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  • SAIMM
    Compaction Tests on Coking Coals. Part 2: Pilot-Plant-Scale Compaction with a 60-ton Hydraulic Press

    By G. Coetzer

    "Prior to operating a non-recovery coke pilot plant oven, it was essential to ascertain coal cake stability during the loading of a 1 m3 (1 m × 1 m × 1 m) coal cake into the cold pilot-plant oven by a

    Apr 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Optimizing Medium-Term Operational Plans for a Group of Copper Mines (476b3df3-c089-4b00-9560-1bbd80974db2)

    By M. Splaine, W. Davison, D. C. Atkinson

    "Since 1964, Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines, Ltd., has been developing and using production scheduling methods for optimizing its metallurgical operations in the short term (up to one year). Medium

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Shaft Sinking Methods Based On The Townlands Ore Replacement Project ? Raiseboring. - 1. Synopsis

    By D. Visser

    This paper is based on the Townlands Ore Replacement Project whereby the concept of conventional sinking of one large diameter shaft was declined and replaced with three smaller raise bored shafts. A

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Defining optimal drill-hole spacing: A novel integrated analysis from exploration to ore control

    By V. Miguel-Silva, B. C. Afonseca

    Drill-hole spacing analysis (DHSA) and optimization are becoming commonplace for uncertainty assessment and management in the mining industry. However, there is no standardized DHSA workflow, and the

    Jun 2, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Shaft Sinking Methods Based On The Townlands Ore Replacement Project ? Raiseboring. - 1. Synopsis (1a409def-2d2d-4370-aaf2-3d4061365083)

    By D. Visser

    This paper is based on the Townlands Ore Replacement Project whereby the concept of conventional sinking of one large diameter shaft was declined and replaced with three smaller raise bored shafts. A

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Fatigue performance improvement using laser shock peening in high strength ductile metallic materials

    By A. Becker, R. Tait, S. L. George, A. Carlisle

    Surface treatments like laser shock peening (LSP) induce residual stresses penetrating up to 1 mm deep, surpassing traditional methods, thus significantly increasing the potential impact on materials

    Jul 23, 2025

  • SAIMM
    Thermodynamic study of the H2SO4-Na2S2O8-Fe2(SO4)3-H2O system in relation to chalcopyrite assisted leaching, using sodium persulfate M.H. Nikzad, H. Naderi, M. Karimi, and J. Petersen

    By J. Petersen, H. Naderi, M. H. Nikzad, M. Karimi

    In this research, the thermodynamic study of sodium persulfate (Na2S2O8) solution in the presence and absence of H2SO4 and Fe3(SO4)3 was done. Eh-pH and equilibrium distribution diagrams were construc

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Geostatistical Evaluation of Hydrogeochemical Parameters as a Tool to Interpret Regional Geology

    By F. A. G. M. Camisani-Calzolari

    Approximately 850 groundwater samples were collected over a 29 300 km2 region of the semi-arid Northwestern Cape during the site selection phase of the South African radioactive waste disposal project

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    Presidential Address: Beyond effortdriven operations: Building peoplecentric operating models for mining’s future

    By G. R. Lane

    My opportunity to serve as President of the prestigious Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) was made possible by an Anglo American scholarship 39 years ago—a pivotal moment tha

    Oct 2, 2025

  • SAIMM
    Notices Confrrence On Computrrs In Engineering

    By NIM REPORTS

    Notices CONFRRENCE ON COMPUTRRS IN ENGINEERING The above Conference, which is being organized by the Electrical and Electronics Board of the Institution of Engineer!!, Australia, ill to be held in Syd

    Jan 9, 1973

  • SAIMM
    Book news

    1. Book reviews Stainless Steels '84. London, Institute of Metals, 1985. £39 (U.K.), US$62 (elsewhere) Reviewer: J.B. Oalton Process engineering of size reduction: bal miling, by LG. Austin, R

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SAIMM
    Tata Steel?s Titania Project - Challenges In Slimes Disposal

    By R. Gurung, S. Asokan, Ch. V. G. K. Murty, R. Upadhyay

    Tata Steel Limited which is Asia?s first and India?s largest integrated private sector steel company, as part of its vision to grow in related industries is also undertaking the Titania project. The p

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Pillar design and the associated mining engineering constraints in hard rock bord-and-pillar mines

    By D. F. Malan, W. J. Theron

    Practical mining aspects should be considered when conducting pillar designs for bord-and-pillar layouts. The current methodology for pillar design will result in increasing pillar sizes with depth. T

    Nov 27, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Navigation and positioning technology in underground coal mines and tunnels: A review

    By Q. Liu, S. Liu, Y. Cui

    To reduce the frequency of mining incidents and improve safety and production efficiency, it is important to develop technology for the autonomous positioning and navigation of mining equipment, witho

    Jun 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Operational Changes Enable Namdeb’s Southern Coastal Mining Team to Reduce Risk and Increase Productivity as We Advance Deeper into the Atlantic Ocean

    By S. Kirkpatrick, J. Mukendwa

    "The mining operation at Namdeb’s Southern Coastal Mine (SCM) is unique. It targets gravel layers up to 30 m below sea level, which continue to dip deeper, further west, under the Atlantic Ocean. On t

    Feb 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    The role of semiotics in health, safety, and environment communication in South African mining and its influence on organizational culture

    By L. Scott, M. A. Goncalves

    Effective communication is a sought-after non-technical skill in the health, safety, and environmental (HSE) function and is fundamental in achieving an organization’s safety objectives. While differe

    Feb 2, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Obituary: Professor R. N. Pryor (1921-1979)

    Professor R. N. Pryor, AR.S.M., B.8c., C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.I.Min.E., F.I.M.M., who died on 14th July, 1979, after a short illness, was President of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy for the ses

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SAIMM
    The 'Doorstopper' and Triaxial Rock Stress Measuring Instruments Developed by the C.S.I.R.

    By E. R. Leeman

    INTRODUCTION The first references in the literature to the so-called C.S.I.R. 'doorstopper' strain cell were made in 1964 1,2,3,4. These were the climax of nearly two years of experimental

  • SAIMM
    Development status of coal industries in the world’s major coal-producing countries

    By G. Song, X. Liu

    The global coal industry has changed significantly in recent years. In this paper we analyse the coal production and consumption, imports and exports, and coal prices in China and other major coal-pro

    Aug 8, 2024

  • SAIMM
    A Test of the Appropriateness of the LUC Technique in High-Nugget Birimianstyle Gold Deposits

    By E. Maritz

    "The localized uniform conditioning (LUC) technique was proposed by Marat Abzalov in 2006. The technique converts conventional uniform conditioning (UC) grade-tonnage curves into single grade values a

    Jan 1, 2016