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September 2022

Volume 74    Issue 278

FEATURED ARTICLES

Approaches based on discrete fracture network for assessing inter-ramp design
Marisol Valerio, Steve Rogers, Karl Lawrence, Karen Moffitt, Brock Rysdahl , Megan Gaida
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Mitigating the social impacts of mining projects
Lauren Meyer
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Video data analytics for quantitative measurement of feeder ore flow characteristics in underground mines
Jordan Fastle, Mitchell Weinstock, Okma Putro , Sion Renyaan
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Education roundtable: Research centers feature innovative thinking
William Gleason
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TECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS

Extended abstracts from the SME journal Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
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Estimating the strength of pillars with karst voids in a room-and-pillar limestone mine
Aman Soni, Juan J. Monsalve, Richard Bishop, Nino Ripepi, Jonathan G. Baggett
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Bringing the entrepreneurial mindset into mining engineering education
Aarti Sorensen, Rudrajit Mitra, Erik Hulthen, Tobias Hartmann, Elisabeth Clausen
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Optimizing the performance of vertically mounted jet fans in ventilation shafts
Richard Ray, Ethan Fuster, Stephen Lee
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Selective recovery of manganese from low-grade ferruginous manganese ores through SO2 leaching
V.K. Reddy Kallam, Neha Pandey, Sunil Kumar Tripathy, Arijit Biswas
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Investigation of gas and airflow distribution in a block cave mine
Yong Pan, Purushotham Tukkaraja, Srivatsan Jayaraman Sridharan
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Assessment of floor heave associated with bumps in a longwall mine using the discrete element method
Bo Hyun Kim, Mark K. Larson
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TUNNELING AND UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION

More than 1,000 attend NAT Conference in Philadelphia, PA
William Gleason
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360-degree, 3D digital assessment of subsurface water infrastructure
Jérôme Steinkühler, Michael Mett, Heiner Kontrus, Cory Dippold, Kristi Latimer
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Improved contracting practices and ground risk management using geostatistics
Jacob Grasmick, Bill Newns
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