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  • NIOSH
    IC 8176 Bureau Of Mines Boiler-Water Service ? Introduction (6f2e9b1e-2f49-4ea8-8219-0bf417d911f0)

    By A. A. Berk

    Other Federal agencies have been coming to the Bureau of Mines for help with the purchase and utilization of fuel, largely coal, almost since the day the Bureau was created in 1910. The requests cover

    Jan 1, 1963

  • CIM
    Telerobotic experiments for mining (8fd4a26a-5d34-4ad8-b4a0-4ac70eca96ab)

    "The application of telerobotics to mining is currently being introduced into production systems around the world. Mining companies in Canada, Sweden, South Africa, and Australia have tended to lead t

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Keynote Address: Industrial uses of slag—The use and re-use of iron and steelmaking slags

    By R. Dippenaar

    Traditionally, iron ore has been reduced with coke in a blast furnace and the hot-metal product of the blast furnace containing carbon, manganese, silicon, sulphur and phosphorous, was subsequently re

    Jan 1, 2004

  • CIM
    A Short History of Mineral Processing

    By Fathi Habashi

    "Crushing and grinding of ores and their beneficiation by washing away gangue minerals has been practiced since ancient times. Primitive crushing was done by hand pounding the ore with a hard stone th

    Jan 1, 2009

  • IOM3
    Facies model for interval between UG2 and Merensky Reef, western Bushveld Complex, South Africa

    By W. D. Maier, H. V. Eales

    Paper presented at the IAGOD international symposium on mineralization related to mafic and ultramafic rocks held in Orleans, France, 1-3 September 1993. A lithological and geochemical study revealed

    Apr 1, 1994

  • AUSIMM
    A comparison of X-ray and electron-based analysis techniques for characterising the mineralogy and alumina distribution in iron ores

    By M I. Pownceby, C M. MacRae, A Torpy

    Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and quantitative X-ray diffraction (QXRD) techniques are capable of providing high-quality quantitative information regarding the phase mineralogy and distribution

    Jul 24, 2017

  • SME
    Purification of high-grade calcite ore by flotation with alkyl diamines

    By P. Dhar, H. R. Kota, M. Thornhill

    Precipitated calcium carbonate is used as a filler and coating material in the manufacturing of paper because of its high brightness and light scattering characteristics. However, beneficiated calcite

  • SME
    World?s Largest TBM Keeps Niagara Project On Track

    By Doug Harding

    The Niagara Tunnel Project (NTP) is a 10.4-km- (6.5- mile-) long, 14.4-m (47.5-ft) bored tunnel that will run under the city of Niagara Falls from the Upper Niagara River to the Sir Adam Beck power st

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Second Manapouri Tailrace Tunnel Design and Construction Considerations

    By Brian Heer, David Young, Randall Essex

    The Manapouri Power Station is New Zealand’s largest hydroelectric facility located on the South Island of New Zealand. Constructed in the 1960’s, it includes a 700 MW under-ground power station and

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Stabilisation of Pit Slopes, Waikaka Alluvial Gold Mine

    Wet mining of auriferous gravels at L & MÆs Waikaka operation in Southland creates spoil dumps derived from stripping of a clay rich overburden, tailings from past dredging and the processing of aurif

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    "Journal: 100 Years / Keystone Placer Testing and Mineral Prospecting Drillers Catalog No. 2Keystone Driller Company Beaver falls, Pennsylvania 1907"

    By Oliver Finn

    Gold dredging has made such rapid strides of late and there is such a widespread interest in this branch of mining that I venture to contribute a detailed account of the way in which a Keystone drille

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    The Re-Engineering Of The Ground Handling System At Cullinan Diamond Mine

    By A. W. Bester

    Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of B. Eng. (Mining Eng.) Cullinan Diamond Mine currently handles 3.2 million tons of run of ore per annum. This is done by means of a

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    IMPACT OF OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SEGREGATION ON FEMALE WORKERS' WELL-BEING AND RETENTION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY - SME Annual Conference 2023

    By J. Potter, A. Anani, C. Antonio

    This research aims to test the hypothesis that the low retention rate of women in the mining industry is caused by workplace culture and policies established due to gender segregation. A quasi-experim

    Feb 1, 2023

  • SME
    Implementing and using a fully integrated maintenance management information system

    By Paul D. Tomlingson

    Part two of this two-part series covers the use of an integrated information system with administrative information, including error and absentee reports as well as open work files. Part one (ME, J

    Jan 8, 1985

  • AUSIMM
    Mine Hygiene at the North Mount Lyell Mine

    THE North Mount Lyell Mine is situated on the southern side of Mount Lyell at an altitude of 1750 ft. above sea-level. The average rainfall is 117 in., and there are generally several light falls of s

    Jan 1, 1927

  • CIM
    Flash Flotation Circuit Design Considerations

    "The first SkimAir flash flotation cell was installed in Outokumpu’s Hammaslahti Copper Concentrator in 1982 to prevent overgrinding of soft sulphides in the milling circuit. Since this first installa

    Jan 1, 2017

  • NIOSH
    OFR-44-78 Assessment Of Research And Development Needs And Priorities For Acid Mine Drainage Abatement

    By Virginia E. Gleason

    In this report, recommendations are made for programs to develop workable techniques to stop or prevent acid mine drainage formation in those underground coal mines where acid production could take pl

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    The necessity for improved hand and finger protection in mining

    By JOHN R. HEBERGER, MAHIYAR F. NASARWANJI, Jonisha P. Pollard, Lydia M. Kocher

    nt in the mining industry, and identifying factors associated with these injuries is critical for developing prevention efforts. This study identifies nonfatal injury incidence rates, nature of injury

  • CIM
    Gold Potential of a Hidden Archean Fault Zone: The Case of the Cadillac-Larder Lake Fault

    By O. Rabeau, M. Legault, A. Cheilletz, L. Z. Cheng, J. J. Royer, M. Jébrak

    "By compiling geological, structural, geophysical, and geochemical information into a 3D geological model, we evaluated the orogenic gold potential in the vicinity of a hidden segment of an important

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Selective Recovery Of Manganese From Low-grade Ferruginous Manganese Ores Through So2 Leaching

    By NEHA PANDEY, V.K. REDDY KALLAM, SUNIL KUMAR TRIPATHY, ARIJIT BISWAS

    This work discusses the sulfur dioxide (SO2) leaching of low-grade ferruginous manganese ores to selectively recover manganese (Mn) as manganese sulfate (MnSO4), followed by electrowinning of the puri

    Sep 1, 2022