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  • SAIMM
    A proposed method for optimizing coal pillar design using coalfield-specific uniaxial compressive strength

    By F. J. N. Bruwer, T. R. Stacey

    The research described considers whether the variability in coal material strength, as derived through a series of uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) tests, could be used to indicate the variability

    May 3, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Refrigeration And Ventilation Design For The Deepening Of Mindola Copper Mine

    By D. Noort, M. Dawborn, D. O. del Castillo

    This paper was originally presented at the North American/9th US Ventilation Symposium, June 2002, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Reprinted with permission of the publishers, A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rott

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Optimizing control for a two-stage grinding circuit, O. Haavisto, M. Olofsson, J. Martikainen, S. Kauvosaari, and M. Kosonen

    By S. Kauvosaari, M. Olofsson, O. Haavisto, M. Kosonen, J. Martikainen

    The target in grinding circuit operation is usually to maximise the throughput and energy efficiency while keeping the product particle size on an optimal level for downstream operations. Furthermore,

    Jan 1, 2020

  • 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
    Notices The Federation of Societies of Professional Engineers

    Notices THE FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS It is expected that the National Institute of Personnel Research will be conducting a project, at the request of the Federation, to establ

  • SAIMM
    Green Topics ? Colloquium Environmental Management In The Mining, Minerals And Metals Industries 20 June 1996 - Background

    Despite the media's use of the mining industry as a whipping boy over its perceived attitude towards the environment, the facts remain that the only legislated requirement in the SA Statute Books

    Jan 1, 1996

  • SAIMM
    High Pressure Grinding Rolls - Applications For The Platinum Industry

    High pressure grinding technology has gained further interest in various industries. So far in the mining industry, machines are in operation in diamond mines and iron ore applications. In gold and

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Minable coal reserve estimation by incorporating tonnage and calorific value uncertainties by successive multiple-point and two-point geostatistical simulation algorithms

    By S. Chatterjee, F. Suparno, A. Paithankar

    Estimating reserves and quantifying resources stand as pivotal and intricate endeavours within the realm of coal mining operations. Intricate geological formations compound the challenges in resource

    Oct 2, 2025

  • SAIMM
    Strapping of Pillars with Cables to Enhance Pillar Stability

    By J. Arzuúa, U. Castro-Filgueira, L. R. Alejano, F. Malan

    "Pillar design for underground mining is typically done using empirical formulae or numerical modelling. Practical experience and recent literature, nevertheless, illustrate the shortcomings of these

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of the efficiency of smart underground mine evacuation through virtual reality simulations APCOM 2021

    By F. C. Harris, S. J. Gaab, J. Sattarvand, S. Duzgun

    Underground mines are inherently dangerous due to potential hazards such as fires, explosions, and caving of rock. Although these events are rare, once they occur a speedy and safe egress of mineworke

    Sep 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Sustainable Copper Production Based on Fluid-Bed Roasting Technology

    By M. Wrobel, J. Hammerschmidt, M. Runkel

    Fluid-bed technology is a key pyrometallurgical step for processing a vast number of ores and concentrates. Over the past 50 years, considerable research and development efforts have been made by Mets

    Jan 1, 2023

  • SAIMM
    TEM Studies Of Pt-Al-Cr-Ru Alloys - Synopsis (efc1948d-222b-424e-a9c6-c00a8122f570)

    By M. B. Shongwe

    Pt-based alloys are being developed for high-temperature applications with the aim of replacing some of the currently used Ni-based superalloys (NBSAs) in the highest temperature applications. The Pt-

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Recycling Pre-Oxidized Chromite Fines in the Oxidative Sintered Pellet Production Process

    By D. Paktunc, S. P. du Preez, J. P. Beukes, P. G. van Zyl, A. Jordaan

    "The chromium (Cr) content of stainless steel originates from recycled scrap and/or ferrochrome (FeCr), which is produced mainly by the carbothermic reduction of chromite ore. The oxidative sintered p

    Feb 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    The specific surface area (SSA) comparison of HPGR and ball mill re-ground samples by laser analysis and Blaine air permeability methods, S.M.H. Haddad, N. Esmaeili, R. Hejazi, M. Saghaeian, and V. Sheikhzadeh

    By V. Sheikhzadeh, S. M. H. Haddad, M. Saghaeian, N. Esmaeili, R. Hejazi

    One of the most significant features of iron ore concentrate (pelletising feed) is the specific surface area (SSA) that affects the achievement of desirable pellet properties. There are various method

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Developing an Artisanal Buying Centre System Meeting Ethical Sourcing Criteria

    By G. Bezuidenhout, N. C. Steenkamp

    Buying centres are the first point of contact that determines whether ore will be considered as having sufficient provenance to be considered ethically sourced. The information that needs to be captur

    Jan 1, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Review of U and Th analysis—standards and methods

    By J. D. de V. Louw

    Introduction Zircon is a natural occurring mineral and may exhibit natural low level radioactivity. It contains trace levels (90 to120 pCi/g and 110 to 115 pCi/g respectively or 3.3 to 4.4Bq/g and

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Applications Of Variography To Process Control

    By Dick Minnitt

    Large-scale variability in process plants and process control can be identified and controlled through disaggregating the overall variability in a process stream. Conventional statistics and Statistic

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Applicability of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion and the effect of the anisotropy on intact rock samples from “Athens Schist”

    By P. Marinos, G. Tsiambaos, H. Saroglou

    The anisotropic behaviour of “Athens Schist” has been brought out through the testing of specimens with varying orientation of schistosity with respect to the major principal stress under uniaxial, tr

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    An assessment of Rare Earth Elements in borehole cores from the Ermelo, Witbank and Waterberg Coalfields, South Africa: Focus on mode of occurrence

    By N. J. Wagner, D. G. Modiba

    There is currently limited knowledge concerning South African coal deposits as hosts for rare earth elements (REE). This project aims to determine the concentration of REE, including yttrium and scand

    Nov 6, 2024