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  • SME
    Stochastic modeling of iron in coal seams using two‐point and multiple‐point geostatistics: A case study (Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration)

    By Nasser Madani, SULTAN ABULKHAIR

    The abstract of the paper discusses the challenge of quantifying iron content in a coal deposit in Kazakhstan. The iron dataset is limited, coming from only three drill holes and some stope samples, w

    Mar 30, 2022

  • SME
    Improving Storage And Handling Of Ores In Mining And Processing Operations

    By Jayant Khambekar

    In a typical mining operation, run-of-mine (ROM) ore is crushed and screened to achieve a desired particle size distribution and then fed to processing equipment for further refining. For an operatio

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SME
    Impact Of Electronic Blasting Detonators On Downstream Operations Of A Quarry

    By G. Caron, M. Boisclair

    In 2005, CANMET-MMSL used its pool of expertise in ground control, open pit and underground mine engineering, mineral processing, information technology and applied mineralogy to launch a mine-to-mill

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SME
    Epidemiology: a tool for risk analysis of mine injuries - SME Transactions 2011

    By Ashis Bhattacherjee, Bijay Mihir Kunar

    A literature review on quantitative analysis of mine safety studies revealed that investigators use a wide range of statistical techniques for the analysis of mine injury data. Researchers have addres

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    Evaluation Of Mechanical Excavation Systems For Oil Shale Mining

    By Robert H. Robinson, Levent Ozdemir, Russell J. Miller

    The paper summarizes an investigation into the applicability of mechanical excavation to oil shale mining; identifies available machine types that are best suited to various aspects of the mining oper

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Installing Cyclones on the Primary Grinding Circuit at Cyprus Sierrita

    By Leonard N. Hill

    Cyprus Sierrita Corp. has 16 parallel 5.03 m-diam x 5.8 m long (16.5 ft-diam x 19 ft) primary ball mills, each operating in closed circuit with a nest of cyclones. Before the upgrade to 840 mm (33 in.

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SME
    Lithologic Controls On Aggregate Quality In A Mountain-Front Alluvial System--An Example From The Colorado Front Range

    By D. A. Lindsey

    Gravel lithology affects the quality of aggregate because different rock types in gravel have different physical and chemical properties. The lithologic composition of alluvial gravel reflects the com

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Cliffs And Associates Limited Circored® Iron Plant

    By E. C. Dowling, S. A. Elmquist, L. A. Kipfstuhl

    The Cliffs and Associates Limited (CAL) 500,000 tpy HBI plant located in Trinidad was commissioned after modifications in early 2001. This plant employs the novel Lurgi Circored® process to reduce iro

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Construction of the SR-99 recovery shaft

    By Lance Rasband, Richard Hanke, John Starcevich

    "Mining on Seattle’s SR99 tunnel began in July of 2013. Initial mining progressed slowly through a 4.5 m (14.9-ft) thick fiber-reinforced concrete headwall before immediately entering the first of thr

    Jun 1, 2016

  • SME
    DREYER AWARD - How Orebodies are Found

    By J. David Lowell

    The first part of this article is a review of industry techniques and styles during the past 50 years. It is followed by my career history during the same period. The second part covers my ideas abo

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Establishing Geotechnical Baseline Values for Deep Soft Ground Tunnels

    By John E. Newby

    The Brightwater Conveyance System consists of four tunnel segments in three tunnel con-tracts, comprising over 21,760 m (71,400 ft) of pressurized face tunneling in complex glacial and non-glacial sof

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    How To Deliver Your Project On Time: An Owners? Procurement Strategy

    By Wayne Green

    The Regional Municipality of York, located north of the City of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, has experienced unprecedented growth during the past decade, with new home construction averaging 15,000 uni

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Ambient Pollutant Concentrations In Two Underground Metal Mines Using Diesel Equipment

    By Edward O. Reinbold

    The paper presents the results of a study which involved collection and analysis of airborne pollutant concentration data in two producing underground room and pillar metal mines which use diesel powe

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Reduce Urban Tunnel Utility Relocation Risk through Early Relocation by Specialty Contractor

    By Justin Carl, Aliuddin Mohammad, Gordon Evans, Steven Bealby, Carlton Ray

    "The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is implementing the $2.2-billion DC Clean Rivers Project (DCCR) to control combined sewer overflows (CSO) to the Anacostia and Potomac ri

    Jan 9, 2017

  • SME
    An Update On “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly” Silica--Revisited

    By E. A. Metz

    It has been approximately four years since IARC reclassified crystalline silica as a “Group One” substance. Since that time, crystalline silica has been considered a human carcinogen. Silicosis i

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    Financing of mining projects - Can banks drive sustainability?

    By M. Götze, P. Eysel

    Over the last years, the importance of the assessment of environmental and social aspects as well as of issues of good governance has increased significantly in mining finance. For this, international

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SME
    A Global Perspective Of Cyanide

    By M. M. Botz

    There are currently more that 460 mines worldwide that utilize cyanide for gold and silver extraction. Despite this large number of cyanide-related mining operations, there have been no published acc

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    Exploration Decision Analyses for the Brightwater Tunnels

    By L. Maday, V. J. Perrone, M. B. Gilbert

    INTRODUCTION The Brightwater conveyance system project in King County, Washington consists of constructing about 21 km (13 mile) of effluent and combined influent and effluent tunnels. The influen

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Manila Aqueduct (Philippines) — The Construction of the Umiray-Angat Tunnel Project — A Success of Organisation and Technology Against a Unique Combination of the Most Adverse Conditions Ever Encountered in Tunneling

    By Remo Grandori

    The Umiray Angat 13,2 km long tunnel in Philippines have been bored through extremely variable and difficult ground conditions including a number of special events. In particular the following adve

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SME
    An Approach To Successful Development Of International Mineral Projects

    By T. L. Owen

    Since 1993 Cyprus Amax has brought $2.5 billion dollars of greenfield and expansion projects into production, taking it from a mid-sized domestic minerals company into a major international minerals o

    Jan 1, 2000