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  • SME
    Mine production scheduling optimization at Newmont?s Twin Creeks Mine (7465774a-78ae-4d2d-b25a-11e1b6274c11)

    By P. Kawahata

    Newmont?s Twin Creeks Mine, located in northern Nevada, is producing gold ore from surface mining operations. The ore is currently processed at three different on-site facilities depending on ore type

    Jun 1, 2013

  • SME
    Mining companies must learn to adapt to changing financial conditions

    By William Gleason

    The world has seen unprecedented economic changes in recent years, starting with the stock market collapse of 2008 and the great recession that followed. With these changes, the mining industry, like

    Jul 1, 2013

  • SME
    Potential Applications of Biogenic H2S in the Treatment of Metagcontaining Process Waters and Mine Effluents

    By W. M. Haffner, S. L. Borek, H. M. Edenborn, R. W. Hammack, D. H. Dvorak

    The conceptual designs of three new applications for the biogenic &S treatment of metal- containing waters are presented. These include: 1. the treatment of a circumneutral-pH ground water containing

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Interaction Of Amine With Borate Species In Boron Flotation Pulps

    By Y. Akin, M. Hancer, M. S. Celik, J. D. Miller

    Flotation pulps with boron minerals such as colemanite and borax using primary amine collectors, e.g. dodecylamine, exhibit collector precipitation above a critical pH depending on the amine concentra

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Weighted ensembles of artificial neural networks based on Gaussian mixture modeling for truck productivity prediction at openpit mines

    By Wei Victor Liu, Na Zhang, Chengkai Fan, Bei Jiang

    This study used artificial neural networks (ANNs) coupled with Gaussian mixture modeling (GMM) to analyze truck haulage data from openpit mines. The proposed weighted ensemble models performed better

    Jun 1, 2023

  • SME
    Robotics Technology in Mine Disaster Reconnaissance, Rescue and Recovery

    By M. A. Trevits, G. W. Luxbacher, L. D. Patts

    "It is almost a given that post-disaster mine conditions will have compromised the mine ventilation system, resulting in a hazardous atmosphere in portions of the mine, and often complicated travel th

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Reduction Of Iron Ore With Coal By Microwave Heating

    By R. L. Bleifuss, S. Zhong, H. E. Geotzman

    Microwave heating of iron ore was investigated as an alternative to conventional reduction processes to solve the problem of slow heat transfer. Microwave heating and reduction tests were run on compo

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Evaluation of Functionalized Chitosan Polymers for Pyrite’s Depression in Pb‐Cu Sulfide Flotation Using Response Surface Methodology

    By Lana Alagha, Keitumetse Cathrine Monyake

    The abstract discusses the synthesis and investigation of polyacrylamide functionalized chitosan polymers (CS-PAMs) as selective depressants for pyrite in the flotation of galena and chalcopyrite from

    Apr 9, 2022

  • SME
    Performance evaluation of indicator kriging in a gold deposit

    By Y. C. Kim, I. S. Roditis, P. K. Medhi

    The strongly skewed grade distributions and the need to estimate the local recoverable reserves in a selective mining environment are the two problems that ordinary kriging (OK) cannot easily handle.

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Stability of Arsenate Compounds From Oxidation of Gold Refactory Mineral

    By T. Carageorgos

    The removal of arsenic from process streams as ferric arsenate compounds is being practised by mining industries. Therefore, the solubility and stability of these solids is of considerable importance

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Performing Zero-Base Staffing & Budget Analysis to Create Value at a Mine

    By A. P. Schissler

    2013 has seen metals, industrial minerals, and coal all reduce in price due to market and geo-political factors. Many companies are taking write-downs to recalibrate their reserves and have enacted fo

    Feb 23, 2014

  • SME
    Emulsion Flotation

    By D. W. McGlashan

    [Becaune ad ;the extennive nwrgace anea od u.X chopRex2 in emmiom, emuhion dRokdtiun oddeh poaaibWa don ;the necove/ry ul; BinQey divided minmcd pa~LL&a, Swr~aC;tavu% mu2 akab&ze ;the emu-bion and poa

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    Gravity Separation Development At Boddington Gold Mine

    By Steven Hart, Graeme Hill

    Boddington Gold Mine is situated 130km South-east of Perth, WA. The operation is managed by Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd. The Direct Leach plant was commissioned in mid 1986 at a rate of 3 million tonnes p

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Eminent Domain Mineral Property Valuations: When Self-Proclaimed “Latitude” Falls Somewhere South of Competence and Ethical Obligations

    By J. M. Beck

    Mineral property appraisers engaged in eminent domain actions on properties for which mining is the highest and best use must be fully competent in all phases of mineral resource estimation, mine proj

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    Development of a Comprehensive Pillar and Roof Monitoring System at a Steeply Dipping Underground Limestone Mine

    By D. McElhinney, J. Winfield, G. Buchan, B. Slaker, A. Iannacchione, T. Minoski, G. Rashed, M. Van Dyke, M. Murphy

    "The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has previously established pillar design guidelines for the underground stone mining industry. These guidelines were created from an

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Increasing Effectiveness of Mine Safety Training Using Inexpensive Camera and Rendering Technology

    By M. A. Trevits, G. Frampton

    "Mine safety training materials have long included pictures of mine conditions, equipment, hazards, etc. These images are invaluable to both the trainee and the trainer to convey many important concep

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    Cat Longwall Plow System Helps Set New Low-Seam Coal Production Record

    A coal mine located in southern West Virginia recently set a world record for daily low-seam coal production using a Cat automated longwall plow system. In a 24-hour period on April 10 and 11, 2014, t

  • SME
    Review Of Richmond Hill Copper Elution Operations - SME Annual Meeting 2022

    By S. Dixon

    The use of warm (40-50°C) solution for the selective elution (pre-strip) of copper cyanide from gold and silver cyanides adsorbed on activated carbon was found to elute +90% of the adsorbed copper com

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SME
    Silver Review And Outlook

    By J. M. Christian

    Silver has been a much maligned metal in recent years. In the last three and a half years the price has fallen from around US$7.00 -$7.80 to as low as $3.50 this spring. It has consistently under-perf

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Iron Ore Flotation with Biosurfactant: an ESG-Friendly Option to Boost Performance - SME Annual Meeting 2025

    By Ronney Rodrigues Silva, Renata Mendonca, Gabi Knesel, Cathrine Monyake

    Locus Mining is working side-by-side with a prestigious iron ore company to evaluate the addition of Locus ESG-friendly green flotation reagents with the primary goal of improving recovery and grade.

    Feb 1, 2025