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  • SAIMM
    Book review

    Book review Proceedings of the Symposium on Mining Methods. London, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1974. 160 pp. The Symposium was held from 30th October to 1st November, 1974, and the papers i

    Jan 2, 1977

  • SAIMM
    New Developments On Mine Planning And Grade Control At Sishen Iron Ore Mine

    By D. J. Steynfaard

    Sishen Iron Ore Mine is situated 280 km north-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The mine produces and sells high quality iron ore of various specifications to various na

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Development And Demonstration Of Oxy-Fuel CFB Technology - Synopsis

    By A. Hotta

    Reduction of CO2 emissions is the key driving force behind the development and implementation of new solutions for energy production. One solution is circulating fluidized bed (CFB) combustion technol

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Testing Tendon Support Units Under a Combination Loading Scenario

    By N. L. Ayres

    Tendon support systems have been successfully used to stabilize excavations. Tendon support systems are routinely designed using the axial load-bearing capacity of tendons, namely the tensile strength

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Strategies and tactics to control seismic risks in mines - Synopsis

    The risk associated with mining induced seismicity is one of the major threats to the safety and sustainability of deep underground mines. This paper describes techniques that allow site practitioners

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    The Distribution Of Metallic Elements In Granulated Nickel Converter Matte Phases

    By E. L. Thyse

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, converter, nickel, matte, distribution Metallic elements occupy a wide range in granulated nickel converter matte phases. The distribution of these metallic elements, pa

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Organization Of Small Scale Mining Activities In Ghana

    By H. Appiah

    Small scale mining (SSM) has been going on for a long time in Ghana. SSM was legalized by the PNDC Law 218, 1989. Since then there have been numerous gains from the SSM industry. The SSM is organized

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Practices And Design For Extending The Hearth Life In The Mittal Steel Company Blast Furnaces

    By W. Carter, P. Chaubal, K. Spaleck, M. Schoeman, J. Bobek, W. Seegers

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, steel, hearth, blast furnace The Mittal Steel Company operates about 36 blast furnaces on four continents. Furnaces range from 1100 m3 to 4800 m3 inner volume. The focu

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    A Heuristic Sublevel Stope Optimizer With Multiple Raises

    By X. Bai

    A new heuristic sublevel mining stope optimizer is presented. The optimizer seeks the best locations and lengths of a series of vertical raises that, together with the blocks linked to each raise, def

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Dealing with high-grade data in resource estimation

    By O. Leuangthong, M. Nowak

    "The impact of high-grade data on resource estimation has been a longstanding topic of interest in the mining industry. Concerns related to possible over-estimation of resources in such cases have led

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Developing a Mining Plan for Restarting the Operation at Uis Mine

    By J. H. Maritz, Uludag. S.

    "*Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of B.Eng(Mining Engineering) degreeAfriTin Mining Limited plans to reopen the Uis tin mine in Namibia and establish a pilot processing

    Jul 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Fire and brimstone: The roasting of a Merensky PGM concentrate

    By P. den Hoed, R. I. Rambiyana

    "Four sulphide minerals - pyrite (FeS2), pyrrhotite (Fe1-xS), pentlandite ([Ni,Fe]9S8), and chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) - contain the base metals and most of the iron in concentrates of platinum group metal

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Approaches To Improve Safety And Recover Lost Productivities In Vertical Shaft Sinking By Making Use Of Industrial Engineering And Risk Driven 3-D Modelling Techniques - 1. Synopsis

    By T. E. Wakefield

    Over several decades in Southern Africa the advance rates when sinking vertical shafts have declined significantly. The upside has been a substantial improvement in shaft bottom conditions and a comm

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Developing Green Energy Projects in Southern Africa?A Mining Investment Approach

    By M. Seeger

    The demographics and the growing numbers of people provide a strong signal that the demand for electrical power in Southern Africa will grow considerably over the foreseeable future. Without a steady

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Virtual reality in improving mining ergonomics

    By P. Foster, A. Burton

    Over the past decade there has been a great deal of research into the use of virtual reality (VR) and computer graphics in the mining industry. Much of this has led to developed applications including

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Rock avalanche run out prediction: combined application of two numerical methods

    By R. Poisel, C. Scavia, Preh A., W. Roth, M. Pirulli

    ABSTRACT: Two methodologies for the three-dimensional simulation of the run out of rock avalanches are presented: one based on a granular approach and the other based on a continuum equivalent approac

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Integrated Furnace Controls: Implementation On A Covered-Arc (Shielded Arc) Furnace At Cerro Matoso

    By T. Gerritsen, R. C. Delgado, J. Janzen, E. R. Veloza

    The paper describes the components of an Integrated Furnace Control system for covered-arc (shielded arc) smelting with results from the recently started 75 MW Cerro Matoso Line 2 Furnace. The paper s

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Multivariate Block Simulations of a Lateritic Nickel Deposit and Post-Processing of a Representative Subset

    By J. Daraisme

    Société le Nickel (SLN) exploits the Dôme lateritic nickel orebody at its Tiébaghi operations in New Caledonia. The site geology has an obvious bearing on recovery and metallurgical performance, and t

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Feasibility study of electricity generation from discard coal

    By A. Engelbrecht, B. North, B. Oboirien

    "There is large electricity generation potential in discard coal, both in stockpiles and current arisings. Power stations with a combined capacity of up to 18 GW electrical (GWe) could be fuelled by d

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    A heat transfer model for high titania slag blocks - Synopsis

    By H. Kotzé

    Titania slag is used as feedstock in the production of titanium dioxide pigment. It (titania slag) is the product of ilmenite smelting,a process whereby ilmenite is reduced at high temperature utilizi

    Jan 1, 2010