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  • SAIMM
    Key Performance Indicators ? A Tool to Assess ICT Applications in Underground Coal Mines

    By C. Dauber

    Implementing new technologies in industrial operations entails the challenge of measuring the improvements gained by the applied technology. Nevertheless, it is absolutely essential to assess the tech

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Nitriding Of Ilmenite And High-Grade Slag Fines ? Synopsis

    By D. S. van Vuuren

    Titanium bearing resources can selectively be chlorinated at temperatures below 200°C if the Ti02 in the feed is nitrided before chlorination. However, the nitriding reaction is highly endothermic, re

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Pre-sink shaft safety analysis using wireline geophysics

    By N. Andersen

    During the preliminary design phases and feasibility study of a proposed vertical shaft, a vertical diamond drill-hole is normally drilled on the site. This paper outlines how rock mass characteristic

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Application Of A High-Intensity Cooling System To DC-Arc Furnace Production Of Ferrocobalt At Chambishi

    By L. R. Nelson

    A review is presented of the furnace cooling system design and operating developments since the initial furnace start-up in January 2001 of the Chambishi DC-arc furnace to produce ferrocobalt alloy. T

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    The Kinetics Of The Dissolution Of Colloidal Silver In Cyanide Medium And Application To The Control Of The Cyanidation Process

    By M. J. Nicol

    The kinetics of the dissolution of colloidal silver in aerated cyanide solutions has been investigated with the aim of developing a relatively rapid and convenient method for monitoring the ?leaching

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    A model for economic accumulation of zircon, northern KwaZulu-Natal

    By R. Armstrong, C. Ware, P. Sudan, G. Whitmore

    The northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) coastal dune cordon, South Africa, extends from north of Durban into Mozambique. The Quaternary dune cordon, which can be up to 2 km wide, comprises a series of stacke

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Innovative Hydrogen Production By Reaction Integrated Novel Gasification Process (HyPr-RING)

    By S. Lin

    A new hydrogen production process, named the HyPr-RING, has been proposed. Fundamental concept of the HyPr-RING is integration of water carbon reaction, water-gas shift reaction and CO2 absorbing rea

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Advanced Methods To Characterize Thermal Properties Of Quartz

    By E. H. Myrhaug, K. Aasly, T. Malvik

    Six different types of quartz and quartzites used as raw materials by ferroalloy plants have been investigated with respect to their thermo mechanical properties. In order to investigate the effect of

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Preservation Of Alluvial Diamond Deposits In Abandoned Meanders Of The Middle-Orange River - Introduction

    By P. G. Gresse

    The Orange-Vaal River system is known to be the primary secondary source for alluvial diamond deposits in the northern Cape and along the west coast of Namaqualand. The higher order sources for diamon

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Development Of A Model Predictive Controller For A Milling Circuit

    Milling circuits are known to be difficult to control. In order to address these difficulties, it was decided to develop and test a model predictive controller (MPC) for a milling circuit. A milling s

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Strategic mine planning?communicating uncertainty with scenarios - Synopsis

    By G. L. Smith

    This paper introduces and defines the concept of a linkage between long-term planning parameters (?global assumptions?) and possible future world views as conceived in scenario planning. Scenario plan

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    How fine particles on haematite mineral ultimately define the mineral surface charge and the overall floatability behaviour - Synopsis

    By S. Montes

    Mineral floatability is strongly connected with mineral structure and composition. The complexity of mineral surfaces has meant that few attempts have been made to understand the effect of impurities

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Development Of A Standalone Computer Simulation Tool For The Optimization Of Gypsum Recovery At Afmine

    By C. Maree

    Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of B. Eng (Chem. Eng.) This paper describes the development and use of a process simulator to optimize gypsum recovery at Afmine, a s

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Gautrain Tunnels: Surface Vibration And Ground-Borne Noise

    By J. L. van Niekerk

    The proposed Gautrain Rapid Rail Link (GRRL) will require approximately 15 km of double or twin high-speed rail track tunnels located for the greater part beneath the northern suburbs of Johannesburg,

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Scraper winch pull force investigation

    By D. Janicijevic

    This paper describes the process of scraper winch pull force measurement and shows the results of the actual winch pull force in extreme stall situations as well as during the face and gulley cleaning

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Introduction to the production of clean steel

    By L. du Preez, J. D. Steenkamp

    This paper introduces the concept of clean steel production from a pyrometallurgist’s perspective to the broader metallurgical community. A simplistic overview of the steelmaking process from iron ore

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Neural network performance versus network architecture for a quick stop training application

    The relationship between neural network (NN) performance and the parameters that form the architecture of the neural network is complicated. This paper studies an issue that is still controversial—the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Ore Reserve Valuation Of Mined-Out Areas And Remnants At East Rand Proprietary Mines (ERPM)

    By C. Mosoane

    ERPM was formed in 1893 and as a result of its age, a large volume of data exists in a paper-based format and it was decided to electronically capture data in one of two critical mining areas?namely a

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Discussion On The Kinetics Of The Elution Of Gold From Activated Carbon

    The validity of a steady state assumption made by Adams and Nicol (1986) in the modelling of the elution of gold from activated carbon was investigated. It is shown that the accuracy of the steady sta

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SAIMM
    Stability of underground opening in rock salt

    By C. Erichsen, J. Werfling

    ABSTRACT: A three-dimensional elastic constitutive model for rock salt is proposed. This stress strain law takes into account the three phases of creep (transient, steady state and accelerated creep),

    Jan 1, 2003