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  • SME-ICGCM
    Weak Floor Stability During Perimeter Mining In The Illinois Basin Coal Mines (40fab914-2257-4efe-b587-9358b9303f41)

    By Murali M. Gadde

    Perimeter mining is a special form of very productive partial extraction method practiced at some mines in the United States. In the Illinois Basin mines where all major coal seams have weak underclay

    Jan 1, 2009

  • DFI
    The "DSEI" Joint: A Destructible Diaphragm Wall Joint (Patented Process)

    By Christian Besson

    This article describes the implementation of a new jointing process for use between diaphragm wall panels. This process was initially introduced on the SOCATOP work site in uburban Paris (which involv

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Hydraulic Mining

    By James L. Evers

    The development of hydraulic mining in the United States has had an uneven record of progress. The shifting of coal extraction from one government agency to another has not provided an environment for

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    How To Move Inland Coal By Water -Including A Nine Mile Single Flight Conveyor

    By Robert W. Greene

    Next month, American Commercial Barge Line Company will begin moving coal from mines on the old Camp Breckinridge property in Western Kentucky to TVA's new 2600 MW steam plant at Cumberland City,

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SAIMM
    Rockpasses: A Guide To Excavation Methodology

    By U. Sachse

    This paper explores a systematic approach for mining decision-makers to use when faced with choosing which method to use for a specific rockpass length. The different excavation methods available in t

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    The Use Of Steel Fibre Reinforced Shotcrete For The Support Of Mine Openings

    By M. Vandewalle

    What separates the support of mining openings from the support of similar civil engineering structures is the fact that mine openings have to survive large deformations as a result of changing stress

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Pogo Mine Control System: A Hybrid of DCS and PLC

    The Pogo Mine, near Delta Junction, Alaska is a new 2500 STPD gold operation. The control system of the mine and milling operations are a hybrid of DCS (Distributed Control System) control and PLC (Pr

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Studies On The Bioleaching Of Refractory Concentrates

    By A. W. Breed

    The bioleaching of arsenopyrite, the oxidation of arsenate and the precipitation of ferric arsenate are competing reactions, hence their rates depend on the relative concentrations of the respective s

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Dynamic Support Rationale and Systems

    By U. Singh, E. T. Brown, J. Coxon

    The rapid fracturing and deformation that occurs around excavations during rock bursts demand that support and reinforcement systems have both deformability and damping capabilities. The energy deman

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Mathematical modelling of the Sherritt-Gordon ammoniacal pressure leaching process

    By P. A. Bahri, D. G. Dixon, T. M. Woodward

    A comprehensive mathematical model of the Sherritt-Gordon ammoniacal pressure leaching process at K winana Nickel Refinery has been constructed. The process is comprised of six autoclaves functioning

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    Experimental Investigation Into The Stress And Strain Development Around A Displacement Pile

    By Jelke Dijkstra

    This paper presents the results of model pile load tests in a photoelastic material. The soil in this test is represented by an assembly of photoelastically sensitive glass particles, which allows for

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AUSIMM
    Water Recycling and Frugal Water Use

    Water rights and availability are extremely contentious issues in many mining regions around the world, in some instances leading to violent confrontation. This situation has the potential to only get

    Sep 13, 2010

  • SAIMM
    How Effective Is The Non-Destructive Examination Of Multi-Layer, Low Rotation Winding Ropes?

    The paper reviews the results emanating from an experiment conducted in Bochum?Germany in which various international rope inspection authorities were requested to assess the conditions of a corroded

    Jan 1, 2000

  • CIM
    Developing Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manuals for Tailings and Water Management Facilities

    By Ian Bruce

    Tailings and water management facilities are essential and integral components of mine and mill operations. They must be managed for the long term in order to ensure that safe and environmentally resp

    May 1, 2002

  • NIOSH
    IC 7198 Marketing Natural Minerals Pigments ? General Definition And Uses

    By Charles L. Harnes

    A mineral pigment is a colored substance dug from the ground, which after treatment can be mixed with a drying oil to form a paint. Not all colored earths, however, can be made into satisfactory pigme

    Jan 1, 1942

  • CIM
    The Effect of Particle Production History on Gold Leaching

    By Jessica Egan, Daniel Hodouin, Claude Bazin

    "The recovery of gold by leaching is influenced by the size of the gold carrier particles and the chemical environment. Using the relationships between the leaching rate, infinite recovery and particl

    Jan 1, 2009

  • CIM
    Application at Ok Tedi Mining of a Neural Network Model within the Expert System for SAG Mill Control

    By Murray Wood, Michael Schaffer, Makat Katom

    "An expert system applied to the control of mineral process unit operations is, by its nature, the site best operating practice, having been designed by the local experts in conjunction with consultin

    Jan 1, 2003

  • DFI
    A Review of Current Mexican Design Approaches for Cast-in-Place Drilled Shafts in Granular Soils under Axial Loading

    By Enrique Ibarra, Manuel J. Mendoza

    "Abstract: This paper describes the current state-of-practice for the design of cast-in-place drilled shafts in granular soils under axial loading, addressing recent advances that take into account th

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Theoretical And Experimental Study Of Compaction Process In Roll Press

    By R. T. Dec

    A review is undertaken of existing mathematical models of compaction process in roll press. The example of plane-strain, plane-stress model is presented together with comparisons between computed and

    Jan 1, 2000

  • AIME