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Process Description And Abbreviated History Of Anglo Platinum?s Waterval Smelter
By M. Jacobs
Keywords: Smelting, converting, sulphide, sulphide smelting, platinum, platinum group metals, PGM, base metals, nickel, copper, matte, slag, furnace, electric furnace, Söderberg, electrode, granulatio
Jan 1, 2006
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Flotation Of A Copper Sulphide Ore From Okiep Using Thiol Collectors And Their Mixtures
By G. Hangone
Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of MSc thesis This paper investigates the effects of thiol collectors: xanthates, dithiophosphates, dithiocarbamates and mixtures of
Jan 1, 2005
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Furnace Dust From Exxaro Sands KZN
By D. Bessinger, N. Rughubir
Exxaro Sands KZN produces?among other heavy mineral products?high titania slag, which is used as feedstock to the pigment industry. The titania slag is produced from the smelting of ilmenite in two 36
Jan 1, 2007
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Beneficiation Of Zircon Sand In South Africa - Synopsis
By S. Lubbe
South Africa and Australia are the biggest suppliers of zircon sand to the international zirconium industry. However neither South Africa nor Australia is well known for zircon beneficiation. Geratec
Jan 1, 2012
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Water Balances In Hydrometallurgical Refineries
By M. Kirsten, W. H. Botha, M. H. Fox, J. A. Moolman, A. J. Lathwood
Water is a valuable and in many areas a scarce resource. Governmental legislation regulates the environmental impact of water usage and wastewater disposal through the issue of licenses. These require
Jan 1, 2007
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Keynote Adress: Coal Competitiveness And Energy Alternatives
By G. Broadbent
It is an honour to be invited as a speaker to this ICCR conference and a pleasure to be with you here in South Africa. I have been asked to talk about the competitiveness of coal versus other energy a
Jan 1, 2001
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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
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Developments In Controlling The Roof In South African Coal Mines - A Smarter Approach
By P. Altounyan
Techniques used to safely control the roof in UK coal mines for some 10 years have been applied to a South African coal mine. This new approach known in the UK as advanced rockbolting technology, is b
Jan 1, 2001
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The use of activated carbon for the recovery of gold and silver from gold-plant solutions
By R. J. Davidson, M. V. Nkosi, V. Veronsee
When activated carbon is used for the recovery of gold and silver from Witwatersrand gold-plant solutions, severe fouling of the carbon by calcium carbonate is experienced. Also, difficulty is encount
Jan 1, 1979
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Ground Conditions And Support Systems At 1 Shaft, Konkola Mine, Chililabombwe, Zambia.
By C Katongo
Ground condition at No1. Shaft varies across the mine. The different ground conditions arise as a result of the differences in the rock strength and structure, seismicity and induced stresses in abutm
Jan 1, 2005
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SPOTLIGHT on the Orange Free State Branch
By F. C. Harvey
The Annual General Meeting of the Orange Free State Branch was held on Wednesday evening, 30th July, 1986, in the VIP Lounge of the Freegold North Region Canteen. The meeting was well attended, a tota
Jan 1, 1986
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Automated Regulation of Mine Ventilation
By Pentti Niskanen
"The ventilation system of the Pyhasalmi Mine is described. The mine is located in an area where the annual atmospheric temperature may vary from +30°C to -30°C. Natural ventilation causes serious dif
Jan 1, 2014
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Modelling and optimization of a rotary kiln direct reduction process
By H. P. Kritzinger, T. C. Kingsley
Rotary kilns are used for a variety of mineral processing operations. Hatch makes use of a kiln model developed from first principles to evaluate designs for its clients. This tool has been applied to
Jan 1, 2014
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The effect of cost and price fluctuations on the optimum choice of mine cutoff grades
By J. A. L. Napier
An analytical solution to the best choice of cutoff grade for a mine is deduced for an assumed model of selective mining. It is found that this choice is determined by the constancy of a special funct
Jan 1, 1983
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Suid-Afrikaanse Raad vir Professionele Ingenieurs Beleidsverklaring no. 1/3
1. OPLEIDING IN INGENIEURSWERK VIR IN G ENIEURS- IN -OPLEID IN G 1.1 llegistrasie as Ingenieur-in-opleiding 'n Gegradueerde ingenieur wat in 'n eksamen geslaag het wat die Raad erkenl, is re
Jan 1, 1979
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Modelling and Determining the Technical Efficiency of a Surface Coal Mine Supply Chain
By M. D. Budeba
Determining the efficiency of a surface coal mine operation is an essential activity, which can help in deciding on the optimal use of input resources, including effective capital allocation, in gener
Jan 1, 2014
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The Application of the Electrical Resistance Analogue to Mining Operations (c45dc8a6-a9aa-4511-bb4e-d78623e097ad)
By More-O&apos, R. C. Ferrall, J. W. Wilson
Discussion: M. D. G. Salamon* (Fellow): The theoretical principles behind the techniques of calculation used by the authors was formulated and published during the period 1962- 65. These principles,
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Platinum Alloy Development - The Pt-Al-Cr-Ni System
By J. Preussner, U. Glatzel, R. Völkl, S. Prins, M. Wenderoth
Platinum base alloys are very corrosion resistant and have got a high melting point. Similar to Ni-base superalloys, which are used for jet turbines, the hardening effect of the intermetallic L12Pt3Al
Jan 1, 2006
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Performance Update Of Hot Dip Galvanizing In The Corrosive Environment Of South African Gold Mine
By R. E. Wilmot
This paper is based on the experiences, over many years, of numerous authors in the South African mining industry and of the hot dip galvanizing process and its application as a corrosion protection s
Jan 1, 2007
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Corrigenda: The absorption of gold cyanide onto activated carbon. I. The kinetics of absorption
By M. J. Nicol
On page 51, the equation numbered.... On page 52, the equation numbered .... On page 53, the arrangement of the equation.... Canadian reports Asbestos by G.O. Vagt.l0 pp. Chromium by D. G. Law-West. 6
Jan 1, 1984