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  • SAIMM
    Navigating Above-The-Ground Risk In The Platinum Sector (596af1fa-f653-4318-b2be-d27da8918b80)

    By A. Lane

    The socio economic risks of mining in South Africa have been emerging for some time now, and have been brought into sharp relief by recent events in the platinum sector. The slow pace of social uplift

    Mar 1, 2013

  • ISEE
    New Innovations in Drilling and Bit Technology, "Integrated Sectional Drill Steel System"

    By Steve Collinsworth, Nils Heinke

    In 1989, I realized the definite need for change in the Blast Hole Drilling Industry. With over 25 years of experience in dealing with the industry, I am well inGormed and educated concerning the prob

    Jan 1, 1997

  • AUSIMM
    Discovery of Uranium Mineralization in the Manyingee Channel, Onslow Region of Western Australia

    By Morabito J, Harrop D. W

    Uranium exploration was commenced in 1973 and carried out at a regional scale over a wide area of the northern part of the Camarvon Basin of Western Australia by Minatome Australia Pty Limited and the

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Numerical Simulation Studies on Effects of Explosion Impact Load on Underground Mine Seal Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (5cd6bb51-d24c-4ceb-bdd2-327b1ac6637a)

    By Congling Shi, Marek Borowski, Yue Wang, Jianwei Cheng, Xixi Zhang, Xuan Xu

    As the first barrier to prevent accidents caused by explosions in underground coal mines, the integrity and stability of mine seals have great effects on mine workers’ lives and underground production

  • SME
    Numerical Simulation Studies on Effects of Explosion Impact Load on Underground Mine Seal Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Congling Shi, Marek Borowski, Yue Wang, Jianwei Cheng, Xixi Zhang, Xuan Xu

    As the first barrier to prevent accidents caused by explosions in underground coal mines, the integrity and stability of mine seals have great effects on mine workers’ lives and underground production

  • CIM
    Development of Copper/Nickel Separation at INCO

    By P. Wells

    "In the past decade, there have been many developments in processing of nickel/copper sulfide ores. Improved pentlandite/pyrrhotite flotation selectivity with the use of new reagents, fine regrinding

    Jan 1, 2004

  • NIOSH
    OFR-40-76 A Study Of The Use Of Foam To Control Methane Emission In Coal Mines - I. Introduction

    By J. J. Taber

    This is the final report on Grant No. G0144067. The report presents the results of a number of laboratory studies carried cut in several different ways to determine the effectiveness of foam for block

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    The Role of Paleography in the Location of Marine Placers

    With some notable exceptions, marine placers located just below, or just above, present sea level, are responsible for much of today's production of detrital ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and other m

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SAIMM
    Tailings based pipe-support systems

    By C. E. Hales

    In an effort to improve efficiencies and reduce costs, AngloGold has embarked on a process to develop and deliver consistent, high quality, tailings based support or construction products to stopes an

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    Producing - Equipment, Methods and Materials - Effect of Isolated Vertical Fractures Existing in the Reservoir on Fluid Displacement Response

    By J. W. Givens, P. B. Crawford

    A potentiometric model study has been made of the effect of vertical fractures existing in the matrix of the reservoir on the flooding or cycling performance. Fractures can have unusual flow character

    Jan 1, 1967

  • AUSIMM
    Northside Storage Tunnel Project

    By R J. Cuttler

    In January 1998 Sydney Water Corporation formed an Alliance with construction contractor Transfield, and engineering consultants Connell Wagner and Montgomery Watson, to design and construct the North

    Jan 1, 1999

  • TMS
    Desulphurisation of High-Grade Nickel Matte from Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter Using Ausmelt Technology

    By B. R. Baldock

    The converting of high-grade nickel matte for production of low-sulphur matte or nickel metal is a process which has eluded metallurgists in the past because of the limitations of conventional convert

    Jan 1, 1993

  • NIOSH
    IC 8261 Brown Iron Ore Resources: Barbour, Butler, Crenshaw, And Pike Counties, Ala. (031c634d-2884-4660-919f-11e2d582ba56)

    By James F. Neill, O&apos

    Brown iron ore resources in Barbour, Butler, Crenshaw, and Pike Counties were investigated in a drilling program and geological study by the Federal Bureau of Mines in cooperation with the Alabama Geo

    Jan 1, 1965

  • SAIMM
    A new evaluation method of JRC and its size effect

    By T. Saito, S. Murata

    An original concept of JRC-diagram that can evaluate JRC and its size-effect by using a fractal model was proposed. In order to confirm the applicability of the JRC-diagram, first, JRC of the tensile

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Two Rivers Platinum Mine: The Orebody, The Mining Method - A Perfect Match (f51ca3a6-f12c-45c8-a3d7-d1d4f9dd2f91)

    By M. Mabuza

    Two Rivers Platinum Mine (TRP) is a 55:45 joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals and Impala Platinum, respectively. TRP is situated on the farm Dwarsrivier 372KT, in the southern sector of the

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME-ICGCM
    New Monitoring Technologies for Measuring the in-situ Performance of Rock Bolts

    By Hani Mitri

    Understanding the interaction between rock bolts and underground rock movement is critical for safe and cost effective underground excavation design. Although early research on this subject involved a

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Leica Dozer 2000 At The San Miguel Lignite Mine: The Uses Of GPS Grade Control In Surface Mining

    By M. Heger

    February 2, 1999 marks a milestone in earth-moving technology at the San Miguel Lignite Mine. It was on that date that The North American Coal Corporation (NAC) took delivery of three Leica Dozer 200

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AIME
    Effect Of Arsenic On Dispersion-Hardenable Lead-Antimony Alloys

    By K. S. Seljesater

    SINCE the development of dispersion-hardenable lead-antimony alloys1 in the laboratories of the Western Electric Co., Inc., studies have been made of the effect of various third constituents on these

    Jan 1, 1929

  • SME-ICGCM
    Microseismic Monitoring In The Sydney Coalfield

    By G. R. Corbett

    Between 1977 and 1984, No. 26 Colliery, at Glace Bay in the Sydney Coalfield, suffered from a series of 37 rock/gas outbursts. These events were characterized by the complete pulverization of a sandst

    Jan 1, 1994

  • NIOSH
    IC 7388 Home Insulation with Mineral ProductsConserves Fuel, Reduces Cost, Increases Comfort

    By Oliver Bowles

    The conservation of fuel became a critical problem during the recent war, particularly in the East. Fuel-oil supplies were short, the demands for coal increased, and householders were called upon to r

    Oct 1, 1946