Search Documents

  • SME
    NIOSH Extramural Research Funding: Fulfilling the Mandate of the MINER Act

    By J. F. Burr, D. P. Snyder, G. W. Luxbacher

    "The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER Act) of 2006 (PL 109-236, 2006) established the Office of Mine Safety and Health, functioning as the Office of Mine Safety and Health Resear

    Jan 10, 2018

  • TMS
    The Technological Characteristics Of Blended Nkalaha And Nsu Clays.

    By N. E. Idenyi

    The effects of compositions and firing temperatures on the physico-mechanical properties of blended Nsu fireclay and Nkalaha redbrick clay have been investigated. The clay samples were compounded acco

    Jan 1, 2006

  • TMS
    High Performance Recycling of Agricultural Wastes: Rice Husk Silica Used as Reinforcements of Magnesium Sintered Materials

    By Katsuyoshi Kondoh

    The utilization of silica particles originated in rice husks as reinforcements of magnesium composites was discussed. By using the solid state reaction of rice husk silica particles with magnesium pow

    Jan 1, 2009

  • NIOSH
    Coal-Mine Accidents In The United States 1939 - Introduction

    By W. W. Adams

    Coal mining in the United States established a good safety record in 1939. The death and injury rates per man-hour of exposure to risk were favorable compared with most previous years, and the number

    Jan 1, 1942

  • SME
    Comparison Of Oleate Adsorption At Calcite And Fluorite Surfaces: An In-Situ FT-NIR/IRS And MLRS Study

    By C. A. Young

    In-situ Fourier transform infrared/internal reflection spectroscopy (FT ?IR/IRS) has been extended to study oleate adsorption at a calcite surface. The birefringent and transmission limitations of cal

    Jan 1, 1993

  • DFI
    Ground Improvement for the Distressed Earth Bund Using Stone Column - A Case Study

    By M. Kumaran, A. Vetriselvan, A. Purantharan

    "This paper presents a case history of evaluating the stability of a distressed earth bund and rectification measures carried out. A 5.45 km long, 7m high earth bund for drinking water storage was con

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Implementation Of The HydroFloat Technology At The South Fort Meade Mine (b0ff9df4-18a3-4533-954f-95c4d4f285a2)

    Several industrial-scale HydroFloat separators have recently been installed at Mosaic?s South Fort Meade beneficiation plant for the purpose of improving phosphate recovery and throughput capacity. Th

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    IC 6122 Graphite - Part II -Domestic And Foreign Deposits ? Foreword

    By Paul M. Tyler

    Graphite occurs in many places in the United States, but previous to 1914 the domestic production amounted to only 15 to 20 per cent of the natural graphite consumed in this country. Including artific

    Jan 1, 1929

  • CIM
    Trends and Practices in Diamond Drilling

    By J. G. A. Stevenson

    "IntroductionDURING the past quarter of a century diamond drilling, in all its phases, has increased in Canada to a very impressive total of more than 10,000,000 feet annually. Since the art of diamon

    Jan 1, 1955

  • SME
    Travelling in Turkey

    By F. Habashi

    The peninsula that lies between the Black and Mediterranean seas, called Asia Minor by the Romans and Anatolia by the Greeks, was one of the crossroads of ancient civilizations. The fall of Constantin

    Feb 23, 2014

  • CIM
    Recovering Metals from Acid Mine Drainage Through Electrolysis: A Pilot Study

    By Elaine R. Goetz

    The eastern and southeastern regions of Ohio are part of Appalachian coal country, with a documented 1,300 miles of streams impacted by acid mine drainage. Since 1995, partnerships of local watershed

    Aug 1, 2013

  • AUSIMM
    An Introduction to Discrete Fracture Network Modelling and its Geotechnical Applications

    By F M. Weir, M Fowler

    A discrete fracture network (DFN) approach involves numerical modelling that explicitly represents how defects may be spatially distributed through a rock mass. A DFN is a 3D realisation of the ‘small

    Nov 5, 2014

  • SME
    Medium-Temperature Pressure Leaching Of Copper Concentrates - Part IV: Application At Morenci, Arizona

    By J. O. Marsden

    Parts I and II in this series of papers presented the chemistry of medium-temperature pressure leaching of copper sulfide concentrates and reviewed the metallurgical development of a process to effect

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Geology and Oxide Mineralization of the Pipestone Lake Anorthosite Complex, Manitoba

    By D. C. Peck, H. D. M. Cameron, N. M. Halden, L. S. Jobin-Bevans

    Abstract-The late Archean Pipestone Lake anorthosite complex (PLAC) is a 0.9 x 17 km sill-like layered intrusion that is part of a suite of coeval megacrystic anorthosite bodies in the Cross Lake regi

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SAIMM
    Recovery of Copper from Reverberatory Copper Slag and Production of a Leach Residue used as a Portland Cement Additive

    By T. A. Muhlare

    "Large quantities of slag are produced every year and dumped on slag heaps around the world, posing a potential environmental threat due to contained heavy metals content. Slags are waste minerals pro

    Jan 1, 2015

  • CIM
    On the early use of iron in the Arctic

    By Michael L. Wayman

    Archaeological and ethnographic work during the last century has shown clearly that metals have played a small but important role in prehistoric Arctic cultures. For at least the past several millenia

    Jan 1, 1999

  • NIOSH
    Mineral Commodity Summaries 1980 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 91 Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum

    1. Domestic Production and Use: In 1979, 12 companies operated 32 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 3 firms accounting for 64% of production. Washington, Oregon and Montana accounted for 32% of

    Jan 1, 1980

  • CIM
    Stabilisation et Solidification de Résidus Miniers Sulfo-Arséniés Dans des Remblais Cimentés en Pâte

    By Mostafa Benzaazoua

    Les remblais en pâte cimentés sont de plus en plus utilisés dans les exploitations minières souterraines. Une autre alternative d?utilisation du remblai en pâte consiste à le pomper et à le stocker da

    Nov 1, 2002

  • IMPC
    Sustainability and public engagement in mining: The role of engineers

    By Christopher Tucker, Marcello Veiga

    Social issues are increasingly recognized as significant inhibitors to mineral development projects. Increasingly social risk is being recognized as a key factor determining the success of a mineral i

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Engineering Work Leading To A Rock Tunnel Plan

    By Forrest C. Neil, Clint J. Keifer

    The pollution of our water supply, Lake Michigan, is a continuing threat so long as our overflows from combined sewers exist. The problems have become even more acute during recent years, due to the i

    Jan 1, 1997