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  • SAIMM
    Linear Elastic Numerical Modelling For Failure Prediction - An Assesment - Synopsis (53d33219-d247-4a4b-8257-b37f5085f7fc)

    By S. K. Murphy

    A partial shaft pillar extraction project was embarked on at a mine in the West Wits mining region in South Africa. Prior to the extraction, a rock engineering assessment was conducted with the main o

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Mechanization - An Anglo Platinum Perspective

    By A. M. Croll

    The efforts to mechanize narrow reef tabular orebodies unique to this country, are not new. They began in the early 1900s and have over the last century seen varied rates of progress and success. Effo

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Novel Size And Shape Measurements Applied To Jig Plant Performance Analysis ? Synopsis

    By A. E. Voigt

    Iron ore samples representing the input and output of several jigging experiments were analysed to determine the effect of particle size, shape, and density on jigging performance. Traditionally, the

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Ore Reserve Estimation and Depletion Planning for a Beach Diamond Deposit

    By M. M. Oosterveld

    "In South West Africa diamonds are mined from ancient beach deposits by the Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Limited.To improve the control of mining production, a computer is used for

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Variography applied as a tool to monitor metallurgy. EMPV software application to gold and silver recovery

    By A. Tello

    Variography was introduced by Dr. Pierre Gy to monitor a process, in the sixties. Later on, Francis Pitard extended this concept, building a complete system of variographic controls for different appl

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Detection of systematic errors in the data used for mass balancing using the Movazen© software, M.R. Yarahmadi, S.R. Mortazavi, and S. Banisi

    By S. Banisi, M. R. Yarahmadi, S. R. Mortazavi

    Nowadays the development of automatic on-line sampling systems has enabled large amounts of data to be available to plant managers. These data are inevitably prone to random and sometimes systematic e

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Orange Free State Branch

    Orange Free State Branch Minutes of a Committee Meeting held in the Boardroom of Western Holdings on Thursday, IIth October, 1973, at 5.00 p.m. Present Messrs E. T. Wilson (in the Chair), E. Dunstan,

    Jan 2, 1974

  • SAIMM
    Investigation Of Factors Influencing The Determination Of Discount Rate In The Economic Evaluation Of Mineral Development Projects ? Synopsis

    By S-J. Park

    When evaluating mining investment opportunities, one should consider the risks associated with mineral exploration and development. These are commonly classified as technical, economic, and political

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Sensitivity of shotcrete Brazilian discs coated with thin spray-on liners to environmental conditions

    By M. J. Kanda, T. R. Stacey

    Thin spray-on liners (TSLs) have been used as sealants and rock support in tunnels for over 25 years. Laboratory tests have indicated satisfactory properties that can provide adequate strength, adhesi

    Jul 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Optimization Of An Autonomous Vehicle Dispatch System In An Underground Mine

    By P. Saayman

    The mining industry has much potential for automation. A great deal of work has been done on this subject and is still ongoing. With automation comes the possibility for optimization, because more inf

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Communication constraints in the safety system on South African mines and implications for the exercise of the Right to Refuse Dangerous Work

    By N. Coulson, P. F. Stewart

    The Mine Health and Safety Act No. 29 of 1996, as amended, embeds an occupational health and safety management system that facilitates communication between representatives of the state, capital, and

    Apr 14, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Environmental Guidelines For Mining Projects: The African Development Bank

    South Africa?s now a member of this body, tailored on the World Bank, and headquartered in Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire. As a funding agency for capital projects within 59 member countries of the ADB

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SAIMM
    A review of the role of underground measurements in the historical development of rock engineering in South Africa

    By D. F. Malan, J. A. L. Napier

    This paper describes some important aspects associated with historical underground measurements in South African gold and coal mines. Deformation measurements were used to confirm the use of elastic t

    May 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    3?Chamber pipe feeder system (3-CPFS)

    By J. J. Botha

    As a Demand Side Management (DSM) Project, money was granted for the procurement and installation of a 3-Chamber Pipe Feeder System (3-CPFS) at AngloGold Ashanti?s Moab Khotsong Mine in the Vaal River

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    The status of extended reality technology in South Africa’s mining industry

    By J. Maritz, K. de Beer, S. M. Buthelezi

    The economic upheaval of COVID-19 forced companies to invest in emerging technologies to aid recovery. One such technology is extended reality, which is becoming a mature and innovative tool. Early ad

    Jul 10, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Stability analysis of a free-standing backfill wall and a predictive equation for estimating the required strength of a backfill material – a numerical modelling approach

    By S. Sekhar, S. Bhargava, A. K. Godugu, J. L. Porathur

    Cemented backfilling has enabled underground hard rock mines to extract orebodies more safely with improved ore recovery. It is important to estimate the minimum required strength parameters for a bac

    May 2, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Remnants and isolated blocks of ground in the Klerksdorp Goldfield

    By J. P. Gouvea

    Back-analysis of two mining-induced tremors in 2011 was used to determine a modelling criterion for the entire Klerksdorp Goldfield (i.e., Vaal Reefs region). At that time, most mining operations in t

    Mar 14, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Case Studies Of Simultaneous Mining And Mineral Processing Optimization Applied To Platinum And Nickel Operations

    By S. Burks

    This paper develops the themes explained at the previous SAIMM Platinum conference by Whittle and Burks1. Optimization techniques can be used to significantly increase the value of mining businesses b

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Evaluating the Value of Including Physicochemical Property Correlations on the Prediction Capability of a Dynamic Electrowinning Model

    By C. Dorfling, M. Tadie, S. Grobbelaar

    The physicochemical properties of the complex electrolytes used in direct copper electrowinning are an important consideration for the development of a high-fidelity model of the process. Direct elect

    Jan 1, 2023

  • SAIMM
    A Bayesian network approach for geotechnical risk assessment in underground mines

    By L. Uotinen, M. Rinne, R. Mishra

    Underground mining gives rise to geotechnical hazards. A formal geotechnical risk assessment can help to forecast and mitigate these hazards. Frequentist probability methods can be used when the hazar

    Jun 1, 2021