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  • SME
    Predicting Gold Recovery by Gravity

    By F. Vincent, A. Boulet, M. Noaparast, F. Woodcock, A. R. Laplante

    A novel methodology to estimate gold recovery by gravity is presented. It makes use of a population balance model which represents gold liberation, breakage and classification behaviour and applies pr

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Selection of Feed Coals for Production of Premium Fuel - Using Column Flotation and Selective Agglomeration Processes

    By Mahesh C. Jha, Frank J. Smit

    Column flotation and selective agglomeration are promising advanced physical cleaning processes that can be developed for preparing premium quality coal-water slurry fuel from coal fines. Such a fuel

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Environmental Considerations - Mine Water

    By William T. Jr. Renfroe, Donald C. Gipe

    INTRODUCTION Historically, pollution control in the metal-ore mining industry has been very limited. Unless mine water contained large quantities of solids, it was generally discharged without any

    Jan 1, 1982

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    5. Computer Applications in Hydrometallurgical Processes (Leaching, Extraction, Electrorefining) ? Introduction

    By Kenneth J. Reid

    The application of computers for control purposes in hydrometallurgical processes is not as well-established as in mineral processing plants. This is not only due to the comparatively new development

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Minimization of Delays in Plant Startups

    By Terry P. McNulty

    During the last 30 years, at least ten authors have dealt with startup ("ramp-up') times for minerals beneficiation, hydrometallurgical, and/or pyrometallurgical plants. Most have attempted to id

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Evaluating bump prone ground with LaModel through site-specific calibration - SME Transactions 2014

    By K. W. Harris, K. A. Perry

    Reserve depletion in Central Appalachia is continuously creating unique ground conditions for underground coal mines with many of these difficult environments directly attributable to multiple seam mi

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Deposition Rates Of Coal Dust In Mine Airways

    By R. V. Ramani, R. Bhaskar

    An airborne dust cloud is an ensemble of particles of varied size, density, shape and states of aggregation. An understanding and quantifying of the dispersion and deposition of the dust generated in

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Feasibility Of Developing Arctic Oil And Gas Reserves By Tunneling

    By Peter J. Tarkoy, Terence G. McCusker

    INTRODUCTION The discovery of oil and gas reserves in the North American Arctic has led to substantial thought being given to their development. Systems adequate for exploration are not always, o

    Jan 1, 1976

  • SME
    Clay minerals for advanced ceramics

    By H. H. Murray

    New and improved beneficiation techniques are available to allow the production of clay minerals of exceptionally high purity. This is particularly true for kaolins and smectites. Wet processing techn

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Wear behavior of martensite and ferrite in high chromium steel balls in wet grinding and implication to flotation

    By J. W. Jang, J. J. Moore, I. Iwasaki

    The wear behaviors of grinding media with different chemical composition and microstructures in wet grinding of a quartz-pyrrhotite mixture were investigated under various environments. The marked bal

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Large gears on the cutting edge of excellence

    By R. W. Utley, J. Carr

    The tremendous growth in grinding mill size and horsepower during the 70s demanded advancements in gear cutting technology and equipment for the 80s. A new standard in gear cutting machines is now use

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Laterally Extensive Surface Hardpans in Tailings Storage Facilities as Possible Inhibitors of Acid Rock Drainage

    By Graham Taylor, Mandy Agnew

    Hardpans developing in tailings storage facilities (TSF) in Australia have been investigated in relation to Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) generation. This research had three main aims. Firstly it was to ob

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Aragonite In The Bahamas

    By C. Bailey Williams

    Aragonite "sand," an oolitic lime-stone, is distributed throughout the Bahamas on the Grand Bahama Bank, adjacent to Southeast Florida. Bahamian deposits hold 75-100 billion tons of recoverable Aragon

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Intermediate Booster Drives Aid Longwall Mining

    By Robert J. Wise

    The mine plan for an underground longwall mine plan usually requires a longwall panel conveyor that begins operation at its maximum length and gradually shortens over the life of the panel. Current mi

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Some Factors Involved In Prospecting For Gypsum Deposits, A Brief Review

    By Duane Jorgensen

    Two types of factors direct the search for gypsum deposits-geologic factors and economic factors. The prime control and major economic factor is the market for the possible products. The major geologi

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Montana Exploration – A Review of 1992 Activities

    By R. McCulloch

    Exploration activity in metallic minerals continued to decline in Montana in 1992 as companies either reduced budgets or left the state. The number of active projects dropped another 50% from 1991. Ex

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Evaluation of a solid-bowl centrifuge for ultrafine size separations

    By M. S. Klima, A. P. Pinkerton

    Solid-bowl (decanter) centrifuges are used extensively to dewater slurries in a wide range of industries. However, the application of decanters as classification devices is not as common. In this stud

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Planning Southern California Tunnels

    By Debra C. Man, S. Thomas Freeman, F. Wiley Horne

    INTRODUCTION The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) is the largest water wholesaler in southern California. Its service area spans the major urbanized portions of Ven

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    World Resources and Supply of Lead and Zinc

    By George D. Tikkanen

    The world supply of zinc and lead is reviewed. The nature of zinc and lead deposits, production constraints, current production and reserves, new developments, possible future developments, and closur

    Jan 1, 1986

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    Assessment of Rock Cutting Efficiency by TBM Disc Cutter Using SPH/FE Modelling

    By Seokwon Jeon, Ho-Young Jeong

    "Various numerical methods have been tried to estimate the cutting forces of a TBM disc cutter. In this study, SPH/FEM coupled method was newly employed to improve the traditional FEM analysis. The di

    Jan 1, 2016