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Information and links on a variety of technical aspects of mining & mineral exploration.
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 U.S. water use down but migration to West a concernFriday, October 30, 2009GeoMineSteady migration to the hot and dry Western states along with water use by coal and nuclear plants are undermining conservation efforts that have kept U.S. water use steady in recent years, a study said on Thursday. read more » Chemical optimisation and sustainability in flotationWednesday, September 30, 2009The depletion of mineral resources associated with the cost and limited availability of water and energy is putting pressure on the industry to optimise its processes, especially concentration by flotation, Ricardo Capanema reports. read more » Supporting a remote mining fleetWednesday, September 30, 2009The importance of the Sandvik operation headquartered in the city of Timika on the south coast of Papua (Irian Jaya),Indonesia, is such that it is an incorporated company, PT Sandvik SMC. This company was established purely for the Freeport business,which roughly splits 50/50 between underground and surface equipment. read more » The road to GrasbergWednesday, September 30, 2009Until Bechtel built the first road in the early 1970s, and Freeport Indonesia subsequently developed the area, subrivers were the only access inland to the foothills of the Jayawijaya mountain range on Irian Jaya that hosts what is arguably the greatest ore complex discovered in the world to date, the Grasberg and Ertsberg copper gold deposits. read more » California Gold Rush Thursday, July 23, 2009GeoMineI. The Great Discovery - II. By Sea to the Golden Land - III. Ho for California! The Overland Trek IV. Via the Isthmus - V. Gold Mania Satirized - VI. The Miners' Ten Commandments VII.The World Rushed In: Part I, Part II - VIII. An Instant City: Sacramento - IX.The Northern Mines X. Scenes in the Life of the California Miner - XI. Making a Pile - XII. Mining Companies read more » Mining Investment GuidesWednesday, July 15, 2009If you are looking for firms that invest in a diverse range of mining, resources, and oil and gas opportunities, the following guides by Thomas Su of Money Cat Consulting can help you find the information you need. read more » Mining salaries in Australia & New ZealandMonday, June 29, 2009Hays Resources & Mining published a new salary survey pertaining to the Australian mining industry: market changes, positions in demand, salary movements, changes to employer recruitment practices. read more » Alaska's largest gold nuggetsWednesday, May 27, 2009GeoMineTravel the old mining camps, enjoy the outdoors and stay safe – don’t forget to pack a lever action big bore brush rifle or a 12 ga shotgun. read more » Electronic Journal on California Gold Rush and Gold MiningThursday, May 14, 2009The Sierra College Press has published an electronic journal on the California Gold Rush and Gold Mining. This eJournal is the latest edition of Snowy Range Reflections: A Journal of Sierra Nevada History and Biography. read more » Cyanide CodeThursday, May 7, 2009TechnoMineThe "International Cyanide Management Code For The Manufacture, Transport and Use of Cyanide In The Production of Gold" (Cyanide Code) is a voluntary industry program for the gold mining industry read more » Underground Tailings DisposalMonday, February 02, 2009TechnoMineHere is an interesting discussion of underground disposal of tailings at the Doris North Project: Tailings is often disposed of in underground mines as backfill to provide ground or wall support read more » Justinian’s Gold MinesWednesday, December 03, 2008GeoMineDuring his reign the emperor Justinian has spent over 314 tonnes of gold. Where all this gold came from? Where are the mines that were able to produce that much gold? read more » Inproheat and Heap LeachingFriday, August 08, 2008TechnoMineGetting the lixiviant to all parts of the heap leach pad is a common operational problem. But if you can get lixiviant of the right temperature to all parts of the heap leach pad, the payback can be great. read more » Pierina Gold MineThursday, June 12, 2008TechnoMineGoldSim to the rescue again: an abstract for the conference on Tailings & Mine Waste ’08 tells of a water balance model for the Pierina Gold Mine in Peru using GoldSim for the entire plant. read more » Motherlode or Chemically Mobilized Gold IIMonday, June 09, 2008GeoMineHuman beings are prone to forget – ancient cities and civilizations got buried by sand or dust only to be re-discovered centuries later; legends of rich lost mines abound around the world. read more » Motherlode or Chemically Mobilized Gold? Wednesday, April 23, 2008GeoMineYou found some 1/2 oz nuggets but there is no source in sight. Where is the elusive motherlode? How did the gold get in there? Find some of the answers by reading the article. read more » The Comstock LodeTuesday, April 22, 2008InfoMiner Vol. 3, No. 9Gold and silver strikes made millionaires and paupers, settled new cities, and civilized many parts of the West. But no other strike had more influence than the Comstock Lode read more » Heap Leach Pad Application RatesWednesday, April 09, 2008TechnoMineThe materials in a heap leach pad constitute a heterogeneous, anisotropic mass. Material hydraulic conductivities vary greatly from point to point. read more » Global Mercury ProjectThursday, December 20, 2007TechnoMineMercury is being used extensively to mine gold in artisanal and small mines world-wide. read more » Cyanide DeterminationFriday, September 28, 2007TechnoMine - LabMineThe EPA/ASTM approved method for determination of total cyanide is based on liberating HCN from a sample acidified with the sulfuric acid using an hour long reflux distillation procedure. read more » Boka GoldTuesday, August 28, 2007TechnoMineBy now you must have read the news that Southwestern Resources is suing its ex-CEO for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and insider trading after realizing that he altered assay results from the Boka Gold project in China. read more » Cyanide Determination MethodsMonday, July 23, 2007TechnoMineIn the Federal Register of April 6, 2004, there is a proposed new set of cyanide determination methods. We have just added to the InfoMine library a twelve page set of comments on the proposed determination methods read more » South African Gold PiratesMonday, February 19, 2007TechnoMineI copy and present this news report from the Washington Post Foreign Service because it is so bizarre and disturbing and there is absolutely nothing we can do about it except shake our heads. read more » |
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