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  • SAIMM
    Managing the hazard of wind blast/air blast in caving operations in underground mines

    By P. Sharma, J. C. W. Fowler

    This paper discusses the wind blast / air blast phenomenon, how it is managed in coal mines and how it might best be managed in other underground mines. L'article qui suit a pour objets de dé

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Hydro Power And Stope Drilling Systems - An Energy-Saving Perspective - Synopsis

    Electricity supply constraints in SA are increasingly challenging mines to operate more energy efficiently without reducing production output. Mining compressed air systems are well known to be operat

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Breakeven Extraction Factors For The Merensky Reef Using Stope Width And Market Price Simulation

    By M. G. Wimberger

    The Merensky Reef zone, as developed on Impala Platinum?s Rustenburg Operations, displays a gradational mineralized zone, with grades decreasing from the Merensky Pegmatoid Unit into the footwall and

    Jan 1, 2004

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    Implementation of control and control issues in mineral sands plants—In-line mass flow meter

    Mineral sand beneficiation plants comprise a complex combination of electrostatic, magnetic and gravity based separation techniques. These are combined and replicated in ways that provide the most eff

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Assessment of mass modulus of a weathered argillaceous rock

    By Chris M. Haberfield, Neil D. Benson

    The assessment of overall modulus (or stiffness) of a fractured weak to moderately strong rock mass is a key parameter in the design of civil engineering works in these materials. It also provides th

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Can We Decrease The Ecological Footprint Of Base Metal Production By Recycling? - 1. Introduction

    By PC Pistorius, DR Groot

    The South African base metals industry has been one mainly focused on the production of metals or metal compounds from primary ores. This is true for metals such as titanium, vanadium, chrome, mangane

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Cellular communications for underground mines

    By C. E. Doran

    Since the early 1990s the underground mining industry has embarked on a vigorous program of improving process and eliminating costs. A leading development in this program has been the implementation o

    Sep 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Practical tool for quality control of overcoring stress measurement data

    By M. Hakala

    A computer program was developed to simulate transient strains and stresses during an overcoring in the situ stress measurement. The solution is based on superpositioning of elastic stresses. The meas

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Strategic Outsourcing And The Degree To Which It May Support The Successful Growth Of The Zambian Copper Mining Industry

    By Christian Heili

    In 1991 the Government of the Republic of Zambia passed legislation providing for the privatisation of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited (ZCCM). The newly formed Mining Companies, established a

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Modeling of plastic deformation and damage due to drying around a shaft in claystone

    By J. F. Shao, G. Duveau, W. Z. Chen, O. Ozanam

    In this paper, we present a sensitivity study for the numerical modelling of hydromechanical coupling around a shaft in partially saturated claystone. Two representative constitutive models have been

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The price forecast of international petroleum with system simulation based on MATLAB/SIMULINK

    By G. Wu, S. Liu

    In view of the singleness of traditional methods about international petroleum (Brant) price forecast, ten main factors that affect international petroleum price are fully analysed. Based on time seri

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Consideration for 2-D and 3-D modelling of shock wave propagation in jointed rock masses

    By Y. Y. Jiao, J. G. Cai

    To investigate the dimensional effect on shock wave propagation in jointed rock masses, a 2-D and a 3-D calculation of a site test are performed respectively by using Discrete Element Method, the simu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Study on nonlinear damage localization process of rocks under water chemical corrosion

    By Li. S., C. Sili

    Abstract. Study on nonlinear damage localization process of rocks under water chemical corrosion is a more interesting topic in rock mechanics research world widely. It is very important in estimating

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Effects Of Microwave Energy Treatement On Value Liberation From Zn And Co-Cu Ores

    By John M. L Lewis, Antoine F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi

    In the irradiation of ore particles by microwave energy preferential absorption of this energy occurs in minerals having specific dielectric properties (Bradshaw, 1999). This leads to a selective heat

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Estimating the in-situ mass strength and time to failure of coal pillars in bord-and-pillar workings

    By J. A. Taylor, R. J. Fowell

    Abstract: The amount of published literature pertaining to the field of rock mechanics has increased markedly in recent years. Whilst computer applications aid our understanding of the mechanisms of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Time-space effect and principle of variation loading analyses and application cases

    By W. Zhu

    ABSTRACT: This paper presents further developments of the principle of Construction Process Mechanics of rockmasses, The principle of loading variations analyses in space-time is systematically descri

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    The application of underground support liners reaches maturity

    By I. Hague

    Support liners for underground applications include steel and timber sets, meshing and lacing, screen/mesh, shotcrete and thin support liners (superskins). Over the past few years, major advances have

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Deformability analysis of infinite jointed rock mass by the RCOD

    By K. Sugawara, Y. Hirakawa, A. Sato

    The rock mass properties such as deformability and permeability are highly dependent on the existence of cracks. The Ratio of Crack Opening Dependency (RCOD) was proposed as a new index to evaluate th

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Effects of two parallel fractures with nonlinear deformational behavior on one-dimensional P-wave propagation

    By X. B. Zhao, J. G. Cai

    When stress wave propagates through fractured rock masses, the wave will be slowed and attenuated due to the presence of these fractures. If the amplitude of stress wave is large enough to mobilize no

    Jan 1, 2003