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  • SAIMM
    Introducing your Council (766a80d9-84fa-4ac1-bbbc-5b01b894bd67)

    Professor R.P. King holds a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering, which he obtained at the University of Manchester in 1963. After that he lectured in the Departments of Chemical Engineering at the Un

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SAIMM
    The Optimisation Of Mining Method And Equipment.

    INTRODUCTION This paper was originally presented at the Platinum Adding Value Conference, held at Sun City from the 4th to 6th October 2004. Narrow reef mining may not be applicable to the base m

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Coupled Elasto-Plastic Model for Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconsolidated Formations

    By I. Gil, J. -C. Roegiers

    Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is a technology that has been utilized for more than 50 years in the oil industry. It was originally used for stimulating hard, brittle formations which typically exh

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    State of labour protection at coal mines analysis on the basis of economic risk

    By S. G. Gendler

    One of the ways of trauma and occupational diseases level reduction is noted to be the improvement of the labour protection measures planning. As an indicator for prospective trends determination in t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Changing Requirements Of Ferroalloys For Flat Products - User?s Perspective

    By A. K. Das, S. Pathak, C. Bhanu, P. K. Tripathy

    Ferroalloys are integral part of steel melting process. The purpose of using ferroalloys is three fold e.g. killing of steel, modifying the slag composition and steel alloying. Amount of ferroalloys u

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Gold - The Ultimate Metal

    By R. A. Plumbridge

    The Honourable Mr Molefe, Premier of the North- West Province; Or Scot-Russel, Chairman of the CMMI's XV Congress; Mr Loton, Chairman of the CMMI; distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. At

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SAIMM
    Incompressible versus compressible fluid flow models: A case study on furnace tap-hole lancing

    By J. H. Zietsman, M. W. Erwee, Q. G. Reynolds

    Pyrometallurgical furnaces, essential for metal extraction, operate at temperatures exceeding 1600°C and represent complex multiphase systems that challenge direct industrial research. Multiphysics mo

    Apr 16, 2024

  • SAIMM
    SPOTLIGHT on equipment alternatives in underground mining

    By J. A. Cruise

    From 27th to 29th September, The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy held a Colloquium on Equipment Alternatives in Underground Mining in Johannesburg. The Colloquium, which was highly su

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SAIMM
    Strategic Outsourcing And The Degree To Which It May Support The Successful Growth Of The Zambian Copper Mining Industry

    By Christian Heili

    In 1991 the Government of the Republic of Zambia passed legislation providing for the privatisation of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited (ZCCM). The newly formed Mining Companies, established a

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Doppler depth of sump sensor ‘One shear, one shuttle-car load’

    By B. S. Spottiswoode

    Lack of visibility makes it difficult for continuous miner (CM) operators to judge the desired sump depth. The resulting inaccuracies have proven to lead to significant production losses. This problem

    Sep 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    An integrated approach for determining the viability of extracting three remnants in a scattered, deep level gold mine

    By L. Linzer, J. Oelofse, T. Rangasamy

    Extraction of isolated blocks of ground with elevated levels of stress and/or seismicity is a common occurrence in South African gold mines. Isolated blocks of ground that are divorced from the main o

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of dynamic grouting effect for Low-permeable rock

    By S. Wakita, K. Aoki, Y. Mito, K. Date

    It is of great importance to prevent a leakage of hazardous substances from underground storage plants, because this certainly leads to a fatal disaster for human societies. Therefore, effective grout

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Letseng Mine No. 2 Plant Project -A Process Engineering And Design Review

    Bateman Engineering managed the establishment of a second diamond treatment plant at the Letseng Mine in the Mokhotlong District of northern Lesotho, about 100 km from the town of Buthe Buthe. Letseng

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Rare Earth Elements enrichment in Triassic coals deposits and associated argillaceous rocks in Lesotho

    By S. Hlajoane, L. S. Mokhahlane

    The demand for rare earth elements has increased around the world due to their application in a variety of technological advancements. Previous studies have evaluated the potential of the rare earth e

    Nov 6, 2024

  • 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
    The price forecast of international petroleum with system simulation based on MATLAB/SIMULINK

    By G. Wu, S. Liu

    In view of the singleness of traditional methods about international petroleum (Brant) price forecast, ten main factors that affect international petroleum price are fully analysed. Based on time seri

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    South Africa’s Options for Mine-Impacted Water re-use: A Review

    By T. Grewar

    "South Africa is a water-scarce country, rated as one of the 30 driest countries in the world. Worryingly, government expects water demand to outstrip supply as early as 2025. The South African govern

    Mar 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    A Test of the Appropriateness of the LUC Technique in High-Nugget Birimianstyle Gold Deposits

    By E. Maritz

    "The localized uniform conditioning (LUC) technique was proposed by Marat Abzalov in 2006. The technique converts conventional uniform conditioning (UC) grade-tonnage curves into single grade values a

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    The role of semiotics in health, safety, and environment communication in South African mining and its influence on organizational culture

    By L. Scott, M. A. Goncalves

    Effective communication is a sought-after non-technical skill in the health, safety, and environmental (HSE) function and is fundamental in achieving an organization’s safety objectives. While differe

    Feb 2, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Autorock Rigs For Rockbolting In Narrow Reef Stopes - Introduction

    By Frank Johnson

    Between 2000 and 2006, platinum production from the South African mines expanded from 206 to 307 tonnes (DME, 2007). Most of this additional metal has come from traditional ?narrow? reef stoping, gene

    Jan 1, 2008