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  • SME
    Optimizing the Performance of Vertically‐Mounted Jet Fans in Ventilation Shafts (Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration)

    By ETHAN FUSTER, Richard Ray Jr, STEPHEN LEE

    The abstract states that horizontally-mounted jet fans are commonly used to ventilate vehicular tunnels due to their space and cost savings compared to fully ducted systems. It highlights the successf

    Mar 16, 2022

  • SME
    Mining Software: Digital Tools For All Facets Of Mining

    Software exhibitors at MINExpo will feature the newest, the best, the most comprehensive computer-based tools available to get minerals from the ground to the market. From the ?cloud? to the pit, the

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    New Afton Mine: The world's newest block cave mine

    By Sean Masse

    New Gold?s New Afton Mine, located 8 km (5 miles) west of Kamloops, British Columbia, is a 4.5-Mt/a (5-million stpy) block cave mine, making it the highest tonnage underground hard rock mine in Canada

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Svedala Barmac "High Intensity" Crushing (d6b2f1b8-922f-4326-9a43-b16fed379a35)

    By P. J. Cook

    Comminution is one of the fundamentals of mineral processing, requiring large expenditures to be made on capital equipment, installation, power and maintenance. The trend toward lower grades and hig

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    The uranium boom in Namibia - rise of a new giant - SME Transactions 2012

    By H. Mischo, R. Ellmies

    Uranium has been mined in Namibia since the 1970s. The worldwide increasing need for energy in the early 2000s has led to the development and opening of a second uranium mine in 2007 and has triggered

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Oxidation of Pyrite Using Ozone Micro‐Nano Bubbles

    By Hongqiang Wang, Qingliang Wang, Eming Hu, Zhiwu Lei, Fang Hu, Rui Zhang, Wei Hou

    Pyrite, a mineral associated with uranium ore, is closely related to uranium leaching. In this study, Ozone micro-nano bubbles (OMNBs), as an environmentally friendly advanced oxidation technology, we

    Jan 3, 2022

  • SME
    Integrating Technology: Learning from Mine Worker Perceptions of Proximity Detection Systems

    By E. J. Haas, K. A. Rost

    "This study sought to identify changes in continuous mining machine (CMM) operators’ risk perception and risk behaviors as a result of adding a proximity detection system (PDS) into their environment.

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SME
    Doe Run?s Sustainable Mining Operations Focused On Managing Lifecycle Of Lead

    By Jerry Pyatt

    Lead has been used by mankind since before the Egyptian pyramids were built. Its durability provides for a continuum of innovation. As the largest integrated lead producer in the Western Hemisphere, T

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    A Scale Model Experimental Study for Estimating the Productivity of Bulk Push Dozer Operations in Hard Rock Mining - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2022)

    By MEHMET KIZIL, PETER KNIGHTS, ROYAL REA

    A 1/20 scale experimental dozer push test rig was designed and constructed to quantify the expected production rates (loose cubic metres per hour) for dozers operating in hard rock bulk push applicati

    Nov 23, 2021

  • SME
    The OCC Process: A New Method for Near Net and Net Shape Casting

    By Hiroshi Soda, Atsumi Ohno, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Alexander McLean

    INTRODUCTION The method of heat removal during a casting process strongly influences the crystal morphology of the cast product and hence the metallurgical and mechanical properties of the solidif

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Development Of A Gas Monitor Simulator And Mine Rescue Contest Field Trials

    By D. W. Alexander

    Researchers from the U.S. Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR) of the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) completed field trials during coal mine rescue con

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Small Diameter Tunneling?Pipe Jacking Under Leipzig Main Train Station

    By Klaus Rieker

    The main train station of Leipzig in Germany is currently being upgraded from a head station to a partially thru station. In order to achieve this, significant ground improvements are necessary. Soil

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    Coal 1985

    By C. Heath

    US coal consumption reached new heights in 1985, but production was constrained by excess consumer inventories. Domestic consumption of coal reached a record 742 Mt (818 million st) during the year. T

    Jan 5, 1986

  • SME
    Exploration Review (f6032b03-79e7-49ca-8f8a-1df7796897e6)

    By D. R. Wilburn

    This summary of international mineral exploration activities for the year 2009 draws upon information from industry sources, published literature and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) specialists. The su

    May 1, 2010

  • SME
    Reliability-Centered Maintenance of Rapier Dragline for Optimizing Replacement Interval of Dragline Components "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020)"

    By Snehamoy Chatterjee, Sanjay Kumar Palei, Smarak Das

    Machine manufacturers’ recommendations on maintenance strategies of capital-intensive draglines are not always based on real data and therefore lead to losses from downtime. This paper proposes a prev

    May 28, 2020

  • SME
    Closing the Historic Alaska-Juneau Mine

    By Joseph L. Petrillo

    In July 1997, Kvaerner Environmental signed a unique contract with Echo Bay Alaska called the Transfer Risk and Accelerate Closure (TRAC). The contract called for Kvaerner to assume the responsibilit

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Tunnel Boring Machine to be Used on Australian Decline Tunnel

    On Dec. 20, 2013, an 8-m (26.2-ft) diameter Robbins hybrid single shield/earth pressure balance tunnel boring machine (EPB TBM) was launched to bore the Grosvenor decline tunnel for Australia?s Anglo

  • SME
    Problems In The Magnetic Roasting Of Marginal Iron Ores

    By G. Bitsianes

    An experimental procedure was developed for studying magnetic roasting on a accurately-controlled laboratory scale. The loss-in-weight method was used and the course of reduction could be followed und

    Jan 1, 1960

  • SME
    Potash production hoisting plant upgrade and beyond

    By D. M. Ziebarth

    "During the mid to late 1960s, the underground potash industry in Saskatchewan was born. For the next four decades the industry operated at a steady pace, supporting a large part of the world demand,

    Apr 1, 2017

  • SME
    Engines And Tires: Emissions, Life Of Tire Improved With Technology

    Nearly as impressive as the machines that will be on display at MINExpo are the massive engines and tires that keep the machines moving. As you can imagine, it takes a special tire and special engine

    Jan 1, 2012