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  • SAIMM
    Design tools to minimize the occurrence of ore pass interlocking hang-ups in metal mines

    A comprehensive review of ore pass records, from ten Quebec underground mines, indicated some of the limitations of available design tools to predict the occurrence of ore pass interlocking hang-ups i

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A Review Of Local And International Heat Stress Indices, Standards And Limits With Reference To Ultra-Deep Mining

    By R. C. W. Webber

    Mining up to depths of 5 000 m would be a world first and, accordingly, no previous experience in the determination of acceptable heat stress limits, criteria or indices is wholly applicable. However,

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Extensions to an efficient optimization model for long-term production planning at LKAB’s Kiruna Mine

    By M. Kuchta, A. Newman

    LKAB’s Kiruna Mine, located above the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, is the second-largest underground mine in the world today. The orebody is a world-class high-grade magnetite deposit, from which

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Mechanical–transport processes in salt: consequences for abandonment of underground exploitations

    By M. Ghoreychi, X. Daupley

    ABSTRACT: The paper is devoted to two major aspects related to the abandonment of salt mines: 1)- Long-term risk associated with the mechanical instability of surface and its consequences for public s

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    Mobile hydraulic support for copper ore mines

    By K. Kotwica, P. Gospodarczyk, J. Sosnica, J. Pawlik, Z. Iwulski, K. Pawlik

    The paper presents problems resulting from the mobile mining machines functioning and requirements concerning a machine control system, which controls successive operation stages of such machines. The

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Formation and stabilization of rock cavern roof arches

    By M. Lu, E. Broch

    Abstract: The formation and mechanism of rock cavern roof arches are studied and effects of rockbolts reinforcement are evaluated. It is concluded that a self-supported roof arch may be formed by the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Ignition from conveyor idler rollers

    By J. Gummer, M. Williams, S. J. Hawksworth

    A common problem encountered in British coal mines is bearing failure on conveyor system idler rollers, which on occasions has led to fires. The UK Mines Inspectorate initiated a study of such failure

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    New Developments On Mine Planning And Grade Control At Sishen Iron Ore Mine

    By D. J. Steynfaard

    Sishen Iron Ore Mine is situated 280 km north-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The mine produces and sells high quality iron ore of various specifications to various na

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    A Web service prototype of mineralogical data presentation using MineML (Mineral Markup Language)

    By Xu H.

    In recent years, the mineral applications dealing with more complex data in distributed environment have grown rapidly. Many mineral and mining organizations have to organize internally and globally d

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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

  • SAIMM
    Stope design in the Hishikari Gold Mine, Japan, by using numerical analysis

    By Y. Sagawa

    The Hishikari Gold Mine consists of epithermal vein type Au-Ag deposits, each of which has several veins standing almost in parallel each other and inclining 70 to 90 degrees. The veins have 1 to 3m w

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A parametric study of the discontinuity in rock mass and its influence on tunnel behavior

    By D. -H. Park, G. -j. Kim, Y. -J. Park, C. -S. Hong, S. -Y. Choo

    To evaluate the quantitative tunnel behavior influenced by characteristics of discontinuity, this pa-per executes the parametric study using 2 and 3-dimensional DEM analysis. First of all, this study

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Dynamic failure of pillar remnants—case studies

    By G. van Aswegen, J. D. Bosman

    Gold bearing deposits in the Witwatersrand consist predominantly of narrow tabular conglomerates with quartzite host rock. Extensive mining of these deposits at depth results in significant stresses

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    SA coal resources and reserves, a present-day outlook

    By X. M. Prévost

    The reassessment of coal reserves has become a matter of urgency and has come as a result of the present situation of the industry, in the context of globalized coal economies, as well as new mining l

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Integrated Seismic Imaging System for Geological Prediction During Tunnel Construction

    By P. Otto, G. Borm, Th. Dickmann, F. Amberg, R. Giese

    Based on many years experience, the well proven Swiss Tunnel Seismic Prediction System TSP has been substantially augmented for online geological prognosis in underground construction. In its latest v

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Coal And Coal Preparation In South Africa - A 2002 Review

    By D. Peatfield

    The design and operation of coal preparation plants are governed by the inherent quality of the raw coal to be processed, market specifications and the saleable tonnage requirements. Topography influe

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Stability evaluation for Jinping arch dam by using bifurcation model in 3D FEM analysis

    By C. Steve

    ABSTRACT: In this paper, the stability evaluation and bifurcation criteria are presented for the Jinping arch dam structure. The bifurcation models in failure status of the arch dam are derived from t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Coupled Elasto-Plastic Model for Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconsolidated Formations

    By I. Gil, J. -C. Roegiers

    Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is a technology that has been utilized for more than 50 years in the oil industry. It was originally used for stimulating hard, brittle formations which typically exh

    Jan 1, 2003