Tungsten carbide (WC) is chemically a binary compound of tungsten and carbon in the stoichiometric ratio of 93.87% tungsten and 6.13% carbon. However, industrially the
Numerous low-grade gold-silver ore deposits are being mined and milled throughout the Western United States. In addition to gold and silver, many deposits contain as
Over 80 pct of U.S. potash production comes from evaporite deposits near Carlsbad, NM. Most potash products are concentrated by flotation, selective dissolution of the
Coal mine operators in the United States were required to make available to each underground coal miner a self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR). The regulations (30 CFR
An on-stream analyser cannot be considered in isolation from the mineral process where it is to be ultimately installed. Depending upon the requirements of the
In this case, the primary grinding stage in a concentrator comprises a rod mill in open circuit and a semi-autogeneous mill in closed, circuit with
Mill feed averages 0.7% Cu, primarily as chalcopyrite, and 0.024% Mo. The copper concentrator produces 1050 mt/day of bulk Cu-Mo concentrate averaging 27% Cu and
The Bureau of Mines conducted research on techniques for recovering potash values from high-insoluble-slimes-bearing domestic carnallite ores. In the first phase of the study, two
The Bureau of Mines has evaluated the substitution of platinum-group metal coatings for bulk platinum-group metal objects as a means of reducing the consumption of
Commercial leaching of sulphide ores by microorganisms is used in numerous oxidation situations as a scavenger process for treating low grade ores and very dilute