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  • SME
    The Current Perspective of the Pennsylvania 1957 Gas Well Pillar Study and Its Implications for Longwall Gas Well Pillars

    Many states rely upon the Pennsylvania 1957 “Gas Well Pillar Study” to evaluate the coal barrier surrounding gas wells (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1957). The study included 77 gas well failure case

    Jul 28, 2020

  • SME
    Review Of EPA Mandatory Reporting Of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Rule Or ?MRR? ? Introduction

    By S. M. Carpenter

    In response to the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764; Public Law 110?161), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) issued the final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Effects of ventilation and gob characteristics on spontaneous heating in longwall gob areas

    By L. Yuan

    In the U.S. coal mining industry, most spontaneous combustion fires occur in longwall or worked-out gob areas. In order to reduce the fire hazard caused by spontaneous combustion, it is important to u

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Using Risk Analysis To Support Decision Making On The Central Subway Project

    What decision making tools and methods are available to a project owner when there is no clear differentiator between construction alternatives? A team led by a joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff a

  • SME
    Multiple-Criteria Cut-Off Grade Optimization Utilizing Excel Solver

    By Clinton Birch

    The multiple-criteria decision analysis is a technique that helps to find an optimal solution by evaluating conflicting criteria. In this study, an approach to perform multiple-criteria decision analy

    Jun 25, 2023

  • SME
    Emplacement And Mineralization Of The San Cristobal Ag-Zn-Pb Deposit, Southern Bolivia

    By S. E. Phillipson

    The Late Miocene San Cristobal Ag-Zn-Pb deposit represents syngenetic and epigenetic mineralization with low- and high-sulfidation characteristics. Geology is characterized by barren dacitic ring fra

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Metal-slag equilibria and behavior of impurity oxides in ilmenite smelting

    By J. Pesl, R. Hurman Eric

    Metal-slag phase compositions of molten iron and ilmenite smelting slags or solid titanate phases were determined between 1500° and 1700°C. The influence of oxygen partial pressure and impurity oxide

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Filter Cake Structure As Revealed By3d Simulation Using The Monte Carlo Method

    By G. E. S. Valadao, J. D. Miller, C. L. Lin

    Filtration is an important solid liquid separation technology employed widely in the mineral processing industries. The effectiveness of the filtration operation can be influenced by numerous variable

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Minesite Avalanche – Some Lessons Learned

    By Tim Hurley

    On Friday, May 27, 1983 at about 6 p.m., an avalanche occurred at the Revenue-Virginius Mine. Six mine personnel and two contract diamond drillers were trapped when the avalanche covered and blocked

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Ventilation Risk Management In Underground Coal Mines: Atmospheric Monitoring In The United States

    By K. R. Griffin

    Atmospheric conditions underground are constantly changing and from a safety perspective, it is critical to identify when conditions are trending abnormally. Atmospheric monitoring in underground coal

    Feb 27, 2013

  • SME
    Analysis Of Failure Modes For Fully Grouted Resin Bolts

    By K. Heasley, A. Yassien, A. Khair, S. Peng

    There are three major components of a fully grouted roof bolt which primarily determine its ability to develop and sustain load: the steel rebar, the resin annulus, and the rock/grout interface. The u

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Possibilities of utilizing mineral wastes in Hungary

    By I. Gombköto, J. Bohm

    "In Europe, and therefore in Hungary opening a new mine is harder and harder. Depletion of mines, unfavourable legal and economic changes, and growing public concerns are the main reasons. Social and

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Assessment of Progressive Failure of an Expanded Concrete Segmentally Lined Tube Tunnel

    By Andrew Thomson, Peter Wright

    "A section of a London Underground expanded segmental lined tunnel constructed in the 1970’s progressively deteriorated after 2001, with extensive radial joint spalling and mid-segment cracking. As pa

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Digging for Survival: Female Participation in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in the Tarkwa Mining District of Ghana

    By N. K. Dumakor-Dupey, G. B. Sakyi-Addo, K. J. Bansah

    "Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) occurs in many countries around the world, and provides a source of livelihood to many impoverished local people in areas where it occurs. This paper reports th

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Chicago's Tarp Problem - 8 Million Tons Of Rock

    By Daniel F. Meyer, William C. Paschen

    INTRODUCTION The problems involved with moving millions of tons of rock are being addressed by nationally recognized tunnel contractors who have converged in Chicago over the past 5 years. This wea

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Using Slope Design Fundamentals and Technology for Slope Steeping on a Final Wall at the Goldstrike Openpit

    By Jeff Mattern

    "Slope performance monitoring, dependable operational practices and ongoing collection of geologic data in openpit slopes all provide valuable information for quantifying potential steepening of subse

    Dec 1, 2018

  • SME
    CFD gas distribution analysis for different continuous-miner scrubber redirection configurations - SME Transactions 2017

    By L. Zhou, J. P. Rider, T. W. Beck, J. A. Organiscak, Y. Zheng

    The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)’s Pittsburgh Mining Research Division (PMRD) recently developed a series of models using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to st

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    CFD gas distribution analysis for different continuous-miner scrubber redirection configurations - SME Transactions 2018

    By L. Zhou, J. P. Rider, T. W. Beck, J. A. Organiscak, Y. Zheng

    The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)’s Pittsburgh Mining Research Division (PMRD) recently developed a series of models using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to st

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Drone-Based Applications for Tailings Dam Monitoring

    By Jose A. Gomez, Javad Sattarvand

    Failures of tailings dams have been happening lately. Due to the lack of laws on particular design criteria and stability requirements related monitoring during construction and maintenance, they are

    Jun 25, 2023

  • SME
    Study on the Influence of Borehole Conditions on Panoramic Side-View Borehole Images in Underground Coal Mines - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Yuting Xue, Mark Van Dyke, Zoheir Khademian

    Borehole scoping has been widely used in the U.S. underground coal mines as a method for geologic mapping and stability analysis because it is very useful for identifying rock types, voids, fractures,

    Feb 1, 2025