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  • AUSIMM
    A Convenient Method for Survey of Stopes and Development

    THE most important part of the routine survey work on a mine is the keeping up-to-date of plans and sections showing progress of stoping and development work, and the direction of the latter for the p

    Jan 1, 1928

  • CIM
    Remote Sensing Enabling Technologies for Assessment of Construction Worker?s Musculoskeletal Disorder Risks: A Review and Future Extension

    By Fei Dai

    Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a group of painful disorders that affect muscles, tendons, nerves, joints, cartilage, and ligaments. They are a serious problem among the workforce in the United S

    Aug 1, 2013

  • NIOSH
    IC 8483 Fly Ash Utilization - A Summary Of Applications And Technology

    By John P. Capp

    Information is summarized on the major uses of fly ash and prospects for utilization in agriculture and in brick and mineral-wool manufacture. Technological aspects of utilization are discussed and re

    Jan 1, 1970

  • DFI
    Pile Load Test Results For Highway 280 Pile Uplift Test Site

    By Douglas Brittsan

    This paper presents pile tension and compression load test results for the Southern Freeway Viaduct (North) pile load test site. The testing program represents a collaboration between California Depar

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    Numerical Modelling of a Deep Excavation Shoring for Replacement of Control Structure at a Dam

    By Lok M. Sharma, Deep K. Khatri, Bradfield. Brett

    "A shored enclosure was required to access a control structure upstream below the dam of a deep lake. The shoring involves the interaction of the structure, soil, and water and the loads imposed inclu

    Jan 1, 2017

  • AIME
    Mining - Underground Mining - Methane Gas Detection Using a Laser

    By H. J. Gerritsen

    From presently available components a portable, rugged, reliable apparatus can be built which will be able to detect methane concentrations of 0.1% and lower in air. Sensitivity and design considerati

    Jan 1, 1967

  • ISEE
    Subdrill – The Underutilised Blasting Parameter

    By Stephen Mansfield

    In metalliferous mining operations, subdrill is that portion of the blast hole that is drilled below the target grade elevation, and in most cases loaded with explosives. Its primary aim is to enable

  • SME
    In Situ Stress Measurement In A Jointed Basalt: The Suitability Of Five Overcoring Techniques

    By T. A. Rundle, K. Kim, W. M. McCabe, E. C. Gregory

    Overcoring tests were conducted at the Near-Surface Test Facility(NSTF) to assess the suitability of five techniques (U.S. Bureau of Mines borehole deformation gauge (BDG), Commonwealth Scientific and

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Operation of large underground fans at Kidd Mine ? progressing through the challenges

    Kidd Mine in Northern Ontario is now producing from Stage 1 of the Mine D expansion project ? mining between 2100 m and 2700 m below surface. Planning for Stage 2 of the Mine D project is already well

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME-ICGCM
    Integrated Instrumentation Method of Stress State, Material Property, and Deformation Measurement for Stress Control Method of Mining

    By Shosei Serata

    The application of conventional rock mechanics methods to complex ground is very difficult. Yet. In most underground mining, the ground is complex. Therefore. conventional methods are not only difficu

    Jan 1, 1986

  • CIM
    40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Alteration and Petrogenesis of Porphyry Copper-Related Granitoids in the Darreh-Zerreshk and Ali-Abad area, Central Iran

    By P. H. Reynolds, S. Liaghat, A. Zarasvandi

    "Darreh-Zerreshk and Ali-Abad are two relatively small porphyry copper-type deposits in Yazd Province in central Iran. They are located within the central Iranian volcano-plutonic belt, formed above t

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    RI 4174 Tungsten Deposits in Alaska

    By Wilford S. Wright, Harold E. Heide, Robert L. Thorne, Neal M. Muir, Aner W. Erickson, Bruce I. Thomas

    A program of investigation of strategic and critical minerals began in 1940 to examine and develop tungsten occurrences in the western United States and Alaska. During the years in which the nation wa

    Jun 1, 1948

  • DFI
    Measurement And Analysis On The Bearing Behaviour And Driving Effects Of Piles In Shanghai Region

    By Gao Dazhao

    This paper presents some research results of pile foundation performance. Measurements on the bearing behaviour and driving effects of piles have been carried out during pile testing and pile driving.

    Jan 1, 1991

  • AIME
    Reservoir Engineering - General - Some Theoretical Aspects of Underground Combustion in Segregated Oil Reservoirs

    By B. S. Gottfried

    This paper is concerned with possible transport mechanisms which occur during segregated burning (i.e., burning in an oil reservoir in which the oil-bearing formation is overlain by a "clean" porous z

    Jan 1, 1967

  • DFI
    Pile Driving Between the Amazonas and Xingu Rivers in the Tucuruí-Manaus Transmission Line – Lessons Learned and Solutions Found for a Challenging Project

    By José Carlos do Amaral, Marcelo Groszownik, Jorge Beim

    "Initiated in 2008, the project of this 1800 km long Electrical Transmission Line is a job of extreme technical complexity, crossing regions of major forests and rivers. When ready, it will allow the

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AUSIMM
    Karouni Gold Project from Drill Core to Commissioning

    By K Nilsson, D Connelly

    Troy Resources acquired the Karouni Gold Project in Guyana, South America in 2014 and immediately proceeded to a Pre-Feasibility Study and project implementation. The study considered two open pit min

    Sep 7, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Recent Improvements In The Kumera Steam Dryer

    By J. Talja

    Keywords: drying, steam drying, concentrates, copper, lead During the past twenty years steam drying has become a prominent technology for drying of non-ferrous metals concentrate. This is mainly

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Mining Boom is Sustainable Attendees Told at - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By Steve Kral

    As the mining industry watches commodity prices continue to soar, the question on most everyone’s mind is how long will this upcycle last. The con-census among speakers and attendees at the SME Annua

    Jan 1, 2006

  • TMS
    Technical Developments And Environmental Improvements On The Peirce Smith Converters At Sumitomo?s Toyo Smelter & Refinery

    By Harumasa Kurokawa

    Since the initial start-up, the Toyo Smelter & Refinery has been operating in harmony with the ambient environment, and improvements have been implemented with technologies specifically developed for

    Jan 1, 2005

  • IIMP
    Recuperación del oro de lodos anódicos de electro-refinación de cobre en la refinería de Ilo

    By Valentín Pamo Caytano

    La electrorefinación en un electrolito de CuSO4 - H2SO4 es usado universalmente para producir cobre de alta pureza a partir de los ánodos impuros. Aunque una parte de las impurezas se disuelve durante

    Sep 12, 2011