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  • SAIMM
    Design Of Backfill As Support In Polish Coal Mines

    By J. Palarski

    Long waling is used in most Polish coal seams, with backfilling to support the roof, to create an artificial hanging wall to prevent movement if the rockmass, and to eliminate the fire hazard in aband

    Jan 1, 1994

  • SAIMM
    Comparison of linear polarization resistance corrosion monitoring probe readings and immersion test results for typical cooling water conditions

    By J. W. van der Merwe, A. Palazzo

    "Owing to the corrosiveness of the untreated brackish cooling water typically used for steel mills (and other environments), it is important to treat the water and monitor corrosion in such systems. G

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Importance of pore pressure monitoring in high walls - Synopsis

    By K. L. Morton

    Groundwater and associated pore pressure represent elements that can have a negative impact on surface mining and slope stability. Groundwater flow and deformation within a slope influence each other.

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Probabilistic Mine Design Methods To Reduce Rockburst Risk

    By F. M. C. C. Vieira

    There are many uncertainties that a mine designer should consider when selecting an optimal layout. Even though the inherent variability in the design parameters indicates that single-values are not r

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Development Of High Resolution 3D Vertical Seismic Profiles - Synopsis

    By C. C. Pretorius

    3D seismic surveys have become a well-accepted method of imaging sub-surface geology in the Bushveld Basin. Because both the seismic sources and receivers are placed at surface, most surveys are limit

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Winning Paper: Analysis Of Strike Gully Stability At Tautona Mine

    By J. Thompson

    Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of B. Eng (Mining Engineering) degree A study into the stability of strike gullies at TauTona mine was to be carried out. In reaching

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Pelletizing Of Sishen Concentrate - Synopsis

    By P. Mbele

    Iron ore concentrate is not easily transported to, or processed in, ironmaking plants, therefore it is necessary to agglomerate. This paper will determine the possibility of agglomerating Sishen conce

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Role Of Alloying Elements In Bainitic Rail Steels - Synopsis

    By A. Kapito

    The formation of bainite in steel is dependent on the size of the casting, the heat treatment, and the alloying elements. It is difficult to obtain a fully bainitic microstructure in steels during hea

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Mine Disaster and Mine Rescue Training Courses in Modern Academic Mining Engineering Programmes

    The mining industry worldwide is currently facing a significant restructuring process. In most underground mines, widespread mechanization of the mining processes increases production while reducing s

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Mine disaster and mine rescue training courses in modern academic mining engineering programmes (70cf64eb-7ce2-4e61-b78d-364fa22d3992)

    By N. Henderson, J. Weyer, J. F. Brune

    "The mining industry worldwide is currently facing a significant restructuring process. In most underground mines, widespread mechanization of the mining processes increases production while reducing

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Using Simple Statistics To Define Confidence Limits For Reliable Quantitative Definition Of Mineral Resources?The Venmyn Variance Tower ? Synopsis

    By A. N. Clay

    In recent times, there has been criticism of the minerals industry over the lack of quantifiable boundaries between inferred, indicated, and Measured resources. A recent initiative through the United

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Navigating Above-The-Ground Risk In The Platinum Sector - Synopsis

    By A. Lane

    The socio economic risks of mining in South Africa have been emerging for some time now, and have been brought into sharp relief by recent events in the platinum sector. The slow pace of social uplift

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Navigating Above-The-Ground Risk In The Platinum Sector (596af1fa-f653-4318-b2be-d27da8918b80)

    By A. Lane

    The socio economic risks of mining in South Africa have been emerging for some time now, and have been brought into sharp relief by recent events in the platinum sector. The slow pace of social uplift

    Mar 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Technology Comparison Of CFB Versus Pulverized Fuel Firing For Utility Power Generation ? Synopsis

    By J. Utt

    Recent developments in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) once-through supercritical technology (OTSC) have enabled this technology to be offered as a utility-scale alternative competing head-to-head wit

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Technology Comparison Of CFB Versus Pulverized Fuel Firing For Utility Power Generation ? Synopsis (e0bfa952-ffff-4d83-adb4-c67d33f5dc17)

    By J. Utt

    Recent developments in circulating fluidized bed (CFB) once-through supercritical technology (OTSC) have enabled this technology to be offered as a utility-scale alternative competing head-to-head wit

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Development Of A Standalone Computer Simulation Tool For The Optimization Of Gypsum Recovery At Afmine

    By C. Maree

    Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of B. Eng (Chem. Eng.) This paper describes the development and use of a process simulator to optimize gypsum recovery at Afmine, a s

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Effect of MgO and A12O3variations in oxygen steelmaking (BOF) slag on slag morphology and phosphorus distribution

    By R. Boom, J. Halder, B. Snoeijer, B. Deo, A. Overbosch

    Operational data of BOF and the slag samples for different starting conditions of phosphorus(0.06–0.26 per cent P) and silicon content (0.3–1.2 per cent Si) of hot metal have been analysed. The contri

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Subsidence analysis and prediction based on a real case

    By B. Solar Menéndez, M. B. Díaz Aguado, I. Á. Fernández, C. González Nicieza

    The analysis of subsidence due to the opening of an underground void (mining, water exploitation or civil works hole) is a problem usually hard to solve. First of all, it requires a predictive model,

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Phase Equilibria In K2O-Containing Manganese Smelting Slags

    By S. Ganguly

    Slag samples taken from adjacent to the furnace wall of a submerged arc ferromanganese smelting furnace have been found to contain high concentrations of K2O. To characterize the phase equilibria rele

    Jan 1, 2007

  • 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