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  • SAIMM
    Centre for research of fires and ventilation in tunnels ‘San Pedro de Anes’

    By J. L. Fuentes-Cantillana, J. B. Solar Menéndez, A. O. Cámara

    The Principality of Asturias is a region situated in Northern Spain with two centuries of tradition in underground coal mining. In addition, its uneven relief has obliged the construction of a great n

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Hatch Developments In Furnace Design In Conjunction With Smelting Plants In Africa

    By R. Sullivan, K. Joiner, B. Emery, M. de Vries, F. A. Stober, L. R. Nelson, J. M. A. Geldenhuis

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, smelting, converting, furnace design, furnace retrofit, high-intensity smelting, copper coolers, plate coolers, waffle coolers, tap-blocks, lower sidewall air-cooling, wall h

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Increasing Capacity And Productivity In The Metals Markets Through Pneumatic Conveying And Process Injection Technologies - The Southern African Institute Of Mining And Metallurgy

    By Mark Coleman

    Pnuematic Conveying and Process Injection Technologies have been implimented in the metals markets for the last 40 years and have consideribly improved the productivity and the performance of many pro

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    The Development Of Ultra-Fine Grinding At Anglo Platinum (d77fa80a-0be9-41fb-a558-4098934b0cba)

    By A. K. Anyimadu

    Ongoing development work on ultra-fine grinding for various applications at the Group?s concentrators has been conducted by Anglo Platinum over the last few years. Current potential applications for

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Painting Of Clarifier Steelwork ? From A Quality Control Perspective

    By David Colloby, Darelle T. Janse van Rensburg

    Premature coating failures of new and refurbished structural steelwork of clarifiers have been a common occurrence at power generation plant in recent years. Several of these failures have ended in di

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The Application Of The Q-Tunnelling Quality Index To Rock Mass Assessment At Impala Platinum Mine

    Publications on hard rock tunnel support design in the South African mining industry have originated primarily from the goldmines during the past 50 years. Little has been published to date on the pla

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    The development of ultra-fine grinding at Anglo Platinum - Synopsis

    By A. K. Anyimadu

    Ongoing development work on ultra-fine grinding for various applications at the Group?s concentrators has been conducted by Anglo Platinum over the last few years. Current potential applications for

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Geometallurgical model of a copper sulphide mine for long-term planning

    By E. Pizarro, A. Videla, G. Compan

    One of the main problems related to mining investment decisions is the use of accurate prediction models. Metallurgical recovery is a major source of variability, and in this regard, the Chuquicamata

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Time-Dependent Tensile Strengths of Bushveld Complex Rocks and Implications for Rock Failure Around Mining Excavations

    By D. Nyungu

    Despite observations of spalling and damage of mine excavation wall rock in the Bushveld Complex (BC) over the passage of time, there have been very few time-dependent or creep tests carried out in So

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Improving processing by adaption to conditional geostatistical simulation of block compositions

    "Exploitation of an ore deposit can be optimized by adapting the beneficiation processes to the properties of individual ore blocks. This can involve switching in and out certain treatment steps, or s

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Double-header trains at Great Noligwa mine - Synopsis

    By L. van Dyk

    The project was aimed at evaluating the double-header trains implemented at Great Noligwa mine, looking at the changes from the old conventional trains to the new trains, and identifying possible impr

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Acid Leaching Of Heavy Metals From Bentonite Clay, Used In The Cleaning Of Acid Mine Drainage ? Synopsis

    By F. Enslin

    Heavy metals and sulphates in acid mine drainage (AMD) can beadsorbed onto bentonite clay, leaving clean water and a heavy metal loaded clay precipitate as products. Due to the toxicity of heavy metal

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Geomechanics Challenges of Contemporary Deep Mining: A Suggested Model for Increasing Future Mining Safety and Productivity

    This paper pays tribute to the pioneers in geomechanics, and addresses some of the most pressing issues of our time related to deep mining, and how to mitigate these issues. Solutions developed by our

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Numerical simulation of multiphase flow in a Vanyukov furnace

    By Y. M. Chen, H. L. Zhang, W. U. Bing, C. Q. Zhou

    Multiphase flow in the widely used Vanyukov furnace was numerically studied. An unsteady three-dimensional and three-phase flow model was firstly built using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) sof

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Kriging estimation of block densities in Ahmavaara PGE-deposit

    By E. Laine

    Rock density determinations are necessary for ore resource evaluations from estimated block grades in g/t. Rock density depends on the mineral composition and, thus, it is specific for each rock type.

    Jan 1, 2003

  • 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
    Modeling of factors influencing the extent of mud infiltration in a fractured rock mass

    By C. Tan, C. Detournay

    Wellbore stability is a major concern for drilling in naturally fractured formations. The infiltration of drilling mud into the fractures is a factor, which may compromise wellbore integrity due to t

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Addressing The Variability Of Elongate Support Performance

    Elongates are commonly used as stope support in South African gold and platinum mines. To evaluate the effect of the inherent strength, stiffness and yield variability associated with elongates, a sta

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    The Mechanism, Optimization And Effects Of Preconditioning

    By A. Z. Toper

    This is a sampling of the papers presented at the conference, the proceedings can be bought from the SAIMM An extensive research programme to address the issue of rockburst control has been underta

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Relating High-Resolution Tilt Measurements To The Source Displacement Of An M2.2 Event Located At Mponeng Gold Mine

    By P. Share

    As part of JAGUARS (JApanese-German Underground Acoustic emission Research in South Africa), high-resolution tiltmeters were installed during 2007 at Mponeng gold mine, South Africa, in an attempt to

    Oct 1, 2013