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  • SAIMM
    Improving The Trough Opening Process At Premier Mine Utilizing Electronic Delay Detonators

    By H. Möhle

    Premier Mine is a large underground diamond mine, situated at Cullinan in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The mine hoists over 3 millions tons of diamond bearing kimberlite per year, from a mode

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    An Investigation Into The Optimization Of Personnel Transportation To Level 15 And Below At Khuseleka No. 1 Shaft, Anglo Platinum ? Synopsis

    By M. S. P. Rampedi

    The paper reports on a vacation work project conducted at Khuseleka No. 1 Shaft, Anglo Platinum, where there was a need to optimize the transport of personnel to level 15 and below. Approximately 900

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Using Stochastic Discounted Cash Flow And Real Option Monte Carlo Simulation To Analyse The Impacts Of Contingent Taxes On Mining Projects (60baa2dd-98b0-4282-96fe-2cac78fa8756)

    By M. R. Samis

    The great variability of mineral and energy prices has motivated some governments to incorporate a windfall profits tax into their mineral taxation regimes. Windfall profits taxes are a means for gove

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Study On Application Of Fire Suppression Techniques Under Dynamic Fire Conditions

    By R. P. Singh

    A mine fire model gallery has been designed and constructed on the premises of the Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad, India to perform systematic in-depth studies on various aspects of mine f

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Thermophysical properties of rocks from the Bushveld Complex

    By M. Q. W. Jones

    This paper presents a compilation of physical properties of rocks from the Bushveld Complex. The database consists of more than 900 measurements each of thermal conductivity and density. The data are

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Split Shell Open Pit Design Concept Applied At De Beers Venetia Mine South Africa Using The Whittle And Gemcom Software

    In today?s high tech world, systems are getting bigger, faster, better. To remain at the leading edge, in any business, depends on accurate but flexible design thereby allowing operational managers

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Laboratory Investigations Of The Electrical Resistivity Of Cokes And Smelting Charge For Optimizing Operation In Large Ferrochrome Furnaces

    By Krogerus. H., P. Jokinen, T. Lintumaa

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, furnace, coke, smelting charge, optimization, ferrochrome The main consumer of ferrochrome is stainless steel production. Stainless steel must maintain a reasonable pric

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Prediction of the geological condition ahead of the tunnel face in TBM tunnels by geostatistical simulation technique

    By K. Aoki, Y. Mito, S. Shirasagi

    The authors developed the TBM Excavation Control System (the TBM Navigator), in order to realize the advanced observational construction. During the excavation using this system, the rock strength val

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A comparison of Jointed Rock Mass Strength Envelopes Using Hoek-Brown GSI and Direct Shear Results

    By C. Haberfield, J. Szymakowski

    Recent studies by the authors into the behaviour of jointed rock masses using direct shear testing have confirmed that joint spacing has a significant effect on rock mass strength. The rock mass failu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The Manganese Ferroalloys Industry In Southern Africa

    By J. D. Steenkamp

    Southern Africa has a history rich in the pyrometallurgical processing of ores. Two of the alloys produced are high-carbon ferromanganese (74?83 per cent Mn) and silicomanganese (59?67 per cent Mn and

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    The Effect Of Underground Mine Water On Performance Of The Mufulira Flotation Process

    By D. E. Ng?andu

    The experience of Mufulira concentrator, of the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited, with underground mine drainage water, which is used in milling operations is discussed. It is shown that the u

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    A cleaner production assessment of the ultra-fine coal waste generated in South Africa - Synopsis

    By J. F. Reddick

    The South African coal mining industry is currently disposing of about 10 million tons of ultra-fine coal (<150 µm) per year. Once discarded, these sulphur-containing ultra-fines contribute to several

    Jan 1, 2007

  • 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
    Geotechnical Design For Open Pits At Tanjianshan, China

    By Huang Zhiwei, Paul Skayman, Kevin Holley

    In 1989 The First Brigade for Geology and Mineral Exploration of Qinghai Province discovered gold at Jinlonggou and Qinlongtan, Tanjianshan. Between 1992 and 2002 small scale mining was carried out a

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Recovery of gold from the Mouteh Gold Mine tailings dam - Synopsis

    It is estimated that the tailings dam of the Mouteh Gold Mine, in Iran, contains more than 770 kg of gold. Microscopic analysis reveals that sulphide minerals and active carbon are the main sources of

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    An economic risk evaluation approach for pit slope optimization

    By L. F. Contreras

    In open pit mine design, it is customary for geotechnical engineers to define the appropriate slope design angles within practical limits. The conventional approach to slope angle design is based on t

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Innovative And Safe Copper Launder Design

    By B. Leong, H. Joubert

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, furnace, auxiliary equipment, copper slag launders Pyromet has designed copper launders for tapping slag. What makes Pyromet?s launder design innovative and safe is that

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The Treatment Of Acid Effluent From The Grootvlei Mine Using Novel IX Techniques

    By R. E. Robinson

    A novel variation of the GYPCIX process for the treatment of the acid mine effluent water from Grootvlei is described, in which a number of valuable by products can be obtained and the product water c

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Size Dependent Gold Deportment In The Products Of Copper Flotation And Methods To Increase Gold Recovery

    Plant survey data has shown that gold recovery through a specific copper concentrator was significantly lower than copper recovery. Size-by-size analysis revealed that this was due to poor recovery of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The interaction between excavation of Trojane tunnel and an anchored pile retaining wall

    By V. Jovicic, J. Likar

    The knowledge of the geological sequence and hydrological conditions in the area of portals was the basis for the design of the entry of the highway into tunnel Trojane. Mudstone, claystone and sandst

    Jan 1, 2003