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  • SME
    Seismic Hazard Assessment and Mapping: A Comprehensive Case Study at Vale’s Garson Mine, Sudbury, ON Canada - RASIM2022

    By Matthew Price, Laura Brown, Atulya Verma, Samantha Espley

    Burst-prone conditions are a significant hazard in deep hardrock mines, elevating the risk to excavation stability and, more importantly, to worker safety. As mining progresses deeper, induced stress

    Apr 26, 2022

  • SME
    Copenhagen Cityringen Project: Urban Mining Challenges in Contaminated Ground

    By Valerio Violo, Antonio Raschillà, Livia Cicinelli

    "The Cityringen project foresees the construction of a new circular metro line in and around the city center of Copenhagen. Both drives, the north and the south one, required the TBMs to be equipped i

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Draw Point Construction Improvement at Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ) Pt Freeport Indonesia using Six Sigma Method

    By R. Mulyanto, M. Siray, A. Parhusip, F. Hartono

    "PT Freeport Indonesia is preparing the Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ) mine to be the successor of the currently operating Deep Ore Zone (DOZ) mine. The DMLZ is block cave mine situated 500 m below the D

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Mine Scheduling Optimization With Mixed Integer Programming

    By Mark E. Gershon

    A mixed-integer formulation of the mine scheduling problem is discussed and applied for the purpose of optimizing both the mine production sequencing and the mill blending and processing problems simu

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Hoover Dam Spillway Modification And Repair

    By Carl Barchet

    INTRODUCTION Located on the Colorado River on the Nevada-Arizona border about 56 km (35 miles) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, Hoover Dam is a gravity arch dam 221 m (726') high for electric p

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Experimental and numerical investigations of the fluid flow in a hydroclyclone with an air core

    By Chinmay Shingote, Robert Visintainer, Renjie Ke, Jaikrishnan R. Kadambi, John Furlan

    Hydrocyclone separators are some of the most widely used instruments in a variety of industrial applications. Their major functions are to sort, classify and separate solid particles and liquid drople

  • SME
    Professional Project Management In Mine Construction (eaa1ab6c-7238-4837-a6d9-60f6f2ea531a)

    By F. G. Crack

    This paper is based on the philosophy that the management structure and strategy required for mine construction and development projects are different from that required for routine production and mai

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Microcomputers In The Mining Industry - A Case Study

    By Michael D. Loy

    This paper examines the computerization steps of United Coal Company of Bristol, Virginia. OVERVIEW Producing close to 7,000,000 tons per year, United Coal Company is one of the most interesti

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SME
    Use of the field-based silica monitoring technique in a coal mine: A case study

    By James J. Meadows, Jason D. Pampena, Emanuele G. Cauda, Lauren G. Chubb

    Respirable crystalline silica (RCS) found in dust generated by various mining processes is an important occupational hazard in the underground coal-mining industry. Exposure can lead to disabling and

  • SME
    Competing With The Big Boys: Productivity And Innovation At The Freedom Mine

    By J. G. Pippenger

    The Coteau Properties Company's Freedom Mine is a surface lignite mining operation located near Beulah, North Dakota. Coteau, a wholly owned subsidiary of The North American Coal Corporation, pro

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Tunnel Belt Applications for Long Distance Tunnels with Curvy Alignments - NAT2024

    By Marco Sonnenschein

    Belt conveyors for tunnelling are industry standard and key to high performance of TBM drives. Conveyors reduce traffic in the tunnel and increase safety in the tunnelling process. This paper will ill

    Jun 23, 2024

  • SME
    The Plewes method: A word of caution

    By LUIS ALBERTO TORRES-CRUZ

    The Plewes method is relatively well known among geotechnical engineers interested in assessing the liquefaction potential of soil deposits. Furthermore, it was one of the four methods considered in t

  • SME
    Adaption of Protective Linings for Sewer Tunnels to Project Needs

    By Gilles Recher, Jörg Riechers, Albert Lueghamer

    "INTRODUCTIONIn view of a global trend towards urbanization, more and more trunk sewers and combined sewer overflow tunnels (CSO) with medium to large diameters and the corresponding link sewers are c

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    On Improving Desliming: The Use Of Rheology and Surface Chemistry Interactions

    By S. Yap, F. J. Sotillo, L. P. Irwin, F. M. Utsey

    Slimes, especially clays, are detrimental to several processes in the Mining Industry. The efficiency of classification, clarification, gravity separation, and flotation decreases significantly in th

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SME
    Examination of Copper Electrowinning Smoothing Agents. Part III. Chloride interaction with HydroStar and Cyquest N-900

    By C. Heckman, M. S. Moats, A. Luyima, W. Cui

    "Chloride ions and their interactions with two organic smoothing additives – Cyquest® N-900 and HydroStar® 4208 – during copper electrodeposition were explored using cyclic voltammetry and electrochem

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Optimization of Fire Suppression Nozzle Location on Simulated Mobile Mine Equipment - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Liming Yuan, Wei Tang, RICHARD THOMAS, DAVOOD BAHRAMI

    The location and orientation of fire suppression nozzles is critical in suppressing mobile mine equipment fires. To effectively suppress such fires, optimization needs to be considered for the suppres

    Feb 1, 2025

  • SME
    Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Fluid Flow in a Hydroclyclone with an Air Core Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Chinmay Shingote, Robert Visintainer, Renjie Ke, Jaikrishnan R. Kadambi, John Furlan

    Hydrocyclone separators are widely used in various industrial applications in the oil and mining industries to sort, classify, and separate solid particles or liquid droplets within liquid suspensions

  • SME
    Ore Control Technological Innovations at Goldcorp Peñasquito Mine.

    By S. Gering, R. Ruiz, C. H. Calderon-Arteaga, J. Barrios

    "INTRODUCTION Located in the northeast corner of Zacatecas State, Mexico, the Peñasquito Operation is comprised of the Peñasco and Chile Colorado (Brecha Azul) deposits. Open pit mining (pre-stripping

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Mining Stakeholder Analysis Using Discrete Choice Theory: A Case Study in Salt Lake City

    By N. Weidner, V. A. Samaranayake, K. Awuah-Offei, S. Que

    "This research sought to facilitate improved stakeholder (community) analysis using discrete choice theory (DCT). The work considered 16 project attributes and four demographic factors. The discrete c

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Sierra Gorda - Chile’s New Cu-Mo Operation

    By C. Garcia, A. Potulska, J. J. Opazo, T. Comi

    "The Sierra Gorda SCM sulfide ore processing plant began commissioning in the third quarter of 2014. Located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, the project is an open pit mine and Copper-Molybde

    Jan 1, 2015