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Innovative Mining Systems For Low-Cost Production In Very Thick Alluvial Deposits
By G. Goellner
The thick alluvial sand and gravel deposits along the base of the San Gabriel mountain range in Southern California area have been mined for construction aggregates for over 100 years. Encroachment of
Jan 1, 2004
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Risk-Management Process for Tailings Control
By Franco Oboni, Iain G. Bruce
The design of tailings containment structures relies on well-understood engineering methods being applied consistently. Unfortunately, not all facilities are designed or managed to the same level of
Jan 1, 2002
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Prediction Of Coal Continuity, Quality, And Mining Conditions As Afforded By Deposystem Analysis ? Introduction
By R. H. Mullennex
Application of depositional analysis concepts is becoming an ever-increasingly more important and more useable tool in exploration and development of coals in the Appalachian basin. Over the past deca
Jan 1, 1986
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Mini Symposium - Management Practices In The Mining Industry ? Industrial Relations In The Mining Industry
By Thomas F. Connors
The end of an era is here. The pony-express era of industrial relations in the coal industry is ending. Those professionals who know it must end to insure the industry's future are happy, relieve
Jan 1, 1981
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Laboratory Assessment Of Rock Fragmentation Process By Continuous Miners – Preprint 97-172
By V. B. Achanti, A. W. Khair
Laboratory studies were carried out at West Virginia University to investigate the rock fragmentation mechanism by continuous miners using an automated rotary cutting simulator. The primary factors in
Feb 24, 1997
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Construction of a Mixed Face Reach Through Granitic Rocks and Conglomerate
By John J. Murray, Michael T. McRae, Michael A. Krulc, Kathy L. Schuler
The San Vicente Pipeline Tunnel Project involves the construction of an 8.5-foot-diameter water pipeline in an 11 mile tunnel in San Diego, California. The tunnel is located in extremely variable geol
Jan 1, 2007
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Auxiliary Operations
By Christopher J. Vise
Although production operations at mines, representing the extraction and removal of the mined material, often appear to receive the greatest amount of attention, the emphasis given to auxiliary operat
Jan 1, 2008
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Managing Copper In Leach Solution At The Çöpler Gold Mine: Laboratory Testing And Process Design
By M. Botz
Alacer Gold Corporation is constructing the Çöpler Gold Mine in eastern Turkey. Mining commenced in the fourth quarter of 2009 and gold production started in the fourth quarter of 2010. The mine is
Jan 1, 2011
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Exploration sampling; The key to better mining projects
By Barton G. Stone
"Sampling is the process of taking a small portion of an article such that the consistency of the portion shall be representative of the whole," (Baxter and Parks, 1939)."An orebody is a mixture of mi
Jan 1, 2014
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Adaptive Environmental Management - "Reactive or Adaptive?"
By Charles J. Kucera
Today's highly publicized issues of resource development and environmental protection are not new. But recently these issues have been played one against the other, and some would have us believe
Jan 1, 1979
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Kennecott Celebrates Its Centennial
On June 4, Kennecott Utah Copper (KUC)marked the centennial of the founding of the original company. Bill Champion is president and chief executive officer of KUC. He said, “What has happened during
Jan 1, 2003
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Electrolytic Removal of Iron from Aluminum Sulfate Solutions
By S. C. Sun
A study(1) on the sulfuric acid extraction of alumina from some Pennsylvania ferruginous clays indicated that the published electrolytic method(2)(3) seems to be more efficient than the known chemical
Jan 1, 1968
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Postmining Operations
By Richard B. Stein
Section 25 has been assembled to give the geological, mining, or metallurgical engineer an overview of some of the important downstream operations that typically follow mining activities. This subject
Jan 1, 2008
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More than 1,800 exhibitors in 12 halls will be at MINExpo International 2016
By William Gleason
"It is the largest mining exhibition in the world that attracts thousands of attendees from around the world to Las Vegas, NV once every four years. Despite the recent struggles in the mining industry
Sep 1, 2016
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The Greatest Challenges in TBM Tunneling: Experiences From the Field
By Jim Clark
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) tunneling is an ever-increasing prospect for underground construction, and, with each new tunnel bored, there are unknown elements. When boring through the earth, even ext
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Northwest Mining Association Sparks Glimmer of Mining Hope
By Steve Kral
The domestic mining industry may be in the doldrums but there appears to be hope, at least from a regulatory standpoint. At least one US senator believes that the events of Sept. 11, 2001 made man
Jan 1, 2002
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Greenland: A Potential Trove of Minerals
By Louis W. Cope
Many Americans have seen Greenland while flying over it on their way to or from Europe. Few have visited this largest island in the world. Portions of the 20 percent of the territory that are not ic
Jan 1, 2004
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Experiences with Undermining by Coal in South Africa
By J. N. Van der Merwe
The paper provides an overview of subsidence research which was done by the Sasol Company in South Africa over a period of more than six years. The magnitudes of subsidence elements in South Africa ar
Jan 1, 1986
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The Outlook For Mica
By S. A. Montague
In spite of the many new insulating materials, both synthetic and manufactured, that have been put on the market since the end of World War II, and notwithstanding the many millions of dollars applied
Jan 1, 1962
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Evaluation of operational strategies for heap leaching of gold ores under subzero temperatures, Coffee Project, Kaminak Gold
By Todd Schrauf, James Scott, Mark Smith
"Cyanide heap leaching of gold ores in areas with extremely low winter temperatures requires special considerations to prevent freezing of the leach solution. Factors that impact the solution temperat
Apr 1, 2016