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  • SAIMM
    A Mintek perspective of the past 25 years in minerals bioleaching - Synopsis

    By M. Gericke

    The microbial leaching of metal sulfides is now an established biotechnological technology. Over the past 25 years, refinements in the engineering design of bioleaching processes have paralleled advan

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Analysis of sidewall fracturing and spalling during pillar extraction coal

    By B. Jack, A. Vervoort

    During pillar extraction, sidewall fracturing and spalling at some collieries constitute a severe stratacontrol problem. In order to obtain a better understanding of this phenomenon, a survey of pilla

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SAIMM
    Uranium In South Africa

    By M. A. Ford

    This paper reviews the history, sources, mineralogy, extraction metallurgy, conversion, and enrichment of uranium in South Africa. Over the past 40 years extraction plants were built at 27 sites, an9.

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SAIMM
    Hugo Petersen - Competence In Gas Cleaning Systems Downstream Nonferrous Metalurgical Plants - The Company

    By Axel Schulze

    HUGO PETERSEN has developed from the traditional firm of the same name that was established in 1906 in Berlin and is an engineering company specialising in general plant engineering now based in Wiesb

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    The selection of abrasion-corrosion-resistant materials for gold-mining equipment

    By B. E. Protheroe, C. Allen, A. Ball

    The results of laboratory abrasive and abrasive-corrosive tests carried out on a range of carbon, Iowalloy, and stainless steels are compared with underground tests conducted on similar materials on p

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SAIMM
    Soil Reconstitution As A Key Driver For Successful Rehabilitation At Hillendale Mine - Introduction

    By I. Beukes, H. Kotze, B. Krause, R. P. Hattingh

    Hillendale Mine is operated by Exxaro KZN Sands, and is situated on the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa near the towns of Empangeni and Richards Bay, some 200 km north of Durban. During t

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Safe, Secure Wireless Blast Initiation System.

    By Jonty Tshipa

    The Mine Site Technologies, MST BlastPED ST is a wireless/remote blasting system used in more than sixty (60) mines (including two mines in Zambia and one in Tanzania) since its release in 2002. T

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Process Design Aspects At Bendigo Mining?s Gold Operations

    By E. J. McLean

    Gold mineralisation at Bendigo is exclusively associated with quartz reefs, commonly found within or near anticlinal fold hinges. The gold is typically coarse grained (0.5 mm to 5 mm), free milling an

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Modelling of a steel belt sinter process

    By J. H. Zietsman, W. J. Leipoldt

    "To be able to responsibly develop a multiphysics model of the steel belt sintering (SBS) process used to sinter chromite fines, it is important to have a comprehensive understanding of the process. T

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Groundwater Monitoring During Underground Coal Gasification

    By J. C. van Dyk, F. B. Waanders, J. Brand, C. A. Strydom

    "Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a fast-emerging, in situ mining technology that provides access to low-cost energy through the utilization of coal reserves that are currently not technically o

    Oct 1, 2018

  • SAIMM
    Presidential Address: Oxygen-Coal In-Bath Smelting Reduction-A Future Process For The Production Of Iron And Stainless Steel?

    By J. P. Hoffman

    In 1988 the Japan Iron and Steel Federation started a research-and-development programme known as DIOS (direct iron-ore smelting). Eight Japanese integrated steel producers and the Coal Mining Researc

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SAIMM
    Review of Gold Reef Sampling and its Impact on the Mine Call Factor

    "Sampling error and bias, especially the Increment Preparation Error (IPE), are introduced when the tool allocated to do the job fails to extract a representative sample. This is the case with chip sa

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    The Rhodesian approach to the vegetating of slimes dams

    By W. F. Nothard, J. R. C. Hill

    The Rhodesian approach to the vegetating of slimes dams by J. R. C. HILL, B.Sc.(Agric.) (Visitor) and W. F. NOTHARD (Visitor) To prevent environmental pollution from mine dumps, it is necessary to sta

    Jan 12, 1973

  • SAIMM
    Hollister Project - Introduction

    By Steve Konieczki

    [ ] Great Basin Gold Ltd. (GBG) owns the Hollister Mine and operates it through the wholly owned subsidiary Rodeo Creek Gold, Inc. The property is located in northern Nevada on the Carlin Trend gold

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Talvivaara Bioheapleaching Process - Synopsis

    By P. Saari

    The Talvivaara deposits are located in Eastern Finland, within the Kainuu Schist Belt. These polymetallic sulphide deposits are of relatively low grade, but bioheapleaching enables economically profit

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Application Of Activated Carbon For The Adsorption And Elution Of Platinum Group Metals From Dilute Cyanide Leach Solutions - Synopsis

    By C. A. Snyders

    The research presented in this paper investigated the practical aspects of the recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) from a dilute cyanide leach solution containing base metals, in a manner similar

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Calculating Ecological Footprints for Mining Companies–An Introduction to the Methodology and an Assessment of the Benefits

    By D. Limpitlaw, A. Alsum, D. Neale

    "Ecological footprint analysis (EFA) was first described in 1996 as a measure of carrying capacity appropriated by human activities. EFA is a resource and emissions accounting tool designed to track t

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SAIMM
    A Newly Developed Plaster Stemming Method For Blasting - Synopsis

    By H. Cevizci

    In this study, a newly developed plaster stemming method is studied and compared with the usual dry drill cuttings stemming method for surface blasting in mines and quarries. Drill cuttings are genera

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Tunnelling in heterogeneous ground—stresses and displacements

    By K. Grossauer, W. Schubert

    For tunnelling in poor and heterogeneous ground a reliable on-site short-term prediction is required to allow a safe and economical construction. With the use of absolute displacement monitoring data

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Capturing Economic Benefits From Blasting

    By A. Ndibalema

    Blasting is one of the primary functions in any mining operation. Despite the fact that it generally constitutes between 30% to 40% of the mining cost, blasting also affects the cost-effectiveness of

    Jan 1, 2008