The Vol. 37, No. 5 (October 2020) issue of Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (MME) is online, with 33 papers spanning the mining and mineral industry and 10 winning posters from the MPD Student Poster Contest. Access the issue for free as an SME member!
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*MME has an impact factor of 1.020 and is abstracted and indexed in Web of Science, Current Contents, Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest and many more. To submit a paper, go to springer.com/42461Innovation in the Mining Industry: Technological Trends and a Case Study of the Challenges of Disruptive Innovationby Felipe Sánchez & Philipp Hartlieb
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00262-1Post-Mining—a Holistic Approachby Jürgen Kretschmann
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00265-yNumerical Simulation of the Relaxation Behavior of Failed Sandstone Specimensby Yuting Xue & Brijes Mishra
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00250-5Understanding How Speed, Tractive Effort, Digging Height, and Rake Angle Affect Bucket Penetration and Resistive Forces for Rubber Tire Loadersby Atta Ur Rehman & Kwame Awuah-Offei
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00288-5Study of Methane Outgassing and Mitigation in Longwall Coal Minesby Samuel A. Lolon, Jürgen F. Brune, Gregory E. Bogin Jr & Aditya Juganda
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00287-6Coal Pillar Extraction Under Weak Roofby Arun Kumar Singh, Ashok Kumar, Dheeraj Kumar, Rajendra Singh, Sahendra Ram, Rakesh Kumar & Amit Kumar Singh
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00277-8Photogrammetry Method for Fast and Accurate Measurement of Strata Movements and Deformations for Scale Physical Mining Simulationsby Yi Luo, Jian Yang & Yujia Lian
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00284-9Use of an Environmentally Friendly Polymer to Reduce the Water Content in Tailings Slurryby Yongsik Jeong & Kwangmin Kim
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00253-2Instability Mechanism of a Multi-Layer Gangue Roof and Determination of Support Resistance Under Inclination and Gravityby Panshi Xie, Yingyi Zhang, Shenghu Luo & Jianjie Duan
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00252-3Energy Partitioning Following Tensile Failure in Three-Point Loading Tests of Nugget Sandstone Specimensby R. D. Weyher, M. K. McCarter & J. M. Wempen
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00244-3An Innovative Finite Tube Method for Coupling of Mine Ventilation Network and Gob Flow Field: Methodology and Application in Risk Analysisby Fengliang Wu & Yi Luo
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00255-0Optimization of Trackless Equipment Scheduling in Underground Mines Using Genetic Algorithmsby Hao Wang, Victor Tenorio, Guoqing Li, Jie Hou & Nailian Hu
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00285-8Top Coal Movement Law of Dynamic Group Caving Method in LTCC with an Inclined Seamby Shengli Yang, Weijie Wei & Jinwang Zhang
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00254-1Modeling Spatial Variance and Investigating the Effects of Variability on Intact Rock Strength and Stability of Entries in a Longwall Mineby Danqing Gao & Brijes Mishra
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00258-xNew Prediction Models for Estimation of Aerodynamic Pressure Loss due to a Train of Mine Cars in an Underground Airwayby Srivatsan J. Sridharan & Bhamidipati S. Sastry
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00260-3The Effect of Hydro-Jex Operation on the Stability of Heap Leach Pads: a Case Study of a Heap Leach Operation in Central Mexicoby Behrooz Abbasi, Babak Azarfar, Seyedsaeid Ahmadvand, Thom Seal & Bryan Ulrich
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00251-4Effect of Cooling Rate and Slag Modification on the Copper Matte in Smelting Slagby Xiang Gao, Zhuo Chen, Junjie Shi, Pekka Taskinen & Ari Jokilaakso
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00274-xThe making of Class C fly ash as high-strength precast construction material through geopolymerizationby Jinhong Zhang & Qingming Feng
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00283-wSulfur Removal of High-Sulfur Bauxiteby Zhanwei Liu, Hengwei Yan, Wenhui Ma & Ping Xiong
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00225-6A Critical Review on the Mineralogy and Processing for High-Grade Quartzby Min Lin, Ziyuan Liu, Yan Wei, Bin Liu, Yu Meng, Hang Qiu, Shaomin Lei, Xun Zhang & Yubiao Li
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00247-0Recovery of Metals from Discarded Integrated Circuitsby Amit Barnwal & Nikhil Dhawan
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00249-yAgglomeration and Characterization of Nickel Concentrate (MHP) Pellets for Ferronickel Productionby Rafael Piumatti de Oliveira, Ramiro da Conceição do Nascimento & Horst Guenter Feldhagen
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00235-4Solvent Extraction of Vanadium from Sodium Carbonate–Sodium Bicarbonate Solution Using Aliquat-336by Feng Yang, Xinsheng Li, Lu Han, Feng Gao, Chunlin He & Yuezhou Wei
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00267-wAn Investigation into the Extraction Behavior of Copper from Sulfate Leach Liquor Using Acorga M5640 Extractant: Mechanism, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamicsby Isa Nozari & Asghar Azizi
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00280-zDevelopment of a Smelting Reduction Process for Low-Grade Ferruginous Manganese Ores to Produce Valuable Synthetic Manganese Ore and Pig Ironby Veerendra Singh, Arijit Biswas & Nilamadhaba Sahu
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00271-0Production of Strontium through a Vacuum Aluminothermic Processby Mehmet Bugdayci, Ahmet Turan, Yeliz Demiray Cucurachi & Onuralp Yücel
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00268-9Analysis of the Influence of Blaine Numbers and Firing Temperature on Iron Ore Pellets Properties Using RSM-I-Optimal Design: An Approach Toward Suitabilityby Rakesh Prasad, R. Venugopal, L. A. Kumaraswamidhas, Chandan Pandey & S. K. Pan
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00282-xImpact of Operating Parameters on the Breakage Process of Talcby Diler Katircioglu-Bayel
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00270-1Investigation of Alkaline Leaching Parameters on Stibnite Concentrateby Serdar Aktaş & Burcu Nilgün Çetiner
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00266-xSynthesis and Characterization of Metallic Iron Reduced from Low-grade Coal in Rajasthanby Akshay Kumar, Vinayaka R. Kiragi, Saurav Kumar, Amar Patnaik, Vinod Kumar & M. K. Banerjee
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00281-ySeparation and Identification of Minerals Composing the Silica Sands (Southwestern Tunisia)by Kais Elghniji, Chaima Ouled Amor, Constantin Virlan, Aurel Pui & Elimame Elaloui
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00269-8Application of Finite Difference Method in Multifractal Techniques to Identify Pb–Zn Anomalies: a Case Study from Khomein, Iranby Massume Khavari, Feridon Ghadimi & Saeed Mojeddifar
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00215-8Identifying Hydrothermal Alterations Using Singularity Mapping of PCA Images Based on ASTER Databy N. Ostadmahdi Aragh, S. Mojeddifar & M. Hemmati Chegeni
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00264-z2020 MPD Student Poster Contest – Winning Abstractshttps://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00296-5