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  • SAIMM
    Extending Empirical Evidence Through Numerical Modelling in Rock Engineering Design

    Models are used in engineering to reproduce reality as faithfully as possible so that the expected response of a system for given actions or inputs can be determined. In the field of rock engineering,

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation Of Oxine-Type Ligand Coordination To Zirconium (IV) - Synopsis

    By M. Steyn

    [Zr(C9H6NO)4]?(HCON(CH3)2)?(H2O), where (C9H6NO) = 8-hydroxy quinoline (oxH), was synthesized and characterized. This tetrakis-coordinated zirconium complex crystallized in the triclinic crystal syste

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Chromite?A Cost-Effective Refractory Raw Material For Refractories In Various Metallurgical Applications

    By N. McEwan

    Keywords: refractories, chromite, Marico This paper examines the role of refractory-grade chromite in refractories. The chromite deposit at Verref?s Marico Chrome mine is described. The refractory

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Integrated Furnace Controls: Implementation On A Covered-Arc (Shielded Arc) Furnace At Cerro Matoso

    By T. Gerritsen, R. C. Delgado, J. Janzen, E. R. Veloza

    The paper describes the components of an Integrated Furnace Control system for covered-arc (shielded arc) smelting with results from the recently started 75 MW Cerro Matoso Line 2 Furnace. The paper s

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Fire and brimstone: The roasting of a Merensky PGM concentrate

    By P. den Hoed, R. I. Rambiyana

    "Four sulphide minerals - pyrite (FeS2), pyrrhotite (Fe1-xS), pentlandite ([Ni,Fe]9S8), and chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) - contain the base metals and most of the iron in concentrates of platinum group metal

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Sulphuric Acid Technology Utilised By Bateman Engineering

    By W. Vorster

    Bateman Engineering Project's acid-plant track record goes back to 1977. Bateman Engineering can design sulphuric plants based on gas from sulphur burners, metallurgical off gas as well as pyrite

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Sulphuric Acid Technology Utilised By Bateman Engineering (c5b3297b-2b92-4481-b163-175e821e0954)

    By W. Vorster

    Bateman Engineering Project's acid-plant track record goes back to 1977. Bateman Engineering can design sulphuric plants based on gas from sulphur burners, metallurgical off gas as well as pyrite

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Corporate Exploration Strategies

    By Brian W. Mackenzie

    The mineral exploration environment has observable economic characteristics, the assessment of which provides guidelines for exploration planning in the mining company. The long-term survival of the m

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Improving the quality of tinplated steel using a novel technique to study the effect of industrial process parameters - Synopsis

    By G. S. Maré

    Tin plating operations are of a complex nature due to the many operational variables that need to be controlled in order to create a product of required quality. The work in this report lays the bas

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Fundamental Analysis Of The Interaction Between Overburden Behaviour And Snook Stability In Coalmines

    By J. N. Van der Merwe

    In the process of pillar extraction, pillars are seldom if ever extracted completely. The pillar remnants, or snooks, play an important role in the extraction process. At the working face, they need t

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    A Methodology for Determining the Erosion Profile of the Freeze Lining in Submerged Arc Furnace

    By H. Dong

    This paper presents a heat conduction model to determine the erosion profile of freeze linings in a ferronickel submerged arc furnace. Kirchhoff transformation was adopted to simplify the nonlinear eq

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Development of a gravity flow numerical model for the evaluation of draw point spacing for block/panel caving - Synopsis

    By R. L. Castro

    Block caving methods, when operated under favourable rock mass conditions, can achieve higher production rates and lower operating costs than other various existing underground mining applications. Fo

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    From Laboratory To Plant Implementation, A Study In Gravity Concentration

    By Mark Van Kleek

    CONTENTS ?The Falcon C ?Data from a Production Trial ?Methodology ?Scale-up ?Test Results ?Circuit Configurations ?Conclusion

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Microscopic Analyses of Bushveld Complex Rocks under the Influence of High Temperatures

    By G. O. Oniyide, H. Yilmaz

    The South African platinum mines in the Bushveld Complex (BC) have unique features that distinguish them from the gold mines. They have a higher horizontal stress closer to the surface, lower occurren

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    Exploitation Of A Massive Low Grade Zinc-Lead Resource At Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation, Namibia

    By S Rupprech, T Lund, H Fourie, PH van Rooyen, NM Vegter

    Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Pty) Ltd (RPZC) operates an underground mine at Rosh Pinah in southern Namibia producing zinc and lead sulphide concentrates. It currently mines around 0.7 Mtpa run-of-min

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Using pyrometers and thermal camera for estimation the ventilation conditions

    By T. Struminski

    The paper is aimed to assess the possibilities of usage of pyrometers and thermal cameras to study ventilation and environmental conditions in underground mines. Surface and underground thermovisi

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Modelling water uptake in highly compacted bentonite in environmental sealing barriers

    By W. Wittke, J. Gattermann

    ABSTRACT: One alternative to close a radioactive waste repository in rock salt is the construction of a “Cross Section Closure (CSC)“ sealing barrier. The proposed material for the CSC is highly compa

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Prediction Of SiO2-Al2O3-Croxcomplex Inclusions In Steel Containing 16 Per Cent Cr-Si-Al-Mn

    By P. C. -H. Rhee, H. -G. Lee, J. -H. Choi, D. S. Kim, S. -B. Lee

    In order to predict the composition of inclusions and to ascertain a method to prevent inclusions from forming in liquid Fe-16 mass Cr alloy, a thermodynamic database was developed through a quantitat

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    SAIMM Base Metals Conference, Namibia, July 2007 - The Minerals Industry And Syndicated Research

    By P G. Gaylard

    The minerals Industry carries out over US$ 2 billion of R&D annually. The R&D is performed at three levels ? in house research facilities; on a one-on-one basis with a research provider; as syndicated

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Controlled Solidification Of Ferrosilicon

    By L. Arnberg, E. Ott

    The microstructure of ferrosilicon is important since it controls the disintegration of the material during crushing and thus the generation of fines. Therefore a study of the microstructure formation

    Jan 1, 2004