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  • 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 Improvements To Copper Casting Machine For Ferroalloys

    By A. More, J. M. Míguez, J. Bullón

    In 2000 Ferroatlantica started a project with the aim to develop a new casting machine for silicon and other ferroalloys. Until now, it has been cast more than 25.000 tons of silicon for the chemical

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Alternative Dissolution Of Zircon Samples And Simultaneous Analysis Of Major And Trace Components ? Synopsis

    By S. J. Lötter

    Analysis of the major and minor components of raw zircon as well as plasma-dissociated zircon was undertaken using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). Microwave-assiste

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Current And Potential Applications Of Fluid-Bed Technology In The Ferroalloy Industry

    By G. Denton, P. den Hoed, A. Luckos

    The potential application of fluidized beds in several sectors of the ferroalloy industry is promising. They can be used in the direct reduction of iron ores to produce a feed for steelmaking, in the

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Oxyfinestm Technology For The Re-Melting Of Fines, Dust And Sludge

    By J. von Schéele

    OXYFINESTM is an oxyfuel-based concept for in-plant recycling. It enables the possibility of fines, dust, sludge (without any drying step) and other by-products generated by the stee

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Reduction Of Manganese Ores By Methane-Containing Gas

    By N. Anacleto, S. Ganguly

    Reduction of Groote Eylandt (Australia) and Wessels (South Africa) manganese ores using CH4-H2-Ar gas mixture was investigated in a fixed bed laboratory reactor in the temperature range 1000?1200oC.

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    The effect of slimes content on the rougher spiral circuit in a heavy mineral sands operation

    By R. Abela

    Heavy mineral sands are usually beneficiated in a spiral concentrator circuit prior to separation of heavy minerals into streams of zircon, rutile and ilmenite. The performance of the spiral concentra

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Modelling Combustion And Thermal Nox Formation In Electric Arc Furnaces For The Production Of Ferro-Silicon And Silicon-Metal

    By S. T. Johansen, C. Colomb, B. Ravary

    Combustion and thermal NOx formation have been modelled using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) commercial code Fluent 6.1. The aim was to predict and give a better understanding of the combustio

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Air Quality Management In The North West Province Of South Africa ? A Successful Partnership With Industry

    By W. Bryszewski

    As a result of strategic analysis in respect of the needs for air quality management a new advanced and holistic approach to air quality management process was introduced in the North West Province (N

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Grab sampling for underground goldmine grade control ? Synopsis

    Geologists in some underground gold mines collect grab samples from broken ore piles or trucks as a method of grade control. It is often known as muck sampling. Generally, the goal of grab sampling is

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Mathematical Model Of Heat And Mass Transfer In The Steel Belt Sintering Process

    By T. Fabritius, L. Hekkala, J. Härkki

    The Outokumpu steel belt sintering technology is used for manufacturing chromite pellets that are charged into smelting furnace for ferrochromium production. Hot air is blown through the moving bed of

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    The Effect Of Graphite Properties On The Rate Of MnO Reduction From High Carbon Ferromanganese Slag

    By G. Tranell, L. Kolbeinsen, S. Gaal, J. Safarian

    The effect of carbon material properties on the rate of MnO reduction from ferromanganese slag by solid graphite was investigated. A sessile drop technique was used to study the reduction rate of a sy

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of some physical and mechanical properties of rocks using ultrasonic pulse technique and presenting equations between dynamic and static elastic constants

    By A. Fahimifar, H. Soroush

    Abstract: In order to develop non-destructive methods in studying physical and mechanical properties of rock and replacing them with difficult and expensive static methods, several ultrasonic tests we

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A study of ICT diffusion into South Africa’s platinum mining sector

    By T. Z. Mugodi, D. R. Fleming

    Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is defined as ‘The goods and services that support the electronic display, processing, storage and transmission of information’. Early in 2002 the So

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Grade Control Blending And Selectivity For Optimal Process Performance At The Skorpion Zinc Mine, Namibia

    By G B. Gnoinski

    The Skorpion Zinc Mine and Refinery is situated approximately 25 km north of Rosh Pinah, south-western Namibia. The supergene zinc oxide deposit at Skorpion is hosted in a volcano-sedimentary success

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Build Up Of Additional HCFeMn Production Capacity By The Deepening Of A Furnace

    By T. Nishi, D. Teguri, K. Saitoh

    In recent years the requirement for high carbon ferro-manganese (HCFeMn), which is the key product of our company, has increased due to bullish demand for steel products. In our Tokushima works, we

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Market & Cost Environments For Bulk Ferroalloys

    By Andrew Jones

    This paper discusses the worldwide market and cost environments for the bulk ferroalloys namely manganese alloys (ferromanganese, silicomanganese), ferrosilicon and ferrochrome (high-carbon ferrochrom

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Modelling Of Thermal Profile In Submerged-Arc Furnace And The Influence Of Composition Of Ore On The Thermal Profile

    By K. M. Godiwalla, S. Ranganathan

    The thermal state in submerged-arc furnaces (S.A.F.) producing ferro alloys is important for the conditions of both the grade of alloy produced as well as specific energy consumption. The temperature

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Effect Of Potassium Impregnation On The Boudouard Reactivity Of Selected Single-Source And Commercial Cokes

    By T. Lindstad, J. Kaczorowski

    The Boudouard reactivity of single cokes produced from selected bituminous coals and commercial cokes has been investigated in a thermo gravimetric furnace. The effect of potassium as a catalyst for t

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Use of magnetic anistropy sensor for measurement of stresses on steel support and its potential

    By H. Sekimoto, T. Matsuoka, K. Yasuhara, M. Ota, S. Akutagawa

    A magnetic anisotropy sensor is used for nondestructive measurement of stress on surfaces of a ferromagnetic material, such as steel. The sensor is built on the principle of the magneto-strictive effe

    Jan 1, 2003