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  • SAIMM
    A Philosophical View On The Testing Of Rock Support For Rockburst Conditions ? Synopsis

    Physical testing of rock support for rockbursting conditions has been carried out for over 40 years. A review of this testing shows that it has been mostly component?based, rather than actually testin

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    A Rock Mass Rating System For Evaluating Stope Stability On The Bushveld Platinum Mines

    By B. P. Watson

    Several large falls of ground occur annually in the narrow, tabular stopes mined in the Bushveld Complex. These falls comprise safety risks and cause substantial production losses and compromise effor

    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
    Key processes in asset management for 21st century—maximizing business and ITstrategy integration

    By C. Sarkar

    Increased competition in today’s global economy has put mineral industry under excessive pressure to effectively manage production assets to generate business wealth. Capital intensive industry (CII)

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Barometric Hazards Within The Context Of Deep-Level Mining

    By R. M. Franz

    This paper considers potential risks to the health of workers in ultra-deep mines, including barotrauma, physiological effects and toxicity of airborne pollutants. Relevant previous research is review

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SAIMM
    Problem Of Non-Normality In Statistical Quality Control: A Case Study In A Surface Mine

    By B. Samanta

    A quality characteristic analysed through construction of the Shewhart control chart is required to be normally distributed. In mining applications, this assumption is often violated as many quality c

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    A Review Of Mechanized Versus Handheld Bolting In Hard Rock Tabular Orebodies

    By J. R. Menasce

    Mechanization in low-stope panels situated in hard rock infers roof support by tensile bolting to allow free passage of trackless mining equipment in the production areas. This is in sharp contrast to

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Labour?s Utilization And Labour?s Productivity Of A Gold Mine In Saudi Arabia

    By M. S. M. Aljuhani

    In this paper, one of the human factors that affect productivity in an underground gold mine in Saudi Arabia was investigated and analysed for the purpose of improving productivity. The human factor t

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Current South African Coal Pillar Research

    By B. J. Madden

    Over 206 million tons of hard coal were mined in South African collieries in 1996. Some 132.5 millions tons came from underground operations and approximately 120 million tons came from bord-and-pilla

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SAIMM
    Annual Report - For The Year Ended 30th June, 2002

    Council for 2001/2002 President A.A.B. Douglas President-elect S.J. Ramokgopa Vice-presidents Senior F.M.G. Egerton Junior Prof. T.R. Stacey Immediate Past-president Dr L.A. Cra

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Planning For Value In The Mining Value Chain - Mine Planning To Deliver Value - A Complex Problem

    By A. Vorster

    The objective with mine planning is to consistently deliver production conforming to quality and quantity requirements throughout the life of the mine. The complexity of the operational context of the

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Pilot-Plant Solvent Extraction Of Cobalt And Nickel For Avmin?s Nkomati Project

    By A. Feather

    Avmin have developed a flowsheet for the refining of copper, nickel and cobalt from Nkomati concentrates. Cobalt is recovered from calcium-saturated solution using Cyanex® 272. Nickel is subsequently

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    The Evaluation Of Rock Brittleness Concept On Rotary Blast Hole Drills

    By R. Altindag

    The rock brittleness is one of the most important rock properties that affect the drill-ability of rocks. It is supposed that the increase in rock brittleness causes the increase in penetration rate.

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Solvent Extraction As An Enabling Technology In The Nickel Industry

    By G. Bacon

    The past decade has witnessed unprecedented growth in the development and implementation of solvent extraction technology in the extractive metallurgy of nickel and cobalt. Solvent extraction is provi

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    Activity Based Costing: Challenging The Way We Cost Underground Coal Mining Systems

    By G. H. Lind

    This paper discusses the traditional costing approach currently used in the underground coal mining industry. Activity Based Costing (ABC) is identified as being a potentially more effective manner in

    Jan 1, 2001

  • SAIMM
    Solutions to common design and operating problems in spiral circuits

    By R. Abela

    In over ninety per cent of mineral sand plants, the most commonly used equipment is the spiral concentrator. The tonnage treated over typical spiral plants can range from as low as 200 ton per hour up

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Immediate Ground Support, After Development Or Stope Face Exposure, Can Prevent Falls Of Ground.

    By B Vorster

    Falls of Ground is one of the highest causes of incidents, accidents and fatal injuries in our mines today. These falls of ground may occur as soon as the face is exposed after blasting or after m

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Pyrite Roasting, An Alternative To Sulphur Burning

    The roasting of sulphide ores and concentrates is often the first step in the production of metals or chemicals. In many processes, the production of sulphuric acid is viewed as a by-product, while in

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Pyrite Roasting, An Alternative To Sulphur Burning (d700c668-25c5-448f-a12c-2b6d2b5c6aa3)

    The roasting of sulphide ores and concentrates is often the first step in the production of metals or chemicals. In many processes, the production of sulphuric acid is viewed as a by-product, while in

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    New Findings In Research Of Solid Phase Reactions In Chromite Ore Reduction Processes

    By A. V. Roschin, N. V. Malkov, V. N. Karnoukhov, V. E. Roschin

    Reduction interactions in solid phases are widespread and occur in most complex metallurgical processes. Among these processes, reactions between oxides and carbon have a special importance. The

    Jan 1, 2004