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  • SAIMM
    A Progress Report On Ultra-High-Pressure Waterjet Cutting Underground: The Future Of Narrow Reef Gold And PGE Mining

    By C. D. K. Gauert

    High-pressure waterjet technology is proposed as an alternative tool for selective underground mining of high-grade ore sections in stratiform orebodies showing a preferred ?bottom? or ?top? enrichmen

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Numerical approach to influence of pore pressure magnitude and gradient on fracture propagation in brittle heterogeneous rocks

    By T. H. Yang, K. K. Lee, Z. Z. Liang, C. A. Tang, L. C. Li, Y. Tsui, L. G. Tham

    Abstract: A series of numerical tests of hydraulic fracturing in heterogeneous rocks were performed to investigate the influence of pore pressure magnitude and gradient on initiation and propagation

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Official Closing Address Of The XV CMMI Congress - Introduction

    By R. F. Botha

    I want to thank you for inviting me to deliver this, the closing address at the final plenary session of the 15th Congress of the Council of Mining and Metalurgical Institutions. Your Council has an i

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SAIMM
    Total Primary Milling Cost Reduction By Improved Liner Design - Synopsis

    By J. Dahner

    Total milling cost is composed of energy, liner and grinding media costs. In primary high ball load milling, the grinding media play the biggest role in total milling cost. This cost can be drastical

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    An initial assessment of the closely spaced dip-pillar mining layout as practised at Driefontein Gold Mine

    By J. W. Klokow, K. L. Riemer, R. I. L. Ferreira

    As a result of the increased depth of mining in the South African gold mining industry mining induced seismicity is a severe problem. One of the strategies within the industry to contain the problem i

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Performance Update Of Hot Dip Galvanizing In The Corrosive Environment Of South African Gold Mine

    By R. E. Wilmot

    This paper is based on the experiences, over many years, of numerous authors in the South African mining industry and of the hot dip galvanizing process and its application as a corrosion protection s

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Teetered Bed Separator And Its Effect On Navigation Plant Fines Qualities

    By R Ratlou

    Increased contamination due to sand in spiral feed has had a negative effect on the efficiency of spiral concentrators at Navigation Plant. The no. 1 seam at Kromdraai opencast, which was previousl

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Using Computed Order Tracking To Detect Gear Condition Aboard A Dragline

    By B. L. Eggers

    This study investigates the application of computed order tracking with subsequent rotation domain averaging and statistical analysis, to the drag gearbox of a dragline used in a mining environment. C

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    An Evaluation Framework for Virtual Reality Safety Training Systems in the South African Mining Industry

    By E. A. van Wyk, M. R. de Villiers

    "Mining companies strive to increase and maintain production, while simultaneously remaining competitive in the global economy. Furthermore, they must ensure workers’ safety and maintain good safety r

    May 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Comminution Research At The University Of Cape Town

    Comminution is a vital part of minerals extraction, and therefore of the South African economy. The high cost and throughput-limiting nature of comminution forms a strong motivation for research direc

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Development Of A Vibration-Absorbing Handle For Rock Drills

    By J. P. D. Strydom

    The transmission of excessive vibration to the human body can cause physical stress that may result in crippling pain or permanent disability. Rock drills are known to transmit high levels of vibratio

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Ore Reserve Estimation and Depletion Planning for a Beach Diamond Deposit

    By M. M. Oosterveld

    "In South West Africa diamonds are mined from ancient beach deposits by the Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Limited.To improve the control of mining production, a computer is used for

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Increasing The Capacity Of The Grinding Circuits Without Installing More Mills

    By Godofredo F. Barrios

    For years urethane screen surfaces have been used in a wide range of wet screening applications where openings from as fine as 100 microns and coarser have been used. The purpose of this paper i

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Rollout Of Stope Drilling Systems In S.A. Mines - A Review Of Successes And Failures, And The Way Forward

    By J. Wills

    The use of drilling rigs to increasingly mechanize stope drilling has been acknowledged as important for the S.A. mining industry in it ís efforts to tackle the challenges of low productivity, AIDS an

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Microstructural, Mechanical, And Oxidation Property Evolution Of Gamma-TiAl Alloy With Addition Of Precious Metals ? Synopsis

    By I. A. Mwamba

    Titanium aluminide of composition Ti-47.5 at.% Al was prepared by melting titanium and aluminium of commercial purity with additions of precious metals of 0, 0.2, 1, 1.5 and 2 at.% content. The micros

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Effect Of Dual Phase Microstructure On The Toughness Of A Cr-Mo Low-Alloy Plate Steel - Synopsis

    By L. J. Leach

    Quench and tempered Cr-Mo plate steel was found not to contain a fully martensitic structure as a result of either slow slack quenching or insufficient hardenability at the cooling rates used. The res

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Study On Application Of Fire Suppression Techniques Under Dynamic Fire Conditions

    By R. P. Singh

    A mine fire model gallery has been designed and constructed on the premises of the Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad, India to perform systematic in-depth studies on various aspects of mine f

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    An Economic Model For Gold And Platinum Mining Using Selective Blast Mining

    By I. Bock

    Selective Blast Mining (SBM) makes use of milli-second sequential blasting technology to separate the valuable reef material from waste rock in the blasting operation at stope faces in the mining of t

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Aspects Of Time-Dependent Deformation In Hard Rock At Great Depth

    By K. Drescher

    Excavations in deep level hard rock mines show rheological or time-dependent deformation responses to mining-induced stresses. These are generally not as dramatic as those seen in soft rock environmen

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The Manganese Ferroalloys Industry In Southern Africa

    By J. D. Steenkamp

    Southern Africa has a history rich in the pyrometallurgical processing of ores. Two of the alloys produced are high-carbon ferromanganese (74?83 per cent Mn) and silicomanganese (59?67 per cent Mn and

    Aug 1, 2013