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  • SAIMM
    Review of important developments since the 1st IMPC in 1952 in the understanding of the effects of chemical factors on flotation, C.T. O’Connor

    By C. T. O’Connor

    Since the first IMPC took place in London in 1952 there have been many developments in our understanding of flotation, both in terms of chemical and physical factors influencing the process. Many of t

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Underground Mine Profiling - Introduction

    By D. Borman

    The location of underground positions in mines has usually fallen to their survey department's. Their usual tasks include: ? installation of a high-precision peg network like the National Survey

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Climate impacts of fossil fuels in today’s electricity systems

    By L. Schernikau, W. H. Smith

    Oil, coal, and gas account for approximately 80% of global primary energy, but only a portion of total airborne CO2 eq (approx. 35% at GWP20 to 65% at GWP100), even though they account for 95% of tota

    Mar 2, 2022

  • SAIMM
    A sustainable approach to derelict and ownerless mines in South Africa

    By S. Mudau, P. Mohasoa, M. J. Cole

    Derelict and ownerless (D&O) mines in South Africa have been an ongoing concern for over a decade. While some progress has been made to rehabilitate D&O asbestos sites, significant work remains, exace

    Apr 25, 2025

  • SAIMM
    The Determination of Species in Slags and other Materials

    By S. M. Graham, G. Mellis

    "The determination of the oxidation state(s) of an element present in a solid sample may be required for a number of reasons, including the assessment of the degree of reduction which has taken place

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Reducing mining tailings and operational dilution: a new application of the room-and-pillar mining method

    By G. de Tomi, G. C. Teodoro, E. Rodovalho, T. M. El Hajj, J. A. S. Tenório

    The selection of an underground mining method stems from a multivariate analysis that considers geomechanical, geological, economic, and operational parameters. Even after identifying the most compati

    Sep 9, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Predictability of pothole characteristics and their spatial distribution at Rustenburg Platinum Mine - Synopsis

    By G. Chitiyo

    Prediction of pothole characteristics is a challenging task, confronting production geologists at the platinum mines of the Bushveld Complex. The frequency, distribution, size, shape, severity and rel

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Photographic determination of oversize particles in heaps of blasted rock

    By A. Singh, R. R. Maclachlan

    SYNOPSIS A back-analysis procedure based upon 35 mm photography was developed on a laboratory scale for the pur¬pose of determining the percentage of oversize particles known to be present in heaps o

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SAIMM
    Intensification of flotation with an air-sparged hydro cyclone

    By A. J. Burger, F. L. D. Cloete

    Tests indicated that effective recovery of pyrite from a coarse Witwatersrand quartzitic ore can be accomplished by intensified flotation in an air-sparged hydrocyclone. Air is fed through the porous

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SAIMM
    Mine Dumps Under The Amended Mineral And Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 Of 2002

    By N. J. Roodt

    Mine dumps created in terms of the pre-MPRDA regime (old order mine dumps) are currently not regulated by the MPRDA, and the common law owners of such dumps are free to process them without the need t

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    A Correlation Between Visiofroth? Measurements And The Performance Of A Flotation Cell

    Metso Minerals Cisa have developed VisiofrothTM - a system which calculates parameters of the froth surface using vision from remote cameras mounted about individual flotation cells. The parameters ca

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Dimension Stone: The Latest Trends In Exploration And Production Technology

    By I. Ashmole

    The dimension stone industry is not widely known or appreciated within the mainstream mining industry. This is in spite of the fact that the industry has grown at an average of over 7% per annum since

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Milestones: Past And Future - Synopsis

    By A. L. Edwards

    A retrospective study was conducted on the Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) compensation claims from 1998 to 2008 to determine if the 2008 milestone agreed at the 2003 Min

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Modifications to underground coal mine personnel transport vehicles for mine rescue duties

    By S. L. Bell

    Most Australian longwall coal mines are currently working coal faces up to nine kilometres from the surface. In the event of a mine emergency walking this sort of distance wearing breathing apparatus

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The Use Of Cusums As A Tool To Aid In The Interpretation Of Slope Monitoring Data With Specific Examples From An Operating Open Pit Mine

    By P. A. Lilly, W. Sarunic

    In most cases, slope movement monitoring data are collected on a temporal basis and displacement or velocity is plotted against time in order to assist the engineer to make judgements about slope beha

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Service delivery strategy for mining systems

    By U. Kumar

    Product designed characteristics like reliability and maintainability affect maintenance cost, service performance, and therefore product support strategy must be defined during design stage in terms

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Spotlight - Minerals Engineering '93 Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 25 To 27 August 1993

    For the past 12 years, the Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape Town have hosted an annual symposium to discuss research topics in Minerals Processing. Since 1987, this meeting has been held under th

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SAIMM
    The Transformation Of Ferrochromium Smelting Technologies During The Last Decades

    By J. Daavittila, P. Jokinen, M. Honkaniemi

    In the latter part of the 1980?s Outokumpu Chrome in Tornio, Finland, was in a situation when its twenty-year-old ferrochrome plant was becoming inefficient to sustain economically sound production. T

    Jan 1, 2004

  • 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
    Incorporation Of Ore Grade Uncertainty Into The Push Back Design Process

    By J. Gholamnejad

    In open pit mine planning and design, push back mine sequencing is widely used for long-term production planning. In push back design, a series of nested pits is generated and then considered as possi

    Jan 1, 2007