Mining

The asbestos resources in Turkey should be exploited in a carefully planned manner for two reasons: (1) to minimize the health hazards associated with the mining and processing of asbestos, and (2) to avoid wasteful exploitation for the sake of making profit. Its consumption sho…

An improved numerical procedure based on the nonlinear finite element method is developed to predict ground subsidence caused by underground mining. The following features are emphasized: (i) an appropriate constitutive model to accurately describe the nonlinear behavior of the …

The objective of this investigation was to experimentally determine the variation in the flow characteristics of tactite copper ores during the leaching process. The laboratory work involved estimation of porosity and permeability of cores before leaching, and after various inte…

In this study the shear strength parameters for a consolidated, well-cemented boulder conglomerate at the Cyprus Miami Copper Mine are determined by a newly developed field test. The values obtained are used to investigate the probability of failure of pit slopes cut into the co…

To establish the feasibility of in-situ mining of uranium, it is desirable to perform small scale, inexpensive tests which conform, as nearly as possible, to the conditions of a projected commercial process. A push-pull test of an in-situ uranium leaching process, which consists…

The Ertsberg Intrusion (EI) is located approximately 1.5 km southeast of the Grasberg super-porphyry Cu-Au deposit (GIC), in the Gunung Bijih (Ertsberg) Mining District, West Papua, Indonesia. Intrusion- and carbonate-hosted mineralization is associated with the 3.28-2.97±0.54 M…

High pressure water jet technology is utilized in many industrial and construction processes but, with exception of some hydraulic mining activities, had yet to find widespread application within the mining industry. One emerging application of water jets within mining is hydros…

Increased production in underground coal mines in the USA has increased dust generation in face areas. Over the last five years, considerable research has been done on respirable coal dust control. Some of the results of these studies have been implemented in a non-integrated fa…

The overriding objective of this research was to develop an understanding of Iran's policy environment, within which the country's mining sector operates, in relation to that of the rest of the world. In an effort to diversify the country's economy, the first five-year developme…