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Processing Challenges ? Full Scale Plant Test Of Alternative Ore At The Empire PlantBy H. Walqui
The Empire concentrator currently processes magnetite ore from the Empire pit which is approaching the end of its mine life. Over the past two years plant wide tests have been run to access the plant
Jan 1, 2010
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Collapsible Columns to Limit Earth Flow Loading - NAT2024By Raymond Sandiford, Kenneth Xu, Taehyun Moon
Tunnel approach structures situated in slow moving earth flows are subjected to significant earth pressures. The authors have developed a system, utilizing collapsible concrete columns, that limits su
Jun 23, 2024
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Constant Torque Results Of A Medium Voltage Afd Using Output Transformer - SME Annual Meeting 2022By T. A. Farr, I. A. Gibbs, F. Guevara, S. R. Simms, G. Nojima
This paper describes an installation of a medium-voltage adjustable frequency motor drive (AFD) on a high starting torque regrinding mill. This type of application is typically found in the mineral in
Mar 2, 2022
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Application Of The Shrinking Core Model For Copper Oxide Leaching (SME-AIME Fall Meeting & Exibit St. Louis, Missouri, October 19-21, 1977 )By John L. Shafer
Often an in situ leach is the only practical economic method for copper recovery from small low grade oxide deposits. The decision to develop a copper property by an in-situ blast and leach is strongl
Jan 1, 1977
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Lessons Learned at the Trampas Dam Inlet/Outlet Tunnel - RETC2021By Todd Kilduff, Paul Wilkinson
Microtunneling is rarely a straight forward “business as usual” endeavor. More often than not, these projects take twists and turns that require on the fly, out of the box solutions to get the project
Jun 13, 2021
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Exploration sampling; The key to better mining projectsBy Barton G. Stone
"Sampling is the process of taking a small portion of an article such that the consistency of the portion shall be representative of the whole," (Baxter and Parks, 1939)."An orebody is a mixture of mi
Jan 1, 2014
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The Effect of Mixed Cationic/Anionic Surfactants with Different Ratios on Wetting and Flotation of Quartz"The adsorption of mixed cationic/anionic surfactants with different molar ratios onto quartz was investigated. The cationic surfactant used was dodecylamine bromide (DDA), and the anionic surfactant
Jan 1, 2016
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Effect of Bucket Geometry, Machine Variables, and Fragmentation Size on Performance of Rubber‑Tired Loaders - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2022)By Atta Ur Rehman, Kwame Awuah‑Offei
This paper examines the effect of bucket geometry (cutting blade profile, floor profile, and blade thickness), speed, motor power output, and muckpile particle sizes on bucket penetration and draft fo
Oct 29, 2021
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Water Coal Slurry Making With Dsd Acid Production WastewaterBy C. Sun
With complex component, higher salt content, low biodegradability, DSD acid oxidation wastewater could not be efficiently dealt with traditional methods. It is pointed that the coal water slurry could
Feb 23, 2014
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Initial Breakthrough Analysis Between Grasberg Block Caving Mine and Grasberg Open Pit Through Seismicity - RASIM22By Eric Sitorus, Septian Prahastudhi, Roy William, Wieda Azani
In July 2020, massive slope failure occurred in the southeast corner Grasberg open pit. This was the final episode in the breakthrough of Production Block 2 South (PB2S) of the Grasberg Block Cave to
Jan 1, 2022
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Investigation of subsidence events over inactive room-and-pillar mines - SME Transactions 2011By Yi Luo
Subsidence events occurring above inactive room-and-pillar (R&P) mines, including abandoned mines or sealed portions of active mines, are classified as unplanned subsidence, because of their timing an
Jan 1, 2011
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Mine Disaster Crisis ManagementBy J. S. Gardner
Fortunately, few mining professionals have dealt with what all mining professionals fear---a mine disaster. Unfortunately, many have dealt with ?accidents? which may or may not claim lives but neverth
Feb 23, 2014
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Lepidolite Flotation From Low Grade Ores Using a Cationic SurfactantBy J. Choi
For the first time, the influence of stearyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (STAC) as a collector, on the flotation behavior of lepidolite (Uljin, South Korea) was systematically examined in Denver Sub-A
Feb 23, 2014
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Usability of Collaborative “VR Mine Rescue Training” PlatformBy Brendan Demich, Linda L. Chasko, Brendan Macdonald, Timothy J. Orr, Jessie J. Mechling, Cassandra Hoebbel, Jason Navoyski, William Helfrich, Jessica Cohen, Paul E. Schmidt, Jennica L. Bellanca
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in partnership with the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) developed VR Mine Rescue Training (VR-MRT). It is a training plat
Jun 25, 2023
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Commodity Agreements In The Elemental Sulfur IndustryBy James M. Barker
No commodity agreements now exist for sulfur and a lack of reference to sulfur commodity agreements exists in the literature. Law (1975) made a passing reference to sulfur as one of a group of commodi
Jan 1, 1985
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The ‘Crago Process’ and Its Applicability to a South African Sedimentary Phosphate Deposit - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2023)By Jon Pocock, Ashma Singh
The traditional approach for the beneficiation of South African siliceous sedimentary phosphate ores has been reverse cationic flotation. The robustness of this approach, however, has been a concern d
May 13, 2023
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Health Hazards In Mining The Files And FacilitiesBy Martha E. Smith
INTRODUCTION Radiation is one of the many agents occurring in our environment that is capable of causing cancers. We are all unavoidably exposed to natural background radiation. If we wish to ex
Jan 1, 1981
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Confidence Interval Estimation For Minable ReservesBy B. M. Davis
The uncertainty associated with a reserve estimate has generally been expressed as a subjective ranking rather than a quantitative expression of either reliability or uncertainty. These rankings of es
Jan 1, 1992
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The Industrial Uses Of AnthraciteBy Charles G. Zink
Anthracite is widely known as a domestic or space heating fuel. The prevailing market ratio of domestic to industrial consumption was about 80 to 20 up until 1950. Since then it has been shifting unti
Jan 1, 1966
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Evaluation of Beneficiation Options for Recovery of Ultrafine Thermal CoalBy A. Suarez, M. Menendez, M. R. Gent, P. Riesgo
"Recent requirements to reduce thermal coal plant emissions, and ultrafine coal's tendency to produce these emissions due to its typically high ash and moisture contents have limited the use of ultraf
Jan 1, 2016