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Seismic Hazard Assessment and Mapping: A Comprehensive Case Study at Vale’s Garson Mine, Sudbury, ON Canada - RASIM2022By 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
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Copenhagen Cityringen Project: Urban Mining Challenges in Contaminated GroundBy 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
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Draw Point Construction Improvement at Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ) Pt Freeport Indonesia using Six Sigma MethodBy 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
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Mine Scheduling Optimization With Mixed Integer ProgrammingBy 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
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Hoover Dam Spillway Modification And RepairBy 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
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Experimental and numerical investigations of the fluid flow in a hydroclyclone with an air coreBy 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
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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
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Microcomputers In The Mining Industry - A Case StudyBy 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
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Use of the field-based silica monitoring technique in a coal mine: A case studyBy 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
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Competing With The Big Boys: Productivity And Innovation At The Freedom MineBy 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
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Tunnel Belt Applications for Long Distance Tunnels with Curvy Alignments - NAT2024By 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
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The Plewes method: A word of cautionBy 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
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Adaption of Protective Linings for Sewer Tunnels to Project NeedsBy 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
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On Improving Desliming: The Use Of Rheology and Surface Chemistry InteractionsBy 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
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Examination of Copper Electrowinning Smoothing Agents. Part III. Chloride interaction with HydroStar and Cyquest N-900By 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
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Optimization of Fire Suppression Nozzle Location on Simulated Mobile Mine Equipment - SME Annual Meeting 2025By 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
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Experimental and Numerical Investigations of the Fluid Flow in a Hydroclyclone with an Air Core Mining, Metallurgy and ExplorationBy 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
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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
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Mining Stakeholder Analysis Using Discrete Choice Theory: A Case Study in Salt Lake CityBy 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
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Sierra Gorda - Chile’s New Cu-Mo OperationBy 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