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Safety Considerations When Blasting Off The Solid In Underground Fiery Coal Mines
By G. V. R. Landman
In the early days of underground coal mining, the use of explosives to break coal resulted in a large number of disastrous methane and coal dust explosions and consequential loss of life. Research by
Jan 1, 2000
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Establishing A New Metric For Mineral Resource Management
By A. S. Macfarlane
Mineral resource management (MRM) practice has developed in South Africa over the course of the last ten years, with the purpose of integrating previously isolated technical functions into a value cha
Jan 1, 2006
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Systems simulation for dragline selection in open cast mines
By K. M. Li, Y. D. Zhang
The selection of stripping dragline is a complicated problem. Several factors, such as the deposit buried conditions, the demand of mine production rate, cast blasting result, the mining/stripping ope
Jan 1, 2003
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Metals And Alloys Water Solidification A Bridge From Pyro- To Hydro-Metallurgy
By David Norval
The increased tendency to use hydrometallurgy as an extraction step towards final refining following a pyrometallurgical smelting process requires melts which have to be cast and or comminuted which c
Jan 1, 2005
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FISH - State-Of-The-Art Technology In Final Diamond Recovery
By L. du Plessis
The name FISH (Fully Integrated Sort House) refers to a class of technology deployed at Jwaneng Mine final diamond recovery. The FISH concept is based on three pillars, namely: ?Improved sorting ef
Jan 1, 2003
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Measurement Of Material Resistivity And Contact Resistance Of Metallurgical Coke
By J. A. Bakken, M. Tangstad, P. A. Eidem
In the submerged arc production of ferromanganese, sillicomanganese and ferrochromium, the coke bed characteristics play an important role. The basic mechanisms of electric current conduction in the c
Jan 1, 2007
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About common principles of developed geomechanical classifications and discrepancies in estimation of strength of rock masses
By Y. P. Shoupletsov
ABSTRACT. A retrospective analysis of some geomechanical classifications for rock masses is presented. It is shown that estimates of rock mass strength according to geomechanical classifications devel
Jan 1, 2003
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Limestone quarry quality optimization for a cement factory in Turkey - Synopsis
By A. H. Onur
Many factors govern the size and shape of an open pit, and these must be properly understood and used in the short and long-term planning of any open pit and quarrying operation. The importance of eac
Jan 1, 2008
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Ventilation systems in dead-end headings with coal dust and methane hazard
By J. Szlazak, A. Tor, M. Borowski, N. Szlazak, D. Obracaj
This article presents the analysis of ventilation systems used in dead-end headings, while being drilled, in coal mines. Special emphasis is put on methane and dust hazard. Mathematical model for dist
Jan 1, 2003
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The Application Of In-Mine Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) For Mapping Potholes And Other Disruptive Features Ahead Of Mining
By M. van Schoor
The bulk of the world?s platinum production originates from the Merensky and UG2 reefs within the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Both the Merensky and UG2 reefs are disrupted by faults, dykes, pothol
Jan 1, 2005
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Developments In Furnace Technology For Ferro-Nickel Production
By T. Gerritsen, A. Matyas, F. Stober, I. Candy
This paper describes developments in ferro-nickel furnace technology, specifically improvements to cooling methods, furnace controls, and high voltage furnace operating regime. The evolution of these
Jan 1, 2004
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Classification Of Process Dynamics With Monte Carlo Singular Spectrum Analysis
Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of M.Sc. (Chemical Engineering)degree Identification of non-linear systems can be a daunting task and in the process industries the p
Jan 1, 2003
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Insight Into The Anglo Platinum Mine Optimisation Tool
By G. R. Lane, A. Vermeulen, S. van de Venter, S. Bhoowanpursadh
Over the past two years Anglo Platinum made use of the specialist skills of Cyest Corporation to develop a Mine Optimization Tool (MOT) to enhance the current suite of in house mine planning tools and
Jan 1, 2007
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Use A Cansolve SO2 Scrubbing System To Better Link Your Batch-Operated Furnace With Its By-Product Sulphuric Acid Plant
By P. Roy
Smelting or converting of sulphide concentrates and mattes in a batch operation presents a challenge when directing the off- gas to a conventional acid plant. The Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (a division of th
Jan 1, 2007
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Use a Can solve SO2 scrubbing system to better link your batch-operated furnace with its by-product sulphuric acid plant - Synopsis
By P. Roy
Smelting or converting of sulphide concentrates and mattes in a batch operation presents a challenge when directing the off- gas to a conventional acid plant. The Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (a division of th
Jan 1, 2007
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Improving Cfd Analysis Of Dc Furnace Operation By Refining And Addition Of Transportation Phenomena Models
By M. Shapiro, L. A. le Grange, B. Henning
A paper was presented by Bateman Minerals and Metals at INFACONX (2004) describing a simplified Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Model for predicting the temperature and velocity distributions in al
Jan 1, 2007
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Structural Analysis Of Molten Na2O-NaF-SiO2 System By Raman Spectroscopy And Molecular Dynamics Simulation
By H. Urata, K. Ishii
To determine the effect of F ions in the molten alkali silicate systems on their structures, quenched Na2O-SiO2-NaF systems were investigated by Raman spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulation. T
Jan 1, 2004
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Mine Development - Access To Deposit
By S. M. Rupprecht
A deposit to be mined by underground methods can be accessed by a number of methods: ? Adit ? Decline or ramp ? Inclined shaft ? Vertical shaft. Adits are an economical approach when the
Jan 1, 2012
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Virtual Reality For Mine Safety Training In South Africa
By A. P. Squelch
The high incidence of accidents and fatalities in the South African mining industry, in particular those associated with falls of ground, is often attributed to ineffective and/or inappropriate traini
Jan 1, 2001
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Exploration and extraction of mine gas in Germany—New significant energy source and contribution for safety and climate protection
By J. Kraemer, A. Preusse
In the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) small and medium sized companies are beginning to extract the related gas via old shafts or boreholes and to use it as a source for the product
Jan 1, 2003