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  • CIM
    Fuel Investigations of the Research Council of Alberta (1919-1940)

    By W. A. Lang

    RESEARCH has been defined as the link between the present and the future. Science, wonderful though its achievements may be, has but scratched the surface of the unknown. Research is directing its att

    Jan 1, 1942

  • SME
    Maintenance Control ? A Four Level Approach - Who's Right?

    By Mark L. Munsell

    In recent years, miners have tried many approaches to maintenance such as: - Highly sophisticated computerized programs. - large planning groups designed to preplan and schedule work. - Contract

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    Application study of UAV technology in tailings pond monitoring

    By T Zhao, K Wang, Z Zhang

    Tailings pond safety monitoring is vital for preventing dam failures and ensuring environmental safety. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can enhance tailings pond monitoring with flexible operational c

    Sep 1, 2024

  • TMS
    Partitioning of Chalcopyrite by Sulfidation

    By M. J. Adam

    The Bureau of Mines is investigating the feasibility of partitioning complex sulfide minerals to simpler sulfide phases by sulfidation reactions. Such partitioning can afford opportunity to improve se

    Jan 1, 1987

  • CIM
    Factors Influencing The Loosening Zone and Calculation Method for Support Pressures of Shallow Tunnels in Layered Rock Strata

    By Zhiwei Wang, Chunsheng Qiao

    "Aiming at the problems of the existing calculation methods for the support pressures of shallow tunnels in layered jointed rock strata, by using OAT (orthogonal array testing strategy) and DEM (disti

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Economics And Directional Growth In Aluminum Industry

    By Alexander Karim

    This paper reviews the growth pattern in bauxite and alumina production, and primary aluminum smelting through 1980. Because the alumina and primary metal are intermediate products of the major int

    Jan 1, 1968

  • NIOSH
    IC 7347 Utilization Of Natural Gas For Chemical Products

    By Harold M. Smith

    Among the more important raw materials now utilized for the commercial production of synthetic organic chemicals is natural 'gas. Natural gas has been used as a fuel and source of energy almost f

    Jan 1, 1947

  • CIM
    The Salt Deposits of Malagash, Nova Scotia

    By A. R. Chambers

    Malagash received its name from the Indians many years ago on acco.unt of its turbid (milky) waters, although,' the red men did not appreciate the significance of this turbidity, and were, of cou

    Jan 1, 1924

  • SAIMM
    The West Driefontein Reclamation Carbon-In-Pulp Plant; Pilot Plant Testwork, Design, Commissioning And Optimization

    By G. D. Buson

    Driefontein Consolidated Limited has a proud history in the South African gold mining industry dating back to March 1945 with the formation of the West Driefontein Gold Mining Company. The reclamation

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Case Histories of the Application of the STG Integrated Grouting Method

    By Yu. A. Polozov, V. A. Lagunov, O. Yu. Lushinkova, Yu. I. Svirskiy, Eh. Ya. Kipko, Roy A. Williams

    The integrated grouting method, as developed in the USSR, can be applied to multi-purpose operations that in¬clude the construction of shafts, drifts, and tunnels. In the USSR it has been used extensi

    Jan 1, 1993

  • CIM
    Caro's acid-an oxidant for acid leaching of uranium ores

    By M. Yamine, R. J. Ring, D. J. Waters

    "An experimental program has been carried out by the Australian Atomic Energy Commission to compare the effectiveness of Caro's acid as an alternative oxidant to pyrolusite in the leaching of ura

    Jan 1, 1984

  • DFI
    SIMBAT Dynamic Pile Testing - Results of an Independent Pile Capacity' Prediction Event

    By Richard T. Stain

    "In 2001, a pile trial site was established at Limelette in Belgium consisting of 25 displacement screw piles and 5 driven pre-cast piles. Interested parties were invited to participate in a pile pred

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    RI 8806 - Recovery of Alumina From Anorthosite by an HCI-F-Gas Sparging Crystallization Process

    By J. A. Eisele

    The Bureau of Mines is investigating the recovery of alumina from domestic nonbauxitic resources, including anorthosite. The United States has large reserves of anorthosite, but its aluminum content i

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Pit Slope Geotechnical Design

    Mine pit slopes in the Pacific Rim are a geotechnical challenge because of the complex geology in which they are developed. Mines are currently being fast-tracked to meet the increase in commodity pri

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ABM
    Metallic Interconnects For Application In High Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Sofcs): Thermodynamic Study Of The Oxidation Of Ferritic Stainless Steels

    By Aline Lima da Silva

    The reduction in SOFC operating temperature due to recent development in materials and fabrication techniques enables the use of ferritic stainless steels as interconnects for SOFCs. Ferritic stainles

    Aug 8, 2018

  • SME
    Reconciling The Conflicts Between Objectives Of Owner, Developer And The Public In Mineral Ventures

    A viable mineral economy requires availability of economic deposits, the ability to exploit then, and protection of the public interests. The natural tendency for each party to consider only its legit

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    A Study Of Hydrocyclone Classification Of Coal Fines By CFD Modeling And Laboratory Tests

    By S. Torno

    The elimination of ultrafine (<10 µm) clay particles is essential to the treatment of abandoned coal-washing plant tailings for the recovery of the remaining coal fraction by enhanced gravity processi

    Jan 1, 2011

  • IMPC
    Study on Comprehensive Utilization Technology OF A Polymetallic Silver Ore

    The ore studied occurred in the Three Rivers area in China and was a silver-lead-zinc complex ore containing 400.52 g/t silver, 4.77 % lead and 3.47 % zinc. Silver, lead and zinc were the major valuab

    Jan 1, 2014

  • DFI
    Practical Aspects Of Compensation Grouting ? Synopsis

    By Philip J. H. Ball

    The new application and development of grout jacking processes has combined, over the last decade in particular, to provide a method by which the effects of new underground construction on superficial

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AUSIMM
    Treatment of the Siirt-Madenk÷y Ores by Flotation

    Treatment of the Siirt-Madenk÷y Ores by Flotation

    Sep 13, 2010