December 2022

Volume 74 Issue 281

FEATURED ARTICLES

Sustainable development across the minerals and metals value chain Karin Olson Hoal, Nicole M. Smith, Steven Fecht, Oscar Restropo Baena, Sebnem Duzgun, Corby Anderson	Preview
Emerging workforce presents challenges and opportunities William Gleason	Preview
Internships: Eye-opening ways to learn and prepare for a career in mining Nancy Profera	Preview
Advances in software-as-a-service platforms to perform emission inventories for quantifying fugitive emissions and tracking efforts to reduce the dust Hasan Zolata , Sekhar Bhattacharyya	Preview


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TECHNICAL PAPER ABSTRACTS

Extended abstracts from the SME journal Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration	Abstract
Investigation of explosion hazard in longwall coal mines by combining CFD with a 1/40th-scale physical model A. Juganda, H. Pinheiro, F. Wilson, N. Sandoval, G.E. Bogin, J.F. Brune	Abstract
TGA kinetic analyses of zinc ferrite reduction with H2 Vivek Kashyap, Evody Tshijik Karumb, Patrick Taylor	Abstract
Analysis of steel prop supports subjected to vertical and lateral loading Khaled Mohamed, Timothy Batchler	Abstract
A derivative method to calculate resistance sensitivity for mine ventilation networks Lihong Zhou, Davood Bahrami	Abstract
Determining the benefit of air receivers in South African deep?level mines using a genetic algorithm Michael David Harmse, Jean Herman van Laar, Wiehan Adriaan Pelser, Cornelius Stephanus Lodewyk Schutte	Abstract


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TUNNELING AND UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION

Emerging safety and productivity technologies for North American Tunneling Mike Rispin, Mike Walling, Rob Albinger, David Maust	Preview
Design and construction challenges for the Ellicott City North Tunnel Christopher Nelsen, Daniel Dobbels	Preview
Development of the ITA BIM in Tunneling — Guideline for bored tunnels Vojtech Ernst Gall, Wolfgang Angerer, Jacob Grasmick , Jurij Karlovsek	Preview


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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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