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  • SME
    Potential Pathways forMining Operations to Transition to Renewable Energy—a Case Study - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Oliver W. Marsden, John O. Marsden

    This paper presents the results of a hypothetical case study that evaluates the potential transition of a large copper mining and extraction operation to 90% renewable energy. The case study considers

    Jun 4, 2021

  • CIM
    Concentrate Dewatering Modernization at the INCO Thompson Smelter

    By Mika Muinonen

    "Dewatering of nickel concentrate at the INCO Thompson integrated mine-metallurgical site takes place within the smelter plant. The eight original 60 foot diameter cable torque thickeners of which fou

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Arc-Electrode Interactions In Silicon And Ferrosilicon Furnaces

    By J. Bakken, M. Th. Jonsson, G. Sævarsdottir

    A typical three-phase submerged-arc furnace for production of silicon metal and ferrosilicon has arc currents ~100 kA, phase voltages ~100 V and total furnace power ~10 - 60 MW. The arcs burn in gas f

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    Recent Improvements in Grinding at the Williams Mine

    By T. R. Raponi

    "The Williams Mine, Canada's largest gold mine, processes over 6,000 t/d of ore utilizing SAG/ball milling, leaching and CIP, carbon stripping, electrowinning and refining to produce gold dare bullion

    Jan 1, 1994

  • NIOSH
    RI 9445 - Gob And Gate Road Reaction To Longwall Mining In Bump-Prone Strata

    By Alan A. Campoli

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted research to characterize longwall gob loading under bump-prone geologic conditions. Bureau-designed stress meters were installed in the floor rock beneath two longwa

    Jan 1, 2010

  • NIOSH
    Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling Of Spontaneous Heating In Longwall Gob Areas

    By L. Yuan, A. C. Smith

    To provide insights for the optimization of ventilation systems for U.S. underground coal mines facing both methane control and spontaneous combustion issues, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) stud

  • ISEE
    DynoMiner™ APS Underground Explosive Loading System

    By Daniel Roy

    This paper introduces a new, safer bulk emulsion loading system for underground mining operations. The features and benefits of the equipment, along with the use of Dyno Nobel Inc. patented gassed emu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    Discussion of Papers - Stress Conditions Under Which Core Discing Occurs

    By D. E. Stephenson. Discussion by R. G. K. Morrison, L. Obert

    R. G. K. Morrison (Chairman, Dept. of Mining Engineering and Applied Geophysics, McGill University, Montreal, Que., Canada) - The discing of drill core has been a recognized pressure phenomenon for ma

    Jan 1, 1967

  • SME
    Mining Foundation of the Southwest Selects 1999 honorees

    The Mining Foundation of the Southwest (MFSW)promotes public understanding and education related to the mining industry. Towards this goal, the Foundation has funded several projects from donations a

    Jan 1, 1999

  • TMS
    A Review on Application of Crown Ethers in Separation of Rare Earths and Precious Metals

    By V. I. Lakshmanan

    Crown ethers are gaining importance in separation technology specifically for rare earth elements (REE, La to Lu plus Y) and precious metals (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Rh and Ir) due to their specific binding a

  • AUSIMM
  • SME
    Application of Environmental Engineering Models in Systems for Decision Making Support

    By B. Salopek, D. Rajkovic, D. Rumenjak

    In decision making support system, that are used in various fields of environmental protection (environmental impact assessment, environmental management systems, setting environmental standards and r

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    Time-Lapse Tomography of A Longwall Panel: A Comparison of Location Schemes

    By Kray Luxbacher, Erik Westman, Peter Swanson

    Three-dimensional time-lapse velocity tomograms were generated to image stress redistribution around a longwall panel to produce a better understanding of the mechanisms that lead to ground failure. M

  • CIM
    The Effect of Water Corrosion and Shot Peening on Fatigue Strength of Mining Drill Rods

    By T. W. Wlodek

    "AbstractThe results of research into the fatigue properties of SAE 1080 carbon steel and nickel-chromium-molylbdenum steel for mining drill rods are analysed and described in detail.The effect of wat

    Jan 1, 1952

  • NIOSH
    RI 6576 Experimental Caustic Leaching of Oxidized Zinc Ore. and Mineral and the recovery of Zinc From Leach Solution.

    By R. S. Lang, C. C. Merrill

    The recovery of zinc from oxidized zinc minerals by the caustic soda leach and electrolytic or chemical precipitation was investigated . With the exception of willemite ( 2 ZnO • Si0₂ ) oxidized zinc

    Jan 1, 1965

  • AIME
    Stability Considerations in Underground Oil Shale Mining - A Case History

    By V. Rajaram

    The oil shales of the Green River Formation in the United States have been considered as a source of liquid hydrocarbons since 1908, with the first retort constructed in Colorado in 1917. However, it

    Jan 1, 1983

  • DFI
    Design Of Foundation On Granular Piles For Five Storeyed Esidential Complex At Nazira, Assam - Synopsis

    By B. N. Hira

    A multistoreyed residential complex was at the penultimate stage of construction by ONGC at Nazira, Assam. The site was situated at high earthquake zone. The subsoil was very weak and contained soft t

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Metrorail's Dual Chamber Rock Tunnel Station--Two Can Be Simpler Than One

    By Charles W. Daugherty

    INTRODUCTION The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA's) rapid transit system, Metro, ultimately will comprise 162.5 km (101 miles) of line divided among 10 routes. As

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    Bubble Load Measurement in the Pulp Zone of Industrial Flotation Machines - A New Device for Determining the Froth Recovery of Attached Particles

    By David Seaman, J-P Franzidis, Emmy Manlapig

    "A new device has been developed to directly measure the bubble loading of particle-bubble aggregates in industrial flotation machines, both mechanical flotation cells as well as flotation column cell

    Jan 1, 2004

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