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  • SAIMM
    Role of Metal Accounting in Assessing and Managing the Business Risks Involved in Production Planning

    By Donald Leroux, Simon Gariépy, Luc Lachance

    "Quantitative information about the quality of metal balance results is often overlooked when making important plant production planning decisions. Not only is this common omission made in a context w

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Stabilisation of the Nickel Sulphide Concentrate Volumetric Flow Rate and Implementation of Mass Pull Control Strategy at Nkomati Mine

    By Ike Madingoana, Stephan van Zyl, Antoine F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi

    "The study presents a control strategy implemented at the Nkomati nickel mine flotation plant for process stabilization and improvement. The control strategy involves flotation concentrate volumetric

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Production of Al-Ti master alloys from TiO2 in a DC arc furnace - Synopsis

    By M. Abdellatif

    The production of a 40% Al-Ti alloy was successfully proven at the lab scale, using pure TiO2, aluminium, and lime. These tests were conducted in an induction furnace maintained at 1600?16250C. The in

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Estimating mine planning software utilization for decision-making strategies in the South African gold mining sector

    By T. Celik, B. Genc, C. Musingwini

    "This paper discusses a new methodology for defining and measuring mine planning software utilization in the South African gold mining sector within an evolving data-set framework. An initial data-set

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Identification Of Global Diamond Metallogenic Clusters To Assist Exploration

    By Mike de Wit

    Of the approximately 6,500 kimberlites known to date, less than 3% are diamondiferous and less than half of those are economically viable. Admittedly, this is a global figure and varies from area to a

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    1D Numerical Simulation of Velocity Amplification of P-Waves Travelling Through Fractured Rock Near a Free Surface

    By G. Swan, E. Nordlund, P. Zhang

    "SynopsisThe most widely used support design damage criterion for rockburst-prone mines is based upon kinetic energy, which is proportional to the square of the ejection velocity and is commonly expre

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Chemical wear analysis of a tap-hole on a SiMn production furnace

    By M. Tangstad, J. D. Steenkamp

    In April 2013 a 48 MVA submerged arc furnace producing silicomanganese was excavated in South Africa. Since the high shell temperatures recorded in the tap-hole area resulted in the furnace being swit

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Towards The 21st Century Workplace

    By G. Taylor

    A 21st Century worker is one who works less with his physical power and more with mental ability. Such a worker is more skilled than a labourer and is consequently rewarded accordingly. A21st Century

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Improved understanding of high pressure pre-grouting effects for tunnels in jointed rock

    By N. Barton, E. Quadros

    This paper addresses the prediction of groutable joint apertures, grout penetration limitations, and possible grout take volumes per cubic metre of rock, as a result of 5 to 10 MPa pre-injection press

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Recovery of base metals and PGMs in a DC alloy-smelting furnace - Synopsis

    By R. T. Jones

    Base metals and platinum group metals can be collected in metallic alloy form, via a wide variety of smelting processes. The recovery, or degree of collection, of the valuable metals is a function of

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    The Influence Of Geology On A Simulated Rockburst

    By N. Reddy

    The influence of local geology and rock mass characteristics on deformations during a rockburst caused by a controlled blast was studied. This was done by means of visual examination, mapping and phot

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Mining induced stress estimation for pillar extraction at shallow cover

    By A. K. Singh, R. Singh, P. K. Mandal

    On the basis of in situ study of pillar loading at different sites, an attempt is made in this paper to visualize the development of mining induced stress under varying geo-mining conditions. Field st

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Potential Applications of Nanofiltration Membranes in Copper–Cobalt Processing

    By L. A. Thompson, A. J. Linington

    "Copper–cobalt extraction is a reagent-intensive process resulting in acid consumption greatly contributing towards production costs, which in the current market conditions curtail profitability. Nano

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Confinement dependence on cohesion weakening

    By S. J. Thomas, P. A. Lilly, J. A. L. Napier

    An industry research project has been established to examine the issue of rock mass failure in large open pit slopes. The approach began with numerically modelling failure at the laboratory scale wit

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The Minerals Educational Trust - Increasing The Support For South African Universities And Technikons - Origins

    In the 1980s and?90s the gold mining industry in South Africa came under pressure from the continued poor dollar gold price and escalating Rand based costs, furthermore the external impacts on the ind

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Analysis of water permeation process in rock by X-ray CT

    By D. Fukahori, K. Sugawara, A. Sato

    X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is a nondestructive imaging technique, and its efficiency is widely recognized. In the present paper, X-ray CT is successfully applied for the visualization of water per

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A Computational Fluid Dynamics Model for Investigating Air Flow Patterns in Underground Coal Mine Sections

    By D. D. Ndenguma

    This investigation compares the results from an experimental and numerical study of air flow in a scaled-down underground coal mine model. This was done in order to determine if numerical analysis can

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Effluent Reduction Projects Sulphuric Acid Plant - Background Information

    By M. Jele

    ? Sulphuric acid plant in umbogintwini. ? Double absorption plant, capacity of 550MTPD. ? Build by simon curve during the year 1973. ? Side stream plants such as: ? Liquid SO2 Plant, ? Li

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Electrometallurgical Relationships In Electric Smelting Furnaces

    By J. Persson, N. G. Bliss

    Electric furnaces used for smelting and those used for scrap melting exhibit different performance profiles in terms of electrical characteristics. However, the underlying principles are the same f

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Reduction Behaviors Of Chromite And Nio In Liquid Fe-C Alloys

    By B. Derin, T. Uzunoglu, O. Yücel

    In this study, reduction behaviours of Turkish chromite concentrate (48 % Cr2O3, 13.30 % FeO, 18.33 % MgO, 12.37 % Al2O3, 5.76 % SiO2) and nickel oxide by Fe-C alloy in graphite crucible were investig

    Jan 1, 2007