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  • SAIMM
    Mechanized Bolting - On-Board Drilling Automation And A Change In The Support Regime In Low-Profile Mechanized Mining

    By A. Marek

    The safe and optimal installation of roof support remains one of the biggest challenges in underground mining today. Traditional hand-held, roofbolt installation in conventional mining has been repla

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Metal Accounting In The Platinum Industry: How Effective Is It?

    The AMIRA Code of Practice and Guidelines for Metal Accounting was developed in response to demand from a number of sponsor companies, including one major platinum producer. Since its publication in

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Highly Efficient Electric Smelters For The Platinum Industry - SMS Solutions For Energy Saving

    By R. Degel

    Submerged arc furnaces and electric smelters are applied in numerous metal and slag production lines. Particularly in ferroalloy and non-ferrous metal production, like silicon metal, platinum group me

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Hydrogeological Properties Of The UG2 Pyroxenite Aquifers Of The Bushveld Complex

    By R. Gebrekristos

    It is commonly accepted that three types of aquifers exist in the Bushveld Complex: (a) alluvial aquifers in areas of river courses, (b) weathered bedrock aquifer formed by the in-situ weathering of t

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Anisotropic minerals in flotation circuits

    By J. S. Laskowski

    Anisotropic minerals are important constituents of many ores. This group includes both valuable minerals (e.g., molybdenite in Cu-Mo ores) as well as gangue minerals (e.g., talc in platinumbearing sul

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The 4TH Wave: Culture-Based Behavioural Safety

    By L. Bloch

    Most mine safety initiatives in South Africa are doomed to limited success because of one simple fact: they are a-historical and un-cultural and do not deal with the serious ?legacy issues? that still

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Adsorption And Elution Of Platinum Group Metals (PT, PD, And AU) From Cyanide Leach Solutions Using Activated Carbon

    By C. A. Snyders

    This paper investigates the recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) from a dilute cyanide leach solution containing base metals, in a manner similar to that used for gold extraction in a typical CIP

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Age Of Intelligence. Online Diagnostic And Automated Maintenance Planning

    By A. Marek

    Reduced downtime and maximized availability of mining machines are the key factors in optimizing production rates. As technology moves industry towards an age of ?intelligent machines? it sets the fou

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Basic Resource Equations (BRE & BR2RE) - A New Approach To The Definition And Reconciliation Of Mineral Resources And Reserves At Anglo American Platinum Ltd

    By D. H. Diering

    Definition of mineral resources and reserves forms the basis for effective mine planning and reliable public reporting of mineral assets. Historically the mineral resource and reserves declaration pro

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Catalytic Converter Industry In South Africa

    By K. Dewar

    The catalytic converter industry is composed largely of global multinational manufacturers who supply to vehicle manufacturers (original equipment manufacturers ? OEMs) from facilities strategically l

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Minerals Plant Of The Future - Leveraging Automation And Using Intelligent Collaborative Environment

    By D. Almond

    Low-grade, complex mineral deposits have resulted in the need for complicated large-throughput processing plants delivering increased productivity, reliability, and utilization, together with reducing

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Underground Environmental Challenges In Deep Platinum Mining And Some Suggested Solutions

    By M. Karsten

    Platinum mines in the Bushveld Complex are located in areas with a high geothermal gradient. This means that, compared to, for example, gold mines of the Witwatersrand region, high rock temperatures

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Mystery Of The Missing Millions

    By T. C. Huber

    The southern African region has a high concentration of mineral resources and supplies much of the world?s platinum demand. As a result, the international community watches South Africa to understand

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Oxidized Ores Of The Main Sulphide Zone, Great Dyke, Zimbabwe: Turning Resources Into Minable Reserves ? Mineralogy Is The Key

    By T. Oberthür

    The Great Dyke of Zimbabwe constitutes the world?s second largest reserve of platinum group elements (PGE) after the Bushveld Complex in neighbouring South Africa. Within the Great Dyke, economic conc

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Systems Engineering New Platinum Frontiers

    By M. C. Holton

    South Africa has the world?s largest in situ deposits of platinum group metals, but economically exploitable resources are shrinking due to escalating costs and technical challenges. The South African

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Tailings Disposal: An Approach To Optimize Water And Energy Efficiency

    By P. L. Moolman

    An approach to the design of a tailings disposal system is presented using an example from a platinum project on the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex as a base case. The design is driven by two in

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    The Recovery Of Platinum, Palladium, And Gold From A Cyanide Heap Solution, With Use Of Ion Exchange Resins

    By E. Schoeman

    Ion exchange resins were investigated for the effective recovery of platinum, palladium, and gold from a pregnant cyanide heap leach solution. Screening results indicated that strong-base anion exchan

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Technology Selection Of Stirred Mills For Energy Efficiency In Primary And Regrinding Applications For The Platinum Industry

    By C. Ntsele

    Stirred milling technologies have firmly established themselves in concentrator circuits as energy-efficient alternatives to tumbling ball mills. High and continued increases in electricity costs,

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Comparative study of high-pressure grinding rolls and conventional wet and dry grinding methods on the flotation of base-metal sulphides and platinum group minerals

    By N. J. Shackleton, N. A. Chapman, V. Malysiak, C. T. O’Connor

    In this study, the effect of using conventional crushing and high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) in combination with dry or wet milling was investigated using a base-metal sulphide (BMS) sphalerite an

    Jan 1, 2012

  • CIM
    Equipment lifespan optimization

    By L. Chunpongtong

    Compared to equipment used in hard rock mines, the lifespan of equipment deployed in oil sands operations tends to be shortened due to the abrasive nature of the material and soft ground conditions in

    Jan 1, 2012