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  • SAIMM
    Justification techniques for computer integrated mining

    By S. Dessureault

    Computer Integrated Mining (CIMG) is a process of using computer networks to transform islands of enabling technologies into a highly interconnected mining system. CIMG involves the integration of adv

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Exploration and extraction of mine gas in Germany—New significant energy source and contribution for safety and climate protection

    By J. Kraemer, A. Preusse

    In the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) small and medium sized companies are beginning to extract the related gas via old shafts or boreholes and to use it as a source for the product

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Key processes in asset management for 21st century—maximizing business and ITstrategy integration

    By C. Sarkar

    Increased competition in today’s global economy has put mineral industry under excessive pressure to effectively manage production assets to generate business wealth. Capital intensive industry (CII)

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Modeling rock mass bulking around underground excavations

    By J. Gómez-Hernández, P. K. Kaiser

    Abstract The process of stress-induced fracturing around underground excavations in brittle rock is associated with dilation or volume increase of the failed, fractured rock. Different attempts to

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Occupational hygiene practices in the South African mining industry—Inspectorate perspective

    Historically, mine ventilation practices as it was referred to then and which was enforced by legislation of those days, focused primarily on the conditions in the working place and little attention g

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Photogrammetry for Structural Mapping in Mining

    By G. Poropat, A. R. Guest, H. P. Grobler

    At the De Beers Consolidates Mines operations it is common practices to perform Geotechnical mapping of the newly exposed faces in the waste and ore rock. The purpose of Geotechnical mapping is to qua

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of roof rating systems being used in South Africa

    By T. Dlokweni

    Several Rockmass classification systems have been developed and used in Civil Engineering design and for underground mining operations. Some of these rockmass classification systems have been modified

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Numerical simulation of simultaneous drying and pneumatic conveying: small metallic filter cake particles

    By M. Kilfoil

    Many minerals processing operations result in crushed rock being mixed with a liquid. Sometimes, the rock particles have to be dried before the next process begins and there may be a considerable dist

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Large-scale infrastructure projects. Application of rock mechanics in geotechnical engineering to avoid delays in constrution time and increases of costs—case studies

    By W. Wittke

    SUMMARY: Geotechnical problems often lead to an increase of construction time and costs for large highway and railway projects. Some reasons, which have led to failures and thus to a delay of construc

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The application of power ultrasound to the surface cleaning of heavy mineral sands

    By A. F. Collings

    The processing of heavy mineral concentrates can be enhanced by the use of power ultrasound to clean their surfaces of oxidation products and fine coatings, mainly through the large, but very localize

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The Introduction of a Stiff Rockbolt and Hanging Wall Control Management System at a Platinum Mine in South Africa

    By P. Altounyan, K. Akermann, T. Van den Berg

    Amandelbult Mine is currently undertaking a trial to mechanise the mining of the UG2 reef through the introduction of room and pillar mining. As part of the trial, a system of managing the control of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Mine Closure From A Legal Perspective: Do The Provisions Of The New Mineral And Petroleum Resources Development Act And Draft Regulations Make Closure Legally Attainable?

    By C. Dixon

    The Abandoned Mine by C.C. Woollacott A heap of rocks marks the abandoned mine. The veld's unpitying silence lies around. Those broken stone?a mute and mournful sign Of human enterprise with fail

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Possibilities of limiting methane emission into atmosphere on the example of mines in the Jastrzebie Coal company

    By A. Tor, M. Borowski, N. Szlazak, D. Obracaj

    This article presents possibilities of reducing methane emission to the atmosphere in working mines in Jastrzebie Coal Company by means of proecological solution. They form a new approach towards the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The response of shotcrete to blast induced vibrations in mining

    By L. Malmgren, A. Ansell

    This paper deals with the influence from blast induced stress waves on the performance of shotcrete support in the Kiirunavaara mine. Time histories of stress waves from blasting were obtained from me

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Presidential Address: Rock Engineering - Good Design Or Good Judgement?

    Rock engineering has now been practised as a discipline for about50 years, and many sophisticated methods of analysis for use in rock engineering design have been developed. However, analysis is only

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Utilization of scripting languages for customization of mine planning packages by specialized users

    By D. R. Hack

    The complexity of commercial mining software has gained rapidly over the past decade as hardware developments have surpassed software capabilities at a staggering rate. Software users, recognizing the

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Lötschberg base tunnel: brittle failure phenomena encountered during excavation of the Steg lateral adit

    By V. Labiouse, P. K. Kaiser, F. Descoeudres, F. Rojat

    In this paper some failure phenomena observed in the crossing of brittle rock formations at the Lötschberg base tunnel are presented. A brittle failure criteria, recently developed by Canadian researc

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Comparative study on the stability analysis methods for underground pumped powerhouse caverns in Korea

    By H. -U. Lim, C. -H. Kim

    The sixth underground pumped powerhouse cavern is under construction now in Korea. For the stability analysis of the five underground powerhouses, finite element method was used. For this analysis, in

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Design of open pit slopes in Ganboke gold mine, Chad

    By K. -C. Han, S. -Y. Kim

    This study was carried out in a bid to survey Ganboke gold mine in Pala, Mayo-Kebbi Province, southwestern Chad. The Ganboke mine is now being prepared for investigation and development, and the resea

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Kinetics Of Chromite Vs. Ilmenite Magnetization During Oxidative Roasting Of Ilmenite Concentrates (ac3d8f22-0a34-4795-aabe-e109bbe0406f)

    By J. D. Steenkamp

    In a paper presented at the Heavy Minerals Conference 2001 a laboratory scale investigation on the beneficiation of an ilmenite containing waste stream by magnetizing roasting was reported1.This waste

    Jan 1, 2003