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  • SAIMM
    Numerical simulation of large-scale pillarlayouts

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

    A number of shallow coal or hard rock mines employ pillar mining systems as a strategy for roof failure control. In certain platinum mine layouts, pillars are designed to ‘crush’ in a stable manner as

    May 3, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Long-Term Mine Production Scheduling

    By G. C. S. Burns

    "A system has been developed to simulate the mining of the Mufulira orebody. The main output from the system is a picture-gram from which the start date and effective life of all proposed mining faces

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Alternative methodologies for evaluating explosion-resistant mine ventilation seals

    By M. J. Sapko

    The Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (PRL) of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently conducted full-scale explosion experiments; these experiments evaluated the stren

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    In Situ Monitoring of Primary Roofbolts at Underground Coal Mines in the USA

    Primary roof support represents the first line of defence against rockrelated falls of ground in underground mines, and improper utilization or misunderstanding of the applicability and behaviour of p

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    The effect of particle sizes and solids concentration on the rheology of silicas and based suspensions - Synopsis

    By N. Mangesana

    The effect of high solids concentration and coarse particle sizes (d50 ranges 90?300 µm) on the viscosity of a suspension of water and silica sand was investigated. The experiments were designed to in

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    The effect of overburden and confined stress state on cave mining propagation

    By S. W. Jacobsz, E. P. Kearsley, N. K. Schoeman

    A physical modelling approach was adopted to simulate the process of cave mining propagation at various horizontal to vertical stress state ratios, and image data was captured and used to characterize

    Nov 30, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Factors limiting autonomy of chemical oxygen self-rescuers

    By J. B. A. Solar Menéndez, M. A. Martínez Fidalgo, L. A. Alvarez-Santullano

    1. ANTECEDENTS This present communication refers to the results of the research project entitled "Training in the correct use of chemical oxygen self rescue apparatus and also an analysis of apparatu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Increasing Capacities By Retrofitting Mist Eliminators

    By S. A. Ziebold

    There is often a need to increase capacity through existing mist eliminator installations without significant tower modifications. Often there is not enough extra space outside existing vessels unless

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Modes of Arsenic Occurance in Coal Slime and its Removal: A Case Study at the Tanggongta Plant in Inner Mongolia, China

    By L. Cong, C. Liu, N. Zhang, W. Cao, C. Zhou, X. Fan

    "The modes of occurrence of arsenic and the effects of low-intensity leaching-flotation on arsenic removal from coal slime from the Tanggongta Plant, Inner Mongolia, China were investigated. The coal

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SAIMM
    ACORGA® CR60LT in the African Copperbelt: Commercial Successes for Agitated Leach Operations

    By L. Thomas, D. Muteba, L. I. Nsenga, B. Mbao, G. Longo Banza

    Owing to the high ore grades in the African Copperbelt and variable acid consumption, agitated leaching is common practice and is used more widely in Africa than in other regions. Two common challenge

    Jan 1, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Sodium carbonate/sodium silicate depressing system in flotation: a multi-scale approach, Y. Foucaud, L.O. Filippov, I.V. Filippova, O. Barrès, S. Lebègue, and M. Badawi

    By I. V. Filippova, Y. Foucaud, M. Badawi, O. Barrès, L. O. Filippov, S. Lebègue

    Sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) is one of the most common reagents used in the froth flotation process, in which it is an efficient dispersant as well as a powerful gangue minerals depressant. Due to its hi

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Material fingerprinting as a potential tool to domain orebody hardness and enhancing the prediction of work index APCOM 2021

    By M. S. Shishvan, J. R. van Duijvenbode, L. M. Cloete, M. W. N. Buxton

    Geochemical and mineralogical datasets from Tropicana Gold Mine, Australia, have been used to define ore fingerprints. VNIR/SWIR spectral data were represented by four normalised wavelength regions an

    Sep 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Technological Innovation and its Potential Effect on the Opening of New Gold Mines in South Africa

    By N. C. Joughin

    A simplified economic model is derived for the financial return from a new gold mining project. The model is used to analyze the effects of changes in the mining rate, capital costs, working costs, va

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Mechanistic modeling of continuous fine grinding in a ball mill, R.M. Carvalho, P.M. Faria, T.M. Campos, and L.M. Tavares

    By L. M. Tavares, T. M. Campos, P. M. Faria, R. M. Carvalho

    Recent advances in mechanistic ball mill modelling are expected to allow for more accurate predictions that overcome the well-known limitations of phenomenological approaches, including their inabilit

    Jan 1, 2020

  • 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
    The Efficiency of Wemco Drums at Kleinkopje Coal Washing Plant Over 30 Years

    By T. T. Matuludi

    Kleinkopje Colliery has five Wemco drums that were installed and commissioned in 1978. Over the years, there have been remarkable changes in mining and geological conditions at the colliery. First, an

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Optimizing Shaft Pressure Losses Through Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling

    By W. J. Kempson

    As a result of the rising electrical energy costs in South Africa, a method was sought to reduce the overall electrical consumption of typical shaft systems. A typical shaft configuration was analysed

    Dec 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Characterizing a Mining Production System for Decision-Making Purposes in a Platinum Mine

    By C. Musingwini, T. C. Sebutsoe

    "The primary objective of any mining business unit is to make profit by extracting, processing, and selling minerals from a particular mineral deposit. It is important to optimize extraction of the mi

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SAIMM
    A statistical approach to some basic mine valuation problems on the Witwatersrand - Introduction

    By D. C. Krige

    The estimation of the tonnage and grade of payable ore in a mine and the correct policy of selective mining based on such estimates, is of vital importance to the mining engineer it is surprising, the

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SAIMM
    Investigating the effect of electrolyte physicochemical properties on electrodeposition and the incorporation of these effects in copper electrowinning models, C. Chibwe and M. Tadie

    By C. Chibwe, M. Tadie

    Copper electrowinning models are useful for prediction of process performance, optimisation and improved understanding of complex phenomena such as current distribution without the expense of physical

    Jan 1, 2020