Paste Backfills Types

The basic rule for a material to have paste fill flow properties is that it has at least 15 wt% of its particles finer than

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Shaft Sinking and Ramp Excavation

Table of ContentsGround ConditionsHydrological ConditionsCost Estimate General Criteria and AssumptionsRamp Construction Cost Estimate Mine planners and engineers are often faced with the decision of choosing

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Titanium Mineralogy

Table of ContentsOre CharacteristicsExperimental ProceduresMineralogical and Petrographical CharacterizationMineral-Chemical Analyses by Electronic Microprobe The study of minero-petrographical characteristics and the subsequent textural and structural characterization of

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Grinding Circuit Expansion

Table of ContentsFinal circuit configurationSAG mill control Increasing ore hardness led to a gradual reduction of mill throughput rates. This, combined with declining head grades

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Adsorption Behavior of Oleate

The adsorption behavior of sodium oleate on brucite, Mg(OH)2, has been studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Both internal reflection and diffuse reflection (DRIFT) methods

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