Selection, performance and economic evaluation of dust palliatives on surface mine haul roads

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 435-450

  Thompson, R J ^a   Visser, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST GENERATION; DUST PALLIATIVES; FUGITIVE DUST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST CONTROL; OPEN PIT MINING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPRAYING;

MINE DUST;

EID: 34547783149     PISSN: 22256253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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