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  • SME
    Procedural Aspects of Grouting Shafts, Tunnels and Drifts

    By Yu. A. Polozov, V. A. Lagunov, O. Yu. Lushinkova, Yu. I. Svirskiy, Eh. Ya. Kipko, Roy A. Williams

    The STG integrated method of grouting can be divided into the several phases as outlined in preceding chapters. For convenience in describing technical procedures, they can be grouped as: 1. Investig

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    How To Obtain Continuous Flotation Test Data With Drill Core Sample: A Mini Pilot Plant

    By V. L. Andrade, K. L. C. Goncalves, N. A. Santos

    This paper describes results obtained in a test program performed with new equipment, called Mini Pilot Plant, manufactured by Canadian Process Technologies. This equipment was acquired by CVRD aiming

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Locating and determining the status of a thermal event in a longwall panel using mine atmosphere monitoring data - SME Transactions 2012

    By Yi Luo, Jianwei Cheng, Mingming Li, Lei Xiao

    Concealed thermal events in longwall gobs present safety hazards for underground coal miners and can significantly interrupt mining production. The probable causes for such thermal events range from c

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Using Scrubbers To Comply With Dust Standards In High Output Continuous Miner Sections

    By O&apos

    Southern Ohio Coal Company (SOCCO) and the U.S. Bureau of Mines have identified techniques to optimize the use of scrubbers on continuous miners. The techniques provide maximum respirable dust control

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Effect Of Lift Height, Overall Heap Height And Climate On Heap Leaching Efficiency

    By J. Marsden

    Lift height, overall heap height and climate all play an important role in determining precious metals leaching rates, recoveries, operating costs and capital cost requirements for heap leaching opera

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Analysis and Characterization of Anti-Caking Additives Used in Rock Dust to Mitigate Mine Explosions - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Inoka E. Perera, Michael J. Sapko, Marcia L. Harris

    Experiments conducted with limestone dusts and dolomitic marble dusts have indicated that when rock dust is wetted and subsequently dried, it becomes a solid, non-dispersible cake. However, in order t

    Apr 12, 2021

  • SME
    Analysis Of Slam-based Lidar Data Quality Metrics For Geotechnical Underground Monitoring

    By LUKAS FAHLE, JURGEN F. BRUNE, ANDREW J. PETRUSKA, ELIZABETH A. HOLLEY, Gabriel Walton

    Adverse ground behavior events, such as convergence and ground falls, pose critical risks to underground mine safety and productivity. Today, monitoring of such failures is primarily conducted using l

    Jan 1, 2023

  • SME
    A New Low Temperature Process For Agglomerating Iron Ore Fines And Concentrates

    By M. Adnan Goksel

    The hydrothermal agglomerating process described (U.S. Pat. 3,235,371, (1966)) is different from the conventional high temperature processes. Green pellets or briquettes made with mixtures of moist ir

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    Impact Of EPA Regulatory And Policy Initiatives On Risk Management And Waste Disposal Strategies For The Mining Industry

    By T. Leftwich, G. Faison, K. Pavlich, R. Borden, S. Pavlou

    Recent regulatory and policy initiatives under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), will have a sign

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Changes In Autogenous Grinding Performance Due To Variation In Slurry Rheology

    By A. K. Bakshi

    Slurry rheology affects autogenous grinding performance by changing the rock's breakage characteristics. In this study pilot scale batch autogenous grinding was carried out to observe the effect

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SME
    Results of an opioid hazard awareness training intervention for stone, sand and gravel miners

    By CORA ROELOFS

    While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the headlines, another epidemic in the United States has continued apace — the opioid epidemic. Half a million opioid overdose deaths have occurred in the Uni

  • SME
    Revolutionizing Australia’s Large Underground Infrastructure Projects with Digital Engineerin - NAT2024

    By Elnaz Saminfar, Jae Bateman, Eric Westergren, Mark Trim

    This paper presents a case study of two major Australian infrastructure projects that used digital engineering to facilitate design delivery: WestConnex Project (Rozelle Interchange), and Sydney Metro

    Jun 23, 2024

  • SME
    Performance of a new fan silencer prototype for auxiliary ventilation

    By Felipe Calizaya, Sekhar Bhattacharyya

    Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is prevalent in mechanized underground mines. Federal regulations are often not complied with effectively. Miners are also prone to ignoring administrative guidelines

  • SME
    Alpha Radiation In Natural Caves

    By Keith A. Yarborough

    INTRODUCTION The National Park Service (NPS) conducted a research program from mid-1975 to early 1978 to measure alpha radiation levels in natural caves which it administers. Subsequently, a long-t

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Recent Advances In Drillability

    By James Paone

    Drillability of rocks by mechanical means is closely related to the physical properties of the respective rocks, Various approaches by previous investigators on rock drillability are presented, as wel

    Jan 1, 1966

  • SME
    Experiences Gained in Heterogeneous Ground Conditions at the Twin Tube EPB Shield Tunnels in Sao Paulo Metro Line 5

    By Ulrich Maidl, Gustavo Aguiar, Argemiro Ferreira, Marco A. Peixoto Silva, Marc Comulada

    "Metro Line 5 in Sao Paulo is being constructed. This lot extends for 4,940 m with twin EPB shield tunnels under a dense and busy urban area, with an excavation diameter of 6.9 m. The tunnels run pred

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Surface Treatments of Mineral Fillers for Plastics as Viewed from a Flotation Chemist's Perspective

    By W. M. Cross

    The use of fillers and reinforcements for plastics has increased considerably over the past few decades. For example, in the 1980's the average growth rate of filler use was 5.8%. [Katz and Milew

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Crossing an Environmentally Sensitive Shore Area— Micro-Tunneling in the Australian Outback - RETC2021

    By Taner Aydogmus

    The A$29 billion Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project is one of Australia’s largest resource projects. Located at Ashburton North, 12 kilometers west of Onslow in Western Australia, the project will co

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    A Procedure To Determine Froth Flotation Kinetic Data Using Computer Data Acquisition And Analysis

    By J. A. Barrera-Godinez

    Traditional batch flotation tests produce a limited number of data points from which to evaluate the kinetics of the process. In this research, continuous weighing of froth, from a modified circular f

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Recursive Refinement of Geotechnical Design for Copenhagen Cityring Metro

    By Georgios Kafantaris, Carsten Bonde, Nataša Katic

    Within the investigation works for the Copenhagen Cityring metro, Geo/CMT have carried out 90 geotechnical boreholes. Together with the previously available investigation, this resulted in more than

    Jan 1, 2016