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  • SME
    Geologists Add Value at Newmont’s Nevada Mines – Part One

    By Wayne Trudel, Lloyd McEvers, Lori Clarke, Eric Saderholm, Charles Lynn Bolin, Leroy Schutz

    Newmont mine geologists in Nevada are most proficient when applying technical expertise with multi-departmental teams in three main settings. The first is value creation through near-mine discovery, d

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Relationships between comminution energy and product size for a magnetite ore - Synopsis

    An extensive laboratory grinding study was carried out on a magnetite ore in order to assess the grinding behaviour of magnetic concentrate and tail from low intensity magnetic separation (LIMS).The t

    Jan 1, 2010

  • DFI
    Design And Construction Of A Cut-Off Wall In Warm Permafrost

    By Steven L. Anderson

    A cut-off wall has been designed and is currently under construction along the Back Dam of the existing tailings impoundment at Red Dog Mine, Alaska. The cut-off wall, which will be in the order of 5

    Jan 1, 2010

  • ISEE
    Journal: Musings of a Safety Philosopher Relating to Blasting Safety

    By Ralph Dawson

    The following additions to SLP-4 “ALWAYS AND NEVERS” have been approved by the Board of Governors since the last printing 6/97 and will be included in the next printing soon. They are also included in

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AIME
    Coal - Coal Gasification for Production of Synthesis and Pipeline Gas

    By M. A. Elliott

    The technology of gasifying coal to produce synthesis and pipeline gas has advanced significantly in the Past 20 to 30 years. This period has seen the extensive use of oxygen in coal gasification, th

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME
    Northside Storage Tunnel Project, Sydney: Tunnelling and Groundwater Control Beneath the Middle Harbour

    By R. A. Gee, G. B. Ashton, S. T. Warren, P. N. Groves

    Northside Storage Tunnel provides 500 megalitres (Ml) (130 million gallons) of storage capacity to capture stormwater/sewage overflows into Sydney Harbour. The6.6 m diameter TBM driven tunnel traverse

    Jan 1, 2001

  • AUSIMM
    The Economic Potential of the Greymouth Coalfield

    The Greymouth Coalfield contains New Zealand's greatest known resource of bituminous rank coal. The coals are of very high quality, with low ash and sulphur contents and a range of other properti

    Jan 1, 1985

  • TMS
    Fluid Flow And Transport Phenomena During Steel Refining And Casting Process

    By Lifeng Zhang

    The transport of fluid, heat ,and particles (bubbles and solid inclusions) in flowing molten steel is investigated in steel refining ladles, the continuous casting tundish, continuous casting mold and

    Jan 1, 2006

  • DFI
    Effective Analysis Of Soil-Pile Interaction Under Dynamic Loads

    By Inn-Joon Park

    Major problems associated predicting soil-structure interaction behavior are based on the fact that soil is neither homogeneous nor elastic and soil properties are spatially variable. There also exist

    Jan 1, 2002

  • NIOSH
    The Mineral Industry Of Central American Countries

    By Doris M. Hyde

    Mineral output and trade in the Central American countries were directly or indirectly affected by the sometimes violent civil unrest and recessionary economic developments that have pervaded the regi

    Jan 1, 1985

  • NIOSH
    IC 6515 Mining Methods And Costs At The Champion Copper Mine, Painesdale, Mich. - Introduction

    By Albert Mendelsohn

    This paper, describing the mining practice at the Champion mine of the Copper Range Copper Mining Co., is one of a series of papers on mining methods and costs being prepared by the United States Bure

    Jan 1, 1931

  • AIME
    Prospects of Oil in Utah

    By George T. Hansen

    WHY try to find oil in Utah? Why try to find oil anywhere? Isn't there too much oil already? Answers to these questions involve general oil conditions but are pertinent to my subject. In the firs

    Jan 1, 1933

  • AUSIMM
    Investigations on Wire Ropes in Mine Hoisting Systems

    Wire rope, when used for hoisting on a mine is one of the most vulnerable units in the most expensive group of installations on the mine. With the introduction of hoisting on the Koepe sheave, a new t

    Jan 1, 1965

  • NIOSH
    IC 8877 SIC-Based Demand Information System For Nonfuel Minerals

    By George K. Schenck

    This Bureau of Mines publication describes and evaluates a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) based end-use data system for minerals that is designed to link the demand for minerals to economic

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SAIMM
    Interaction Of Mgo-Mgr2o4(R: Al, Cr, Fe) Refractories With SO2-Containing Gases

    By N. Z. Fotoyi

    Keywords: MgO-MgR2O3 refractory, SO2-containing gases, chemical attack The reaction mechanisms occurring when MgO-MgR2O3 refractories are exposed to SO2-containing gas atmospheres were examined. T

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AIME
    Industrial Minerals - The Grand Isle Mine: Freeport Sulphur Company’s Offshore Venture (Mining Engineering, Jun 1960, pg 578)

    By C. O. Lee, Z. W. Bartlett, R. H. Feierabend

    The Grand Isle sulfur mine is located in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately seven miles off the coast of Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, La. The deposit is on acreage covered by oil, gas, and mineral lea

    Jan 1, 1961

  • TMS
    CO2 Removal from Industrial Off-Gas Streams by Fluidized Bed Carbonation

    By M. K. Patel, K. A. Pericleous, M. Molaei

    "The future trading of carbon credits and increased financial cost necessitates substantial cuts in incidental C02 emissions in the production of metals (iron, steel, aluminum, zinc, lead). Although g

    Jan 1, 2012

  • ISEE
    A Simple Method of Determining Site-Specific Safe Decking Procedures in Order to Avoid Dynamic Pressure Issues When Decking

    By Neal Lee, Braden T. Lusk, Brendan McCray

    Determining the minimum amount of inert material that can be used between explosive columns is a complex problem. Using too little inert material can result in detonator/primer failure, either by symp

    Jan 1, 2016

  • CIM
    An In-Plant Test of Sphalerite Flotation without Copper Activation

    By Q. Zhang, J. A. Finch

    "Sphalerite flotation in the absence of copper activation at moderately alkaline pH has been observed in laboratory studies. An in-plant test of this observation was conducted at Kidd Creek Mine LTD.

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AUSIMM
    Beyond below-ground geological complexity: Developing adaptive expertise in exploration decision-making

    By M J. Davies, R S. Davies

    Despite increased expenditure, the global discovery rate of world-class ore deposits has been in decline for over a decade (Schodde, 2017). Mineral exploration has traditionally followed an empirical

    Nov 21, 2018