October 2006

Volume 58 Issue 10

FEATURED ARTICLES

Coal's role in sustaining society R. Larry Grayson, Joel R. Warneke	Preview
SME Leadership Forum addresses shortage of mining professionals Steve Kral	Preview


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USGS critical minerals review				PDF
USGS annual mining review				PDF

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Low-seam longwall shearer improves coal recoveries	Preview
Retrofit improves cell-house columns at copper mine	Preview
Duratray opens North American operations office	Preview


You have FREE full access to these Open Access articles:
USGS critical minerals review				PDF
USGS annual mining review				PDF

TECHNICAL PAPERS

Limestone mining - is it noisy or not? E.R. Bauer, D.R. Babich	Abstract
Fragment size estimation and measurement in the DOZ block cave A. Srikant	Abstract
Using an optimizing control system at CVRD's pelletizing plants M.R. Ribeiro, M.C. Mendes, E.S. Lopes, L.N. Ferri, J.X. da Silva Filho, A.C. Stelzer, S.L. Dalvi, M.A.S. Martirs, C.J. da Silva, C. Bouche	Abstract


You have FREE full access to these Open Access articles:
USGS critical minerals review				PDF
USGS annual mining review				PDF


You have FREE full access to these Open Access articles:
USGS critical minerals review				PDF
USGS annual mining review				PDF

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