Laboratory assessment of the rock-fragmentation process by continuous miners

Mining Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 75-80

  Achanti, V B ^b   Khair, A W ^a,b  

^a SME ^*

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0342796993     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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