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  • SME
    Flotation Froth Image Segmentation Based on Highlight Correction and Parameter Adaptation Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Wen Tao Liu, Tong Tian, Fu Sheng Niu, Xiu Man Liang

    In order to address the difficulty of accurate segmentation of froth images of different sizes, a method of froth image segmentation based on highlight correction and parameter adaptation is proposed.

  • SME
    52. Discovery of the Yeelirrie Uranium Deposit

    By E. Cameron

    Yeelirrie lies toward the center of Western Australia, 650 km (404 miles) northeast of Perth (Fig. 1). The ore reserves have been estimated as 52.5 kt (57,871 tons) of contained U3O8, at an average gr

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Retrospective Analysis of Solvay Chemicals #5 Shaft - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By William G. Pariseau

    Solvay Chemicals Company mines trona in south-central Wyoming and has done so for many years. The mine is one of several in a mid-continent sedimentary basin that hosts the largest trona resource in t

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    Predicting and Optimising the Strength of Cemented Paste Fills

    By Kanhaiya Mishra, Phanil. K. Mandal, S. K. Behera, P. S. Paul, Prashant Singh, C. N. Ghosh

    The techno-economic and social benefits of cemented paste backfill (CPB) resulted in its wide acceptance by the mining industry. The Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) remains the key binder but to dimini

    Jul 14, 2022

  • SME
    Environmental, Social, and Governance Considerations in Production Scheduling Optimisation for Sublevel Stoping Mining Operations: a Review of Relevant Works and Future Directions - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By G. M. Wali Ullah, MEHMET KIZIL, ` Micah Nehring, PETER KNIGHTS

    In operations that use the sublevel stoping mining method, production scheduling takes into account factors, including ore reserve envelopes, ore grade averages, equipment capacity, feed controls to t

    Nov 6, 2023

  • SME
    The Role Of Gypsum In Portland Cement - Early History of Gypsum and Cement

    By Warren H. Weisz

    A cement, in the broad sense, is any substance which will cause various materials to adhere to each other. Clay was probably the first material to be used by man as a cement or binding agent. Water oc

    Jan 1, 1960

  • SME
    A Review of Rare-Earth Elements Extraction with Emphasis on Non-conventional Sources: Coal and Coal Byproducts, Iron Ore Tailings, Apatite, and Phosphate Byproducts "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Fahimeh Dehghani, Louis Ackah, Tathagata Ghosh, Justin Godbold, Jia Liu, Meisam Peiravi, Manoj Mohanty, Azam Baharlouei

    Primary economical deposits of rare-earth elements (REEs) are exhausting all over the world, and it has become necessary to find new sources and methods for their extraction. In addition, increasing t

    Sep 23, 2020

  • SME
    Mapping of Gold Mineralization in Ichadih, North Singhbhum Mobile Belt, India Using Electrical Resistivity Tomography and Self-Potential Methods "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By SAHENDRA SINGH, SANJIT KUMAR PAL, DHARMITA HORO

    The North Singhbhum Mobile Belt (NSMB) lies between two crustal-scale shear zones, the South Purulia Shear Zone (SPSZ) at the north, and the Singhbhum Shear Zone (SSZ) at the south. The Babaikundi-Bir

    Oct 26, 2020

  • SME
    Selective Process Route to Recover Magnetite from Chalcopyrite Dam Copper Flotation Tailings

    By José Maria Silva, Eugênio Oliveira, Ruberlan Silva, Thiago Souza, Lucas Reis, Lorena Guimarães, Matheus Bianchetti

    Copper mine operations consistently generate a large quantity of tailings after their concentration processing. These tailings are either piled up or stored in a dam, where both alternatives of dispos

    Sep 28, 2022

  • SME
    Practical Options for Solving the Dolomite Problem with Florida Phosphate Resources

    By C. Feng, W. Song, B. Moudgil, P. Zhang, W. Xiao

    Separation of dolomite from phosphate is the most challenging problem in phosphate mineral processing. Over 50% of the future phosphate reserves in Florida contains too much dolomite to process using

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    The effect of discontinuities on the fracturing and mechanical behavior of shale

    By Qingwen Shi, Yun Zhao, Brijes Mishra

    The effect of discontinuities on the fracturing and mechanical behavior of shale has been extensively investigated on a laboratory scale in previous works. It is well agreed that the lamination proper

    Jan 11, 2022

  • SME
    A Computer Program For Solving Complex Auxiliary Ventilation Systems

    By F. Calizaya

    This paper explains and discusses a computer program developed to determine the ventilation design parameters for complex auxiliary ventilation systems such as those found in the construction of long

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Critical Remarks on the Genesis of Ore as Applied to Future Mineral Exploration

    By Reno H. Sales

    The syngenetic, metamorphic water, and source bed concept theories of ore deposition proposed by Anton Gray, C, Lo Knight and others, to explain ores in sedimentary rocks, are challenged on the basis

    Jan 1, 1960

  • SME
    A Review of Current Scheduling and Design Practices in the Powder River Basin - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By Amy McBrayer, Andrea Brickey

    Area mining is a surface mining method that allows for efficient mining and contemporaneous reclamation of tabular or bedded deposits, e.g., coal. Mine planning methods for area mines differ from thos

    Jul 8, 2023

  • SME
    Examples Of Current Surface Mining Research: Operational And Potential

    By Martin B. Treuhaft

    Expectations for coal in the early to mid-1970's prompted the government and industry to pursue research and development programs to increase underground and surface mining coal productivity and

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Innovation in the Mining Industry: Technological Trends and a Case Study of the Challenges of Disruptive Innovation "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2020)"

    By FELIPE SÁNCHEZ, PHILIPP HARTLIEB

    Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among c

    Jul 23, 2020

  • SME
    Neutralization of acid mine pit water at Gibbons Creek lignite mine

    By J. K. Horbaczewski

    The reclamation of an open dragline pit (Pond A3P-2) at the Gibbons Creek lignite mine in east-central Texas required neutralization of acid mine pit water. At the start of treatment with hydrated lim

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Phytoremediation In Areas Contaminated With Heavy And Radioactive Metals

    By C. Vasilescu

    Phytotechnologies use plants to remediate various media impacted with different types of contaminants. These technologies can be implemented either in situ or ex situ. The affected media in which phyt

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Mineralogical Characterization and Optimization of Fe and Mn Through Roast-Leaching of Ferromanganese Ore - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By J. Christophe Niyonzima, Ekata Emmanuel Edo, Sayaf Mustafa, Liqun Luo

    Iron and manganese both are important ferrous metals, and they usually need to be extracted separately for better usage. Ferromanganese ore from the Yunnan Province of China was investigated by subjec

    Mar 26, 2021

  • SME
    Exploration and Improvement of Fuzzy Evaluation Model for Rockburst - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2024)

    By Tuanhui Wang, Qiwei Wang, Quanrui Liu, Jianhui Xu, Chao Wang, Yu Liu, Yuefeng Li

    Rockburst is a highly destructive geological hazard that can cause casualties and equipment damage. To achieve highaccuracy discrimination of rockburst intensity, this article proposes an improved mod

    Feb 28, 2024