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  • SME
    Underground stope optimization at Agnico Eagle’s Kittilä Mine

    By K. Huttu, A. van Wageningen

    "The Kittilä underground mine in northern Finland is extracting one of the largest known gold deposits in Europe. Kittilä achieved commercial production on May 1, 2009, becoming Agnico Eagle’s first m

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    Evaluation Of Dust Exposure To Truck Drivers Following The Lead Haul Truck

    By W. R. Reed, J. A. Organiscak

    Haul trucks have the potential to generate large amounts of respirable dust. This respirable dust has been shown to be a health hazard to personnel, especially if it has a high silica content. Lack of

  • NIOSH
    RI 5594 Gasification Of Bone Anthracite ? Summary

    By J. W. Eckerd

    This report describes an investigation of the technical feasibility of using a conventional commercial-size (10-ft. i.d.), rotating grate, dry-ash-removal type gas producer to make producer gas from c

    Jan 1, 1960

  • IIMP
    Cotabambas y Antilla: descubriendo dos grandes de cobre en Apurímac

    By Luis Vela Arellano

    El presente texto describe la importancia de dos proyectos de exploración (Cotabambas y Antillas) en la producción de oro y cobre. Dichos proyectos se ubican en la franja del Balolito Andahuaylas-Yaur

    Feb 1, 2015

  • DFI
    Performance Of Non-Displacement And Displacement Piling, Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia

    By Felix Cheng

    Extensions to the Convention Centre in Adelaide, South Australia consisted in part of construction over the existing railway system comprising nine rail lines and passenger platforms. Vibro-pile (Aust

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    A Methodology for Determining the Erosion Profile of the Freeze Lining in Submerged Arc Furnace

    By H. Dong

    This paper presents a heat conduction model to determine the erosion profile of freeze linings in a ferronickel submerged arc furnace. Kirchhoff transformation was adopted to simplify the nonlinear eq

    Jan 1, 2014

  • TMS
    Recycling and Material Price: An Exploration of the Effects of Secondary Substitutability on Price Stability

    By Frank Field, Randolph Kirchain, Elisa Alonso, Richard Roth, Nathan Fleming

    "High material prices and price uncertainty can be harmful to manufacturing firms. Increased use of recycled materials, industry-wide, can lower both material prices and price variability; moreover, i

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME-ICGCM
    Indian Experiences Of Mechanised Coal Pillar Extraction (b04565f5-fd0b-4a80-a8aa-fcb98125fe52)

    By Arun Kumar Singh

    Wide variation in the nature of the coal seams and the surrounding rock mass of the Indian coalfields and very little information about the associated stress fields were observed to be the major hurdl

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Who does the Marketing in the Race for Space?

    This paper has been developed for æThe Race for SpaceÆ conference. It ranges over various aspects, all of which are within the umbrella of marketing. The question is posed because many engineers, tunn

    Jan 1, 1999

  • ISEE
    Magazine Propagation Model in Quantitative Risk Assessments

    By Harley Cheema, Brandon Fryman, John Tatom

    A new magazine propagation model has been proposed by the IMESAFR Science Panel for eventual implementation into the IMESAFR QRA program. Initial results from this QRA propagation model are now availa

    Feb 1, 2020

  • NIOSH
    Longwall Tailgates: The Technology For Roof Support Has Improved But Optimization Is Still Not There

    By Thomas M. Barczak

    Roof support technology for longwall tailgates has changed dramatically during the past decade. Filling tailgates with conventional wood cribs is becoming the exception rather than the rule. Modern en

  • DFI
    Assessment Of Impacts And Challenges Of Existing Codes Of The Bi-Directional Static Load Test (Bdslt)

    By Danielle Nhanqulumanga, Pranith Bhatt, Snehal Patel, Khadeeja Priyan

    The Bi-Directional Static Load Test (BDSLT) is a test that determines the capacity of piles when loaded under bi-axial static compression. In recent years the BDSLT has seen an increase in demand due

    Sep 1, 2022

  • IIMP
    El uranio en los volcánicos de la meseta de Quenamari, Macusani-Carabaya-Puno-Perú

    By Andrés Rivera

    Los volcánicos Quenamari —ubicados en el distrito de Macusani, provincia de Carabaya, región Puno, al sur del Perú— alojan mineralización de uranio, torio y litio. El uranio, asociado a las riolitas d

    Nov 30, 2018

  • IIMP
    Minería preventiva a través del monitoreo ambiental predictivo

    By Hernán Chavez, Sandro Ludeña

    La minería es un industria muy retadora para lograr su desarrollo, desde la etapa exploratoria, pre factibilidad, factibilidad, construcción y finalmente llegar a operar, en todas estas etapas se pres

    Sep 29, 2023

  • SAIMM
    High-Wall Control At Anglo Gold Ashanti, Navachab Mine (2dbbeb3c-3655-4c5f-9dba-7c00ed466556)

    By André de Jager, Henk Ludik

    Navachab Mine experiences difficulties with pit wall stability in certain areas of the mine. The main reason for the instability is the fact that the geology comprises many joints and faults. Blastin

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ABM
    Sail Rsp Blast Furnace No. 5 - A Greenfield Project In A Brownfield Optimization Context

    By Jan Bak

    Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), which is operated by the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), was inaugurated in 1959 and was the first Integrated Steel Plant in the public sector in India. In 2013, R

    Aug 2, 2018

  • TMS
    Impact on Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a Switch from Carbon to Hydrogen as the Principal Reducing Agent in Producing Metals

    By James W. Evans, Brian R. Wildey

    "Carbon has been the principal reducing agent in producing metals for centuries. Carbon is an inexpensive reducing agent, but also an effective one, as any undergraduate who knows her Ellingham diagra

    Jan 1, 2008

  • DFI
    Revisiting Hunter and Davisson (1969)

    By Bengt Fellenius

    Hunter and Davisson (1969) wrote a pioneering paper that brought the presence of residual force and its consequence for pile load-transfer to the attention of the profession. The paper presented obser

    Oct 31, 2023

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals 1986 - Barite, Bauxite and alumina

    By R. J. Anderson, A. V. Castelli

    In 1986, United States' barite production fell 48.9%, consumption - sold or used by grinding plants - was off 47.3%, and imports were down 63.8%. Meanwhile, world mine production decreased 29.6%,

    Jan 5, 1987

  • IIMP
    Recolección de Información Geotécnica, a partir de testigos de perforación diamantina, Caracterización o Clasificación Geotécnica

    By Arild Palmström, Castro Fresno

    El presente trabajo se enfoca en la información recolectada a partir de testigos de perforación diamantina, dejando de lado cualquier otra fuente de información como serían los afloramientos rocosos,

    Sep 1, 2017