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  • SAIMM
    The Road To NPV+

    By R. Hummel

    When the slope angles of the southern side of the Venetia open pit were required to be flattened by some 20 degrees after an analysis completed by De Beers geotechnical engineering in conjunction with

    Jan 1, 2001

  • NIOSH
    RI 5999 Changes In Stress Concentration Created By Undercutting In Block Caving ? Summary And Introduction

    By Robert H. Merrill

    Several investigators have obtained solutions for the concentration of stress around circular, ovaloidal, elliptical, and rectangular holes in an elastic, isotropic, semiinfinite plate subjected to un

    Jan 1, 1962

  • CIM
    Environment Driven Innovation of Hydraulic Excavators

    By Axel Doelcken

    ?? Liebherr excavators in standard configuration are generally designed to operate in an ambient temperature range between -12°C and +55°C (10.4 °F and 131°F). ?? To operate effectively and efficient

    May 1, 2008

  • SME
    Ground Control of Strip Backfilling Water Conservation Mining in Shallow Coal Seams

    According to the classification of water conservation mining in shallow coal seams in China, when the ratio of the impermeable layer thickness to the mining height is less than 18, the mining belongs

    Jan 7, 2020

  • AUSIMM
    Longwall Mining at Huntly West

    By W Farnworth

    The Huntly West Mine has undergone significant changes in the last two years, which will affect the remainder of the mine's life. The paper describes the evolvement of plans and an overview of th

    Jan 1, 1991

  • AUSIMM
    A Semiquantitative Chromatographic Method for Estimating Gold

    A field method combining solvent extraction and paper partition chromatography permits a simple and rapid semiquantitative estimation of gold in siliceous, argillaceous and sulphide ores. The method w

    Jan 1, 1964

  • AUSIMM
    The Petrology and Paleoenvironmental Setting of Coal at Waitewhena Coalfield û Relationships Between Paleoenvironment, Coal Type and Analytical Data

    Lower Miocene Maryville Coal Measures at Waitewhena Coalfield, in the Taranaki coal region, include seams of sub-bituminous coal up to 4 m thick. During coalfield exploration Fletcher Challenge Ltd dr

    Jan 1, 1987

  • NIOSH
    RI 7405 Viscosity Of The Helium-Nitrogen System From 133° To 740° K For Pressures Between 1 And 240 Atmospheres

    By Robert E. Wood

    The temperature dependency of the low-density viscosity coefficients, ?°T, of helium and of nitrogen, 100° to 1,000° K, is correlated with empirical equations, and the temperature and composition depe

    Jan 1, 1970

  • CIM
    A Re-Examination of the Sacred Cows in the Sart Process

    By M. Melashvili

    "The SART Process was introduced to the gold mining industry in the late 1990s and several commercial plants were built over the following 10 to 15 years. Most of these plants have operated well and e

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    Coal clearance system at Zondagsfontein Colliery ? Synopsis

    By P. Mogodi

    The purpose of the project was to propose a coal clearance system (coal transportation system from the mining face to the plant) that could be used for the planned underground operations at Zondagsfon

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Soil Profiles Along The Alignment Of The I-880 Replacement Project

    By Mark A. Willian

    The purpose of this short paper is to present soil profiles and basic soils information for the portion of the I-880 Replacement Project alignment where highway structures are to be built. The informa

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Kenya- A New Source Of Titanium Minerals

    By J. C. Potvin

    Although the occurrence of deposits of titanium minerals on Kenya’s present day beaches and adjacent dune systems has been well documented, the potential for older formations to host economically viab

    Jan 1, 2001

  • CIM
    Porcupine Joint Venture A new birth ? a new venture ? a plan for success!!!

    Located in Timmins, Ontario the Porcupine Joint Venture, a pooling of assets between two existing operations (the Dome Operation of Placer Dome (CLA) and the Hoyle Pond Operation of Kinross Gold Corpo

    May 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    The 2,600 Feet Level Exploratory Drive North at North Broken Hill Limited

    CONTENTSIntroductionNorthern ExplorationDrive ConceptionGeneralDriving CrewDrive Cross Section and Track DetailsVentilation by Electrically Driven FanTemperatures and HumidityFan PerformanceRock Drill

    Jan 1, 1946

  • SAIMM
    Application Of Shotcrete At Oryx Mine

    By D. P. Venter

    When Oryx Mine down-scaled in 1994, focus was placed on development, with the primary aim being the exposure and proving of ore reserves. In order to achieve this aim, development ends had to be advan

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Large-scale infrastructure projects. Application of rock mechanics in geotechnical engineering to avoid delays in constrution time and increases of costs—case studies

    By W. Wittke

    SUMMARY: Geotechnical problems often lead to an increase of construction time and costs for large highway and railway projects. Some reasons, which have led to failures and thus to a delay of construc

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Economic Recovery and Upgrade of Metals from Middling and Tailing Streams (c573bdd5-90fc-4072-9ce3-2caa48051cb4)

    "As mine head grades decline and orebodies become more complex, traditional mineral processing techniques and flowsheets to achieve saleable concentrate become more difficult to design and construct.

    Jan 1, 2017

  • DFI
    Response to Load for Four Different Types of Bored Piles

    By Mario Terceros H., Bengt H. Fellenius

    "ABSTRACTFour strain-gage instrumented bored piles were constructed in a sedimentary, dense to very dense, fine to medium sand in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Two of the test piles were the normally used bore

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Application Of Tunnel Boring Machines To Coal Mine Entry Development

    By Thomas J. Crocker, Douglas B. Uthus

    Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) have gained worldwide acceptance in the construction field and are being employed in ever increasing numbers to drive underground transit lines, drainage systems, etc. How

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    IC 6245 Effect of Abnormal Air Conditions on Mine Workers

    By R. R. Sayers

    "The number of investigations reported during the past year indicates that control of the health hazard due to abnormal air conditions is still a matter of serious consideration in the mining, metallu

    Feb 1, 1930