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  • SAIMM
    The Effect Of Overloading And Premature Centrifuging On The Power Of An Autogenous Mill

    By M. A. van Nierop

    Load behaviour in an industrial mill has been measured directly by inserting probes through liner bolts. The data from conductivity probes have indicated the presence of premature centrifuging during

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SAIMM
    Evaluation of the efficiency of smart underground mine evacuation through virtual reality simulations APCOM 2021

    By F. C. Harris, S. J. Gaab, J. Sattarvand, S. Duzgun

    Underground mines are inherently dangerous due to potential hazards such as fires, explosions, and caving of rock. Although these events are rare, once they occur a speedy and safe egress of mineworke

    Sep 1, 2021

  • SAIMM
    Proceedings, 106th Annual General Meeting, 2003

    The 106th Annual General Meeting of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was held in the J.C. Lemmer Auditorium, SA National Museum of Military History, 22 Erlswold Way, Saxonwold, Joh

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Testing Stemming Performance, Possible Or Not? - Synopsis

    By D. Boshoff

    The ability of an explosive to break rock is influenced considerably by the extent of confinement in the blasthole. It is believed that confinement is improved by the use of adequate stemming. The aim

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Nationalizing South African Mines: An Enonomic Assessment - Synopsis

    By S. du Plessis

    Nationalization is high on the policy agenda in South Africa. This paper considers the case for nationalizing the local mining sector from an evidence-based perspective, which is derived from theoreti

    Jan 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Thermophysical properties of rocks from the Bushveld Complex

    By M. Q. W. Jones

    This paper presents a compilation of physical properties of rocks from the Bushveld Complex. The database consists of more than 900 measurements each of thermal conductivity and density. The data are

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    The Process Design Of Gold Leaching And Carbon-In-Pulp Circuits - Introduction

    Assuming that a gold ore has been effectively ground to ensure maximum economic liberation of gold, the circuits that will have the most effect on the successful operation of a gold plant will be that

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SAIMM
    Safety Considerations When Handling Metal Powders - Synopsis

    By J. M. Benson

    Metal powder compaction offers unique advantages in the manufacture of net-shape components using techniques such as laser sintering, conventional press and sintering, metal injection moulding, direct

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Keynote Address: 6th International Symposium For Rock Fragmentation By Blasting

    By D. Diering

    Having agreed to perform this task, I naturally started to wonder what on earth I was going to talk about, and on reviewing the literature I was surprised at how little I knew and how much I?d forgott

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Bed Blending Design Incorporating Multiple Regression Modelling And Genetic Algorithms

    By M. Kumral

    The efficiency of an ore-processing unit depends on the consistency of the characteristics of raw material entering the plant. When the mined ore is highly variable in quality, the only way to ensure

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Design Principles for Optimizing an Established Survey Slope Monitoring System

    By N. Mphathiwa

    When slope angles are designed during open pit optimization, there is a risk factor applied in steepening the slopes. The steepening of slope angles has implications for the safety and economics of th

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    The Minerals Educational Trust - Increasing The Support For South African Universities And Technikons - Origins

    In the 1980s and?90s the gold mining industry in South Africa came under pressure from the continued poor dollar gold price and escalating Rand based costs, furthermore the external impacts on the ind

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Green Topics - Utilization Of Wet FGD Material For AMD Abatement In Underground Coal Mines

    By J. C. Ashby

    Electric utility response to certain amendments of the Clean Air Act has resulted in a production of several types of alkaline coal combustion byproducts. Alkaline combustion byproducts are gaining in

    Jan 1, 1999

  • 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
    Managing the Tap-Hole Life-Cycle at Five Submerged Arc Furnaces Producing Silicomanganese at Transalloys

    By J. P. Gous, J. J. Sutherland

    "Transalloys is a silicomanganese (SiMn) producer located in South Africa, and uses only local manganese ores to produce SiMn alloy. The plant operates five open submerged arc furnaces (SAFs) with an

    Jun 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    The Application Of Exergy Analysis To The Cooling Of A Deep UK Colliery

    The extraction of minerals and coal at greater depth, employing higher-powered machinery to improve production levels, imposes an increased burden on the ability of a ventilation system to maintain an

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Tomorrow?s Technology - Out Of Africa - Today - 1. Introduction

    By Pieter de Waal

    The use of valuable minerals is a necessity to maintain a modern society. Not only the iron, aluminium, coal and oil that are used in large quantities, but also the uranium, copper, vanadium, tungste

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    GRP Piping Applications In An Aggressive Environment ? Summary

    By P M. Bradbury

    The nature of aggressive process chemical requirements typically in the Platinum Refinery Industries, lend themselves to the use of Polymer Composite Glass Reinforced plastics for pipework and other a

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Important Considerations In The Testing Of High-Density Tailings For Beach Profile Prediction ? Synopsis

    By G. I. McPhail

    The authors have conducted several investigations into the prediction of the beach profile of high-density tailings and have found that there are a number of important considerations that need to be t

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Proceedings, 108th Annual General Meeting, 2005

    The 108th Annual General Meeting of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was held at The Country Club, Johannesburg, Napier Road, Auckland Park on Thursday, 11 August, 2005. Welcome

    Jan 1, 2005