Fulfillment of human needs necessitates activities that have their positive and negative aspects. Crusher plant operation is not an exception. One of the major concerns related to these activities is its impact on worker ...

With the advancement of various techonlogies during last two decades, processing power of computers and software development, accuracy in Geographical Positioning System (GPS), photogrammetry with high resolution digital ...

Ground vibration and air-blast over pressure are two significant undesirables, among many environmental risks, in open-pit mining . Gaining control over the ground vibrations generated by rock blasts had been difficult ...

In mineral processing industry, liberating of minerals is the most important involvement because it can enhance the purity of the mineral. However, if we can initiate micro-cracks in rock pieces in advance to these ...

In liquid form, natural rubber is also known as latex (raw rubber) and the purified form of natural rubber is the polyisoprene, which can be used i n many applications and products through the process of vulcanization. ...

Apatite mined f r om Eppawala (Eppawala Rock Phosphate - ERP) cannot be directly used as a fertilizer for armual crops such as paddy and vegetables because of its low water solubility. It is difficult to manufacture water ...

The research w o r k aims to assess the feasibility of i n t r o d u c i n g the microbial induced carbonate p r e c i p i t a t i on (MICP) as an alternative technique for surface stabilization of the cut slopes by ...

Microbial Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) is a widely explored technique that involves utilizing bacterially produced carbonate biominerals for improving the engineering properties of soils. When this novel approach ...

Asphalt is made by mixing aggregates, filler and binder materials together according to pre-determined ratios. Out of the total asphalt weight, 94% to 95% consists of aggregate. It is not surprising that the performance ...

Soil nailing is one of the common slope stabilization techniques which has been used in Sri Lanka during the past decade. Due to the advantages of this method, its applications are growing rapidly around the landslide ...