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  • SME
    An Overview of Beneficiation and Hydrometallurgical Techniques on Eudialyte Group Minerals Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Victoria Vaccarezza, Corby Anderson

    The demand for rare earth elements for everyday technology and applications has initiated much research into the extraction and recovery of these rare earth elements. An otherwise unknown group of min

  • SME
    The Occurrence and Concentration of Rare Earth Elements in Acid Mine Drainage and Treatment Byproducts. Part 2: Regional Survey of Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (97fd897c-9335-44ad-81ca-4f510acd7528)

    By Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Aaron Noble, Christopher R. Vass

    Many modern industries rely on rare earth elements (REEs) to produce products that are essential to both civil and defense applications. In a prior study (Vass et al., 2019), the authors showed that R

  • SME
    The Occurrence and Concentration of Rare Earth Elements in Acid Mine Drainage and Treatment Byproducts. Part 2: Regional Survey of Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Basins Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Aaron Noble, Christopher R. Vass

    Many modern industries rely on rare earth elements (REEs) to produce products that are essential to both civil and defense applications. In a prior study (Vass et al., 2019), the authors showed that R

  • SME
    Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority Red Line Project Harvard Square To Porter Square Tunnels Cambridge, Massachusetts

    By Daniel F. Meyer

    INTRODUCTION The Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority (MIA) Red Line has served greater Boston commuter needs from its Harvard Square terminus since its opening in 1912. Since then, the population

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Design of Rock Shafts Adjacent to Heavily Loaded Columns

    By Nikolas K. Sokol

    Underground construction often requires working within a very congested urban environment, including excavating shafts adjacent to highly sensitive and multistoried structures, sometimes even within s

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Field tests of second generation proximity detection systems on continuous miners

    By Jeffrey A. Yonkey, Timothy J. Lutz, Jacob L. Carr, Christopher C. Jobes

    "Since 1984, there have been 39 fatalities involving striking and pinning of the operator and other workers by the continuous mining machine (CMM). In January 2015, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Adm

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Mine Ventilation Network Analysis

    By Robert Stefanko

    The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 had far reaching effects upon many aspects of mining, ventilation being no exception. In this paper, good ventilation procedures are briefly reviewe

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    ASARCO's Ray Operations Modernization And Concentrator Expansion Project

    By S. A. McGhee

    Introduction ASARCO's Ray Operations include an open-pit copper mine in the Mineral Creek Mining District of Pinel County. The district is located in east central Arizona, 132 km (82 miles) so

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Risk and Life Cycle Costs and Benefits for Underground Projects ? Introduction

    By Harvey W. Parker

    The underground industry is challenged by many complex technical and non-technical issues and risks. The most obvious of these are the traditional technical issues that we usually try to address with

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Develop Specifications Before Selecting Heavy-Duty Apron Feeders

    By Shular R. Scudamore

    There was a time when heavy-duty apron feeders were built to last almost forever. The machines were heavy and built to maintain certain expected longevity and reliability. Increasing emphasis on retu

    Jan 12, 1983

  • SME
    Geotechnical Baseline Reports—A State of the Practice Review

    By Bart Bartholomew, Randall J. Essex

    INTRODUCTION In June of 2004, at the North American Tunneling Conference in Atlanta, an all-day workshop was conducted to review the application of Geotechnical Baseline Reports (GBRs) for undergr

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Economics Of Autogenous Grinding

    By S. Lähteenmäki, P. Koivistoinen, J. Levanaho

    Semi Autogenous Grinding (SAG) circuit is the most common grinding circuit to day. In Europe and South Africa fully autogenous (AG) circuits are also popular. SAG circuit has a lower capital cost and

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    The Mechanism of Grouting Reinforcement of Broken Rocks Surrounding the Gob-Side Retained Entry

    In this paper, uniaxial compression tests were conducted on intact rocks and broken rocks that were reinforced by grouting, and the effects of grouting on the strength of broken rocks were analyzed. T

    Jul 28, 2020

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 2004 - Gypsum

    By R. D. Sharpe

    Gypsum wallboard manufacturers in the United States shipped 3.18 billion m2 (34.2 billion sq ft) of wall-board products during 2004 versus 2.93 billion m2 (31.5billion sq ft) in 2003. Following a hi

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Prevention Of Frictional Ignitions

    By P. C. Thakur

    Frictional ignitions (also called face ignitions) is defined as the rapid oxidation of a mixture of methane and air with a visible flame that could last from a few seconds to several minutes. These i

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    All-in Sustaining Cost Analysis: Pros and Cons

    By A. G. Yapo, T. W. Camm

    "Mining plays a key role in the development of modern civilization as a source of essential raw materials and provider of essential fuels, producer of jobs and a factor in support of the international

    Jan 9, 2017

  • SME
    China Featured at the Minnesota Conference

    By William R. Yernberg

    The combined 79th Annual Minnesota Section of SME Meeting and 67th Annual University of Minnesota Mining Symposium was held April 11 and 12, 2006, in Duluth, MN. About 300 mining professionals attend

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Water Quality Improvements Resulting From Mine Reclamation At The Summitville Mine, Colorado

    By J. C. Fox, V. L. Ketellapper

    The Summitville Mine, located in the mountains of Southwest Colorado, is an abandoned gold mine. From 1984 to 1992, Summitville was mined for gold using an open pit heap leaching technology. During

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Benefits Of The Pilot Tunnel On The Cumberland Gap Highway Tunnel Project

    By W. Randall, Robert M. Leary

    Twin 1250 m (4100 ft.) long highway tunnels through Cumberland Mountain near Middlesboro, Kentucky are planned to be completed in the early 1990's. The tunnels will be excavated in sandstones, li

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Benefits of Early Collaboration Between Designers and Suppliers in Tunnel Design

    By Günther M. Volkmann

    Continuous developments in tunneling require knowledge transfer between designers and suppliers to optimize the application of support systems. This collaboration allows the designer access to the lat

    Jan 1, 2008