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  • IMPC
    Collaborative Decision Facilities For The Mining Industry

    By S. K. Chaudhuri

    With a growing emphasis on maximizing the value by rapidly deploying it across their assets, mining firms are eager to identify any issues that may hinder such efforts and to refine their approaches t

    Sep 1, 2012

  • IOM3
    Three-dimensional modelling of fill drainage in mine stopes

    By L. T. Isaacs, W. H. Traves

    A numerical model for analysing the drainage of fill in mine stopes has been described. The model can be used to analyse the process of fill drainage in existing and proposed mine stopes. The validity

    May 1, 1991

  • CIM
    The Ecstall Story: The Open-Pit Mine

    By George C. Coupland

    "THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION of the orebodies was computerized for tonnages and grades on a 20- by 20-ft grid. The evaluation was based on drill-core intersections over 40-ft vertical projections coinc

    Jan 1, 1974

  • AUSIMM
    Case Study of Iron Ore Value Chain Optimisation

    By J Foo, T Kleinschmidt, B Reynolds, K Kennewell

    The consideration of complex supply chains often highlights multiple system bottlenecks that are localised and dynamic – they shift depending on what variability last influenced the system. Using the

    Jul 13, 2015

  • NIOSH
    IC 8770 Processing Gold Ores Using Heap Leach-Carbon Adsorption Methods

    By H. J. Heinen

    This Bureau of Mines report reviews the recent developments in the heap leaching of gold ores with dilute cyanide solutions and the recovery of gold and associated silver from the pregnant effluents b

    Jan 1, 1978

  • AUSIMM
    The Development of Sintering and Smelting Practice at Mount Isa Mines, Queensland

    By Blott S. F

    The smelting plant and equipment at Mount Isa, as originally designed and built, was described by J. M. Callow (1) *.F. A. Forward (2) described alterations and additions to the plant and discussed th

    Jan 1, 1939

  • CIM
    Engineering Excellence into Large Diameter Drill and Blast Shaft Sinking Stages and Galloways for Safety and Productivity

    By T. E. Wakefield

    "Final Galloway (stage) designs for vertical drill and blast shaft sinking projects evolve from complex thought patterns which integrate operational processes, systems and methods of communication, po

    Jan 1, 2019

  • NIOSH
    RI 9335 - Production of Lead Metal by Molten-Salt Electrolysis With Energy-Efficient Electrodes

    By J. E. Murphy

    The u.s. Bureau of Mines investigated electrode designs for electrowinning lead metal from a LiCl-KCl-PbCI2 electrolyte at 4500 C. The major objective of this investigation was to decrease the energy

    Jan 1, 1991

  • NIOSH
    RI 3049 Concentration of Chromite

    By H. A. Doerner

    "The pure mineral chromite, FeO.Cr203, consists of ferrous and chromic oxides, chemically united in equal molecular proportions. Unfortunately, pure chromite as defined above appears to be a rare exce

    Nov 1, 1930

  • AIME
    Production - Domestic - Oil and Gas Production in the Texas Gulf Coast during 1941

    By Jack F. Harang, P. B. Leavenworth

    Development during the year 1941 on the Texas Gulf Coast resulted in the dis covery of 27 new fields as compared to 26 fields for the year 1940. Drilling.—During the year, 1405 wells were drilled.

    Jan 1, 1942

  • AIME
    Production - Domestic - Oil and Gas Production in the Texas Gulf Coast during 1941

    By P. B. Leavenworth, Jack F. Harang

    Development during the year 1941 on the Texas Gulf Coast resulted in the dis covery of 27 new fields as compared to 26 fields for the year 1940. Drilling.—During the year, 1405 wells were drilled.

    Jan 1, 1942

  • SME
    Ground Support Systems for Heavy, Squeezing Ground at Burgin Mine

    By Donald O. Rausch, William E. Hawkes, Odin Jr. Strandberg

    INTRODUCTION Kennecott Copper Corp.'s Tintic Div. Burgin mine is a 725 t/d (800 stpd) lead-zinc producer, located in the east Tintic mining district, 5.6 km (3.5 miles) east of Eureka, and 130

    Jan 1, 1982

  • CIM
    MIROC and developments in protective equipment for miners

    By Peter F. Pullen

    The need to apply the latest available technology to develop better tools and methods to meet problems in the mining industry was recognized by six of Canada's leading mining companies. As a resu

    Jan 1, 1979

  • CIM
    Industrial Validation of the Functional Performance Equation – A Breakthrough Tool for Improving Plant Grinding Performance

    By Robert E. McIvor

    The Functional Performance Equation for Ball Milling” was first presented in 1988. It now has been used successfully in more than a dozen mineral processing plants. This powerful, yet simple tool prov

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Investment And Non-Commercial Risks In Developing Countries

    By C. Kasatuka

    Globalization creates investment opportunities for enterprises around the world. Attracting foreign investment has been a key challenge for economic growth in developing countries. Corruption, politic

    Jan 1, 2006

  • NIOSH
    IC 8104 Mining, Milling, And Smelting Methods, San Manuel Copper Corp., Pinal County, Ariz. ? Summary And Introduction

    By V. B. Dale

    San Manuel has been a modern prodigy from its inception to its present status as a block-caving operation producing 33,000 tons per day. The deposit was discovered, prospected, and developed with mode

    Jan 1, 1962

  • IOM3
    Comparison of stereological correction procedures for liberation measurements

    By J. A. Finch, D. Lin

    The robustness of the large-sections correction procedure, Hill's fast approximation, Barbery's correction and the PARGEN correction was examined by comparing their ability to reconstruct the true lib

    Dec 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Mineral project risk and orebody knowledge – quantifying the value of drilling using decoupled net present value analysis

    By D Espinoza, I Rees, J Pocoe, P Collier

    P Collier, I Rees, J Pocoe and D Espinoza

    Mar 22, 2022

  • NIOSH
    RI 5994 Effect Of Ionizing Radiation On The Chlorination Of Mixtures Of Rutile, Carbon, And Various Catalysts ? Summary

    By A. A. Cochran

    The purpose of this Bureau of Mines research was to investigate the theoretical and practical aspects of using ionizing radiation to promote chemical reactions that are of interest to metallurgists, a

    Jan 1, 1962

  • NIOSH
    RI 3604 Investigations During 1938, 1939, And 1940 Of Combustibles In Manholes In Boston, Mass. ? Introduction

    By G. W. Jones

    In cooperation with the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Boston, Mass., and the-Boston Consolidated Gas Co., the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, has conducted a survey co

    Jan 1, 1942