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Article: Mining a domestic source of chromite: a mineral deposit in Oregon ...
Modern Casting;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... domestic source of chromite sand for U.S. metalcasters ... 25 ton/hr, of chromite sand. The full mineral ... comparing the ORC chromite sand with an Australian ... a ceramic sand, a silica sand and the two current ...

Article: Thickening behaviour of oilwell cement slurries with silica flour ...
Chemistry and Industry;  September 21, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... 35-40 wt per cent silica flour or silica sand for cementing hot well sections at temperatures ... place in the hardened cement.1,2 Silica sand is coarser than silica flour, with ... quicker than those with the coarser silica sand at the same silica addition levels ...

Article: Industrial silica sand
Mining Engineering;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... shipped 28.4 Mt (31.3 million st) of silica sand and gravel, valued at $556 million ... ceramics. Production About 40% of silica sand production is based in the Midwest ... more than 25 end-use categories for silica sand. But the industrial silica sales person ...

Article: Illegal silica sand mining unabated
The Hindustan Times;  June 11, 2007 ;     609 words ... ... India, June 11 -- The death of two silica sand labourers cleaning up a blasting well ... correct nearly ninety percent of the silica sand miners were indulging in one illegal ... easily find here. Most of the miners of silica sand after taking lease of a particular chunk ...

Article: Silica Sand production increases in Punjab: Sibtain ...
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  August 21, 2007 ;     553 words ... ... has issued 148 licenses for exploring Silica Sand in Punjab as a result of which annual production of Silica Sand has substantially increased in the ... different parties for exploration of Silica Sand. He said that exploration work of ...

Article: Moving away from silica sand.(Technology In ...
Modern Casting;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... implications of the continued exposure to silica sand and the fact that its casting properties ... as cost-effective replacements for silica sand. * The article discusses the role that ... efficient transition to silica-free sand. Silica sand has been a mainstay in the sand casting ...

Article: Silica sand
Mining Engineering;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Silica sand is often called industrial sand and ... high temperatures and chemical action. Silica sand is used chiefly to produce glass (39 ... 16.46/st). The production of silica sand is mainly affected by the health of ...