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This landmark publication distills the collective knowledge of the surface mining industry’s most astute and discerning professionals. There are an extraordinary number of sectors that must be harnessed and understood before any surface operation can become a viable and profitable enterprise.
Most of the world’s natural resources are mined from open-sky, surface operations. If the mining world is to continue to provide the building blocks that global development demands, surface mining must be conducted in a smarter and more sustainable way, with fewer people and under greater scrutiny than in the past to match the expectations of a skeptical public, environmental custodians, and host communities, as well as the legislative and financial entities that allow mining to continue. The SME Surface Mining Handbook captures the essence of efficient, safe, and effective surface mining, thus inspiring and informing current and future generations of mining professionals.
The SME Surface Mining Handbook describes the major methodologies involved in the surface extraction of ores, highlights the direction of change, and examines and communicates the developments within the sector. It explores the varied work being undertaken by individuals, academia, companies, equipment manufacturers, and specialist organizations in overcoming the myriad challenges that face today’s surface mining industry.
SME Underground Mining Handbook
The SME Underground Mining Handbook distills the body of knowledge from many of the world’s most distinguished mining professionals, mbringing clarity to this multi-faceted engineering discipline. By presenting the leading edge of the industry’s expertise, this landmark publication will inspire and inform both current and future generations of mining professionals.
The need to mine deeper for ever-decreasing ore grades in more austere and remote parts of the world under greater scrutiny by both a discerning public and the communities where mining takes place, as well as those who finance such operations, is the backdrop for this book. As these—and other conditions—become more demanding, the mining industry must learn to operate more efficiently and effectively, and with fewer operators and engineers.
The SME Underground Mining Handbook describes the major methodologies employed within this global industry, highlights the thrust and direction of change, and examines the white heat of revolutionary developments within numerous sectors. It also explores the myriad of research projects and work being undertaken by individuals, academia, companies, equipment manufacturers, and specialist organizations in overcoming the plethora of challenges that face today’s underground mining industry.
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By Andrew F. Haumesser
In the Aggregates is an accessible and informative volume that discusses the importance of the aggregates industry to the economy and to modern society. It describes exploration techniques, real estate acquisition, permitting, mining and production methodology, management philosophy,and sustainability.
The author, an expert in this field, adds humor and personal experiences to enhance the readability beyond just the technical issues, graphs, and formulas. This reference will help individuals in the aggregate business learn more about the detailed workings of the industry and will prove invaluable to those new to the aggregates field.
2023, 368 pages
Hardcover
ISBN 978-0-87335-503-2
Book Order No. 503-2
Contents
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Edited by Douglas Silver
The modern public mining royalty and streaming industry began in 1986 with the conversion of Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation from an exploration into a royalty company. Collectively, this industry has since grown to more than 35 companies and approximately $66 billion in market capitalization.
The royalty and streaming industry offer two important services: it is a major funding source to large and small companies, and its public companies command some of the higher price-to-net-asset-value ratios of any industry.
Told by titans in the industry, this entertaining book shows readers what the founders were thinking about the industry at the time of their corporate formation and the innovative methods that kept the market active and moving in new directions.
Most of the founders of the largest companies are now retired, and this book captures their stories for future generations. Their intimate knowledge and leadership provide current and future royalty holders and investors with unique knowledge, detailing how this industry has developed, evolved, and thrived.
2023, 240 pages
Hardcover
ISBN 978-0-87335-497-4
Book Order No. 497-4
Contents:
Overview of the Industry
Franco-Nevada Corporation
Royal Gold
Wheaton Precious Metals
Altius Minerals Corporation
International Royalty Corporation
Sandstorm Gold
Osisko Gold Royalties
Metalla Royalty & Streaming
Gold Royalty Corporation
Maverix Metals
Triple Flag Precious Metals
Junior and Mid-Tier Companies
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Presents a step-by-step approach to develop a mining business case that will raise capital.
Mining is a capital-intensive industry, one that involves long lead times to develop projects that demand a structured approach, from mine exploration to exit. This book provides mine developers, investors, owners, shareholders, and mineral policymakers a comprehensive game plan to raise capital for the development of new mining projects or to bolster operational mines.
The author, an experienced mining capital consultant, shows how mine developers and mine owners can secure capital in any phase of the commodity price cycle, at any site, and at any project stage. The book follows a proven and structured approach that enables mine developers and owners to successfully raise capital for their projects. With the aid of case studies and practical methods, the reader will learn the essentials on topics ranging from developing and marketing a business case for investment, to the types and sources of mining capital for different project stages, as well as the structure and significance of due diligence. The author presents actual mining projects and their funding plans, transaction structures and term sheets for capital. The mining projects discussed represent various project stages, commodities, and parts of the globe, offering a comprehensive reference guide for mine developers, investors, and promoters alike.
ISBN: 978-3-030-31227-5
Published Date: 2019
Author: Michael Seeger
Format: Softcover
# Pages: 274
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Discover the complete story of the building of the Seattle State Route 99 tunnel, as told by project managers, planners, civic leaders, key contractors, labor unions, and crew members. This 190-page full color hardcover publication covers a five-year period (2014-2019) of this engineering megaproject that broke records and defied odds in the underground tunneling industry. Photographed in all its phases, the book illustrates six work zones, events, and milestones. It celebrates “Bertha”, the largest tunnel boring machine in the world at the time, and the Alaskan Way Viaduct which the tunnel replaced. From 100 feet in the air to 100 feet below ground, the book gives readers the grand tour of all facets involved in building the double deck, two-lane highway beneath the city, changing Seattle’s waterfront landscape forever. The nearly two-mile underground tunnel drive followed a winding path along Seattle’s waterfront and Elliott Bay, passing under the Alaskan Way Viaduct and part of the city’s downtown business district, exiting here at the North Portal located adjacent to the Seattle Center and Space Needle. The tunnel walls are made of pre-cast curved concrete segments, in a succession of rings. Each ring consists of nine large segments and one ‘key’ piece, bolted together. Once the tunnel structure was complete, the north and south interior road decks were constructed. A worker emerges from the mouth of the tunnel in the launch zone located at the south end of the tunnel project, where the tunnel boring machine began her route under Seattle in 2013. Before the interior roadways were built, the tunnel was visible in its full diameter, at 57.5 feet, the largest tunnel in the world at the time. The launch zone later extended into the ‘cut and cover’ portion of the project which connected the tunnel to future exterior roads leading to the entrance and exit of the highway. Hundreds of new cutter teeth glistened in the sun as the newly repaired 2,000-ton center drive unit of the tunnel boring machine was hoisted back into the Rescue Shaft parallel to the Alaskan Way Viaduct near Pier 47 in Seattle. Once underground, it was re-connected to the body of the machine and tested extensively in order to resume her journey northbound. Crew members and managers raise their hats after the successful arrival and exit of ‘Bertha’ at the North Portal shaft site on April 14, 2017. Bertha, named after Seattle’s first female mayor, Bertha Landes, was the largest TBM ever built at the time measuring 57.5 feet in diameter—five stories high. The historic machine was not salvageable and was dismantled over the following four months. This area then became the site of the north ‘cut and cover’, and the highway’s entrance and exit near the Seattle Center and Space Needle. |
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Pub. Date: 2020 | |
By: Catherine Bassetti, Author and Photographer | |
Format: Hardcover | |
# Pages: 190 |
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Edited by Paul Madsen, Matthew Crow, Louis Falco, Amanda Morgan, and Kathy Murtagh
Your timely source for more cost-effective and less disruptive solutions to your underground infrastructure needs.
The North American Tunneling Conference is the premier biennial tunneling event for North America, bringing together the brightest, most resourceful, and innovative minds in the tunneling industry. It underscores the important role that the industry plans in the development of underground spaces, transportation and conveyance systems, and other forms of sustainable underground infrastructure.
With every conference, the number of attendees and breadth of topics grows. The authors—expert and leaders in the industry—share the latest case histories, expertise, lessons learned, and real-world applications from around the globe.
Crafted from a collection of 92 papers presented at the conference, this book takes you deep inside the projects. It includes sections on technology, planning, design, and case histories.
2022, 944 pages
ISBN 978-0-87335-501-8
Book Order No. 501-8
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Advances in Applied Strategic Mine Planning addresses core aspects of the sustainable, responsible, and optimal development and utilization of Earth’s mineral resources. It presents both state-of-the art methods and major applications in the global mineral resources industry and includes contributions from international experts in the field. This collection of papers on topics in the field of strategic mine planning discusses orebody modeling, mine-planning optimization and the optimization of mining complexes. Elaborating on the state of the art in the field, it describes the latest technologies and related research as well as the applications of a range of related technologies in diverse industrial contexts. |
Editor | Roussos Dimitrakopoulos |
Format: | Hardcover |
# Pages: | 262 |
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Advances in Gravity Concentration: | |
ISBN #: | 978-0-87335-227-7 |
Pub. Date: | 02/02/2003 |
Editors: | R.W. Honaker, W.R. Forrest |
Format: | Softcover / eBook |
# Pages: | 196 |
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For more than two decades, The Aggregates Handbook has been recognized as the industry's source for aggregates technology and knowledge. This second edition incorporates new and updated material, including rapidly changing technologies in the agregates industry. It includes expanded coverage of developments in sustainability, production technology, safety, transportation, design, technology standards, and industry trends. Whether you are new to the industry, a seasoned professional, or simply curious about aggregates mining, you will find this volume informative and a valuable reference book. CONTENTS:
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ISBN #: | 978-0-9889950-0-0 |
Pub. Date: | 2012 |
Author: | Multiple |
Format: | Hardcover |
# Pages: | 880 |
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Born in 1939 in Taiwan, Syd Peng was one of seven children of a poor but hardworking farmer and his wife. Syd began life in a ramshackle house with a leaky roof, carrying water for his family from a nearby well. |
Pub. Date: | 2017 |
Author: | Syd Peng |
Format: | Hardbound |
# Pages: | 216 |
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APCOM 2015: Your key to effective decision making and staying current with the rapidly evolving minerals industry. The symposium series on the Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry (APCOM) was initiated by The University of Arizona in 1961. Since then APCOM has become an international forum for presentation, discussion, and criticism of the state-of-the-art and emerging technologies in the fields of computer and operations research applications applied to the broad minerals industry. With 113 peer-reviewed papers from all mineral industry sectors—industry, academia, and government agencies—the 37th APCOM proceedings holds the latest wisdom and the most current best practices to incorporate computer technology into mining operations and mining public relations. The mining operations topics cover sophisticated new engineering techniques to identify better mineral deposits and extract them more efficiently in a safer, better-managed mine using the latest tools in geometallurgy, geostatistics, mine design, production planning, 2D and 3D modeling, simulations, mine automation, rock mechanics, mineral processing and unconventional energy resources. Mining public relations topics, broadly defined, cover not just publicity and outreach but regulatory compliance—winning over neighbors, environmental activists, and other stakeholders—and designing interfaces and training tools using virtual reality and other cutting-edge applications. |
ISBN #: | 978-0-87335-417-2 |
Pub. Date: | 04/20/2015 |
Editors: | Sukumar Bandopadhyay |
Format: | Hardcover |
# Pages: | 1,208 |
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Applied Mining Geology provides a detailed overview of the operational principles of modern mining geology. It includes comprehensive descriptions of mining geology techniques, including conventional methods and new approaches. The book presents a comprehensive summary of mining geology procedures from data collection, quality assurance to their utilization in resource/reserve models, and implementation in mine production plans, which can be used as guidelines by mining industry specialists. A good mix of theory and practice is covered and will be of interest to a wide range of experienced geologists, specialists, students, lecturers, and researchers. Applications of the methods are explained using case studies and are facilitated by the computer scripts added to the book as electronic supplementary material. This book was selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2017. |
Published Date: | 2016 |
Author(s)s: | Marat Abzalov |
Format: | Hardcover |
# Pages: | 448 |
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Basics of Metal Mining Influenced Water is a must-read for planners, regulators, consultants, land managers, students, researchers, or others concerned about the environmentally sound management of metal mine wastes and drainage quality. The first of a series of six handbooks on technologies for managing metal mine and metallurgical process draining, this book offers a unique, comprehensive perspective on the subject. Unlike other texts that focus primarily on acid drainage from coal mines, the authors examine both acidic and neutral pH waters that can be hazardous to the environment. Planning a new mine in today’s increasingly contentious regulatory and political environment demands a different philosophy. Basics of Metal Mining Influenced Water takes an innovative, holistic approach by considering all aspects of the mine life cycle, including closure. Written by a team of experts from state and federal governments, academia, and the mining industry, Basics of Metal Mining Influenced Water also discusses the major physical and chemical relationships between mining, climate, environment, and mine waste drainage quality. The authors have included an extensive glossary defining hundreds of technical terms for easier reading and understanding. |
ISBN #: | 978-0-87335-259-8 |
Pub. Date: | 01/01/2008 |
Editor: | Virginia T. McLemore |
Format: | Soft Cover / eBook |
# Pages: | 112 |
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Beneficiation of Phosphate Ore examines various methods for processing phosphate rock, an important mineral commodity used in the production of phosphoric acid. The majority of phosphoric acid is produced by the wet process, in which phosphate rock is reacted with sulfuric acid to produce phosphoric acid and gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate). This wet process demands a phosphate rock feed that meets certain specifications to produce phosphoric acid efficiently and economically. Beneficiation of Phosphate Ore thoroughly explains the methods used in beneficiation of different types of phosphate ores for use in the wet process. The mineralogical properties of the two major types of phosphate deposits, sedimentary and igneous, are described along with the processing methods. The benefits and disadvantages of each process are discussed in detail. CONTENTS:
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ISBN #: | 978-0-87335-391-5 |
Pub. Date: | 01/20/2014 |
Author: | S. Komar Kawara and J.T. Carlson |
Format: | Softcover / eBook |
# Pages: | 168 |
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Description: | The crash of the minerals super cycle is being felt by the global phosphate industry. Fortunate phosphate companies are watching their profits drop manyfold, and the not-so-lucky ones are turning to survival mode. The recent market squeeze and ever-increasing environmental pressures have, however, presented opportunities for developing technologies for extracting the most valuable elements from phosphate. This compilation from the 2015 Beneficiation of Phosphates Conference includes insights from dozens of internationally respected experts on key breakthroughs that will shape the industry in the years ahead. Learn from the best and the brightest in the industry. Topics include:
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ISBN #: | 978-0-87335-427-1 |
Pub. Date: | 2016 |
Editors: | Patrick Zhang, Jan Miller, Ewan Wingate, and Laurindo Leal Filho |
Format: | Hardcover / eBook |
# Pages: | 284 |
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Description: | Beneficiation of Phosphates: New Thought, New Technology, New Development provides a comprehensive look into how industry leaders and the R&D community are responding to industry issues. Fueled by climbing food prices, the demand for fertilizers in on the rise. The phosphate industry is responding aggressively by bringing significant projects on line across the globe. But meeting this unprecedented demand comes with a host of challenges:
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ISBN #: | 9780873353595 |
Pub. Date: | 2012 |
Author: | Edited by Patrick Zhang, Jan Miller, Hassan El-Shall |
Format: | eBook |
# Pages: | 392 |
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This compilation from the 2018 Beneficiation of Phosphates Conference includes insights from dozens of internationally respected experts on key breakthroughs that will shape the industry in the years ahead. Learn from the best and the brightest in the industry. The book reflects on the recent impetus for reviewed research in the recovery of rare earth elements from secondary resources. Recovery of rare earth elements from phosphate processing has been one of the important projects of the Critical Materials Institute (CMI). This compilation highlights some of the findings of the CMI phosphate project. Learn how competition in the flotation reagent market has stimulated innovative reagent development work. As a result, new reagents have been formulated and targeted at dolomite flotation, calcite flotation, more selective phosphate flotation, and even flotation in seawater. The Florida phosphate industry is seeing improvements in the processing of high dolomite reserves. Recent encouraging developments include new reagents that can float dolomite without using phosphoric acid as a phosphate depressant, reducing MgO content in the “Crago” flotation concentrate thus allowing blending of some high-dolomite pebbles in the final product, and innovative gravity separation. Topics include:
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ISBN #: | 978-0-87335-474-5 |
Pub. Date: | 2019 |
Edited by: | Patrick Zhang, Jan Miller, Guven Akdogan, Ewan Wingate, and Neil Snyders |
Format: | Softcover |
# Pages: | 232 |
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Description: | Beneficiation of Phosphates: Technology Advance and Adoption is the exclusive source of information on research and technology advances in phosphate mineral processing.
More than 100 internationally respected authors from 20 countries explore the latest developments in an industry experiencing unprecedented change and prosperity. In Beneficiation of Phosphates you'll learn about promising new technologies such as enhanced flotation and breakthroughs in on-line analysis. Flocculation-based deep cone thickening technology for fine waste tailings treatment is also examined. This has the potential to eliminate a host of environmental problems associated with waste disposal. These and other compelling case histories provide insights into ensuring the long-term viability of an industry that "feeds" the world with this life-sustaining, yet nonrenewable resource. Beneficiation of Phosphates: Technology Advance and Adoption is an authoritative, up-to-date resource for industry managers, engineers, regulators, and environmental groups, as well as mining and minerals processing students, faculty, and researchers. |
ISBN #: | 9780873353267 |
Pub. Date: | 01/01/2009 |
Author: | Edited by Zhang, Swager, Filho, El-Shall |
Format: | eBook |
# Pages: | 396 |
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