Friction factor is a crucial parameter for assessing and modelling the ventilation system in underground mining. However, the development of a mine along its life can complicate the airflow supply required to the working ...

A model for High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR) was developed in this work based on thewidely used Population Balance Model (PBM). This approach uses a variety of different func-tions one of which is the breakage distribution ...

Las docencias en los estudios de Ingeniería de Minas deben proporcionar las competencias necesarias para que los futuros egresados realicen una labor en la que se requiere la manipulación de los materiales de la Tierra, ...

The strategic importance of tantalum and its scarcity in Europe makes its recovery fromlow grade deposits and tailings interesting. In Penouta, the contents of Ta and Sn in old tailingsfrom an Sn mine are of economic ...

Artisanal gold mining is the main economic activity in the Yani district, Northern Bolivia. In this area abundant orogenic gold deposits constituted by quartz veins hosted in paleozoic turbiditic series that contain either ...

Fires in underground spaces are especially relevant due to their potential mortality. However, there is not much research in real-scale spaces done so far. In this study, several fire scenarios were analyzed in an underground ...