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  • SAIMM
    Communicating Confidence in Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves

    Mining is an inherently risky business; from the technical, environmental, social, and economic uncertainties associated with advancing an exploration prospect to a viable project to the operating, ma

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Ergonomics In The South African Mining Industry

    By P. C. Schutte

    Ergonomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and metho

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    The development and implementation of industrial hydrometallurgical gallium and germanium recovery - Synopsis

    The Gordonsville Operation of Pasminco US Inc. along with the Center for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing (CAMP) at Montana Tech studied, developed and implemented a pilot-scale hydrometa

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    A Practical Approach To Plant-Scale Flotation Optimization - Synopsis

    Decision-making regarding plant-scale reagent dosage regimes and air rates is a topic of ongoing investigation and high importance. The current work explains some techniques that have proven useful in

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Application Of Fundamentals In Optimizing Platinum Concentrator Performance ? Synopsis

    By M. M. Valenta

    A number of challenges face platinum concentrator plant operators. These challenges include the increase in operating costs, the increase in smelter cost for the processing of concentrate, the shortag

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Introducing new Council members (f1ecaec8-d397-4bba-a492-7b63c8dd2f98)

    Mr D. Wilson was born in Vereeniging, where he also completed his schooling, matriculating from General Smuts High School in 1977. Mr K.A. van Gessel was born in 1937. His final studies were condu

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SAIMM
    Metal-Rock Pair Characterization In Excavation Engineering - Synopsis

    Abrasivity and wear resistance are not intrinsic properties of materials, but rather parameters describing the interaction between the wear part and the material exerting the wearing action. Moreover,

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Hard Rock Cutting And The Development Of A Continuous Mining Machine For Narrow Platinum Reefs - Introduction

    By R. G. B. Pickering

    The hard rock gold and platinum mines in South Africa have seen little development in the technology of mining. Holes are still drilled in the rock?though the latest water hydraulic rockdrills will co

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Metal-Rock Pair Characterization In Excavation Engineering - Synopsis (561bd13f-bd45-4974-85ef-61eb18d50b1a)

    Abrasivity and wear resistance are not intrinsic properties of materials, but rather parameters describing the interaction between the wear part and the material exerting the wearing action. Moreover,

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Copper solvent extraction on the African Copperbelt: From historic origins to worldleading status

    By O. S. Tinkler, K. C. Sole

    Approximately 20% of current world copper cathode output is produced using a hydrometallurgical process route, generally referred to as the leach–solvent extraction–electrowinning flowsheet. Since its

    Jul 5, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Factors Influencing The Severity Of Rockburst Damage In South African Gold Mines

    By R. J. Durheim

    Detailed investigations have been conducted into 21 rockbursts which caused damage to excavations in deep South African gold mines, in many instances resulting in the death or serious injury of work

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Equilibrium Interactions Between Freeze Lining And Slag In Ilmenite Smelting

    In ilmenite smelting, the FeO content of the feed material (nominally FeO.TiO2) is decreased by reduction with carbon. In a parallel reaction, a significant amount of the TiO2 is reduced toTi2O3. One

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Elastic damage characterization of an ilmenite smelter freeze lining

    By A. Mabentsela

    A furnace freeze lining is necessary for safety and economic reasons in several smelting operations. The integrity of the freeze lining is put at risk by furnace power imbalances. Although numerous mo

    Jan 26, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Block Size Selection And Its Impact On Open-Pit Design And Mine Planning

    By R. M. Jara

    This work evaluates and characterizes the impact of the support size and mining dilution of a block model in the operation and selection of equipment at an open pit mine. An exploratory analysis and g

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Selective Leaching Of Phases Occurring In Charge Chrome

    By A. Wedepohl

    Selective leaching of phases in charge chrome is used in a variety of industrial processes for the production of chromium chemicals. A mineralogical study was made of a range of local charge chrome sa

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    As Cast And Heat-Treated Alloys Of The Pt-Al-V System At The Pt-Rich Corner ? Synopsis

    By B. O. Odera

    The Pt-based alloys have a high potential for replacing some Ni-based superalloys (NBSAs) used in the highest temperature and most aggressive environments, and vanadium would be a beneficial alloying

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Letter from Brigadier R. S. G. Stokes

    Brigadier R. S. G. Stokes of Sherborne, Dorset, is the oldest surviving member of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He joined in 1904 and has been a member for 77 years. Book revie

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SAIMM
    Grain Size Modelling Of A Low Carbon Strip Steel During Hot Rolling In A Compact Strip Production (CSP) Plant Using The Hot Charge Route

    By W. Stumpf

    Mill log analyses and complementary hot deformation studies were carried out on the as-cast structure and on a hot rolled structure of the same low carbon steel (SAE 1006) that had been processed acco

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    DEMATEL and ISM analysis of factors influencing coal spontaneous combustion in longwall gobs

    By L. Zhou, J. Qiu, M. Tang, J. Wang, G. Dai

    Coal spontaneous combustion in longwall gobs is a major concern in coal mines. In comparison to other hazards, this phenomenon is difficult to detect. Fifteen factors influencing coal spontaneous comb

    Jun 10, 2024