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Evidence for a Feeder Pipe and Associated Alteration at the Brunswick No. 12 Massive-Sulfide Deposit (6ba284c3-b619-4b87-9743-c3aba495d77c)
By Wayne D. Goodfellow, William M. Luff, Steven J. Juras
Brunswick No. 12 is a vent-proximal massive sulfide deposit that formed above a feeder pipe with associated hydrothermal alteration. Because of the replacement of bedded sulfides deposited above the h
Jan 1, 1992
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An electrochemical criterion for galvanic protection of steel exposed to marine environments
By H. E. Wilde
"Zinc has been used for many years as a galvanic coating for the protection of steel. Electrochemical measurements show that zinc actually overprotects steel. The corrosion rate of DQSK (drawing quali
Jan 1, 1990
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An Overview of the ULU Gold Deposit, High Lake Volcanic Belt, Nunavut, Canada
By R. Carpenter, H. Muntanion, P. Kleespies, E. Flood, M. Tansey
Abstract - BHP Minerals discovered the Archean lode gold ULU deposit on the western margin of the High Lake Volcanic Belt in 1989. The greenschist to amphibolite facies mafic volcanic and sedimentary
Jan 1, 2004
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Diavik ? The Art of the Possible
By Doug Ashbury
Diamond Miners? Challenges ? Remote ? 300 kilometres from Yellowknife ? Sub-Arctic conditions ? permafrost, climate ? No power ? No all-weather roads ? Ore bodies difficult to find ? Caribou, fi
Apr 1, 2005
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Underground water bulkhead construction at Pamour No. 1 mine
By H. Kalsi
"IntroductionRoyal Oak Mines Inc. is currently operating the Parnour No.1 mine located 10.5 miles east of Tinunins, adjacent to Highway No. 101. The operation produces gold ore at a rate of 3300 tpd.
Jan 1, 1994
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Mine and Tailings Effluent Treatment at the Kimberley, B.C. Operations of Cominco Ltd. (641e0bef-605a-4287-82ae-93ec545560c0)
By W. J. Kuit
"Complex facilities which provide for the collection, management and treatment of effluents emanating from the Sullivan mine and concentrator tailings were made operational in October, 1979. Key featu
Jan 1, 1980
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Treatment of Complex Feeds at Noranda Copper Smelting and Refining
By Peter Godbehere, Christian Desroches, Viken Baboudjian
"Noranda Copper Smelting and Refining is a unit of Noranda Metallurgy Inc., comprising the Home smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec and the C.C.R. Refinery in Montreal East. The Home smelter provides cus
Jan 1, 1995
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Influence of Mining Excavation on Energy Redistribution and Rockburst Potential
By G. Lafont
Aug 1, 2013
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A proposed underground communication system for the near-future
By Pierre Montrueil, Marcel St-Amant
Within the next few years, underground mobile equipment will be partially automated. Mining methods will integrate more and more automation. Such an evolution will be possible only if adequate undergr
Jan 1, 1994
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Key Lake: the trail of its discovery
By Gerhard Kircbner, Boen Tan
"IntroductionThe Key Lake uranium-nickel ore deposits are located in the Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan, Canada (Fig. 1). Many papers have been published on Key Lake in the past (Dahlkarnp a
Jan 1, 1994
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Comprehensive Heat Study at a Wyoming Underground Trona Mine
By Arash Habibi
The FMC Westvaco Trona Mine is located near Green River, Wyoming and has an annual production of 4.5 M tons. The underground mine has three active development panels and one longwall panel. The mining
Aug 1, 2013
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Tax issues during hard times
By Robert B. Parsons
"During hard times, the focus on tax issues makes a slight change in direction. Mining companies contemplate the tax treatment of transactions and circumstances which are the product of a difficult fi
Jan 1, 1993
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Committee issues report on federal sales tax reform
By Robert B. Parsons
"""I would be a rich man if I had a dime for every man hour spent by the bureaucracy on changing tax legislation."" Anonymous.The mind of a cynic might very well conjure thoughts about ""change for th
Jan 1, 1983
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Sequential Acid Leaching of Nickel Laterites with Iron Precipitation
By J. D. Gillaspie, D. T. White
"Sulphuric acid atmospheric leaching of nickel saprolite / garnierite ores was proposed in the early twentieth century, prior to the development of the pressure acid leaching process for limonite ores
Jan 1, 2016
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Grade Control and the Life of Mine Plan
By Mike McKevitt
We are trying to promote a concept and a change in management?s approach to the iterative process of grade control. This is important as grade control must routinely try and achieve the long term obj
May 1, 2009
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Recent Progress of the “O-SR Process” Technology
By I. Ueda, S. Ishikawa, T. Nagata
“O-SR process” in which the S-Furnace of the Mitsubishi process is followed by existing reverberatory furnaces (RFs) and Peirce Smith (PS) converters has been operated since December 2007. The S-Furna
Jan 1, 2019
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Use of Models to Help Evaluate River-Water-Quality-Protection Measures
By William DeWit
When rivers are contaminated from industrial operations, as often occurs near repositories of spent mine tailings, decision-support tools can be critically important in evaluating the effectiveness of
May 1, 2011
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Phoenix Camp, B. C.
By R. H. Seraphim
"The Phoenix Camp, in the Boundary Creek district of southern British Columbia, produced before 1920 about 15 million tons of ore averaging more than l ·5 per cent copper, about 0.03 ounces per ton in
Jan 1, 1949
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Ball Mill Overload Detection Algorithms
By D. Sbarbaro
In many modem concentrators the use of supervisory systems in their grinding circuits has meant more consistent operations and increases in capacity. These systems rely on a series of specific algorit
Jan 1, 2007
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Optimization of a Tilt Poured Permanent Mold Casting via Solidification Modeling
By Bernard Tougas, Franco Chiesa, David Levasseur, Bernard Duchesne
"In the present paper, the optimization of a tilt poured permanent mold will be carried out using filling and solidification modeling. This exercise resulted in 3 modifications of the initial mold des
Jan 1, 2014