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  • SME
    Simtars New Mobile Gas Laboratory For Emergency Response

    By D. Brady

    The need for onsite gas monitoring during, or following, a major incident at an underground coal mine has long been recognised. Recommendations from inquiries following Queensland mine disasters have

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Evaluation of Empirical Coal Pillar Strength Formula Based on Uncertainty Criterion

    By Navid Hosseini

    Several empirical equations to estimate coal pillar strength have been presented in academic studies. The development processes of these equations are similar and are usually obtained by fitting the m

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    New Trends For An Integrated Mining Control System - Introduction

    By K. Short

    Over the past several years, the mining and minerals market was overloaded with discussions around reviving mature terminologies like distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic controllers

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Energy Plan For Mining Operations - Introduction

    By F. Mielli

    Ranging between 20% and 40% of the typical mining operational costs, energy in mining operations is a growing concern for the industry. However, this concern is a complex, multi-faceted variable that

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Implementing Best Practices of Metal Accounting at the Strathcona Mill

    By Donald Leroux, Asim Tuzun, Simon Gariépy, Luc Lachance, Hayley Halsall-Whitney

    "The importance of coherent material balance results has long been recognized by mining and metallurgical companies. Although this is still true nowadays, various stakeholders are increasingly concern

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Development and Application of Polyurethane Injectable Cable Bolts

    By Dakota D. Faulkner

    Cable bolts have been very effective in mine ground control. Non-tensioned and tensioned cable bolts are now used for both primary and supplemental bolting (Suder, 2001; Mirabile, 2010). In the United

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Commercialisation Of Research In The Minerals Processing Industry

    Commercialisation of outcomes from research projects is a process often poorly understood and managed, but has the potential to achieve significant benefits for the industry and community as a whole.

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Beneficiation Of Zircon Sand In South Africa - Synopsis

    By S. Lubbe

    South Africa and Australia are the biggest suppliers of zircon sand to the international zirconium industry. However neither South Africa nor Australia is well known for zircon beneficiation. Geratec

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Narrow Vein Long Hole Stoping

    Due to deposit shape and dimension, narrow vein makes reserve modeling, geological control, stope design, drill and blasting more challenging. It needs high standard quality control as errors can be c

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    High Performing HMA Design Optimization

    By O. F. Brown

    The use of quality materials (aggregates and asphalt binder) in optimal proportions is the key to producing optimally performing hot mix asphalt (HMA). The Superpave mix design standard in the US intr

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Estimation of Ground Control Risk By Real?Time Quantitative Visual Assessments

    By Alexander Garcia

    Roof and rib falls are the basic ground control hazards associated with underground roadways during development, stand up and, if applicable, retreat. Falls of ground can happen following the deterior

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Metal-Rock Pair Characterization In Excavation Engineering - Synopsis

    Abrasivity and wear resistance are not intrinsic properties of materials, but rather parameters describing the interaction between the wear part and the material exerting the wearing action. Moreover,

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Kinetics And Thermodynamic Parameters For The Manufacturing Of Anhydrous Zirconium Tetrafluoride With Ammonium Acid Fluoride As Fluorinating Agent ? Synopsis

    By C. J. Pretorius

    More than 30 percent of the global demand for zircon (ZrSi04) is supplied by South Africa. A significant amount of the zircon is exported, and beneficiated products are then imported for industrial ap

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Innovative Roof Support Systems For The Next Generation Of Mining

    By S. C. Tadolini

    Roof support systems have evolved from standing posts and timbers to a generation termed ?big nails? where steel bars are inserted into boreholes and anchored with expansion shells and/or resin cartri

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Remote Sensing In Management Of Mining Land And Proximate Habitat ? Synopsis (c72a7306-b2b5-47b6-8485-87f58ff82fa2)

    By K. Koruyan

    Although remote sensing technology has been available for many years, it has rarely been used for monitoring mining activity. Recent studies indicate that remote sensing is also a valuable tool for ma

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Feasibility Study On Underground Coal Gasification Of No. 15 Seam In Fenghuangshan Mine ? Synopsis

    By W. G. Huang

    To recover the coal resources of high-sulphur anthracite in Jincheng Mining Area, underground coal gasification (UCG) of No. 15 seam in Fenghuangshan Coal Mine was proposed. The feasibility of the pro

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    The Study Of Geotechnical Parameters For Paste Technologies: A General Review

    By A. Bascetin

    Waste materials caused by mining activities are an important environmental problem. Paste technology is a good alternative for waste management because it has many benefits in the aspects of environme

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Manufacturing Of Anhydrous Zirconium Tetrafluoride In A Batch Reactor From Plasma-Dissociated Zircon And Ammonium Bifluoride - Synopsis

    By M. M. Makhofane

    Anhydrous zirconium tetrafluoride can be used as a precursor for the manufacturing of nuclear-grade zirconium metal. This can be done by fluorinating plasma-dissociated zircon with ammonium bifluoride

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    TEM Studies Of Pt-Al-Cr-Ru Alloys - Synopsis

    By M. B. Shongwe

    Pt-based alloys are being developed for high-temperature applications with the aim of replacing some of the currently used Ni-based superalloys (NBSAs) in the highest temperature applications. The Pt-

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Improved Understanding Of Explosive?Rock Interactions Using The Hybrid Stress Blasting Model ? Synopsis

    Since 2001, the Hybrid Stress Blast Model (HSBM) project members have developed a software suite to model the complete blasting process from non-ideal detonation to muck pile formation. To preserve th

    Jan 1, 2012