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Project Solution For Land Reclamation And Spatial Arrangement Of The ?Srebro? Open Pit Mine At The Fru?ka Gora National Park - SynopsisBy S. Vujic
The exploitation of stone (trachyte) at the ?Srebro? open pit mine, located on the northern slopes of the Fru?ka Gora National Park (Serbia) central area begun in 1964. Stone exploitation in this loca
Jan 1, 2011
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Outotec Smelting Solutions For The PGM IndustryBy L. Aspola
The platinum group metals (PGMs), i.e. ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, are typically found in association with each other, but also importantly, with nickel and copper. T
Jan 1, 2012
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Study on the applicability of different hydrodynamic models to simulate flow profiles in an irrigated malachite ore packed bed, M.D. Odidi, M.A. Fagan-Endres, and S.T.L. HarrisonBy S. T. L. Harrison, M. A. Fagan-Endres, M. D. Odidi
This paper investigated the ability of eight common hydrodynamic models – tanks in series (TIS); three compartmental model configurations (Comp-1, Comp-2 and Comp-3); advection dispersion (AD); piston
Jan 1, 2020
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Worker inclusion in equipment development processes in the modernizing minerals sector in South AfricaBy S. Schutte, J. Pelders
Worker participation in equipment development can result in improved user acceptance and product quality. This paper focuses on worker engagement in equipment development processes in the South Africa
Feb 2, 2021
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Presidential Address: Metallurgical slags: A drive to circularity and search for new research agenda - Volume 124By E. Matinde
Human beings have been dependent on metals and alloys for livelihoods since time immemorial. In fact, there is irrefutable evidence that successful ancient civilizations achieved supremacy over their
Sep 1, 2024
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The Recovery of Manganese Products From Ferromanganese Slag Using a Hydrometallurgical RouteBy S. J. Baumgartner
The ferromanganese industry is under pressure to deal with the slag arising from the production of ferromanganese, which is discarded in landfills or slag heaps. This material poses an environmental a
Jan 1, 2014
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Ore Reserve Evaluation and Open Pit PlanningBy Jean Michel Marino, Jean-Pierre Slama
"The computer methods used by the French Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, which are applicable to any type of ore deposits, are:(i) Ore reserve estimation. The data are either the core analyses
Jan 1, 2014
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Effect of Roughness on the Peak Shear Strength of Clay Infilled Joints under Constant Normal StiffnessBy A. Haque
The shear behaviour of infilled joints produced from ordinary gypsum plaster (gyprock) and bentonite was investigated in the laboratory under Constant Normal Stiffness (CNS) conditions. Shear tests we
Jan 1, 2003
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Feasibility of tailings retreatment to unlock value and create environmental sustainability of the Louis Moore tailings dump near Giyani, South AfricaBy N. K. Singo, J. D. Kramers
The reprocessing of tailings resources to extract gold on an industrial scale has become common practice. While these projects are common in the Witwatersrand basin, similar low-technology processes a
Jul 1, 2021
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Elastic damage characterization of an ilmenite smelter freeze liningBy A. Mabentsela
A furnace freeze lining is necessary for safety and economic reasons in several smelting operations. The integrity of the freeze lining is put at risk by furnace power imbalances. Although numerous mo
Jan 26, 2023
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Manning best practice in the Australian gold mining industryThis paper examines manning best practice in the Australian mining industry, comparing the mining of gold with mining of other commodities. In particular, the paper considers a range of mining operati
Jan 1, 2009
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Stability evaluation of room-and-pillar rock salt mines by using a flat jack technique – A case studyBy M. Z. Emad, N. Abbas, Y. Majeed
Room-and-pillar mining is commonly employed for the extraction of rock salt in undergroundmines. Pillar stress is a major concern in these mines as it is directly related to stability and mineralrecov
Jun 5, 2023
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Recycling Pre-Oxidized Chromite Fines in the Oxidative Sintered Pellet Production ProcessBy D. Paktunc, S. P. du Preez, J. P. Beukes, P. G. van Zyl, A. Jordaan
"The chromium (Cr) content of stainless steel originates from recycled scrap and/or ferrochrome (FeCr), which is produced mainly by the carbothermic reduction of chromite ore. The oxidative sintered p
Feb 1, 2019
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Influence of blasting charge distribution on the energy required for communition of rockBy T. Marin, J. E. Seccatore, M. Cardu
The most energy-intensive process in the mining industry is particle size reduction – comminution. The first phase of this process is blasting to fragment the rock from the initial Boussinesq’s halfsp
Aug 8, 2024
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Cansolv® SO2 Scrubbing System: Review Of Commercial Applications For Smelter SO2 Emissions ControlBy Valérie Léveillé
As new legislation drives to lower SO2 emissions from metallurgical plants, plant managers face the challenge of keeping their costs under control. The Cansolv® SO2 Scrubbing System has been broadly a
Jan 1, 2009
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Presidential Address: Metallurgical slags: A drive to circularity and search for new research agendaBy E. Matinde
Poor phase separation and fine dissemination of the desired components within congruous slag phases are key challenges limiting the recoverability of values from slags by conventional beneficiation me
Oct 9, 2024
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Annual General Meeting of the InstituteThe Annual General Meeting of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was held in Kelvin House on Wednesday, 24th August, 1977. Dr M. D. G. Salamon (President) was in the chair and dec
Jan 1, 1978
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Benefits Of Increased Flotation Cell Size - A Pyrite Flotation Plant Case Study - SynopsisBy C. Wade, A. Swart, M. Dworzanowski
AngloGold Ashanti operate a pyrite flotation plant at their East Gold Plant, Acid Plant and Flotation Plant (EGAF) metallurgical complex within their Vaal River operations in the North West province i
Jan 1, 2007
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A New Bubble Pick-up Technique as a Rapid Flotation Test MethodBy A. F. Lee
A pick-up apparatus capable of yielding quantitative results has been described. Studies of some collector-mineral systems have been presented to illustrate the versatility of the apparatus and prove
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Activity of chromium oxide in CaO-SiO2based slags at 1873 KBy K. Morita, N. Sano
Thermodynamic properties of chromium oxides in molten slags are very important for optimization of stainless steel refining processes as well as reduction processes of chromium ores. The solubility of
Jan 1, 2004