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  • SAIMM
    Technology Selection Of Stirred Mills For Energy Efficiency In Primary And Regrinding Applications For The Platinum Industry

    By C. Ntsele

    Stirred milling technologies have firmly established themselves in concentrator circuits as energy-efficient alternatives to tumbling ball mills. High and continued increases in electricity costs,

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Explosibility Of South African Coals As Determined In A 40-Litre Explosion Vessel

    By M. P. Brandt, T. P. Knoetze, I. I. M. Kessler

    It has generally been accepted that the volatile mater in a coal is the factor that determines whether or not a specific coal dust is an explosion risk. This paper presents the results of an attempt t

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SAIMM
    Impact of Discount Rates on Cut-Off Grades for Narrow Tabular Gold Deposits

    By C. Birch

    "The purpose of this study was to establish the impact of discount rates on cut-off grades for narrow tabular gold deposits as characterized by the goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Afric

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of solar thermal pretreatment of carbonate-rich manganese ores in highcarbon ferromanganese production through dynamic process modelling

    By F. Dinter, C. McGregor, Q. G. Reynolds, L. Hockaday

    The necessity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit the impact of anthropogenic climate change means that all industrial processes should investigate their options towards decarbonization. Iro

    Dec 11, 2024

  • SAIMM
    The Physical Ability of Women in Mining: Can They Show Muscle?

    By D. Botha, J. F. Cronjé

    "SynopsisAlthough women all over the world have been involved in mining activities for centuries, mining has always been considered a very masculine industry due to its heavily male-dominated workforc

    Jan 1, 2015

  • 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
    Influence of blasting charge distribution on the energy required for communition of rock

    By T. Marin, J. E. Seccatore, M. Cardu

    The most energy-intensive process in the mining industry is particle size reduction – comminution. The first phase of this process is blasting to fragment the rock from the initial Boussinesq’s halfsp

    Aug 8, 2024

  • SAIMM
    Identification And Distribution Of Mineral Rents In Southern Africa

    By F. T. Cawood

    The definition of mineral rents has historically been somewhat unclear, but a growing understanding of the source and composition of the revenues that comprise these rents mean that they can be more e

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Phase Effects in Tap-Hole Flow – A Computational Modelling Study

    By O. F. Oxtoby, J. E. Olsen, M. W. Erwee, Q. G. Reynolds

    "The extraction of molten products and wastes through smelting furnace tap-holes during the tapping process is a complex procedure involving many coupled thermophysical effects. Insight into the fluid

    Jun 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Capping and Kriging Grades with Long-Tailed Distributions

    By M. Maleki

    Variogram analysis and kriging lack robustness in the presence of outliers and data with long-tailed distributions, which often arises when estimating grades in precious metal deposits. The capping te

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Rockburst Prediction - Case Studies Using A Kinematics Of Failure Approach

    By W. de Beer

    We present aspects of one of several ongoing case studies used in the development of prediction techniques for major seismic instabilities. The current investigation centres on accelerated coseismic d

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    The New Cullinan AG Milling Circuit – A Narrative of Progress

    By T. Khumalo, L. Musenwa, S. Masemola, M. Kgaphola

    "In 2017, Petra Diamonds completed the construction and commissioning of a modern, fit-for-purpose diamond processing plant at Cullinan Diamond Mine (CDM). The design of CDM’s milling circuit is uncon

    Feb 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Guaigui Multipurpose Project Rock Slope Stability

    By Bjørn Nilsen, Werner Stefanussen

    The construction of the Guaigui Multipurpose Project includes a 74 metre high concrete face rock fill dam, a 350 metre long diversion tunnel and a 350 metre long spillway tunnel. The topography in the

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Local magnitude calibration of seismic events in the West Rand, Far West Rand, and Klerksdorp–Orkney– Stilfontein–Hartebeesfontein gold mining areas

    By M. B. C. Brandt

    Richter magnitudes for seismic events were calibrated for use as a Local magnitude scale in the West Rand (WR), Far West Rand (FWR), and Klerksdorp–Orkney–Stilfontein–Hartebeesfontein (KOSH) gold mini

    Nov 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Hybrid Energy Flotation?? On The Optimization Of Fine And Coarse Particle Kinetics In A Single Row - Synopsis

    By D. Govender

    Theoretical flotation models suggest that there is a positive relationship between bubble-particle collision rates and turbulent kinetic energy dissipation. Fine particle flotation performance is gene

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Optimization of coal mine parameters to provide safe operation

    By A. M. Bryukhanov, A. G. Mnukhin

    The report states accident rates for gassy/dusty coal mines represented as an ergatic system "man – machine - environment" with further analysis by the method of conditional probabilities. A coal

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Insights into the Potential for Reduced Refractory Wear in Silicomanganese Smelters

    By J. D. Steenkamp, J. Muller

    "Excavation of an industrial-scale submerged arc furnace, utilized in the production of silicomanganese, identified two high-wear areas in the refractory lining: the tap-hole, built with cold rammed c

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    Factors Influencing Base Metal Recovery From Waste Reverberatory Furnace Slags In A50 KVA Laboratory DC Plasma Arc Furnace

    By W. Banda

    Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of Phd. (Process Engineering) degree* The recovery of cobalt and copper from waste slag was studied in a plasma DC-arc furnace in red

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Skorpion Zinc: Optimisation And Innovation

    The Skorpion process comprises three processing steps, atmospheric leaching in sulphuric acid, zinc solvent extraction and electrowinning to produce special high grade zinc. The major mode of impurity

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Evaluating the creditworthiness of a viable artisanal and small-scale mining operation

    By M. Onifade, O. S. Otuogbai, A. F. Mulaba-Bafubiandi, O. D. Eniowo, H. Grobler

    Artisanal and small-scale miners in Nigeria struggle to attract formal financing to upgrade their operations to a more sustainable form of small-scale mining operation. Literature shows that for an in

    Jul 23, 2025