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• Title:SME mining engineering handbook / edited by Peter Darling.
  
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• Variant Title:Mining engineering handbook
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Darling, Peter, 1956-
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.)
  
• Published/Created:[Englewood, Colo.] : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, ©2011.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TN145 .S56 2011
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:c.1 v.1 Overdue - Due on 04-17-2024
    c.1 v.2 Overdue - Due on 04-17-2024
    
  • Location Has:v.1-2
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mining engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:2 v. (xxiv, 1840, I-46 p.) : ill ; 29 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780873352642
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 MINING: SETTING THE SCENE
  1.1. Mining: Ancient, Modern, and Beyond
  1.2. Current Trends in Mining
  1.3. Future Trends in Mining
  pt. 2 MARKET ECONOMICS
  2.1. Economics of the Minerals Industry
  2.2. Pricing and Trading in Metals and Minerals
  2.3. Market Capitalization
  2.4. Investment Analysis
  pt. 3 EXPLORATION
  3.1. Geological Features and Genetic Models of Mineral Deposits
  3.2. Minerals Prospecting and Exploration
  3.3. Geophysics Prospecting
  3.4. Geochemical Prospecting
  pt. 4 DEPOSIT ASSESSMENT
  4.1. Geological Data Collection
  4.2. Geologic Interpretation, Modeling, and Representation
  4.3. Sample Preparation and Assaying
  4.4. Ore-Body Sampling and Metallurgical Testing
  4.5. Mineral Resource Estimation
  4.6. Valuation of Mineral Properties
  4.7. Mineral Property Feasibility Studies
  4.8. Cost Estimating for Underground Mines
  4.9. Cost Estimating for Surface Mines
  pt. 5 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
  5.1. Mine Economics, Management, and Law
  5.2. Economic Principles for Decision Making
  5.3. Management, Employee Relations, and Training
  5.4. Global Perspective on Mining Legislation
  pt. 6 MINING METHOD SELECTION
  6.1. Evaluation of Mining Methods and Systems
  6.2. Mining Methods Classification System
  6.3. Selection Process for Hard-Rock Mining
  6.4. Selection Process for Underground Soft-Rock Mining
  6.5. Comparison of Underground Mining Methods
  6.6. Comparison of Surface Mining Methods
  pt. 7 ROCK BREAKING METHODS
  7.1. Mechanical Rock Breaking
  7.2. Blasthole Drilling
  7.3. Explosives and Blasting
  pt. 8 GROUND MECHANICS
  8.1. Introduction to Ground Mechanics
  8.2. Soil Mechanics
  8.3. Slope Stability
  8.4. Rock Mechanics
  8.5. Geotechnical Instrumentation
  8.6. Hard-Rock Ground Control with Steel Mesh and Shotcrete
  8.7. Soft-Rock Ground Control
  8.8. Ground Control Using Cable and Rock Bolting
  8.9. Mine Subsidence
  8.10. Tailings Impoundments and Dams
  8.11. Waste Piles and Dumps
  pt. 9 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
  9.1. Electric Power Distribution and Utilization
  9.2. Compressed Air
  9.3. Mine Communications, Monitoring, and Control
  9.4. Mine Surveying
  9.5. Dewatering Surface Operations
  9.6. Dewatering Underground Operations
  9.7. Physical Asset Management
  9.8. Automation and Robotics
  9.9. Mine Infrastructure Maintenance
  9.10. Systems Engineering
  pt. 10 SURFACE EXTRACTION
  10.1. Introduction to Open-Pit Mining
  10.2. Open-Pit Planning and Design
  10.3. Mechanical Extraction, Loading, and Hauling
  10.4. Selection and Sizing of Excavating, Loading, and Hauling Equipment
  10.5. ln-Pit Crushing
  10.6. Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Haul Roads
  10.7. Surface Ore Movement, Storage, and Recovery Systems
  10.8. Strip Mining
  10.9. Strip Mine Planning and Design
  10.10. Highwall Mining
  10.11. Quarrying
  pt. 11 HYDRAULIC AND PIPELINE MINING
  11.1. Hydraulic Mining
  11.2. Placer Mining and Dredging
  11.3. Heap Leaching
  11.4. Surface Techniques of Solution Mining
  11.5. In-Situ Techniques of Solution Mining
  11.6. Coal-Bed Methane Production
  pt. 12 UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT
  12.1. Introduction to Underground Mine Planning
  12.2. Hard-Rock Equipment Selection and Sizing
  12.3. Soft-Rock Equipment Selection and Sizing
  12.4. Underground Horizontal and Inclined Development Methods
  12.5. Subsurface Mine Development
  12.6. Construction of Underground Openings and Related Infrastructure
  12.7. Tunnel Boring Machines in Mining
  12.8. Underground Ore Movement
  12.9. Hoisting Systems
  pt. 13 UNDERGROUND EXTRACTION
  13.1. Room-and-Pillar Mining in Hard Rock
  13.2. Room-and-Pillar Mining in Coal
  13.3. Shrinkage Stoping
  13.4. Sublevel Stoping
  13.5. Cut-and-Fill Mining
  13.6. Backfill Mining
  13.7. Cave Mining
  13.8. Longwall Mining
  13.9. Sublevel Caving
  13.10. Block Caving
  pt. 14 MINERAL PROCESSING
  14.1. Introduction to Mineral Processing
  14.2. Crushing, Milling, and Grinding
  14.3. Classification by Screens and Cyclones
  14.4. Gravity Concentration and Heavy Medium Separation
  14.5. Fundamental Principles of Froth Flotation
  14.6. Magnetic and Electrostatic Separation
  14.7. Dewatering Methods
  pt. 15 HEALTH AND SAFETY
  15.1. Mine Safety
  15.2. Health and Medical issues in Global Mining
  15.3. Mine Ventilation
  15.4. Gas and Dust Control
  15.5. Heat, Humidity, and Air Conditioning
  15.6. Radiation Control
  15.7. Noise Hazards and Controls
  pt. 16 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
  16.1. Site Environmental Considerations
  16.2. Mining and Sustainability
  16.3. Impacts and Control of Blasting
  16.4. Water and Sediment Control Systems
  16.5. Mitigating Acid Rock Drainage
  16.6. Waste Disposal and Contamination Management
  16.7. Closure Planning
  pt. 17 COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL ISSUES
  17.1. Community Issues
  17.2. Social License to Operate
  17.3. Cultural Considerations for Mining and Indigenous Communities
  17.4. Management of the Social Impacts of Mining
  APPENDICES
  A. Web Sites Related to Mining
  B. Coal Mine Gas Chart
  C. Conversion Chart.