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Spotlight on the design of comminution process
By B. K. Loveday
The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy hosted a School on 'The Practical Design of Comminution Processes' at Megawatt Park (near Johannesburg) on 14th to 16th May, 1991 Dere
Jan 1, 1991
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Optimisation Of Specific Power Consumption In The Production Of Ferro Alloys Through Rationalisation Of Charge Distribution
By S. Ranganathan
Production of ferro-chromium in the submerged-arc furnace is highly energy-intensive. Several process rates have been attempted to reduce the specific energy consumption in the production of this allo
Jan 1, 2007
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Gaseous Reduction Of Isasmelt Lead Slag And Lead Blast Furnace Sinters
By Baojun Zhao
Primary lead production using the lead blast furnace in conventional practice is carried out using sinter feed. At YMG, China, the sinter plant has been replaced with a lead ISASMELT furnace. The ISAS
Jan 1, 2008
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Necessity the mother of invention a reflection on the requirements for successful innovation in the metallurgical industries - Synopsis
By R. M. Whyte
The complexities that exist in the nature of the basic feedstock to the metallurgical process call for a high degree of ingenuity from the extractive metallurgist in seeking the best possible treatmen
Jan 1, 2009
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Evaluation of the efficiency of smart underground mine evacuation through virtual reality simulations APCOM 2021
By F. C. Harris, S. J. Gaab, J. Sattarvand, S. Duzgun
Underground mines are inherently dangerous due to potential hazards such as fires, explosions, and caving of rock. Although these events are rare, once they occur a speedy and safe egress of mineworke
Sep 1, 2021
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Service delivery strategy for mining systems
By U. Kumar
Product designed characteristics like reliability and maintainability affect maintenance cost, service performance, and therefore product support strategy must be defined during design stage in terms
Jan 1, 2003
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A few remarks on storage of low temperature materials in rock caverns
By N. Kinoshita, Y. Inada
The authors have proposed and discussed storage of low temperature materials such as LNG, LPG and frozen food in rock caverns. In this case, as the rock mass around the caverns will receive effects of
Jan 1, 2003
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Estimating the in-situ mass strength and time to failure of coal pillars in bord-and-pillar workings
By J. A. Taylor, R. J. Fowell
Abstract: The amount of published literature pertaining to the field of rock mechanics has increased markedly in recent years. Whilst computer applications aid our understanding of the mechanisms of
Jan 1, 2003
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Commitment, Compliance And Capacity - How Environmental, Safety, Security And Social Financial Issues Affect Lenders? Risk (Project Evaluation Conference Melbourne, Vic, 19 - 20 June 2007)
By G. A. Brown
Major mining projects are developed with the assistance of lending institutions who provide hundreds of millions of dollars in funding over several years, and of course expect those funds to be return
Jan 1, 2007
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Tailings based pipe-support systems
By C. E. Hales
In an effort to improve efficiencies and reduce costs, AngloGold has embarked on a process to develop and deliver consistent, high quality, tailings based support or construction products to stopes an
Jan 1, 2003
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Technologies For The Base Metal Casting Industry In Southern Africa: The Impact Of Rapid Prototyping
By Didier Kasongo NYEMBWE
The paper circumscribes the base metal casting industry in Southern Africa. It essentially consists in the founding of copper and zinc alloys. The challenge related to the scarcity and the unaffordabl
Jan 1, 2007
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Can We Decrease The Ecological Footprint Of Base Metal Production By Recycling? - 1. Introduction
By PC Pistorius, DR Groot
The South African base metals industry has been one mainly focused on the production of metals or metal compounds from primary ores. This is true for metals such as titanium, vanadium, chrome, mangane
Jan 1, 2007
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Platinum-Based Alloys For High Temperature And Special Applications
By L. A. Cornish, L. H. Chown, S. N. Prins, R. Süss, L. Glaner, A. Douglas
Platinum-based alloys are being developed for high temperature and special applications for good corrosion and oxidation resistance. The microstructures are similar to those of nickel-based super allo
Jan 1, 2004
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A study on the partially saturated mechanical behavior of iron ore of Lorraine (France)
By D. Grgic, A. Giraud, F. Homand
RESUME : Le comportement mécanique partiellement saturé du minerai de fer a été étudié à partir d’essais de compression simple sur des éprouvettes à pression capillaire imposée par les solutions salin
Jan 1, 2003
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Density separation of copper smelter dust for copper upgrade, D.O. Okanigbe and A.P.I. Popoola
By A. P. I. Popoola, D. O. Okanigbe
Copper smelter dust (CSD) is a byproduct of copper smelting and is composed of considerable amounts of copper values and also contaminants (like silica and mullite). Silica in CSD forms Siloxane, a lo
Jan 1, 2020
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Neutron- and X-ray Radiography/Tomography: Non-Destructive Analytical Tools for the Characterization of Nuclear Materials
By E. C. de Beer
"SynopsisA number of important areas in nuclear fuel cycle, at both the front end and back end, offer ideal opportunities for the application of non-destructive evaluation techniques. These techniques
Jan 1, 2015
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Solvent Extraction Test Work To Evaluate A Versatic 10/Nicksyn? Synergistic System For Nickel-Calcium Separation
By Gerhard Nel, Huziel Masiiwa, Marthie Kotze, René du Preez, Simon Donegan
Tati Nickel is currently operating a hydrometallurgical demonstration plant in Botswana, using the Activox® process developed by LionOre Technology, to produce nickel cathode and a cobalt salt from a
Jan 1, 2007
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Presidential Address: Planning the utilization of South Africa's coal reserves
By B. C. Alberts
Planning the use of South Africa's energy resources, especially coal, is of the utmost importance. The State and the mining industry require reliable official estimates of the economically mineab
Jan 1, 1987
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Coupled Elasto-Plastic Model for Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconsolidated Formations
By I. Gil, J. -C. Roegiers
Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is a technology that has been utilized for more than 50 years in the oil industry. It was originally used for stimulating hard, brittle formations which typically exh
Jan 1, 2003
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Improving The Safety Performance Of The UK Quarrying Industry Through A Behavioural Based Safety Intervention
By Patrick J. Foster
This paper summarises a behavioural safety project undertaken in seven quarries in the UK in order to investigate its applicability as a means of raising the standards of health and safety in the UK q
Jan 1, 2008