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The Contribution of BHP BillitonÆs Ekati Diamond MineTM to Sustainable Development in CanadaÆs NorthBy R Beaulieu, D Burlingame, C Hanks
The Ekati Diamond MineÖ is CanadaÆs first diamond mine and is located 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. The development of the mine supports sustainable development
Jan 1, 2002
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Current Challenges In PGM Flotation of South African OresBy B. D. H. Knights, M. A. W. Bryson
Flotation of PGM ores, specifically UG-2, presents a number of technical challenges. These centre on the prevalence of chromite. Subject to over-grinding, chromite is primarily recovered to the flotat
Jan 1, 2009
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Bulletin 158 Cost Accounting for Oil ProducersBy CLARENCE G. SMITH
Prior to the actual development of an oil property it is difficult to determine the quantity of oil under the property and the rate at which this oil can be brought to the surface-factors that determi
Jan 1, 1917
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IC 8386 Bibliography Of Investment And Operating Costs For Chemical And Petroleum Plants, January-December 1967By Sidney Katell
This report, covering the period January 1967 through December 1967, is a continuation of a series that began with the publication of Information Circular 7516 in October 1949. It is the ninth in a se
Jan 1, 1968
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Good Delay Timing-Prerequisite of Efficient Bench BlastsVariations in delay timing can have a marked influence on blasting effectiveness and, hence, on total production costs. In single-row bench blasts, delay firing is invariably more effective than simul
Jan 1, 1977
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Floodplain Aggregate Mining In Western Oregon (041e6431-52df-4ad0-a7d9-a5b889f587f6)By E. F. Schnitzer
During 1996 and 1997, Oregon experienced flooding on a scale not seen in many years. Some gravel pits located near rivers experienced erosion and, in several cases, breaches between the gravel pit and
Jan 1, 1999
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Boston and KeweenawBy J. Robert Van Peli
IT was a strange but highly fruitful marriage-that union of hardy explorers, seeking the rich treasures of copper in the Lake Superior wilderness, with Boston's aristocracy of brains, capital, an
Jan 1, 1948
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New Nickel Value Chain from Laterite to Stainless Steel – Outotec Ferrochromenickel ProcessBy L. Narhi, K. Haavanlammi
"Approximately two thirds of annual nickel production is used as a raw material in the making of stainless steel, and about 60% of these nickel products are in the form of metallic nickel such as nick
Jan 1, 2017
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A Valid Approach to Equipment Productivity and Reliability BenchmarkingBy R. Adsero
The volume of data produced by operating mines has increased substantially over the last 10 years. However, the volume of data and analytical capability has been negatively correlated to equipment pr
Feb 23, 2014
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Pile Load Test Results For Highway 280 Pile Uplift Test SiteBy Douglas Brittsan
This paper presents pile tension and compression load test results for the Southern Freeway Viaduct (North) pile load test site. The testing program represents a collaboration between California Depar
Jan 1, 1993
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Comparative tests of two operating procedures for the Turam electromagnetic prospecting system conducted at the McClean uranium deposits in northern SaskatchewanBy K. Duckworth
"Comparative tests of the conventional Turam survey configuration and an alternative configuration called the Tx-parallel configuration were conducted at the McClean uranium deposit in northern Saskat
Jan 1, 1988
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IC 6813 Review of Illinois Coal-Mine Fatalities for 1933By A. U. Miller
Since coal -mining records have been kept , reports of all mining States show that each year the lives of many workers have been sacrificed in the production of coal , and Illinois has contributed its
Nov 1, 1934
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Australian Hydrometallurgy Research and DevelopmentBy James Vaughan
Australia is a major miner of ore that requires hydrometallurgical processing. According to the 2016 US Geological Survey Minerals Commodities Summaries, the country is 1st for aluminium (bauxite) and
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The Jiboia Ti-Zr heavy mineral sands deposit: A new discovery in the coastal plain of the São Francisco River delta, northeast BrazilBy Ricardo Oliveira Gallart de Menezes, Claudio Gerheim Porto, Reiner Neumann
The Jiboia heavy mineral sands deposit is a new discovery associated with the São Francisco River delta on the northern coast of Sergipe state. The identified resources are part of the much larger min
Apr 1, 2024
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Continuous Surface Mining of Medium - Hard MaterialsBy Halvorsen N
For mining medium-hard materials on the surface, "Continuous Surface Miners" have been employed for some years. The latest generation surface miner extends the performance of this type of machine t
Jan 1, 1990
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Mixed Culture Bacterial Leaching of Manganese DioxideThirty mixed cultures of microorganisms from soil, water and mineral samples from the Groote Eylandt Mining Company mine site were approximately three times more effective in biodegrading manganese di
Jan 1, 1983
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Caterpillar With Tunnel Boom Boosts Productivity On Swiss ProjectA dedicated tunnel construction version of the Caterpillar 328D LCR compact radius excavator is proving highly productive on the A9 Autoroute construction project near Visp, in Switzerland. It is the
Jan 1, 2009
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Economía circular en la Industria Metalúrgica MineraBy Kevin Sierra, Orfelinda Ávalo, David Martínez, Julio Guizado, Edwilde Yoplac
Los relaves mineros son un subproducto común del proceso de recuperación de los metales y los minerales. En general, consiste en un lodo líquido compuesto de agua y partículas finas de metales y miner
Sep 29, 2023
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Mineral Chemistry and Phase Equilibrium Constraints on the Origin of Accretions Formed During Copper Flash SmeltingBy I. Moreno-Ventas, G. Ríos, J. C. Fernández-Caliani, M. Bacedoni
"This paper delves into the constraints on the nature, origin and thermal evolution of the accretions formed in the uptake shaft of the flash smelting furnace operated by Atlantic Copper in Huelva, Sp
Jan 1, 2017
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Consolidation and shear strength testing and stability analysis of coal mine spoil degraded to mudBy L Bergin, D J. Williams, S Islam, T A. Vangsness
The flooding of open strip coal mines in the Bowen Basin and Hunter Valley Coalfields of Eastern Australia has the potential to soften the spoil and floor materials to produce “mud”. This mud can act
Jul 23, 2018