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  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of solar thermal pretreatment of carbonate-rich manganese ores in highcarbon ferromanganese production through dynamic process modelling

    By F. Dinter, C. McGregor, Q. G. Reynolds, L. Hockaday

    The necessity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit the impact of anthropogenic climate change means that all industrial processes should investigate their options towards decarbonization. Iro

    Dec 11, 2024

  • SAIMM
    A few remarks on storage of low temperature materials in rock caverns

    By N. Kinoshita, Y. Inada

    The authors have proposed and discussed storage of low temperature materials such as LNG, LPG and frozen food in rock caverns. In this case, as the rock mass around the caverns will receive effects of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Thermochemical evaluation of elemental phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge

    By A. Kotze, D. Messina, E. Nagels, Y. Cryns, S. Arnout

    The FlashPhos process aims to recover white phosphorus (P4) from sewage sludge by drying, flash combustion/gasification, and carbothermic refining steps. This study evaluates the material behaviour of

    Oct 2, 2025

  • SAIMM
    Optimal planning of extracting works at the quarries of non-ferrous metallurgy of Kazakstan

    By I. V. Lunkin, E. B. Muhamedzhanov, A. B. Begalinov, B. R. Rakishev

    Almost all the ore deposits of ferrous, non-ferrous and rare metals of Kazakstan, are exploiting by the open-cast method, are the complex-structural, multi-component ones. Their rational working requi

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Book review

    Book review Proceedings of the Symposium on Mining Methods. London, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1974. 160 pp. The Symposium was held from 30th October to 1st November, 1974, and the papers i

    Jan 2, 1977

  • SAIMM
    Environmental Considerations In The Preparation Of Bankable Feasibility Documents - Introduction

    By A. A. Smithen

    There is an increasing awareness of the importance of including an assessment of environmental liabilities in the preparation of bankable feasibility documents. This means that environmental assessmen

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SAIMM
    High Density Slurry And Paste Tailings, Transport Systems

    By A. J. C. Paterson

    High density slurry and paste tailings systems offer significant environmental benefits primarily related to reduced water consumption. However, these potential advantages need to be evaluated on a pr

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    A Statistical Determination Of Methane Emission From Coalbeds - Case Study

    By S. Sarac

    In this study, a statistical model is suggested in order to determine the methane emission from a working seam. In the proposed method, methane concentrations which are systematically measured in retu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Labour?s Utilization And Labour?s Productivity Of A Gold Mine In Saudi Arabia

    By M. S. M. Aljuhani

    In this paper, one of the human factors that affect productivity in an underground gold mine in Saudi Arabia was investigated and analysed for the purpose of improving productivity. The human factor t

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    A long hole stoping system for mining narrow platinum reefs

    By P. Valicek, M. Farren, R. G. B. Pickering, G. Harrison, P. van Dorssen, W. Joubert, H. J. van Rensburg

    Introduction In South African metalliferous mines, stoping operations are largely confined to narrow, tabular orebodies making mechanization extremely difficult. Limited flexibility in terms of st

    Sep 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    The Development Of Ultra-Fine Grinding At Anglo Platinum

    By C. M. Rule, A. K. Anyimadu, L. Knopjes

    Ongoing development work on ultra-fine grinding for various applications at the Group?s concentrators has been conducted by Anglo Platinum over the last few years. Current potential applications for

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The Use Of Cusums As A Tool To Aid In The Interpretation Of Slope Monitoring Data With Specific Examples From An Operating Open Pit Mine

    By P. A. Lilly, W. Sarunic

    In most cases, slope movement monitoring data are collected on a temporal basis and displacement or velocity is plotted against time in order to assist the engineer to make judgements about slope beha

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Risk Management - Mine And Occupational Health And Safety 2010 - 1 The Common Law

    By Willem Le Roux

    The common law requires an employer to take reasonable steps for the safety of employees. In general, the duty of care means that the employer, acting personally or through its employees or agents, mu

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Failure probability analysis of high rock slopes based on bionic algorithm

    Abstract : The computation of reliability index or failure probability of slopes can be transformed into an optimisation problem. In high rock slope engineering, it is usually a multimodal optimizatio

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Monitoring The Stability Of Slopes By Gps

    By S. Sakurai, N. Shimizu

    The stability of slopes is a crucial problem not only in open pit mines, but also in civil engineering situations. The deformational behaviour of slopes is in general monitored during/after the excava

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Second Reply To R. Altindag ?Brittleness And Drillability? - In The Journal Of SAIMM, Vol 103. No. 8. Pp. 525

    By H. G. Denkhaus

    Please allow me the temerity to reply to your reply to my contribution as follows: A fracture is brittle if plastic deformation is absent or, conversely a fracture is ductile if plastic deformation

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Strong ground motion and site response of mine-induced seismic events

    By S. K. Murphy, S. M. Spottiswoode, A. M. Milev, D. Geyser

    A portable, stand-alone instrument especially designed for recording strong ground motion was used in this study to create a large database of peak particle velocities measured underground. A total nu

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Annual Report - For The Year Ended 30th June 2004

    Council for 2003/2004 President T.R. Stacey President-elect F. M. G. Egerton Vice-presidents Senior W. H. van Niekerk Junior R.P.H. Willis Immediate Past-president S.J. Ramokgo

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Risk Identification, Assessment And Management In The Mining And Metallurgical Industries

    By H. Simonsen

    Risk assessment consists of a search for the answers to: ?What can happen? ?How likely it is that it can happen? ?What are the consequences if it does happen? Perhaps the most important aim

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SAIMM
    Mineralogical Control Of Minerals Processing Circuit Design

    By M. A. W. Bryson

    Platinum group metals are extracted almost exclusively in South Africa from three very different zones in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, called the Plat, Merensky, and the UG-2 reefs. The Plat reef is

    Jan 1, 2004