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  • SAIMM
    The introduction of concrete sausage packs at Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited

    By S. Stone

    Because of problems encountered with conventional timber supports, a system of concrete sausageshaped support pillars was tested. The pillars are 3 m long, 0,6 m wide, and between 70 and 80 cm high (t

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SAIMM
    Flow Behaviour And Drag Reduction Of Fluidic Ash-Water Slurries

    By P. Vlasak, Z. Chara

    Since the flow behaviour of slurry containing both coarse and very fine particles has not been sufficiently clarified, the paper focuses on the experimental study of the particle size distribution, ti

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Characterization of Hot Deformation Behaviour of Nb-Ti Microalloyed High-Strength Steel

    By G-L. Wu, S-W. Wu

    "The hot deformation behaviour of Nb-Ti microalloyed high-strength steel was investigated. Hot compression tests were conducted in the temperature range 900 to 1100°C under strain rates of 0.1, 1, and

    May 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Industrial wastewater treatment technology in the mining industry of Murmansk Region, Russia, A.V. Svetlov, D.V. Makarov, V.G. Minenko, A.L. Samusev, M.V. Korneykova, and V.A. Myazin

    By V. A. Myazin, M. V. Korneykova, A. V. Svetlov, V. G. Minenko, D. V. Makarov, A. L. Samusev

    The paper discusses the treatment problem of mine (waste) water for enterprises of the Russian Arctic. The wide range of relevant pollutants, financial resources, the availability of land for the cons

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Improving the environmental and economic aspects of blasting in surface mining by using stemming plugs

    By M. Z. Emad, M. U. Khan, A. ur Rehman

    The use of stemming plugs in surface blasting is gaining popularity because of the environmental, technical, and economic advantages. Although previous studies have established the operational effecti

    Jul 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Investigation of Cavity Formation in Lump Coal in the Context of Underground Coal Gasification

    By C. Hsu

    Underground coal gasification (UCG) is becoming more popular as the reserves of good quality, mineable coal are starting to diminish, and yet the global energy demand from coal is still increasing. Th

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Flotation of weathered coal discards using a HIP W/O emulsion binder and kerosene

    By P. M. Mashaba, S. O. Bada

    An advanced high internal phase water-in-oil (HIP W/O) emulsion binder and flotation with an internal dispersed water phase of 95 vol% was used to beneficiate South African weathered coal from discard

    Aug 2, 2022

  • SAIMM
    Assessing the role of xanthate in bubble stability, Y. Pan, G. Bournival, S. Gautam, and S. Ata

    By S. Ata, Y. Pan, S. Gautam, G. Bournival

    Bubbles play a vital role in flotation, and their properties directly affect the flotation performance. Xanthates are one of the major collectors used in sulphide mineral flotation. It is often believ

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Review of machine learning-based Mineral Resource estimation

    By M. A. Mahboob, T. Celik, B. Genc

    Mineral Resources estimation plays a crucial role in the profitability of the future of mining operations. The conventional geostatistical methods used for grade estimation require expertise, understa

    Nov 30, 2022

  • SAIMM
    The Development Of Soft Ferritic Stainless Steels For Coining

    By I. M. Wolf, S. A. Usmar, L. A. Cornish

    The limiting criterion in the use of stainless steel for certain forming operations such as coining is its hardness, which determines parameters such as required striking pressure, wear on dies, and i

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SAIMM
    Mechanical properties and damage mode of cemented tailings backfill in an acidic environment

    By Y. Rao, Y. Huang, G. Wang, W. Liu

    The properties and deterioration in strength of cemented tailings backfill (CTB )in the underground acidic environment under oxidizing conditions were studied. X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning

    Jun 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Optimization Of An Autonomous Vehicle Dispatch System In An Underground Mine

    By P. Saayman

    The mining industry has much potential for automation. A great deal of work has been done on this subject and is still ongoing. With automation comes the possibility for optimization, because more inf

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Mechanization - An Anglo Platinum Perspective

    By A. M. Croll

    The efforts to mechanize narrow reef tabular orebodies unique to this country, are not new. They began in the early 1900s and have over the last century seen varied rates of progress and success. Effo

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Towards sustainable processing of vanadium-bearing titaniferous magnetite deposits – an overview of barriers and opportunities, I.J. Geldenhuys, G. Akdogan, and Q.G. Reynolds

    By G. Akdogan, I. J. Geldenhuys, Q. G. Reynolds

    Efficient recovery of titanium from titaniferous magnetite ores continues to be a promising, yet unrealised opportunity, despite significant occurrences of titaniferous magnetite deposits worldwide an

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Guide memoire: The principles of reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction

    By T. Mapeta, S. M. Rupprecht

    Discussions on reasonable prospects for eventual economic extraction (RPEEE) include the CRIRSCO 2019 reporting template, JORC 2012, SAMREC 2016, CIM 2019 Guideline, and Regulation SK-1300. These repo

    Jun 27, 2025

  • SAIMM
    Sandvik Apprentice Programme: We Make It Possible - Background: Skills challenge a national skills crisis?

    By S. Marx

    More than twenty years ago Sasol, ISCOR, and some parastatals played a major role in ensuring that South Africa had sufficient technical skills. When the economy became tight and business and governme

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Book news

    Report M294 A mineralogical investigation of potential gold-sorbing minerals and shales, by c.T. Logan. Dec. 1986. 12 pp. Computer software The Fifth IFAC/IFIP Symposium on Software for Computer

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    The status of extended reality technology in South Africa’s mining industry

    By J. Maritz, K. de Beer, S. M. Buthelezi

    The economic upheaval of COVID-19 forced companies to invest in emerging technologies to aid recovery. One such technology is extended reality, which is becoming a mature and innovative tool. Early ad

    Jul 10, 2024

  • SAIMM
    SPOTLIGHT on Underground Mining Methods and Technology

    By L. Wade

    The University of Nottingham, in conjunction with the University of Kentucky and The Society of Mining Engineers of America, hosted the International Symposium on Underground Mining Methods and Techno

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    Prediction and performance of a WLIMS circuit through bench-scale Davis Tube testwork, R.D. Govender and A. Singh

    By A. Singh, R. D. Govender

    The current method employed to quantify the efficiency of separation of ferromagnetic ores by wet low intensity magnetic drum separators (WLIMS) incorporates the use of a conventional benchscale Davis

    Jan 1, 2020