Summary of present knowledge on the representative sampling of ore in the mining industry

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 289-293

  Assibey Bonsu, W ^a  

^a Geostatistics Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING;

GY'S SAMPLING THEORY; LOW GRADE ORES;

ORE SAMPLING;

EID: 0030290028     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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