- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A front-end loader mounted on a wheel tractor having the driving wheels in front and steering at the rear.
Industry:Mining
A front-end loader whose bucket is lifted along tracks on a more or less vertical tower.
Industry:Mining
A fuel obtained from a raw fuel by some process of preparation for use, for example, coke, charcoal, benzene, and gasoline.
Industry:Mining
A fuel used in the form in which it is mined or obtained, for example, coal, lignite, peat, wood, mineral oil, natural gas.
Industry:Mining
A fully automatic and remotely controlled system of coal cutting, loading, and face conveying, including self-advancing roof support systems.
Industry:Mining
A function frequently used when fitting mathematical models to experimental variograms, often in combination with a nugget model.
Industry:Mining
A function frequently used when fitting mathematical models to experimental variograms, often in combination with a nugget model.
Industry:Mining
A function frequently used when fitting mathematical models to experimental variograms, often in combination with a nugget model.
Industry:Mining
A function frequently used when fitting mathematical models to experimental variograms, often in combination with a nugget model.
Industry:Mining
A fundamental structural unit of silicate minerals formed by four oxygen ions surrounding one silicon ion such that lines connecting the four oxygen nuclei show the outline of a geometric tetrahedron. It is commonly written SiO<sub>4</sub>with the electronic charge of minus 4 for the unit assumed.
Industry:Mining
