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  • SAIMM
    The effect of particle sizes and solids concentration on the rheology of silicas and based suspensions - Synopsis

    By N. Mangesana

    The effect of high solids concentration and coarse particle sizes (d50 ranges 90?300 µm) on the viscosity of a suspension of water and silica sand was investigated. The experiments were designed to in

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Surface Tension Of Cu-O Alloys At 1400 K

    By C. Nexhip, S. Sun

    Critical to understanding and controlling phase mixing and separation in metallurgical processes, is the development of reliable experimental techniques to measure interfacial properties of melt syste

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    The Performance Of Centrifugal Pumps When Pumping Ultra-Viscous Paste Slurries - Synopsis

    Significant advances have been made in the design of centrifugal slurry pumps that are used for pumping high-density viscous and paste slurries. This paper presents the results of a series of centrifu

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Equipment selection based on the AHP and Yager’s method

    By M. Yavuz

    One of the challenging problems for optimization in mining operations is to choose the best equipment among the alternatives. Equipment selection is an important task for mine management due to its op

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    The Risks Associated With Mines In Dolomitic Compartments

    By T. A. Ngcobo

    Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of BSc Eng (Mining)degree The purpose of this report is to assess the risks faced by mines in dolomitic compartments in particular Kl

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The viability of using the Witwatersrand gold mine tailings for brickmaking

    By S. Ndlovu, M. Malatse

    "The Witwatersrand Basin is the heart of South Africa’a gold mining industry. The cluster of gold mines located in the Witwatersrand Basin generates a significant amount of mine tailings, which have a

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Mechanical activation and physicochemical factors controlling pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, and electrometallurgical processing of titanium ore: A review

    By A. S. Ratnayake, H. C. S. Subasinghe

    In this study, we review the role of mechanical activation in the pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, and electrometallurgical processing of titanium feedstock. Mechanical activation has been shown

    Aug 3, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Notices (bebc3498-16e6-4878-b5cc-86fc2f4c36ae)

    10th COMMONWEALTH MINING AND METALLURGICAL CONGRESS-CANADA, 1974 The Commonwealth Council of Mining and Metallurgical Institutions has received and accepted an invitation from The Canadian Institut

  • SAIMM
    Observations on the Bond standard grindability test, and a proposal for a standard grindability test for fine materials

    By J. Levin

    The Bond standard grindability test provides a Work Index that is widely used to estimate the energy required for grinding, but the test cannot be applied to fine materials such as plant tailings and

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SAIMM
    The calculation of the time required to mix liquid metal in a ladle by gas rinsing

    By L. W. Helle

    In this investigation, which was conducted at the Metallurgical Research Plant, Lulea, Sweden, a series of experiments were carried out using a water-model to simulate the gas rinsing of a ladle conta

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SAIMM
    The Implementation of a Production Gold Ore Reserve System (GORS)

    By S. L. Miller

    The development of a pilot gold geostatistical ore reserve system proved that geostatistical methods worked well for the routine production of annual ore reserves on gold mines of the Gold Fields of S

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    A Discussion Of Magnetic Separation Techniques For Concentrating Ilmenite And Chromite Ores

    By M. Dobbins

    Magnetic separation has long been used to upgrade and beneficiate a wide variety of industrial minerals. Advances in both wet and dry magnetic separators over the years has broadened their use, and qu

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Development Of A Process Flowsheet For The New Anglo Platinum, PPRust North Concentrator, Incorporating HPGR Technology

    By G. Humphries, E. Wolmarans

    The PPRust North project is an expansion of existing operations on the ?Platreef? orebody in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Anglo Platinum has been mining and processing the Platreef since 1993

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The Optimisation Of Hexadecanethiol Coatings To Improve The Tarnish Resistance Of Sterling Silver.

    By J J. McEwan

    Silver tarnishes readily in common atmospheres and is accelerated in humid atmospheres. Tarnish is the formation of silver sulphide on the surface of silver when it is exposed to a wide range of sulph

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    The Use And Abuse Of Feasibility Studies (c627553d-2bd9-45a2-832d-29f2383e03fc)

    By W. Mackenzie

    The development of a resource project inevitably requires the investigation of a vast range of issues across most engineering disciplines - mining, metallurgical, chemical, civil, electrical, mechanic

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Systems simulation for dragline selection in open cast mines

    By K. M. Li, Y. D. Zhang

    The selection of stripping dragline is a complicated problem. Several factors, such as the deposit buried conditions, the demand of mine production rate, cast blasting result, the mining/stripping ope

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Location Of Seismic Events At Kusasalethu Mine Using A Layered Velocity Model

    By D. B. Rebuli

    Seismic networks in deep gold mines of South Africa are often planar owing to the tabular geometry of the orebody and, therefore, the mining infrastructure. Consequently, seismic event locations are p

    Jun 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    PlanIt–OPTIM: An optimal mine planning system for large underground mining corporations

    By F. Terblanche, M. Holton, A. Kruger

    The paper presents an optimal mine planning system designed to simultaneously optimize all the underground mines of large South African gold and platinum mining corporations. The system, code name

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Non-Productive Principles Of Landscape Rehabilitation After Long-Term Opencast Mining In North-West Bohemia

    By P. Sklenicka

    Remediation of the environmental (and social) disturbances caused by opencast brown coal mining in the past in north-west Bohemia isa priority for state environmental policy. In order to provide a co

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Implementation Of An Alternative Matte-Level Measurement Solution At Lonmin Marikana Smelter Division For Improved Process Monitoring

    By T. J. Goff

    Keywords: accurate control, matte level, smelting operations, process control, tapping, sounding bar, electromagnetic measurement [ ] Accurate control of matte levels during primary matte smelting

    Jan 1, 2011