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  • SAIMM
    The Gender And Racial Transformation Of Mining Engineering In South Africa ? Synopsis

    By J. A. Cruise

    With the end of the official apartheid legislation in the early 1990s, South Africa was heralded as a non-racial country. However, racial awareness has been reintroduced into the country with the Affi

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    South African Mineworkers’ Perspectives on the Right to Refuse Dangerous Work and the Constraints to Worker Self-Regulation

    By S. Saeed, N. Coulson, P. F. Stewart

    "The Mine, Health and Safety Act No. 29 of 1996, as amended, embodies worker self-regulation to advance health and safety in the workplace. An important provision for this is the Right to Refuse Dange

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SAIMM
    Friction Hydro Pillar Process As An Alternative Repair Technology For Creep Evaluation Sites On Thick-Walled 10CrMo910 Creep-Resistant Steel Structures ? Synopsis

    By D. L. H. Bulbring

    The removal of a cylindrical core from thick-wall sections for creep analysis by the relatively new Weldcore® process represents a very exciting methodology for obtaining more representative creep dam

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    A review of EN 16907 on earthworks (extractive waste) in the context of South African mine residues

    By F. Hörtkorn, Y. Narainsamy

    Rather quietly, a new generation of European norms dealing with earthworks has been developed over the past few years, in particular a part of EN 16907 pertaining to extractive waste. Whereas the majo

    Jun 2, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Kell Hydrometallurgical Process For Extraction Of Platinum Group Metals And Base Metals From Flotation Concentrates ? Synopsis

    By K. S. Liddell

    The Kell Process has been developed for the extraction of platinum group metals (PGMs) and base metals from sulphide flotation concentrates. The process has been successfully tested on several differe

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Potential Applications of Nanofiltration Membranes in Copper–Cobalt Processing

    By L. A. Thompson, A. J. Linington

    "Copper–cobalt extraction is a reagent-intensive process resulting in acid consumption greatly contributing towards production costs, which in the current market conditions curtail profitability. Nano

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Integration of CSIR- and CSIRO-type of overcoring rock stress data at the Zedex Test Site, Äspö HRL, Sweden

    By F. H. Cornet, D. Ask, O. Stephansson

    We have conducted a stress analysis of overcoring stress measurements undertaken at the Zedex Test Site (ZTS) in the Äspö HRL, Sweden. Two different types of overcoring cells have been used at the sit

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Interpretation and modelling of a hydromechanical in situexperiment within a fractured calcareous rock mass

    By Y. Guglielmi, V. Merrien-Soukatchoff, I. Kadiri

    ABSTRACT: Hydraulic experiments have been conducted since 1997 within a small fractured calcareous rock mass in southeastern France, at a site called Coaraze. On this reduced-scale site closing a floo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Hard rock tunnel boring, cutting, drilling and blasting: rock parameters for excavatability

    By K. Thuro, R. J. Plinninger

    ABSTRACT: Determining tunnel stability is a key issue during preliminary site investigation. In contrast, problems of excavatability have been largely ignored. While the choice of an economic tunnelli

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    "The Advantages Of Ili Inspection And Practical Issues Involved In Undertaking Projects". - Introduction

    By Ernie Holden, Chris Ringas

    In the last 20 years, In Line Inspection (ILI) using intelligent pigs has become the principal tool used by pipeline operators to assess the condition of their pipelines. New pipelines are normally de

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Geological Interpretations From The PGE Distribution In The Bushveld Merensky And UG2 Chromitite Reefs

    By R. G. Cawthorn

    The vertical distribution of platinum-group elements (PGE) in the Merensky and UG2 chromitite Reefs is highly variable, but does follow certain general patterns that allow the testing of geological mo

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Sampling mineral commodities?the good, the bad, and the ugly - Synopsis

    A wide range of drill holes and process streams are sampled for resource estimation, grade control, and contractual purposes in the minerals industry. However, despite the availability of training cou

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Managing the Tap-Hole Life-Cycle at Five Submerged Arc Furnaces Producing Silicomanganese at Transalloys

    By J. P. Gous, J. J. Sutherland

    "Transalloys is a silicomanganese (SiMn) producer located in South Africa, and uses only local manganese ores to produce SiMn alloy. The plant operates five open submerged arc furnaces (SAFs) with an

    Jun 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Presidential Address: Collaboration and Diversity in STEM

    By Z. Botha

    Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, published a book titled 'Lean In', where she invites women to sit at the table. In summary, to 'sit at the table' entails not only embracing opportunity, but to a

    Sep 1, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Safety Considerations When Handling Metal Powders ? Synopsis (00a81d62-4249-4705-86a3-c89cdfe5d31a)

    By J. M. Benson

    Metal powder compaction offers unique advantages in the manufacture of net-shape components using techniques such as laser sintering, conventional press and sintering, metal injection moulding, direct

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Rockburst Prediction - Case Studies Using A Kinematics Of Failure Approach

    By W. de Beer

    We present aspects of one of several ongoing case studies used in the development of prediction techniques for major seismic instabilities. The current investigation centres on accelerated coseismic d

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Introducing new Council members (82061035-7b48-48e5-a216-1da1ce921e6c)

    Mr G H Park was born and brought up in Zimbabwe, in mining from the University of the Witwatersrand. Starting as a Learner Official at Rand Mines, he went Mr D J van Niekerk was educated at Helpmekaar

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SAIMM
    New mine developments The Navachab Gold Mine

    By R. L. Attridge

    Namibia's newest mining enterprise, the Navachab Gold Mine, was officially opened by President Sam Nujomo during June 1990. The mine is a joint venture between Erongo Mining & Exploration Company

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SAIMM
    Resistance of yielding rockbolts to multiple impact loads

    By D. O’Connor, A. Pytlik, D. J. Corbett

    The resistance of yielding rockbolts to multiple impact loads was tested by means of a drop hammer. The methodology was based on the ASTM D7401-08 standard as well as the requirements specified for ro

    Nov 6, 2023

  • SAIMM
    A New Royalty For South African Mineral Resources

    By F. T. Cawood

    The new South African Mineral Policy has major implications on the way mineral rent will be collected and shared between the stakeholders in future. Although the policy does not supply details on how

    Jan 1, 2001