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  • CIM
    Simple Mechanisation of Narrow Vein Deposits in South Africa

    By Julian Wills

    The Candrill was developed with Soredem as a one-operator rockdrill for Canadian narrow vein mining. It provides the benefits of increased drilling rates, lower noise and vibration, mass reduction of

    Oct 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    Early History of Colonial Mining, in Connection with "Is Scientific Management a Success?"

    When the Mining Bill came before the Victorian Legislature not so many months ago, the question arose whether mining managers required education, and to what extent. Some members of the House expresse

  • NIOSH
    RI 9325 - Mitigating Destructive Longwall Bumps Through Conventional Gate Entry Design

    By Alan A. Campoli

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines evaluated two different conventionallongwall gate entry systems in the Southern Appalachian Basin, where mining and geologic conditions are conducive for coal pillar bumps. Th

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Experts Discuss Reserves Reporting at SME Meeting

    By Steve Kral

    Mining is a risky business. The cost of exploring for new mineral deposits is high and the success rate of finding one worthy of development is relatively low. And once a deposit is identified, ther

    Jan 1, 2003

  • NIOSH
    RI 2705 Calcium Sulphate Retarders for Portland Cement

    By Ernest E. Berger

    "INTRODUCTIONOne of the outstanding problems in the normetallic industries, and one which involves two of the greatest of these industries, cement and gypsum, is the reaction of Portland cement with c

    Sep 1, 1925

  • AUSIMM
    Control of Manganese Level in an Electrolytic Zinc Plant Circuit by Anodic Deposition of Oxide

    By Bratt G. C

    When zinc is electrowon from concentrates or residues of high manganese content, the zinc sulphate electrolyte may contain high levels of manganese. The manganese level is usually controlled by remova

    Jan 1, 1975

  • IOM3
    Laboratory-scale smelting of copper-anode slimes

    By G. G. Barbante

    Anode slimes produced during copper electrorefining are a valuable source of silver, gold, selenium and tellurium. The conventional pyrometallurgical process for treating slimes involves preliminary l

    Aug 1, 1995

  • NIOSH
    RI 5900 Heats And Free Energies Of Formation Of Some Hydrated And Anhydrous Sodium-And Calcium-Aluminum Silicates ? Introduction And Summary

    By R. Barany

    This report contains the results of experimental work conducted by the Bureau of Mines to obtain the heats of formation at 298.15° K. of analcite, dehydrated analcite, lawsonite, anorthite, hexagonal

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    Timing, Motivation, Technology Important for Improved Mining Productivity

    By William G. Doepken

    With most of the mining industry emerging from the deepest business recession in 50 years, primary attention must be given to surviving in a business climate where dominant foreign competition, depres

    Jan 11, 1983

  • AIME
    Producing – Equipment, Methods and Materials - Prevention of Carbonate Scale Deposition: A Well -Packing Technique with Controlled Solubility Phosphates

    By Karl A. Bauer, Cornelis Bezemer

    The deposition of calcium carbonate scale on surface and subsurface production equipment creates an operation problem in many oil fields. The formation water in which the carbonate-scale-forming compo

    Jan 1, 1970

  • AUSIMM
    Land Restoration on the Taramakau River

    By F K. Buckley

    Currently, Kanieri Gold Dredging Limited operates the only large scale gold dredging operation in New Zealand. It dredges a claim in the Taramakau River using the bucket dredge 'Kanieri'. Th

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    Distribution Ratios of Platinium Group Metals Between Al2O3-CaO-SiO2 or FeO-CaO-SiO2 Slag Systems and Molten Iron

    By K. Yamaguchi, Sekimoto. H.

    "Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) used as catalyst which reduces toxic substances in emission gas exhausted from an automobile should extensively be recycled because they are rare metals produced only at

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AIME
    Producing-Equipment, Methods and Materials - Oil Production From Reservoirs With an Oil Layer Between Gas and Bottom Water in the Same Sand

    By J. van Lookeren

    In the case of a reservoir where the oil underlies a large gas cap and overlies bottom water, production can be inzproved considerably if wells are perforated below the water-oil contact rather than o

    Jan 1, 1966

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Discussion of An Empirical Relation Defining the Stress Dependence of Minimum Creep Rate in Metals

    By James C. M. Li, J. Weertman

    James C. M. Li (United States Steel Covp.)—The author has discovered a single analytical relation between the minimum, or the steady-state, creep rate and the applied stress confirming a statement mad

    Jan 1, 1963

  • NIOSH
    OFR-39(7)-82 Experiments On Personal Equipment For Low Seam Coal Miners: VI. Comparisons Of Bumping Hazards With High And Low Profile Helmets.

    By Mark Sanders

    This report describes an experiment which was conducted to compare the relative bumping hazard of a low and high profile hard hat (helmet) in a low seam mining environment. The study was specifically

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    IC 8546 CANOPY - A Computer Program For The Structural Analysis Of Space-Frame Protective Canopies

    By Stephen Gerard Sawyer

    This report presents a Fortran IV computer program for the structural analysis of space-frame protective canopies used in underground mines to protect equipment operators from falls of roof, face, or

    Jan 1, 1972

  • AIME
    Minerals Beneficiation - Exothermic Hardening of Cu-Ni Sulfide Agglomerates

    By F. Petkovich, M. P. Sudbury

    Development of a new method of treating flotation concentrates for the preparation of feed suitable for direct charging to blast furnaces or converters is described. The method takes advantage of the

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME-ICGCM
    Mitigating the Effects of High Horizontal Stress on Ground Control in An Underground Stone Mine: A Case History

    By John Ellenberger

    The nature of a stone deposit is rarely defined through exploration and engineering design, but more through the actual experience encountered as the mine develops; hence, issues with ground control a

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Socioeconomic Significance Of Western Surface Coal Mining

    By Gary N. Weinrich

    Large surface mining projects in sparsely populated regions of the West have the potential to create disruptions in an area's social and economic character with potential effects on man that can

    Jan 1, 1975

  • NIOSH
    IC 8035 Bibliography Of Investment And Operating Costs For Chemical And Petroleum Plants, January-December 1960 ? Introduction

    By Sidney Katell

    This cost bibliography, covering the period from January through December 1960, is a continuation of the series which began with the publication of Information Circular 7516 in October 1949. It is als

    Jan 1, 1961