- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A process for the reduction of chromic oxide with carbon in an electric furnace, the hearth of which is lined with a calcium chromite prepared by heating together lime and chromic oxide.
Industry:Mining
A process for the washing of coal, in which the desired separation is effected in a dense medium.
Industry:Mining
A process for treating coal by disintegration and separation of the petrographic constituents (fusain, durain, and vitrain). It consists of subjecting the coal to resilient disintegrating or shattering action for a sufficient length of time to break the constituents into granules of various sizes by reason of their respective resistances to shattering impacts and separating the granules into different sizes by screening or equivalent means.
Industry:Mining
A process in which an applicant files forms to a regulatory agency with required narratives, maps, mine plans, etc., to ensure in advance of mining that the proposed operation will be in compliance with the applicable environmental standards.
Industry:Mining
A process in which an ore containing pyrite is heated and the magnetic iron oxide so formed is removed by a magnetic separator. In many cases the iron oxide is extracted as gangue.
Industry:Mining
A process in which float is followed back to its origin. A prospector moves up slope looking for pieces of float until no more are to be seen. If, at this point, no outcrop is visible, the probabilities are that soil or loose surface material covers a hidden outcrop, which can be sought by digging pits or trenches.
Industry:Mining
A process in which separation is based on selective adhesion of some grains (diamonds) to quasi-solid grease with adhesion of other grains to water.
Industry:Mining
A process in which steel is fluxed in hot ammonium chloride and subsequently dried by hot air before being passed through a bath of molten zinc.
Industry:Mining
