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The Abatement of Acid Mine Drainage in Ontario
By John R. Hawley
"This paper is intended as a review of the progress that has been made in the Province of Ontario in the field of acid drainage waste treatment technology.Three years ago, at the Third Annual Meeting
Jan 1, 1974
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Prospective Electric Pulse Processes for Sustainable Processing of Mineral Raw Materials
By V A. Tsukerman
Prospects a new energy saving method for an efficient destruction of the sturdy and hard materials (rocks, ores, frozen soils, concrete blocks, etc) û the Electric Pulse Discharge (EPD) method of mate
Jan 1, 2002
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A Case Study Of High-Temperature Corrosion In Rotary Cement Kilns
By J. H. Potgieter
This paper describes two cases of corrosion that occurred in dry-process, rotary, cement-clinker kilns. In the case of the kiln with five pre-heater stages, the attack occurred primarily from sulphate
Jan 1, 2004
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Building a Sustainability Strategy into a Consumer Products Business
By Leon H. Bruner
This paper presents a case study describing how a global consumer products company with 138,000 employees that markets over 300 brands in 180 countries is building sustainability into the rhythm of it
Jan 1, 2010
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Independent Review of the VALMIN Code
The paper outlines the history and current status of the VALMIN Code and sets out the background, methodology, results and recommendations of the Independent Review of the VALMIN Code undertaken durin
Jan 1, 2002
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Underground Mining - Percussive Wear Properties of Cemented Carbides
By R. S. Montgomery
Laboratory experiments simulating rock drilling were conducted on a number of commercial grades of tungsten carbide in order to determine their wear rates when they are used as inserts in percussive r
Jan 1, 1970
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A “Checking System” for Circuit Control and Grade Estimation in Fluorite Flotation Plants
By Takashi Furuyama, Sukeyuki Mori, Abel Bissombolo
"In flotation practice, a good recovery of minerals largely depends on the degree to which the valuable minerals have been liberated from the associated gangue during the grinding process. Therefore,
Jan 1, 2003
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The Flotation Capacity Project to Increase the Recovery in the Mount Isa Mines Copper Concentrator
By D R. Carr
The installation of the Flotation Capacity Project flow sheet in the copper concentrator at Mount Isa Mines Limited has recently been completed. The project involved increasing the flotation capacity
Jan 1, 2003
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Biodiversity Offsets - An Overview of Selected Recent Developments New Zealand - Where to From Here?
By M Baker
Biodiversity offsets are conservation actions intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects. The use of biodiversity offsets in the context o
Jan 1, 2007
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Whim Creek Copper Project û StraitÆs Bridesmaid Gets to the Altar
By P Storey, B Deans, T Lancaster
Straits completed its Feasibility study on the Whim Creek Copper Project in 1996. At this stage WCCP provided Straits with an open pit mine - heap leach - SX-EW copper project to follow on from its su
Jan 1, 2004
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New Technologies for Improved Processing of Base and Precious Metals Containing Ores
By J. Lee, M. Peart, T. Bhambhani, D. R. Nagaraj, P. Riccio
"Over the past decade or so, our efforts have focused on developing the rationale and concepts for new technology in reagent development and optimization in the processing of base and precious metals.
Jan 1, 2013
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The Tap-Hole — Key to Furnace Performance
By R. J. Hundermark, L. R. Nelson
"The critical importance of tap-hole design and management for furnace performance and longevity is explored through examining some of the specific matte, metal, and slag tapping requirements of non-f
Jan 1, 2016
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Interaction Between The Block Cave And The Pit Slopes At Palabora Mine (9bc522bc-fe6d-493d-b039-b6a950e034a4)
By A. Moss
The Palabora Mining Company has successfully extended the life of its operation by developing a 30 000 tpd block cave underground mine below the now closed open pit. The process of transitioning from
Jan 1, 2006
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Analysis Of Multiple Seam Stability
By Frank E. Chase, Deno M. Pappas, Christopher Mark
Multiple seam interactions are a major ground control hazard in many U.S. underground coal mines. The two most common types are: • Undermining, where stress concentrations caused by previous full
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In-Service Monitoring Of Water Barrier Project At South Deep Gold Mine
By L. J. Olivier
The possible closure and subsequent flooding of South Deep Gold Mine?s (SD) neighbouring Randfontein Estates Limited No. 4 Shaft (REL 4) necessitated the construction of five concrete plugs in the con
Jan 1, 2006
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Kaolin and paper : Quality of both products will improve with more sophisticated printing techniques
By Kenneth J. Hartman
Introduction The term kaolin is derived from kauling, a Chinese word meaning high ridge. This was the name of a hill in China where kaolin was first mined several hundred years ago (Murray, 1976). Ot
Jan 4, 1987
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Size Patterns of Gold-Silver Deposits in the Hauraki Goldfield, Coromandel Peninsula
This paper presents an analysis of the production data for the period 1861 - 1953 from hydrothermal gold-silver deposits of the Hauraki Goldfield. To directly compare the metal content of the deposits
Jan 1, 1981
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Improving Mining & Minerals Plant Performance ? Operations and Maintenance Working Together using new Information Technology
By Gregory A. Johnson
Operations and Maintenance departments have long had an adversarial relationship. The widespread evolution and adoption of modern management techniques such as Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) a
Feb 1, 2008
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Discussion - Development of the Screen Bowl Centrifuge for Dewatering Coal Fines Technical Papers, MINING ENGINEERING, Vol. 35, No. 4 April 1983, PP. 333-336
By N. D. Policow, J. S. Orphanos
D.A. Dahlstrom In the paper, a comparison was made between flowsheets using the screen bowl centrifuge and disc filters, respectively, as the primary dewatering device. The authors very effectively
Jan 12, 1983
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The World Markets of Ferroniobium
By Claude Dufresne
The technical development of the niobium-bearing products is to a great extent influenced by the striving of the respective industries to maintain or strengthen their positions in all fields of applic
May 1, 2003