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  • AUSIMM
    Large Excavations in Weak Mudstone for the Porgera Mine Plant Development

    The plant and processing site at Porgera has been built on a levelled mudstone ridge about lkm E of the mine. Excavation of 7xl06m3 of soil and rock was necessary to achieve the required area. The

    Jan 1, 1991

  • NIOSH
    IC 6964 Reconnaissance Of Mining Districts In Clark County, Nev. ? Introduction

    By William O. Vanderburg

    This paper 3/gives the results of a reconnaissance of mining districts in Clark County, Nev., made from November 18 to December 22, 1936, and from February 9 to March 8, 1937-in all, 63 days. While th

    Jan 1, 1937

  • SAIMM
    Excavation simulation for information-oriented construction of large powerhouse caverns at depth

    By J. Xiao, Y. Jiang, Y. Tanabashi, Z. Song

    Modelling the effect of blasting-caused damage, anisotropy of rock masses and excavation sequence on deformational behaviour and stability of large-scale underground caverns is important in the design

    Jan 1, 2003

  • NIOSH
    IC 8182 Sandstone As Dimension Stone

    By Oliver Bowles

    Sandstone, a widely distributed siliceous sedimentary rock, is the third most popular building stone in the United States. It is formed by the breaking down of preexisting rocks by weathering, subsequ

    Jan 1, 1963

  • TMS
    Corrosion Processes And Mineral Formation On The Surface Of Bronze Monuments In Urban Environments

    By Olga Frank-Kamenetskaya

    The experimental results of study of atmospheric corrosion processes on Saint-Petersburg bronze monuments surface, received in situ and by means of simulating experiments, have been discussed. Infl

    Jan 1, 2006

  • CIM
    Flammability of Ammonia Leach Solution Vapours Under an Atmosphere of Enriched Oxygen

    By J. Budac, R. Kofluk, D. Belton, M. Sjogren

    A series of tests were performed to determine the flammability limits of mixtures of oxygen, ammonia, steam and nitrogen, over a solution, in a sealed autoclave. The partial pressures of ammonia and o

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AUSIMM
    Air Tabling of Beach Sand Non-Conductors for Zircon Recovery

    Air tabling of zircon-rich non-conductor products containing quartz enables most of the fine quartz present to be rejected without a markedloss of zircon. The coarser quartz in the air table feed can

    Jan 1, 1962

  • CIM
    Evaluation of Ventilation On Demand (VOD) in Sudbury Mines

    By G. Lyle

    Since its inception CEMI (Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation) has focused on facilitating innovative solutions to the mining industry in six strategic research areas; GeoRisk, ConstructMine, V

    Oct 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Modeling rock mass bulking around underground excavations

    By J. Gómez-Hernández, P. K. Kaiser

    Abstract The process of stress-induced fracturing around underground excavations in brittle rock is associated with dilation or volume increase of the failed, fractured rock. Different attempts to

    Jan 1, 2003

  • AUSIMM
    Element abundance data for Australian oil shales

    By Fardy J. J

    Abundance data are presented for a comprehensive range of elements in oil shale samples from deposits located in Queensland. The techniques of instrumental neutron activation analysis and spark source

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    IC 8719 Projects To Expand Fuel Sources In Western States - Survey Of Planned Or Proposed Coal, Oil Shale, Tar Sand, Uranium, Geothermal Supply Expansion Projects, And Related Infrastructure, In States West Of The Mississippi River (As Of May 1976)

    By John S. Corsentino

    This Bureau of Mines study is a listing of fuels -related projects that are presently under construction, planned, or proposed by various companies and organizations in the Western United States. The

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AUSIMM
    Base Metal Mineralisation on Northern Great Barrier Island

    Base metal sulphide mineralisation on the northern end of Great Barrier Island is spatially associated with hypabyssal intermediate to acidic intrusives, in transgressive structures in indurated, comp

    Jan 1, 1984

  • DFI
    Experiences Of The Cast-In-Situ Pile Filling In Stone-Line Intercalation

    By Guan Jichang

    An abandened breakwater, located at the rear of No. 2 berth in Dongdu Port area of Xiamen City, was not cleaned thoroughly when the backfilling of sand started. The uncleaned stone layer was about 2 t

    Jan 1, 1991

  • IOM3
    Monitoring airborne dust from quarrying and surface mining operations

    By A. Dean, J. Roberts, I. Stone, J. R. Merefield

    Paper presented at the conference: Risk assessment in the extractive industries, held in Exeter, UK, 23-24 March 1994, and first published London: IMM, 1994, preprint volume, 10pp., 11 refs. No comple

    Apr 1, 1995

  • NIOSH
    OFR-47(4)-83 Ecological Studies On The Revegetation Process Of Surface Coal Mined Areas In North Dakota - 4. Soil And Vegetation Development On Topsoiled Areas

    By Louis R. Iverson

    Patterns of species colonization, biochemical interaction among species, and competitive phenomena were studied in four reclaimed areas in western North Dakota ranging in age from one to four years af

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Efficient Separation of Trace Muscovite within the Surface/Interface of Quartz Grains from a Hydrothermal Deposit by Oxidizing Calcination and Catalytic Pressure Leaching Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration

    By Xun Zhang, Hang Qiu, Andrea R. Gerson4, Shaomin Lei, Yubiao Li, Yu Meng, Zhenyu Pei, Min Lin

    Efficient separation of trace muscovite from the surface/interface of quartz grains was accomplished during oxidizing calcination and catalytic pressure leaching of the hydrothermal quartz. Experiment

  • NIOSH
    IC 6400 Work of the Safety Division of the US Bureau of Mines Fiscal Year 1930

    By D. Harrington

    "One of the underlying reasons for the establishment of the United States Bureau of Mines was the desire to promote greater safety in the mining and allied industries. Safety continues to be an import

    Nov 1, 1930

  • NIOSH
    RI 3371 Performance of a Baum-Type Coal-Washing Jig

    By M. R. Geer, H. F. Yancey

    "INTRODUCTION Throughout the history of coal washing, the jig has been one of the most important coal-cleaning appliances. In 1935 34.7 percent of the 45,361,021 tons of clean coal produced was the pr

    Jan 1, 1938

  • SME
    Limestone Marketing In A Changing Economy - The Economic Realities

    By Robert C. Freas

    While on the surface limestone marketing may appear mundane, it has continued to provide a series of challenges beyond the realm normally envisioned with this industry. This paper presents a case hist

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AIME
    Tennessee Phosphate Practice (985abe45-e5e0-4bf7-8091-d5c7682b9006)

    By James Barr

    Geology and Mineralogy1 TENNESSEE phosphates are commercially divided into three varieties: Brown, blue and white. The first two only are now of commercial importance. The white phosphates of Perry c

    Jan 9, 1914