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Managing delays in open pit shovel-truck systems – A case study

Temeng, V.A.; Kukula, J.K. (UMaT, 2010-07-07)

Delays are frequently encountered on a daily basis in open pit shovel-truck operations. A greater portion of these delays which are avoidable or reducible to the barest minimum if well managed can significantly reduce ...
Economic evaluation of small scale salt mining projects in Ghana – a case study

Banson, A. K.; Eshun, P. A. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

The marine salt mining industry has about 20 Small Scale and over 120 Micro-small scale projects scattered over the coast of Ghana. With oil find, Ghana can produce over 6 million t/yr of salt worth over US$1.2 billion and ...
Environmental and socio-economic effects of mining activities in selected agro-mining communities in Nigeria

Opafunso, Z.O.; Daodu, O. A. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

The environmental and socio-economic effects of mining activities on agricultural practices in selected mining locations in Ondo, Oyo and Plateau States had been carried out. Soil samples from selected agro-mining sites ...
Human rights, mineral rights and corporate social responsibility in Ghana: legal and policy analyses

Dominic, N. Dagbanja (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

The worth or success of a business company is conventionally defined or measured in terms of its business performance; that is, whether the company is operating as a financially viable going concern by making expected ...
Suppression of preg-robbing activity in carbonaceous gold ores by the fungus trametes versicolor

Afidenyo, J. K.; Yen, W. -T.; Amankwah, R. K; Ramsay, J. A. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

Carbonaceous matter in gold ores adsorbs dissolved gold during leaching and reduces extraction; a phenomenon known as preg-robbing. Microbial suppression of preg robbing activity in a carbonaceous sulphidic gold ore was ...
The use of remote sensing and GIS techniques to detect land use/cover transfers in the Ejisu Municipality of Ghana

Kumi-Boateng, B.; Yakubu, I. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

Available information on land use/cover transfer is at the global and national levels while change processes are widespread at the local level. Natural resources monitoring and assessment programmes in Ghana focus on ...
Advocacy for preservation of the ecological environment through characterisation in Akan folktales

Mireku-Gyimah, P. B. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

As oral literature, Akan Folktales use a number of literary techniques including characterisation to promote traditional wisdom about life. This paper presents the various characters identified in some Akan Folktales ...
The effect of radiation of a sodium droplet ignition delay and limit of ignitability

Alao, I. F.; Lawal, M. O.; Adegbie, K. S. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

The effect of the radiation on the droplet ignition was investigated. The Rosseland approximation was employed in the modelling of the radiation heat transfer and temperatures of the droplet. The governing equation was ...
Simultaneous production of metallic iron and syngas from EAF slags using waste plastic sachet bags as a reducing agent

Dankwah, J. R. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)
Obuasi malaria control programme

Knowles, Steve (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)
On the performance of first year engineering students in mathematics: A case study of University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa

Somua-Wiafe, E.; Adetunde, I.A (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

Engineering as a profession, requires a clear understanding of mathematics. It is therefore vital that engineering students acquire both abstract and an empirical understanding of Mathematics. This paper examines and ...
A dialectico-systemic CSR model for better gold mining practices in Ghana

Agyei, G.; Kakraba, D.; Gordon, J. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

This paper has attempted to clarify the dialectic contradictions between mining companies and their host communities with experiences from the Ghana‟s gold mining industry. Many attempts have been made by parastatal ...
Application of minimum curvature method to well path calculations

Amorin, R.; Broni-Bediako, E. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

A major drawback of directional and horizontal well drilling is the numerous complex computations required to be done while planning a well. These computations are very stressful and time consuming especially when done ...
Improving mineral resource reconciliation using ordinary kriging with improved data – A case study

Al-Hassan, S.; Amo-Adae, E. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

Reconciliation of mineral resource model with grade control model of the Teberebe orebody had some important variations. These were very significant where there were inadequate drill hole data and geological interpretation. ...
The contribution of women’s organizations to the changing roles of women: the case of selected women’s organizations in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Kwofie, L.; Amo-Mensah, C. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)
Effect of mining and farming activity on rainfall pattern changes in Tarkwa Municipality – case study for the past 30 years

Mensah, A. A.; Duncan, E. E. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)
Open stope design: state-of-the-art

Suorineni, F.T. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

The stability graph method is the primary method for open stope design. The stability graph was introduced about three decades ago for bulk mining of orebodies below 1000-m depth. Since then, it has gained wide recognition ...
The significance of a mining museum in Ghana

Dakubo, A. K.; Annku, M. F.; Amankwah, R.K. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

Mining in Ghana, formerly known as Gold Coast, has gone on for many centuries. The history of gold mining in Ghana goes as far back as the 5th Century B. C. when the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians sailed along the ...
Blasting standards for the Ghanaian mining industry

Amegbey, N. A.; Yormekpe-Agbenu, S. K; Akayuli, C. F (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

Ghana is a well known mining nation and hard rock mining has been going on since the 10th century. Mining companies in Ghana are well aware of the regulatory requirements to carry out blasting activities such that ...
The rheological effects of power law drilling fluids on cuttings transportation in non-vertical boreholes

Harrison, O.; Kporngor, J. A. (University of Mines and Technology, 2010-08-07)

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