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  • SAIMM
    Dense-Medium Beneficiation Of Fine Coal Revisited - Introduction

    By G. J. de Korte

    Dense-medium beneficiation of fine (minus 0.5 mm) coal is not a new concept and has been used in South Africa previously. The dense-medium fine coal plant at Greenside Colliery operated for almost 18

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    The Effectiveness Of On-Board Suppression Systems To Prevent The Propagation Of Methane Ignitions Under Simulated Coal Mining Conditions

    By B. Genc

    After the explosion at Middelbult Colliery, South Africa in May1993, which claimed 53 lives, the South African Coal Mining Industry and the Safety In Mines Research Advisory Committee (SIMRAC) united

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Efficiency Analysis of Armed-Chained Cutting Machines in Block Production in Travertine Quarries

    By A. Sariisik

    This study analyses the results of a pilot trial of a newly developed armed-chained stone-cutting machine. The machine was developed in Turkey and trialed at the Kaklik/Kocaba travertine quarries i

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Longwalling At Great Depth In A Geologically Disturbed Environment - The Way Forward

    By F. Russo-Bello

    TauTona Mine (the renamed Western Deep Levels East) is using a longwall mining method with stability pillars to extract the Carbon Leader Reef at a depth ranging from 2097 metres to 3456 metres below

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Review And Application Of Stope Support Design Criteria

    Stope support systems, typically consisting of props and packs, are used extensively in the gold and platinum mining industry to stabilize the rock mass in the excavation vicinity and to reduce the ha

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Equipment Selection For High Selective Excavation Surface Coal Mining

    By H. Aykul

    The choice of which mining method to use at many large surface coal mines is often dicated by what machinery is available or what experience the mine management can offer. One of the most significant

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Stabilizing And Bracket Pillar Design To Reduce Seismicity

    By F. M. C. C. Vieira

    The work described forms part of a Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee (SIMRAC) funded project, currently an ongoing programme of research aimed at providing ?improved criteria, guidelines and

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Increasing The Capacity Of The Grinding Circuits Without Installing More Mills

    By Godofredo F. Barrios

    For years urethane screen surfaces have been used in a wide range of wet screening applications where openings from as fine as 100 microns and coarser have been used. The purpose of this paper i

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Slope Monitoring Strategy At PPRust Open Pit Operation

    By M. J. Little

    Potgietersrust Platinums Ltd (PPRust) is Anglo Platinum?s only open pit operation. The major slope stability concern at PPRust is rapid, small-scale brittle failure on the west wall of Sandsloot open

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The Influence Of Increased Air Flow On The Spatial Variation Of Iron Sinter Quality

    The aim of this investigation was to study the influence that varying production rates have on iron sinter quality. This was done by performing sinter pot tests at different pressure drops over the si

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Microstructural, Mechanical, And Oxidation Property Evolution Of Gamma-TiAl Alloy With Addition Of Precious Metals ? Synopsis

    By I. A. Mwamba

    Titanium aluminide of composition Ti-47.5 at.% Al was prepared by melting titanium and aluminium of commercial purity with additions of precious metals of 0, 0.2, 1, 1.5 and 2 at.% content. The micros

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    A Comparative Assessment Of Ti-47.5 At.%Al Cathodically Modified By Precious Metal Addition - Synopsis

    By I. A. Mwamba

    Plain and alloyed titanium aluminides of composition Ti-47.5 at.% Al were prepared by melting commercial-purity titanium and aluminium with additions of 1 at.% precious metal. The as-cast alloys were

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Analysis for pillar extraction potential (A-PEP)—a risk-based program for underground coal mining

    By G. H. Lind

    Research into the safe and economic extraction of underground coal pillars in the Witbank and Highveld coalfields of South Africa highlighted that future practices will have to consider pertinent risk

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    Development Of A New Operator Visibility Assessment Technique For Mobile Equipment

    By I. Bhattacherya

    Over the last three decades, the mining industry has been moving towards underground mechanized mining methods and the number of load haul dump (LHD) vehicles utilized has increased. The growth of mec

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Enhanced Geological Modelling of the Upper Elsburg Reefs and VCR to Optimize Mechanized Mine Planning at South Deep Gold Mine

    By K. Osburn

    South Deep Gold Mine, owned by Gold Fields Ltd., is situated near Westonaria in the Gauteng Province of South Africa and mines the conglomerate bands of the Upper Elsburg reefs (Mondeor Conglomerate F

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Support Pressure Estimation For Circular And Non-Circular Openings Based On A Parametric Numerical Modelling Study

    By H. Yavuz

    Closed form solutions assume opening shape to be circular to simplify the calculation of the ground response curve for the design of underground openings. However, in mining and civil engineering work

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Merits Of Using Andalusite-Based Refractories Compared To Bauxite-Based Refractories

    By M. Nyoka

    Historically bauxite-based refractories have been used in applications where andalusite-based refractories could work. Bauxite-based refractories were chosen over andalusite-based refractories mainly

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    System Ductility Of Long Fibre Reinforced Shotcrete

    By H. A. D. Kirsten

    Shotcrete has become a strategic component of support in underground mines. The ductility of reinforced shotcrete makes it a safe and economic means of surface support under adverse static and dynamic

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Integration of seismic observations from deep level gold mines with dynamic numerical modelling

    By M. W. Hildyard, M. O. Kataka

    Seismic integration schemes aim to incorporate the rock mass response provided by the historical seismic activity to improve the ability of numerical models to reproduce future response to mining. Up

    Jan 1, 2003