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Mining Minecraft Diamond
Gold Mining Equipment Mining in Minecraft is not that hard. Start with Diamonds which have the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. It’s also considered incredibly beautiful and a symbol of live. Here we take a look at how they stack up against their virtual counterparts. Diamond is the second rarest mineral in the game. Only
United Nuclear Selling “Radioactive Element” Soaps
Be refreshed by scrubbing yourself with these glow-in-the-dark radioactive soaps. United Nuclear is now offering glow-in-the-dark soaps. The design is somewhat like a tile from your periodic table with radioactive element prints such as radium, plutonium and uranium. But don’t worry because these are not really made of the radioactive elements. United Nuclear stated that these are guaranteed safe, vegan and
Infographic: Unplanned Downtime
Infographic – Failures of equipment, particularly those huge vehicles used for mining could lead to a big loss to a mining company. Hydraulic power and belt drive failures cause up to 47% of downtime at mining operations. A typical mechanical problem could lead to 60 hours of downtime per incident. Each hour could lose about $3,000-worth of production. With that.
“The Blue” Sold for $24 Million
“The Blue,” world’s largest flawless vivid blue diamond has been sold in an auction for $24 million. The pear-shaped diamond was auctioned by Christie’s International, making it the world’s top auction house once again. The company got $154.2 million during their spring auction. The diamond was sold to Harry Winston. He rechristened the diamond to “Wilson Blue. ” “When Christie’s announced they were
Mining the Arctic for its Mineral Riches
Table of ContentsPermafrostSlope StabilityMechanical ExcavationHaul Roads After the Ice: Mineral Riches of the Arctic Receding Arctic ice is unlocking fathomless mineral resources — if you don’t mind frost and cost. 90 billion barrels — is the estimated size of undiscovered oil deposits beyond the Arctic Circle. [i] That’s equivalent to: 5.9% of world’s known oil reserves 110% of Russia’s reserves
Peru and Colombia to Battle Illegal Gold Mining
Daniel Urresti, Peru’s High Commissioner for Formalization of Mining, stated that they have partnered with Colombia to fight illegal gold mining in their countries. The government of Peru is very firm about the new law as illegal mining have imposed harms on the environment and public health. They have started the illegal mining ban last April 19. Government authorities, together with policemen and
Acid Leakage at Goro Nickel Processing Plant and Mine in New Caledonia
Vale, as well as New Caledonia Southern Province president Cynthia Ligeard, has suspended the operations in Goro Nickel Processing Plant and Mine after an acid leakage. According to Vale, the leakage was because of a misconfiguration of circuits responsible for transferring of solutions between its two retention ponds. The company however did not confirm what the composition of the spill is
Metal Focus’ World Top 10 Gold Producers – Companies & Countries
In the most recent Gold and Silver Mining focus report from Metals Focus, they have outlined all the top gold mining companies and producing countries, where they have assessed the overall production and increase from 2012 to 2013.
Newmont Mining will Ramp Down its Production in Batu Hijau
Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM), a US-based mining company, could possibly ramp down their gold and copper mining operations in Indonesia. This is due to the uplifted mining taxes imposed by their government. Earlier this year, the government of Indonesia increased their tax to 25% and expect to uplift it to up to 35% by January 2015. Newmont Mining believes
SAG Mill Feed Chute Design| Long Life | Wear Resistant
This design of SAG mill feed chute lasted 9 months seeing 90,000 TPD. It is 600 brinell chrome steel. With the big liners on the bottom of the chute you need to get a Chevron cast into the top to push the feed out to the sides for the first little while and then as the chevron wears it will
Kibali Gold Mine Officially Opens Today
The Kibali gold mine, located in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officially opened today. The mine is a joint venture of 2 mining giants Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ: GOLD) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU). Kibanki gold mine is expected to be one of the biggest gold mines in Africa once it is on its full operation. It is expected to produce about
“Underwater Desert” in Surigao, Philippines, Due to Mining
An “underground desert” is forming in Malimono, Surigao del Norte, Philippines, due to excessive mining activities. A non-government group Hinatuan Passage Development Alliance (HIPADA) Marine Monitoring Team has done underwater survey from December 2013 to March 2014 to check how the marine life is in the town. Unfortunately, they have seen how corals and marine life have been drastically affected because of the
GoldCorp Will Not Upsurge its Osisko Bid
Goldcorp, the world’s second-largest gold mining company, has confirmed that they will not upsurge their C$3.6 Billion bid to acquire Osisko Mining, a Quebec-based mining company. Goldcorp plans to increase its gold output to up to 50%, therefore, acquiring Osisko could possibly make it possible. It could be a good option as they may be able to gain control of the
Mesh to Micron Conversion Table
A Mesh to Micron Conversion Table can be made using this screen scale as its base with an opening of 0.0029 in. which is the opening in 200 mesh 0.0021 in. wire, the standard sieve as adopted by the Bureau of Standards of the U. S. Govt., the openings increasing in the ratio of the sq. root of 2 or
Collectors Strength – Xanthate Family – Recovery Power
Table of ContentsTYPES OF XANTHATESThe Evaluation of Collectors in Sulfide Ore FlotationThe Evaluation of Xanthate Collectors A little about collector strength and Xanthates: Some call it selectivity, I call it “how much do you put on”. Even the most selective collector can be rendered un-selective it you add enough. In reverse order of strength (strongest to weakest): PAX SIBX SIPX SEX
SAG Mill Operating Load : SAG Mill Volumes
How much rock and balls must you hold in your SAG mill for it to best operate?
Mill Liner Profiler Tool -Track Liner Wear Pattern
Here is a home-made tool to measure or obtain a fingerprint of your SAG and Ball Mill Liner wear pattern/profile. Each time you shut down, get a profile and build a wear-life over time database to better predict your next reline job or monitor improvements to your liner design. Simple Tool to Track Liner Wear Pattern Here is a great
Optimum Mill Liner Spacing | Design Effectiveness SAG
The images (chart) below is industry standard when it comes to the relationship between a mill liner’s lifter bar height and the lifter to lifter spacing. What tonnage do you think this SAG mill liner design gets?
Choke Feed a Cone Crusher | Level Sensor
Here is cone crusher arranged with a Level Sensor interlocked with the feed conveyor. It keeps the crusher feed cavity full for best choke feeding. This is a great way how you can choke feed a cone and crush for a finer product. You do know that choke feeding reduces liner wear? See why in this video. I often see operators
King Gee’s G2 Compression Workwear Ideal for Miners
King Gee, a reputable clothing company, has released the revolutionary new G2 Compression Workwear. Ideal for miners, it “targets key muscles to reduce soreness and improves recovery.” G2 project team leader Nicholas Gronier has spoken with Australian Miner as to how beneficial their new G2 Compression Workwear is. He has explained how the clothing was improved and how it can help
Selecting Jaw Crusher Liners | Shape & Design
A client needed finer crush out of his Jaw Crushers. I proposed this literature from Metso.com to help him select a jaw liner set. Designing your jaw crusher liners for the right function starts with asking ‘what final product crush size distribution do I want’ & ‘what are the physical characteristics of the feed to that crusher’? Look at the
Column Flotation Model Overview
Table of ContentsEffect of HydrophobicityEffect of Feed Percent SolidsEffect of Air Flow RatesEffect of Froth Film ThicknessEffect of Column HeightEffect of Wash WaterEffect of Bubble Size Although the model has been tested against only a limited amount of data the results shown in Figure 6 suggest that the model can be used to predict the flotation of fine particles in
Compare Designer Collectors to FO Fuel Oil for Moly Flotation
Are design or custom blends better than standard and cheaper fuel oil? Because of the high cost of the ‘designer or custom blend’ reagents, a test was run to determine the economical difference between 3302 and diesel. The evaluation was done with sulfide and transition ores, by treating a freshly prepared sample composite of both ores. The Moly collectors were