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  • SAIMM
    Effect of HPGR grinding on pelletizing performance of coarse magnetite concentrate-microstructural studies, L. Hosseini, R. Hejazi, M. Saghaeian, and M.V. Sheikhzadeh

    By M. Saghaeian, R. Hejazi, L. Hosseini, M. V. Sheikhzadeh

    Blaine number has long been used to evaluate the pelletising ability of iron concentrate in the industry. Much information and practical data are available about the effect of Blaine number on pelleti

    Jan 1, 2020

  • 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
    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
    Modifications to underground coal mine personnel transport vehicles for mine rescue duties

    By S. L. Bell

    Most Australian longwall coal mines are currently working coal faces up to nine kilometres from the surface. In the event of a mine emergency walking this sort of distance wearing breathing apparatus

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Confinement dependence on cohesion weakening

    By S. J. Thomas, P. A. Lilly, J. A. L. Napier

    An industry research project has been established to examine the issue of rock mass failure in large open pit slopes. The approach began with numerically modelling failure at the laboratory scale wit

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    In-stope bolting for a safer working environment - Synopsis

    By P. Henning

    Rock fall accidents continue to be the main cause of fatal and serious injuries in the mining industry. Although there has been an improvement in the FOG (falls of ground) related fatal and serious in

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Characterisation of cellular lightweight concrete and timber stope supports

    By P. N. Erasmus, M. Heyns, M. J. Pretorius

    The characteristic of stope supports plays a vital role in the design of the supports. This paper deals with the characterisation of both cellular lightweight concrete and timber supports since both

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Applications Of Fibre-Reinforced Shotcrete (Fibrecrete) Support In Drifts At Nchanga Underground Mine.

    By Simon Mundike, Muwindwa Lipalile

    A scraper based block cave method has been successfully applied to extract the Lower Ore Body at Nchanga since the 1950?s. Since inception, scraper drifts and service ways have been supported using st

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    The free ligand model to describe and design cobalt extraction and nickel scrubbing in a base metal refinery

    By O. S. L. Bruinsma, M. J. Matsela, D. J. van der Westhuizen

    The free ligand (FL) model is an intuitive model to calculate the equilibrium concentrations in solvent extraction (SX) based on the distribution coefficient (Kd) at infinite dilution and the fraction

    Dec 11, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Influence of pore water on the design of deep galleries in low permeable rocks

    By V. Labiouse, R. Gärber

    The paper aims at clarifying the up-to-now misappreciated role taken by pore water on the design of deep tunnels in saturated porous media. Numerical simulations with a non-dimensional FEM-model empha

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Practical tool for quality control of overcoring stress measurement data

    By M. Hakala

    A computer program was developed to simulate transient strains and stresses during an overcoring in the situ stress measurement. The solution is based on superpositioning of elastic stresses. The meas

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A Risk Consequence Approach To Open Pit Slope Design

    By P J. Terbrugge, O K. H Steffen

    Open pit slope design has conventionally been effected as a bottom up function utilising available geotechnical information. This results in a decision criterion based on Probability of Failure and F

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Where is all the gold?

    By M. Handley

    The Witwatersrand Basin contains by far the most gold ever found, and has hosted mining from its discovery in 1886 to the present. For many years, South Africa was the world’s largest producerof gold,

    Apr 5, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Developing New Approaches To Rock Slope Stability Analyses

    By J. R. L. Read, A. N. Ogden

    This paper describes mining industry funded research that is being undertaken to address the critical gaps and uncertainties in our knowledge so that we can develop new approaches and create more effe

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Effect of mineralogy on grindability – A case study of copper ores

    By T. Nghipulile, G. Dzinomwa, J. Kurasha, M. Amwaama, B. Mapani, K. Maweja, T. E. Moongo

    The effect of mineralogy on the grindability was investigated using three copper ores – two sulphides and one oxide. The dominant copper minerals were identified by optical microscopy and mineral chem

    Mar 30, 2023

  • SAIMM
    SPOTLIGHT on the mechanization of mining operations

    By J. J. Geldenhuys

    A colloquium on 'Developments in the Mechanization of Mining Operations' was held in, conjunction with the 1984 Electra Mining Exhibition, at the Milpark Holiday Inn in Johannesburg on 19th

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SAIMM
    Development Of An Antivibration Handle For Pneumatic Jackleg Rock Drills

    By Pierre Marcotte

    Jackleg rock drills expose their operators to high hand-arm vibration levels. To address this problem, an antivibration handle has been developed. The antivibration properties of the handle were achie

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the South African Mining Industry

    By B. Dias, P. C. Schutte

    Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) affect the wellbeing of workers and result in poor quality work, lower work performance and decreased motivation. In contrast to ‘occupational’ diseases

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Green Pages - Interactive Industrial Theatre In Environmental Education

    Using the philosophy that 'change cannot be introduced through memos-you have to get people emotionallyinvolved', SRK's Environmental Group in South Africa is helping clients communicat

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SAIMM
    Geotechnical parameters characteristics for a kind of schist in Iran

    By A. Fahimifar, H. Soroush

    Abstract: Triaxial tests were conducted on the schist specimens with various anisotropic angles under confining pressures of 0, 7 and 15 MPa, and axial stress-axial strains, were measured and plot

    Jan 1, 2003