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  • SAIMM
    Heavy Mineral Processing At Richards Bay Minerals

    By J. D. Steenkamp, G. E. Williams

    Keywords: Ilmenite, titania slag, pig iron, rutile, zircon Located on the eastern shores of South Africa, 180 km north of Durban, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) produces approximately 2.0 million met

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The Evaluation Of The AAC Pump-Cell Circuits At Anglogold?s West Wits Operations

    By J. Rogans

    This paper discusses the comparative performances of the three activated carbon adsorption circuits at the West Wits operations of Anglogold. These circuits consist of two pump-cell circuits (at Two P

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    History Of The Development And Deployment Of The Parallel Sided Mortar Intrusion Concrete Watertight Bulkhead In Underground Mines

    By A. A. B. Douglas

    In this paper the origins of the mortar intruded concrete concept and its development and application in the construction of watertight bulkheads in South Africa are described. The events leading to

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Control Of Strong Ground Motion Of Mining-Induced Earthquakes By The Strength Of The Seismogenic Rock Mass

    By A. McGarr

    The shear stress t that can be sustained by the rock mass in the environs of a mining-induced earthquake controls the near-fault peak ground velocity v of that event according to v=0.25(ß/G)t, where ß

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Survey Slope Stability Monitoring: Lessons From Venetia Diamond Mine

    By F. T. Cawood, M. A. Jooste

    This paper describes the survey monitoring processes at Venetia, which are discussed under visual inspections, ad hoc investigations, system monitoring and slope stability radar monitoring. This is fo

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Spinel Removal From PGM Smelting Furnaces

    By A. R. Barnes, A. F. Newall

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, furnace, smelting, spinel, PGM, phase diagrams As Merensky reef ores are replaced by UG2 ores, chromium levels in PGM smelting furnace feeds have steadily increased. Inc

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Phasing Out Reverberatory Furnace Operations At KCM Nkana

    By M. Natarajan, C. J. Cutler, E. Mponda

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, furnace, KCM Nkana, Zambia The Nkana smelter was initially commissioned in 1931, with two reverberatory furnaces, two Peirce-Smith converters, and blister copper casting

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Designing exploitation and dumping processes in brown coal mines using information technology techniques

    By R. Chryst, R. Kus

    In the Integrated IT Systems proposed by Przedsie? biorstwo Robót Geologiczno-Wiertniczych—Geological and Drilling Company (PRGW) a network connects a database with all of the departments of a mining

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    ISACONVERT - Continuous Converting Of Nickel/PGM Mattes - Synopsis

    By M. L. Bakker

    The ISASMELT? top submerged lance (TSL) bath smelting process was developed in Mount Isa, Australia by Mount Isa Mines Limited (now a subsidiary of Xstrata plc) during the 1980s. By the end of 2011, t

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Processing low-grade coal to produce high-grade products

    By G. J. de Korte

    South Africa’s best-quality coal, located in the central Highveld basin, is becoming depleted and alternative sources of coal, such as the Waterberg coalfield, will have to be developed to supply the

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Solvent extraction design consideration for the Tati Activox® plant - Synopsis

    By E. Robles

    The Tati Activox® Project (TA®P) is the first step towards the implementation of the Norilsk Nickel Activox® process. The ultrafine grinding (UFG) and autoclave pressure leach process conditions are t

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    The ?Other Class? Of Pipeline Coatings

    By Gerard de Vries

    pipeline industry and are still growing in size. Liquid epoxy and polyurethanes are an excellent choice for whatever the aggressiveness of the substance transported and whatever the harmful outside in

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Gravity Circuit Optimisation Via Mathematical Modelling By Particle Size Classes

    By Ishwinder Grewal, Michael Fullam

    Many factors affect the overall performance of a gravity circuit beyond that of the primary gravity recovery device. It is critical to examine the gravity circuit in its entirety in order to determin

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Development of a corrosivity classification for cement grouted cable strand in underground hard-rock mining excavations - Synopsis

    A systematic study of groundwater conditions at eight underground mine sites exhibiting a wide range of groundwater qualities throughout Australia has been completed at the WA School of Mines. This ha

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Auburn Furnace Services

    By R. S. McDonald

    Auburn began operations 40 years ago with an office in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, to provide services to Inco Limited. Over the next 40 years, operations expanded considerably, with projects being und

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Production Of Titanium Metal Powder By The HDH Process - Synopsis

    By X. Goso

    Laboratory-scale tests were conducted at Mintek for the production of titanium powder from particulate Kroll sponge by the hydrogenation-dehydrogenation (HDH) process. The aim of this work was to prod

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    The use of indirect distributions of selective mining units for assessment of recoverable mineral resources designed for mine planning at Gold Fields’ Tarkwa Mine, Ghana

    By J. Searra, M. Aboagye

    "For new mining projects or for medium- to long-term areas of existing mines, drilling data is invariably on a relatively large grid. Direct estimates for selective mining units (SMUs), and also for m

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    A Philosophical View On The Testing Of Rock Support For Rockburst Conditions ? Synopsis

    Physical testing of rock support for rockbursting conditions has been carried out for over 40 years. A review of this testing shows that it has been mostly component?based, rather than actually testin

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation Of A Limit Equilibrium Model To Simulate Crush Pillar Behaviour - Synopsis

    By M. du Plessis

    This paper describes the evaluation of a limit equilibrium model to simulate the behaviour of crush pillars in platinum mines. An analytical model was derived to calculate the residual average pillar

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    A Review Of Mechanized Versus Handheld Bolting In Hard Rock Tabular Orebodies

    By J. R. Menasce

    Mechanization in low-stope panels situated in hard rock infers roof support by tensile bolting to allow free passage of trackless mining equipment in the production areas. This is in sharp contrast to

    Jan 1, 2006