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  • SME
    30 Years Of On-Stream Analysis At The Pyhasal Mine

    By S. Uihteenmaki

    Pyhasalmi is a massive sulfide orebody located in central Finland. The mine has been in operation since 1962. The flotation concentrator produces Cu, Zn, Pb and pyrite concentrates. The plant has used

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Hazardous Waste Minimization Programs

    By H. Reed

    The precious metal mining industry in Nevada handles and generates a certain amount of hazardous materials and waste on a regular basis. These products range from processing material additives to was

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Chemical Mining - Theoretical And Practical Aspects

    By Paul W. Johnson

    Chemical mining is the in situ extraction of metals from ores located within the confines of a mine (broken or fractured ore, stope fill, caved material, ores in permeable zones) or in dumps, prepared

    Jan 1, 1967

  • SME
    Loading Characteristics of Mechanical Rib Bolts Determined Through Testing and Numerical Modeling

    By Gamal Rashed, Zorica Radakovic-Guzina, Khaled Mohamed

    "Underground coal mines use mechanical bolts in addition to other types of bolts to control the rib deformation and to stabilize the yielded coal ribs. Limited research has been conducted to understan

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Geology Of The Twin Buttes Copper Deposit Pima County, Arizona ? Introduction

    By James L. Kelley

    The Twin Buttes Mine, one of the more recently developed large copper mines in the United States, is in the Pima Mining District about 25 miles south of Tucson (Figure 1). Other copper producing mines

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Direct sulfuric acid leaching of zinc sulfide concentrate using ozone as oxidant under atmospheric pressure Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By M. Z. Mubarok, Z. T. Ichlas, A. T. Sugiarto, K. Sukamto

    The use of ozone as an oxidant for the direct leaching of zinc sulfide (sphalerite) concentrate in sulfuric acid medium under atmospheric pressure was explored. The influence of acid concentration, fe

  • SME
    Unconventional Resources Of Strategic Metals - General Remarks

    By B. F. Dickerson

    STRATEGIC METALS! Recently, this money accented cry has been heard in such diverse locales as Mining company boardrooms, Banker's offices, Stockbroker's quarters, Swindler's dens and Co

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Investigations on Longwall Mining Subsidence Impacts on Pennsylvania Highway Alignments

    By Emily Adelsohn, Robert Winn, Anthony Iannacchione

    "Over 600 longwall panels have been mined in Pennsylvania in the last 50 years. Of those 600 panels, 25 panels undermined interstate highways. Despite this quantity of panels, much is still unknown re

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Economic Evaluation Of Processing Semitaconite - Introduction

    By Ronald M. Hays

    During the twentieth century the Mesabi Range in northeastern Minnesota has been the major source of iron ore for American steel mills. The Mesabi Range extends along an iron bearing outcrop known as

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    Column Flotation Circuit Design

    By D. Castillo

    The effectiveness of a flotation column is due principally to the addition of wash water to the froth phase. The wash water flow rate can be significant, especially so for systems yielding a high weig

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    A Comparison Of Gold, Platinum And Sulfide Ion Selective Electrodes As Sensors For Eh Measurement In Sulfide Solutions

    A comparison of gold, platinum and sulfide ion selective electrodes was made in this investigation for determination of Eh in solutions containing sulfide ions as a model system. The comparison was ma

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    The Risks in Fundamentals of Recoverable Resource Models

    By M. E. Rossi, J. A. Bassan, J. B. Novillo

    Sampling and geological models are the basis of recoverable resources models. They are pillars of mineral resources and reserves estimation, and what geostatistical methods for grade estimation should

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    The Structural Changes Of Bituminous Coal Particles During Pulverized Coal Combustion

    The effect of the chemical composition of pulverized bituminous coal particles on their physical transformation during the initial stages of combustion has been investigated. The results suggested tha

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Two-Component Backfill Grouting at the Three Rivers Protection and Overflow Reduction Tunnel: Above and Below Ground Challenges and Solutions - RETC2021

    By Francesco Chiappalone, Tanner Murt, Lance Waddell, Cristina Oñate Salazar

    The 3RPORT project is a 5-mile-long, 16-foot-internal-diameter tunnel excavated in hard rock by Slurry TBM in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Two-component grouting can be separated into two core areas of operat

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    Hydrologic Considerations In Mine-Site Evaluation

    By Lawrence R. Molsather

    Certain hydrologic parameters are affected by development of a mine. These include the area, yield, and storage in a watershed. Alteration of these parameters results in variations in lake levels and

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Opportunities for Plant-Site 3D Coarse Particle Characterization with Automated High-Speed X-Ray Tomography (f5f74fcc-44e0-47db-a251-7416acf76474)

    By J. D. Miller, C. L. Lin

    "The use of 3D X-ray tomography analysis for plant-site characterization of coarse particles at a sampling rate of about 3 kg/min for particles ranging in size from 150 mm to 1 mm at a voxel resolutio

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    New Developments In Headed Rebar Ground Support

    By Roland C. Walker

    Traditional headed rebar has existed in the mining industry as a ground support product for many years. The head of a rebar bolt is most commonly produced by hot upset die forging. Upset die forging

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Reducing the fire and explosion hazards of flame-cutting and welding in underground coal mines

    By W. D. Monaghan

    One of the major ignition sources of fires and explosions in underground U.S. coal mines is flame cutting and welding. On May 20, 2006, a flame-cutting operation at the Darby Mine No. 1 led to an exp

    Jun 1, 2010

  • SME
    Practical Model Approach for Relationship Between Radioactive Waste Container Emplacement Position and the Spatial Thermal Radiation in Dry Salt Grit Backfill - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Louis Schaarschmidt, Helmut Mischo, Ibrahim Alsalamin

    In order to store high-level radioactive waste underground, the German repository concept considers clay, crystalline and salt formations as suitable host rock materials (National Citizens’ Oversight

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    Particle Size Impacts on Reagent Consumption and Recovery

    By R. Xiong, A. K. Fallaw, G. Wang, L. R. Moore, S. Dobson, J. Gu

    "INTRODUCTION The Central District of the Florida phosphate industry is located in southwest Polk and southeast Hillsborough Counties, with the Southern Extension lying in western Hardee, eastern Mana

    Jan 1, 2015