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  • NIOSH
    RI 3348 Cooperative Fuel Research Motor-Gasoline Survey, Winter 1936-37 ? Introduction (1ce0efef-1a81-4ca4-b865-c45c66bfa4d5)

    This is the third in a series of reports on properties of commercial motor fuels, made in accordance with a cooperative agreement between the Cooperative Fuel Research (C. F. R.) Committee and the Bur

    Jan 1, 1937

  • AIME
    Bingham Canyon Switches to Bulk Grease Handling

    By William I. Busenbark, Elmer C. Newman

    At Bingham Canyon, the world's largest open-pit copper mine, annual grease consumption is in the neighborhood of 109 000 kg (240,000 lb), all of which was 544 (120-16) purchased, warehoused, and

    Jan 9, 1977

  • SME
    Implementation Of The HydroFloat Technology At The South Fort Meade Mine (b0ff9df4-18a3-4533-954f-95c4d4f285a2)

    Several industrial-scale HydroFloat separators have recently been installed at Mosaic?s South Fort Meade beneficiation plant for the purpose of improving phosphate recovery and throughput capacity. Th

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    The Role Of Microorganisms In Acid Rock Drainage

    By Phil Pennington, D. Jack Adams, G. Ward Wilson, Virginia T. McLemore, Luiza Aline F Gutierrez, Rodney Shields, Steven Lockwood, Samuel Tachie-Menson

    Microorganisms are directly or indirectly involved in many chemical alterations and in the decomposition of minerals required for their growth. Microbial dissolution of sulfide minerals under acidic

    Jan 1, 2005

  • CIM
    Rougher Flotation Improvements at P.T. Freeport Indonesia’s Grasberg Operation

    By Harry Siewert

    "The commissioning of the 4th concentrator (C4) at Freeport Indonesia in early 1998 increased total mill throughput from 130k to 230k tonnes per day. The C4 flowsheet consists of a single 38 ft diamet

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Secular Variations in the Abundance and Characteristics of Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits – Implications for Evolution of Convergent Tectonics and Ocean Geochemistry

    By S Piercey, M Doublier, B Eglington, D L. Huston, S Pehrsson

    "An EXTENDED ABSTRACT is available for download. A full-length paper was not prepared for this presentation. The distribution of volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits through time is episodic, invo

    Mar 18, 2015

  • SME-ICGCM
    Continuous Improvement In Cuttable Coal Rib Support In Australian Coal Mines

    By Ghassan Skybey

    Australian coal mines uses state of the art technology in coal rib reinforcement. This paper highlights the development over the past 15 years in coal rib support technology, along with the advantages

    Jan 1, 1995

  • NIOSH
    OFR-39-74 Development Of A Mobile Shield For Underground Mining - 1.0 Introduction

    This report describes the work performed by Mine Research Company in developing a prototype mobile roof shield during 1971-1972 for the U. S. Bureau of Mines, along with background information leading

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SAIMM
    Increasing Capacity And Productivity In The Metals Markets Through Pneumatic Conveying And Process Injection Technologies - The Southern African Institute Of Mining And Metallurgy

    By Mark Coleman

    Pnuematic Conveying and Process Injection Technologies have been implimented in the metals markets for the last 40 years and have consideribly improved the productivity and the performance of many pro

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    The Regulatory Requirements and a Permitting Strategy for Small Heap Leach Mining Operations

    By Jeffrey D. Thatcher, Debra W. Struhsacker

    With the burgeoning development of precious metals heap leach mining projects throughout the country regulatory agencies are beginning to take a closer look at the short-and long-term environmental co

    Jan 1, 1987

  • NIOSH
    OFR-201-82 Stronger Mine Ventilation Tubing

    By T. A. Raczek

    Materials for stronger ventilation tubing for underground use in hardrock mines were developed. The new material composites were evaluated in performance characteristics and compared to currently used

    Jan 1, 1980

  • AUSIMM
    Current and Potential Applications of Radioisotope X-ray and Neutron Techniques of Analysis in the Mineral Industry

    Radioisotope x-ray and neutron techniques of analysis can be used for the determination of a wide range of elements in minerals. The most important applications of these techniques to the mineral indu

    Jan 1, 1970

  • CIM
    Geology and Chemistry of the Low Ti Magnetite-bearing Heff Cu-Au Skarn and its Associated Plutonic Rocks, Heffley Lake, South-Central British Columbia

    By I. C. L. Webster, G. E. Ray

    "The magnetite-rich Heff Cu-Au skarn lies in the Quesnel Terrane of south-central British Columbia, approximately 26 km northeast of Kamloops. The skarn formed close to the northern margin of the Heff

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Model Predictive Control of the Flotation Process

    By Donald Leroux, Martin Suichies, Andy Trusiak, Chris Dechert

    "In modem concentrators, the operation of flotation machines is often stabilized by simple control loops. Froth level, slurry density and aeration rate are all physical parameters typically controlled

    Jan 1, 1999

  • NIOSH
    OFR-118-81 Field Test Of Deep Cutting Double Arm Shearer

    By Jonathan E. Ludlow

    A field test was conducted to demonstrate and quantify the relationship between deep cutting and the creation of airborne respirable dust for longwall mining With a double-ended ranging drum shearer.

    Jan 1, 1981

  • DFI
    Eglinton Crosstown, a New Step in Toronto’s Subway System

    By Lars Richter, Franz-Werner Gerressen

    "The Eglinton Crosstown Line was conceived as the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, a partially underground light rail line, announced in 2007 as part of the Transit City plan, which included the implementation

    Jan 1, 2017

  • 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

  • AUSIMM
    Tectonic Features of Sumatra and New Zealand in Relation to Active and Fossil Hydrothermal Systems: A Comparison

    By M J. Andrews, P J. White, I Bogie

    Active geothermal systems occur widely in Sumatra and in the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) ofNew Zealand. There are also many occurrences of epithermal gold mineralisation in Sumatra, some of which are ec

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Optimisation Of Single-Layer Cover Made Of Desulphurized Tailings: Application To The Doyon Mine

    By I. Demers

    Doyon mine, Quebec, Canada evaluates the possibility of desulphurizing their tailings to produce material to be used in as cover over the acid generating tailings disposal site. Laboratory tests were

    Jan 1, 2008

  • NIOSH
    OFR-185-82 Biological Oxidation Of Iron (II) By T. Ferrooxidans In A Sequencing Batch Reactor

    By Thomas L. Theis

    The use of a suspended growth system of T. ferrooxidans attached in a film to individual particles of bentonite and operated as a sequencing batch reactor has been shown to be a practical way of oxidi

    Jan 1, 1982