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  • SAIMM
    Big data and the IoT platform architecture design for the mining industry APCOM 2021

    By H. Dudycz, A. Skoczylas, P. Stefaniak, P. Pyda

    In the era of Industry 4.0, technologies such as Big Data (BD) and the Internet of Things (IoT) play a key role, especially for multi-site manufacturing companies. In such companies, the challenge is

    Sep 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    A new method for determining muckpile fragmentation formed by blasting

    By A. Tosun

    Muckpile fragmentation formed by blasting depends on the specific charge factor, the discontinuities in the rock mass, and the rock strength. Determination of the discontinuity characteristics and roc

    Nov 30, 2022

  • 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
    Visit to Carlton Centre and Strydom Tower

    The visit which took place on the 18th February, 1972 was a departure in that the places visited had no direct connection with the work in which members of the Institute are normally engaged. It wa

  • SAIMM
    Stochastic simulation of the Fox Kimberlitic Diamond Pipe, Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada

    By L. Robles-Stefoni

    "Multiple-point simulation (MPS) methods have been developed over the last decade as a means of reproducing complex geological patterns while generating stochastic simulations. Some geological spatial

    Jan 1, 2016

  • SAIMM
    Importance And Method Of Using Reference Materials In Measuring Reliability Of Analytical Results And Why Customers Should Use Them

    By S. Marsland

    Reference materials have always been important for validating and controlling analytical methods. They have recently become even more important as quality requirements have become more stringent and c

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Some problems in estimation of the optimum exploitation life of bucket wheel excavators

    By R. Zivojinovic, S. Vujic

    The structural age of the capital mining machinery, representing a part of the system of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia, has been dictated by the initiation and development of open pit coal min

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Uranium Recovery From Acid Leach Liquors: The Optimisation Of Rip/Sx Based Flowsheets

    By Deon van Tonder, Bert Van Hege

    Comparison of various technologies for uranium recovery from sulphuric acid leach solutions shows that Resin-in-Pulp (RIP) and/or Solvent extraction (SX) based processing routes are usually cost effec

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    A Statistical Analysis of Accidents to Bantu Personnel in the Gold Mining Industry

    By M. A. Jensen, J. J. Bettencourt

    SYNOPSIS An analysis was made of records of accidents involving Bantu mineworkers and which resulted in either minor injuries or hospitalizations to determine patterns in underground accidents from w

  • SAIMM
    Managing the hazard of wind blast/air blast in caving operations in underground mines

    By P. Sharma, J. C. W. Fowler

    This paper discusses the wind blast / air blast phenomenon, how it is managed in coal mines and how it might best be managed in other underground mines. L'article qui suit a pour objets de dé

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Early start and late start algorithms to improve the solution time for long-term underground mine production scheduling - Synopsis

    Mixed integer programming (MIP) has been used for optimizing production schedules of mines since the 1960s. The major problem in the long-term production scheduling for an entire orebody is that the n

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Implementation of control and control issues in mineral sands plants—In-line mass flow meter

    Mineral sand beneficiation plants comprise a complex combination of electrostatic, magnetic and gravity based separation techniques. These are combined and replicated in ways that provide the most eff

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The ?Scoop? On The World?s First Hybrid Mining Loader

    By Sylvie Poirier

    Researchers at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories (CANMET-MMSL) and Mining Technologies International (MTI) have designed and built a hybrid diesel-electr

    Jan 1, 2008

  • 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
    Visit to Prieska Copper Mines (Pty) Ltd

    On 8th August, 1973, 57 members of the Institute visited Prieska Copper Mine at Copperton in the North Western Cape. After tea, the group was welcomed by the Management of the Mine, and Mr Grobler,

    Jan 10, 1973

  • SAIMM
    Utilization of blast movement measurements in grade control

    By I. R. Firth, D. L. Taylor

    Metal mining operations, in particular gold mining operations, use intensive ore control procedures in order to manage the extraction of ore zones from benches containing both ore and waste material.

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Electrochemical Effects Of Direct Current On The Reduction Of Manganese Oxide From Molten MnO-SiO2-CaO- AI2O3 Slag

    By X. W. Pan

    It has been found that the MnO content of a slag decreases sharply when direct current is applied to a 1T1£tal-Slagsystem consisting of liquid Mn-Si-Ccsat metals and MnO-SiO2-CaO-AI203 slag in graphit

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SAIMM
    Volume changes in sandstone under true triaxial compression conditions

    By M. Kwasniewski, M. Takahashi

    Prismatic samples of a medium-grained sandstone from Slask Colliery (Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland) were tested under uniaxial compression, conventional triaxial compression and true triaxial comp

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A Thermodynamic Approach To Physical Properties Of Silicate Melts

    By S. Sridhar, R. E. Aune, M. Hayashi

    Thermophysical properties of silicate melts are strongly structure dependent. It is well known that the viscosities of slags increase with increasing the degree of polymerization of silicate anions. E

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Studies of strength performance and deformation characteristic of layered rock

    By P. He

    Abstract This paper introduces the test results of dark-gray calcium-shale, discusses the infection of strength characteristic and deformation characteristic due to the angle between structural planes

    Jan 1, 2003