April 2017

Volume 69    Issue 4

FEATURED ARTICLES

Potash production hoisting plant upgrade and beyond
D.M. Ziebarth
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Global nonfuel mineral exploration trends 2001-2015
Nick Karl, David Wilburn
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Cautious optimism rules for attendees of 2017 SME Annual Conference
William Gleason
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TECHNICAL PAPERS

Effects of mine strata thermal behavior and mine initial temperatures on mobile refuge alternative temperature
D.S. Yantek, L. Yan, P.T. Bissert, M.D. Klein
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Discussion of “Defining hazard from the mine worker’s perspective”
P. Mousset-Jones
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USGS critical minerals review       PDF
USGS annual mining review       PDF
 

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USGS critical minerals review       PDF
USGS annual mining review       PDF

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