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Meeting The Challenge Of The 80's - Cost Reduction Measures At The Iron Ore Company Of Canada's Carol Project 1980-85
By I. A. Tinto
Labrador City is located in the southwestern portion of Newfoundland-Labrador, approximately 965 kilometers north-east of Montreal. The mine and beneficiation complex of the Iron Ore Company of Canada
Jan 1, 1985
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Classification of mining induced seismicity at the Kiirunavaara mine - RASIM 2022
By Ping Zhang, Shahram Mozaffari, Andreas Ylmefors
The risk associated with mining induced seismicity and the related rock bursts has become one of the major threats to the safety and sustainability of mining at the Kiirunavaara mine. The causes of mi
Apr 26, 2022
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Simulation And Measurement Of Space And Time Varying Pollutant Concentrations From A Diesel Powered Vehicle In A Dead-Ended Drift
By Harold J. Schock
The cases of no auxiliary ventilation and ventilation with tubing were mathematically modeled, using a turbulent dispersion model. The scooptram that is used to load is modeled as a variable-speed, va
Jan 1, 1981
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Application Of Landsat Imagery To Kaolin Mining Operations In Southeastern US ? Introduction
By H. Lawrence
In 1977, the Bureau of Mines awarded a grant to the State of South Carolina to explore the possibility of using Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS) data as an aid in monitoring surface mining activiti
Jan 1, 1979
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Study on Oxidation Kinetics and Mechanism of Copper Slag Under Non‑isothermal Conditions
By HONGWEI YANG, Lili Zhang
The oxidation behavior of copper smelting slag under non-isothermal conditions was studied by thermal analysis. The results indicate that the copper slag is mainly composed of fayalite ( Fe2SiO4) and
May 16, 2022
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In Situ Mining Push-Pull Field Test For Evaluating Cation Exchange Parameters (a57858ec-c582-44b1-a0a6-69023fa6878e)
By D. R. Tweeton
A modified push-pull field test and a computer model of cation exchange were developed to aid in evaluating cation exchange parameters prior to in situ mining. Reliable determination of these paramete
Jan 1, 1986
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Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) Of Input Parameters For Stochastic Simulation (2793a398-dd69-4408-93ce-b71655bebca8)
By K. V. K. Prasad
Stochastic simulation has been routinely used for performing risk and sensitivity analyses in a variety of fields. The commonly used means of generating the simulations has been the Monte Carlo approa
Jan 1, 1993
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A Comparison of Laser Scanning and Photogrammetry in an Underground Limestone Mine
By R. Bishop, J. Baggett, J. Monsalve, N. Ripepi, A. Soni
Technology plays an ever-increasing role in improving the safety and efficiency of mining operations. Laser scanning and photogrammetry are two useful methods for capturing 3D digital representations
Jan 1, 2019
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Aluminum recovery by acid leaching of variously enriched pyrophyllite ore: Effects of pretreatment methods for activation
By Turan Uysal, Ramazan Aydogmus, MURAT ERDEMOGLU
The paper investigates the effects of calcination for thermal activation and intensive milling for mechanical activation on aluminum recovery by acid leaching of pyrophyllite ore enriched via attritio
Nov 1, 2023
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Analysis Of Reported Ventilation Costs For Uranium Mine Radon Daughter Control
By Robert C. Bates
Published information discussing uranium mine radon daughter controls and related costs was examined and used to develop an estimated (projected) cost per ton for any level of control. Results show a
Jan 1, 1983
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Effects of FAME Biodiesel and HVORD on Emissions from an Older-Technology Diesel Engine
By S. E. Vanderslice, J. A. Hummer
"The results of laboratory evaluations were used to compare the potential of two alternative, biomass-derived fuels as a control strategy to reduce the exposure of underground miners to aerosols and g
Jan 12, 2017
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New Mine Development - Overview Of Freeport-McMoRan?s Proposed DMLZ Mine At Grasberg
By I. Duckworth
P.T. Freeport Indonesia operates a mining complex located in the highlands of Papua, Indonesia. This district consists of underground and surface operations. The East Ertsberg skarn system (EESS) is
Jan 1, 2010
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In-Situ Leaching Of Crownpoint New Mexico Uranium Ore. III. Laboratory Study Of Strong Leaching Systems: Sodium Hypochlorite ? Introduction
By T. C. Vogt
The past history of uranium production has been dominated by strip and shaft mining methods, but recently in-situ leaching has emerged as a viable alternative for uranium recovery. (1-8) Mobil was the
Jan 1, 1981
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Characterization of Colemanite and Its Effect on Cold Compressive Strength and Swelling Index of Iron Ore Pellets "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"
By Mahaboob Basha Shaik, Shakuntala Tudu, Indrajit Paul, Chandra Sekhar, Neha Gupta, Amit Kumar, Srinivas Dwarapudi, Arvind Kumar Patel
In this study, the effect of colemanite and calcined colemanite (CC) addition on the properties of iron ore pellets is studied. The pellets are prepared in a lab without and with 0.2% colemanite and v
Oct 16, 2020
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The Florence Copper Project: Building A Next Generation Copper Producer
By Rustyn Sherer
Curis, the name of a new Arizona-based mineral development company, is an acronym which stands for ?Cu? (elemental symbol for copper), ?r? (recovery), ?is? (in situ, the Latin for ?in place?). The co
Jan 1, 2011
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Underground stope optimization at Agnico Eagle’s Kittilä Mine
By K. Huttu, A. van Wageningen
"The Kittilä underground mine in northern Finland is extracting one of the largest known gold deposits in Europe. Kittilä achieved commercial production on May 1, 2009, becoming Agnico Eagle’s first m
Jan 1, 2015
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Life-Of-Mine Schedule From Multiple Pits: Case Study For The Tenke Fungurume Mining District
By R. Benito
This paper describes the development of a life-of-mine schedule (LOM) for one of the world's largest known sedimentary copper-cobalt districts located in the Katanga Province, Democratic Republic
Jan 1, 2011
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World’s largest live tunnel connection at TARP McCook Tunnel
By Faruk Oksuz, Dave Schiemann, Matt Trotter, Mike Padilla, Carmen Scalise, Miquel Sanchez
"The McCook Main Tunnel system consists of a 10-m (33-ft) finished diameter, 490-m (1,600-ft) long, hard rock tunnel constructed from a 27.5-m (90- ft) diameter and 92-m (300-ft) deep main gate and tu
Sep 1, 2016
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Dry Beneficiation of High Silica Blue Dust –Turning Waste to Wealth
By G. E. Sreedhar, R. Kumar
The pockets of high silica blue dust across the entire high grade hematite deposits in the Bailadila sector bothers the excavation activity due their iron content, which is higher than the threshold v
Jan 1, 2019
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Itmk3®– Application Of A New Ironmaking Technology For The Iron Ore Mining Industry
By O. Tsuge, G. Hoffman
ITmk3®(Iron Technology Mark III) is an innovative new ironmaking technology whereby high quality iron nuggets are produced directly from iron ore fines and coal in a rotary hearthfurnace1). The react
Jan 1, 2003