Jan 1, 1986

  • DFI
    Statnamic Pile Testing Case Studies

    By Michael J. Brown

    It is often necessary to undertake some form of pile testing to verify design calculations. Historically this has been limited to static and dynamic tests. Newer rapid testing methods such as Statnami

    Jan 1, 2006

  • NIOSH
    RI 5141 Titanium Plant At Boulder City, Nev.: Its Design And Operation ? Introduction

    By C. T. Baroch

    The purpose of this report is to describe the design features and techniques used in operating a plant capable of producing about 1,500 pounds of titanium metal per day. The process used was based on

    Jan 1, 1955

  • CIM
    Contrasting Kimberlites and Lamproites

    By Barbara H. Scott Smith

    "During the last two decades lamproites have joined kimberlites as the only two known primary sources of economic quantities of diamonds. This paper contrasts the petrography, primary and xenocrystic

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AIME
    Appendix C - Weights And Measures.

    By Herbert Clark Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover

    As stated in the preface, the nomenclature to be adopted for weights and measures has presented great difficulty. Agricola uses, throughout, the Roman and the Romanized Greek scales, but in many cases

    Jan 1, 1950

  • AUSIMM
    Energy Dissipation in Long-Distance Slurry Pipelines

    Energy Dissipation in Long-Distance Slurry Pipelines

    Sep 13, 2010

  • NIOSH
    OFR-49-87 Juneau Gold Belt Area - 1986 Update

    By Earl Redman

    The Juneau Gold Belt portion of the Juneau Mining District has historically had the greatest mining and exploration activity within the district. Between 1880 and 1983, the mines within the Juneau Gol

    Jan 1, 2011

  • CIM
    Restauration Du Site Minier Poirier (Joutel) - Expériences Acquises Et Suivi Des Travaux

    By Richard Maurice

    RÉSUMÉ La restauration du site minier Poirier, à Joutel s?est déroulée entre 1998 et 2001. Le principal élément des travaux a été la restauration du parc à résidus et des zones d?épanchement qui tot

    Nov 1, 2002

  • AIME
    Papers - Flotation - Correlation between Mineral Behavior in Cataphoresis and in Flotation (T. P. 2005, Min. Tech., May 1946, with discussion)

    By S. C. Sun, A. M. Gaudin

    This paper presents the results of a. study of the relationship of the electrokinetic or zeta potential to flotation phenomena. The relationship is established on the experimental evidence that mine

    Jan 1, 1947