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  • SAIMM
    A decision analysis guideline for underground bulk air heat exchanger design specifications

    By M. Hooman, W. M. Marx, R. C. W. Webber-Youngman

    This paper discusses a study that investigated different underground bulk air heat exchanger (>100 m3/s) design criteria. A literature review found that no single document exists covering all design c

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Optimising The Effective Use Of Energy In The Ferroalloy Industry Through Innovative Technology

    By A. M. Hearn, J. G. Roos

    Energy consumption, being a large proportion of the input of the ferroalloy production process, can be measured in terms of the efficiency with which the energy is utilized and the effectiveness with

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    The challenge of building local capacity to support the development of a sustainable mining industry in emerging mining nations ? Synopsis

    By C. L. Reichardt

    Mining companies are increasingly looking to the developing world for the next generation of mining projects, often in countries that have little or no previous history of large-scale mining. One of t

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Maximizing The Recovery Of Fine Iron Ore Using Magnetic Separation - Synopsis

    By M. Dworzanowski

    The beneficiation of fine iron ore will increase in importance in the future because most new iron ore resources will be in the form of lower grade ore deposits that will require liberation of iron or

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Powers Of The Inspectorate To Close A Working Place - Mine And Occupational Health And Safety 2010 ? 1 Designation And Functions Of Chief Inspector And Other Inspectors

    By Willem Le Roux

    1.1 Section 47(1) of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 29 of 1996 (?the MHSA?) establishes a Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate which is administered by the Chief Inspector of Mines. The Mine Health an

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Optimization of shovel-truck system for surface mining - Synopsis

    By S. G. Ercelebi

    In surface mining operations, truck haulage is the largest item in the operating costs, constituting 50 to 60% of the total. In order to reduce this cost, it is necessary to allocate and dispatch the

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Metal Dusting On Alloys 602CA And 800 - Synopsis

    By F. M. L. Mulaudzi

    Metal dusting is a corrosion phenomenon that occurs in strongly carburizing gas atmospheres at elevated temperatures. Reaction kinetics and product characterizations of Alloys 602CA and 800 were exami

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    As Cast And Heat-Treated Alloys Of The Pt-Al-V System At The Pt-Rich Corner ? Synopsis

    By B. O. Odera

    The Pt-based alloys have a high potential for replacing some Ni-based superalloys (NBSAs) used in the highest temperature and most aggressive environments, and vanadium would be a beneficial alloying

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Gautrain Tunnels: Surface Vibration And Ground-Borne Noise

    By J. L. van Niekerk

    The proposed Gautrain Rapid Rail Link (GRRL) will require approximately 15 km of double or twin high-speed rail track tunnels located for the greater part beneath the northern suburbs of Johannesburg,

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Feasibility Study On Triboelectrostatic Concentration Of <105 µm Phosphate Ore ? Synopsis

    By S. O. Bada

    Fine phosphate feed is considered to be slime and normally disposed of as a discard in settling ponds or dumped as landfill. The purpose of this research was to establish whether commercially acceptab

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Effect Of Dissolved Precipitating Ions On The Settling Characteristics Of Copper Sulphide ? Synopsis

    By M. Nduna

    Surface properties of metal sulphides have a great significance in various areas of engineering and science, such as acid mine drainage, contaminant sorption, and metal separation. In various attempts

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Development and testing of a vehicle collision avoidance system based on GPS and wireless networks for open-pit mines

    By A. Nieto

    A vehicle proximity warning–collision avoidance system is being developed using GPS and wireless local area networks to improve safety of off-highway trucks in open pit mines. After two-and a-half yea

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A model for economic accumulation of zircon, northern KwaZulu-Natal

    By R. Armstrong, C. Ware, P. Sudan, G. Whitmore

    The northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coastal dune cordon, South Africa, extends from north of Durban into Mozambique. The Quaternary dune cordon, which can be up to 2 km wide, comprises a series of stacke

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Influence Of Water Resources And Metal Ions On Galena Flotation Of Rosh Pinah Ore

    By G. Coetzer

    During galena flotation of Rosh Pinah milled material, metal ions and salts contents of various water resources (deionized, simulated circulated, lead concentrate thickener, lead tailing thickener and

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Geotechnical Considerations In The Design Of The MOCB Mining Method At Konkola No. 3 Shaft

    Konkola No 3 shaft experienced severe mining-induced stress and time-related deterioration in ground conditions in an area where an over-cut and bench (OCB) mining method was used to extract a shallow

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Direct And Indirect Slag Corrosion Of Oxide And Oxide-C Refractories

    By W. E. Lee

    Penetration and dissolution mechanisms are reviewed for predominantly single-phase oxide, two phase oxide and oxide-carbon composite refractories by liquid silicate slags. Theoretical models of these

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Process Mechanisms In Ilmenite Smelting

    By J. H. Zietsman

    It has previously been observed that industrial high-titania slags display a compositional invariance, remaining close to stoichio-metric M3O5. The present study focuses on this invariance and the phe

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Seat Selection Guidelines To Reduce Whole-Body Vibration Exposure Levels In The SA Mining Industry

    By J. Gunaselvam

    This article deals with an investigation into the specification and use of appropriate seating systems to reduce whole-body vibration (WBV) exposure in typical vehicles used in the SA mining industry.

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    MECS Catalyst Products & Technical Services Update

    By Chris D. Winkler

    Vanadium-based sulphuric acid catalyst has been utilized to oxidize SO2 to SO3 since the early 1900?s. This versatile product displaced the expensive and easily-poisoned platinum-based catalyst in n

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    MECS Catalyst Products & Technical Services Update (1a12db17-a10b-4c84-8df1-f53ba1eeb845)

    By Chris D. Winkler

    Vanadium-based sulphuric acid catalyst has been utilized to oxidize SO2 to SO3 since the early 1900?s. This versatile product displaced the expensive and easily-poisoned platinum-based catalyst in ne

    Jan 1, 2009