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April 2020

Volume 72 Issue 4

FEATURED ARTICLES

Extending mobile-roof-support reach for increased coal reserve recovery Chris Blanchard, Tim Burgess	Preview
MineXchange 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo tailings programming takes center stage Margo Ellis	Preview
Going walkabout ... in the vibrant SME exhibit space Chee Theng	Preview
“It’s just common sense; why reduce the workforce pool by half?” WIM session notes progress and challenges Margo Ellis	Preview
Exhibit hall draws crowds; the latest and greatest technology was on display William Gleason	Preview
Award recipients capture crowd at MPD awards plenary session Chee Theng	Preview
Rio Tinto partners with SME; three-year agreement benefits both groups William Gleason	Preview
Daniel C. Jackling Award winner; Call for contributors — Surface and Underground Mining handbooks Georgene Renner	Preview

TECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS

Extended abstracts from the SME journal Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration	Abstract
Use of mine tailings as precast construction materials through alkali activation Bo Huang, Qingming Feng, Dongbo An, Jinhong Zhang	Abstract
Use of the field-based silica monitoring technique in a coal mine: A case study Jason D. Pampena, Emanuele G. Cauda, Lauren G. Chubb, James J. Meadows	Abstract
Flotation froth image segmentation based on highlight correction and parameter adaptation Xiu Man Liang, Tong Tian, Wen Tao Liu, Fu Sheng Niu	Abstract
Investigation of correlation of excavator operators’ hand-arm vibration exposure with produced rock physical-mechanical properties Ali Ekrem Aritan	Abstract
Application of thermal fragmentation in Australian hard-rock, underground, narrow-vein mining Bradley Drake, Larissa Koroznikova, Michael Tuck, Steve Durkin	Abstract
Upgrading of phosphate fines by fatty acid flotation using amylase enzyme as a surface modifier A. Yehia, K.E. Yassin, M. Amar	Abstract

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