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  • SAIMM
    Assessing the impact of prereduction parameters on Mn ore from the Kalahari Manganese Field

    By B. M. V. Baloyi, D. Mchabe, D. Chetty

    South Africa accounts for the largest global manganese ore production share, primarily from its Kalahari Manganese Field deposit. Despite this, domestic smelting is beset by energy constraints, result

    Mar 4, 2025

  • SAIMM
    Use of Cationic Coagulant to Improve Overflow Clarity of the Tailings Thickener at Kamoa Copper Plant

    By P. Kitobo, T. Nduba, D. Mbay, J. B. Vangu, R. Ciband

    The flotation plant tailings at Kamoa Copper Mine concentrator were found to contain a high proportion of extremely fine particles. The potential issues with settling these fine solids were resolved b

    Jan 1, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Nationalization And Mining: Lessons From Zambia

    By D. Limpitlaw

    Industrial mining in Zambia started in the 1930s when the world class copper deposits near the border with Katanga were developed. The discovery of these deposits began at the turn of the century when

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    The effect of overburden and confined stress state on cave mining propagation

    By S. W. Jacobsz, E. P. Kearsley, N. K. Schoeman

    A physical modelling approach was adopted to simulate the process of cave mining propagation at various horizontal to vertical stress state ratios, and image data was captured and used to characterize

    Nov 30, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Evaluating All The Alternatives To Select The Best Project Strategy (5639484d-73a5-4677-8a4f-e8ed4a4f4a36)

    It is well known that the ability to influence project value reduces significantly as planning progresses and decisions regarding project parameters are made. However, at the prefeasibility stage in p

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Flyrock in surface mining Part II — Causes, sources, and mechanisms of rock projection

    By T. Szendrei, S. Tose

    The fracturing and movement of rock that occurs in the vicinity of a stemmed borehole charge in open pit mining operations are described by examining the effects of the emitted stress waves – shock an

    Dec 13, 2023

  • SAIMM
    A comparison of mining cut definition and scheduling algorithms for open-pit short-term mine planning APCOM 2021

    By N Morales, G Nelis

    Short-term plans must meet the long-term goals while accounting for shovel selectivity, operational space, and scheduling restrictions. There are several approaches that deal with these issues to deli

    Sep 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Thermo-sensitive polymers and modified reagents for flocculation and flotation of Au and Pt in the processing of complex ores, T.N. Matveeva, V.A. Chanturiya, and V.V. Getman

    By V. V. Getman, V. A. Chanturiya, T. N. Matveeva

    Most of the Au and PGM ores in Russia are characterised by a thin mineral impregnation of noble metals in sulfide minerals, and a large variety of mineral forms that lead to high loss of precious meta

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Orepass Best Practices At South Deep ? Synopsis

    By J. A. Maree

    After the South Deep complex was purchased by Goldfields in 2006a re-feasibility study was done and the life of mine (LOM) was extended to 52 years. This also implied that the mine?s infrastructure wo

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Summary of results of ACARP project on cross-belt cutters

    A project was funded by the Australian coal industry to investigate the mechanisms that might lead to sample bias when using cross-belt cutters, in order to help coal industry personnel to make better

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Improving the rates of microbial ferrous oxidation and metal ion dissolution for a two-stage reactor system for ewaste beneficiation, M.D. Maluleke, A. Kotsiopoulos, E. Govender-Opitz, and S.T.L. Harrison

    By S. T. L. Harrison, A. Kotsiopoulos, M. D. Maluleke, E. Govender-Opitz

    In the extraction of base metals from printed circuit boards (PCBs) using bioleaching, the accumulation of metal ion stress in solution has been shown to inhibit the microbial regeneration of ferric i

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    A review of remote-sensing unmanned aerial vehicles in the mining industry

    By M. Loots, E. Van Der Lingen, S. Grobbelaar

    The increased adoption of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may improve the productivity and costeffectiveness of remote sensing in the mining industry. This review’s objective is to enable stakeholders

    Jul 2, 2022

  • SAIMM
    "Decomposition Of Metal Sulfates - A SO2 -Source For Sulfuric Acid Production" - Abstract and Introduction

    The peak in Sulphur price late 2008 caused again intensified investigation into the decomposition of sulphates and spend acid. One option is the recycling of sulphur from spend acid, which already sta

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    "Decomposition Of Metal Sulfates - A SO2 -Source For Sulfuric Acid Production" - Abstract And Introduction

    The peak in Sulphur price late 2008 caused again intensified investigation into the decomposition of sulphates and spend acid. One option is the recycling of sulphur from spend acid, which already sta

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Preconcentration Of UG2 Platinum Ore: Economic Benefits To Mine, Plant, And Smelter

    By F. Smit

    Mining and plant disciplines can benefit from pre-concentration of UG2 platinum ores in a dense medium separation (DMS) plant. The main benefit of DMS is the selective discard of waste from the feed s

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Coarse gangue rejection using coarseAIR™ technology, J.E. Dickinson, J. Zhou, J.L. Sutherland, M.J. Cole, and K.P. Galvin

    By J. E. Dickinson, J. L. Sutherland, J. Zhou, M. J. Cole, K. P. Galvin

    Interest in early gangue rejection has grown substantially in the minerals industry to reduce energy and water consumption arising from excessive comminution. Recent developments in coarse-particle fl

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    An approach to haulage network optimisation in underground mines APCOM 2021

    By M. Kumral, S. Li, M. Balci, Z. Shao

    Main haulage roads play an important role in the performance of underground mines because of the cost of transportation of the extracted ore, equipment, and workers. During mine development, these roa

    Sep 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Highly Efficient Electric Smelters For The Platinum Industry - SMS Solutions For Energy Saving

    By R. Degel

    Submerged arc furnaces and electric smelters are applied in numerous metal and slag production lines. Particularly in ferroalloy and non-ferrous metal production, like silicon metal, platinum group me

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Investigating The Control Of Manganese Sulphide Precipitation

    By Y. -L. Chiang

    Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of BSc (Eng) (Chemical) The generation and control of manganese sulphide particle size distribution using various mixing configuratio

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Empirical Correlation Of Mineral Commodity Prices With Exchange-Traded Mining Stock Prices ? Synopsis

    By C. Nangolo

    Mineral commodity prices comprise one of the key criteria in the selection of mining stocks. We contend that of the three principal elements of mineral commodity prices, spot price, forward price and

    Jan 1, 2011