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  • SME
    Applying Human Factors Engineering To Mining Systems

    By Craig Hartley

    ? A helper stands beside a continuous miner as the operator is at the controls. The operator means to push the stop button but hits the drum rotation start button by mistake. The drum begins to turn a

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    New Technology In Shaft Sinking The Craig Project (881ea9c2-d5ae-480c-bdfb-c660ed52f398)

    By W. R. Dengler

    Dynatec Mining Limited contracted to sink a lS00 metre (4960 ft.) concrete lined shaft for Falconbridge Nickel Mines in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The shaft is 6.3 metres (20.S ft.) in diameter inside

    Jan 1, 1992

  • AIME
    Airplanes Solve Alaskan Mining Problems

    By CLARENCE WM. POY

    THE most common difficulty faced by an engineer or mine operator when opening a new property in a new field is the lack of roads and of cheap transportation. This one item often swings the balance of

    Jan 1, 1935

  • IMPC
    Influence of the Addition of Sr on the Aspect Ratio of Aragonite in Ca(OH)2-CO2-H2O System

    By Seoul National University, Ki-Ho Kim, Jong-Pyo Kim, Sung-Min Joo, Hee-Chan Cho, Hyung-Seok Kim

    Aragonite was synthesized in addition of Mg2+ ion and SrCO3 seed by carbonation process, and the best condition and mechanism of the synthesis was studied by analysis of continuous pH change, ICP, XRD

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AIME
    The Direct Determination Of Small Amounts Of Platinum In Ores And Bullion.

    By Frederic P. Dewey

    (New York Meeting, February, 1912.) By the old method of determining platinum in ores and bullion, the silver-alloy first obtained in the regular course of assay is parted in strong sulphuric acid an

    Apr 1, 1912

  • NIOSH
    OFR-28-77 Evaluation Of Current Surface Coal Mining Overburden Handling Techniques And Reclamation Practices

    By Frank Cook

    In this two-year study, an evaluation of mining and reclamation practices at 159 randomly sampled surface coal mines in the United States was conducted. It is concluded that reclamation practices in m

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    OFR-12-84 Survey Of Ground Surface Conditions Affecting Structural Response To Subsidence

    By R. W. Bruhn

    The objective of the study is to examine the apparent influence of soil and near surface rock strata on the severity of damage experienced by surface structures subjected to mine subsidence. The repor

    Jan 1, 1983

  • CIM
    Comparing the Behaviour of Modeled Paste in 2D and 3D, using Both Simplified and Complex Stope Geometries

    By Ryan L. Veenstra

    This paper presents a modelling study of a cemented paste backfill in an underground stope. The model was developed to help provide a better understanding of what is happening in the stope during the

    Jun 1, 2012

  • NIOSH
    IC 8213 Refractory Clay Deposits Of Utah (c6c3ab65-2c6d-433f-a93c-fe37e2e66c60)

    By Joel N. Van Sant

    An investigation was conducted to study possible sources of Utah refractory and structural clays that could be used for the manufacture of refractories and light or buff burning heavy-clay products. A

    Jan 1, 1964

  • TMS
    The Role of Nickel in Modern Technology

    By J. P. Schde

    The authors deal with nickel production and usage patterns, nickel's first-use and end-use, examples of nickel applications in modern technology, e.g., energy generation and conservation, environ

    Jan 1, 1988

  • CIM
    Improving Double Bench Face Performance at the Ekati Diamond MineTM Site

    By Judy K. Todd

    Double benching has been utilized as an excavation technique in open pit mines for many years. This process involves drilling, blasting, and excavating the material for the design bench height. A seco

    May 1, 2002

  • SME
    Panel Discussion: Air Pollution Control As It Affects The Coal Industry

    The use of coal as a fuel causes air, pollution in; a number of different forms, and in nearly all stages of its, handling, preparation, storage, use and-disposal of its residue. First let us consi

    Jan 1, 1964

  • TMS
    Computer Modelling of Combined Heat and Momentum Transfer in the Melt Spinning of Amorphous and Crystalline Metals

    By Z. Sun, H. A. Davies

    "Current understanding of the mechanisms by which glassy and crystalline thin ribbons are formed in high speed continuous casting processes is considered. A computer model of the combined heat and mom

    Jan 1, 1986

  • AIME
    William E. Wrather – An Interview by Henry Carlisle

    Q: It is May 1961 at Bill Wrather's Washington house. Bill, think back to your first job after college. Wrather: Perhaps I ought to go back a little bit further than my first job. I entered t

    Jan 4, 1964

  • SME
    Monitoring of Subsidence Over a Continuous Miner‑Based Coal Mine Caving Panels Using PS‑InSAR Technique - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)

    By S. Chatterjee, A. K. Gorai, Sahendra Ram, Kapil Kumar, J. Anil

    Extraction of underground coal or mineral by the caving methods leads to surface deformations and the accurate measurement of this deformation is becoming a demanding task. Thus, the study demonstrate

    Mar 14, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Improvement of the Cobalt Process at the Chemicals of Africa (Chemaf) Usoke Plant – Effect of Seed Recycle

    By Jo Katembo, Patty Bwando, Patient K. Ilunga, Yves Kalubi, Emman Mulaj

    "From 2010, the dolomite concentration in the ore fed to the Usoke Plant increased, resulting in a significant increase in the gangue acid consumption and Mg build-up in the circuit, and thus an incre

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    "To Mill or not to Mill ? That's the Question" LIF for Rock Identification and Quality Control of Raw Materials ahead of Processing

    By Heribert F. Broicher

    By the very nature of mineral deposits the quality of the raw material generally fluctuates and should be known for optimum processing. Early classification, for example, of limestone into road-metal

    May 1, 2002

  • CIM
    Developments tn Dust Collection Equipment

    By J. H. McKibbon

    THE metallurgical industry has purchased more than sixty per cent of the industrial gas cleaning equipment installed in Canada. This includes cyclonic collectors, scrubbers, cloth filters and Cottrell

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    The Interplay of Face Support Pressure and Soil Permeability on Face Stability in EPB Tunneling

    By Dimitrios Litsas, Michael Kavvadas, Panagiotis Sitarenios

    "The paper discusses the results of 3D finite element analyses to investigate the effect of face support pressure and soil permeability on face stability conditions in EPB tunnelling. Two main types o

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SME
    Case Study of Longwall Mining in Mine No. 95, Consolidation Coal Co.

    By Warder A. Shaver

    INTRODUCTION Mine No. 95 of the Consolidation Coal Co., a divi¬sion of Continental Oil Co., is located in Shinnston, WV. Mine No. 95 was opened in January 1967 and has been operating continuously sin

    Jan 1, 1982