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  • SAIMM
    Key Performance Indicators ? A Tool to Assess ICT Applications in Underground Coal Mines

    By C. Dauber

    Implementing new technologies in industrial operations entails the challenge of measuring the improvements gained by the applied technology. Nevertheless, it is absolutely essential to assess the tech

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Mechanical Sampling - A Manufacturer?s Perspective

    With the advent of the First World Conference on Sampling and Blending (WCSB1) in Denmark in 2003 and the subsequent biannual meetings, together with other sampling conferences held on a regular basis

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Design of Crushing Plant Flowsheets by Simulation

    By Turgay Gurun

    "Digital simulation can be used as an analytical tool to optimize the design of crushing plants without need for large-scale experimental programs.General mathematical description of a crushing operat

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Planning of Underground Copper Mining

    By J. K. Williams, M. P. Wells

    "As part of the planning system at each division of Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines, Limited, the Mine Planning Department is required to produce a detailed production schedule for each shaft.Becaus

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Mine disaster and mine rescue training courses in modern academic mining engineering programmes (70cf64eb-7ce2-4e61-b78d-364fa22d3992)

    By N. Henderson, J. Weyer, J. F. Brune

    "The mining industry worldwide is currently facing a significant restructuring process. In most underground mines, widespread mechanization of the mining processes increases production while reducing

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Geostatistical Ore Reserve Estimation

    By Roger A. Blais, Michel David

    "Matheron's geoslalislical method for the estimation of ore reserves has been developed to the point at which real-life problem may be handled effectively. The steps involved in the method are:(i

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Exploration (53a79357-693a-40cb-a52e-abe27593d76b)

    "Chairman: Dr DeV. HarrisRapporteur: Mr A.H. MunroPapers:Corporate exploration strategies by MacKenzie, B.W.The Engel Simulator and the search for uranium by Griffiths, J.C. and Singer, D.A.The Chairm

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Automated Regulation of Mine Ventilation

    By Pentti Niskanen

    "The ventilation system of the Pyhasalmi Mine is described. The mine is located in an area where the annual atmospheric temperature may vary from +30°C to -30°C. Natural ventilation causes serious dif

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Modelling and optimization of a rotary kiln direct reduction process

    By H. P. Kritzinger, T. C. Kingsley

    Rotary kilns are used for a variety of mineral processing operations. Hatch makes use of a kiln model developed from first principles to evaluate designs for its clients. This tool has been applied to

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Modelling and Determining the Technical Efficiency of a Surface Coal Mine Supply Chain

    By M. D. Budeba

    Determining the efficiency of a surface coal mine operation is an essential activity, which can help in deciding on the optimal use of input resources, including effective capital allocation, in gener

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    A Methodology for Determining the Erosion Profile of the Freeze Lining in Submerged Arc Furnace

    By H. Dong

    This paper presents a heat conduction model to determine the erosion profile of freeze linings in a ferronickel submerged arc furnace. Kirchhoff transformation was adopted to simplify the nonlinear eq

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Efficient Use of Energy in the Ventilation and Cooling of Mines`

    Escalating energy and electricity costs have become one of the largest drivers of expenditure in mining operations. Over the last eight years, energy costs have tripled when expressed as a percentage

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Panel Discussion (de22e62f-614a-4958-95f7-fa0802c2b2ab)

    "Chairman: Prof A. E. H. BLEKSLEY Rapporteur: Prof J. ELBRONDPanel Members: Prof J. C. Griffiths, Prof T. E. Hawkins, Mr A. C. Langton, Mr M. Splaine, Mr A. WeissThe reasons for failure of computer ap

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    METTOP’s ionic liquid cooling technology: the safest way of furnace tapping

    By S. Konetschnik, E. Dreyer, A. Filzwieser

    "More intense furnace operations require effective cooling in order to achieve low refractory wear and good furnace lifetimes, making cooling technology an important aspect of furnace operations. Howe

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Ion Exchange Technology for the Efficient Recovery of Precious Metals From Waste and Low-Grade Streams

    By V. Yahorava

    Efficient recovery of precious metals from process solutions is essential for improving process economics. Traditionally, precious metals are relatively effectively recovered from waste streams via pr

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Ore Reserve Estimation and Depletion Planning for a Beach Diamond Deposit

    By M. M. Oosterveld

    "In South West Africa diamonds are mined from ancient beach deposits by the Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa, Limited.To improve the control of mining production, a computer is used for

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Pitfalls In Vezin Sampling For Finely Crushed Materials (4f77bfd3-c00c-4e22-9de0-dc8343fb6770)

    By C. Kruger

    Anglo American Platinum has adopted a strategy of best practice principles (BPP) for sampling, mass measurement, analysis, and metal accounting for more than a decade now. When new plants are designed

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    On the Reduction of Algorithmic Smoothing of Kriged Estimates

    Utilizing a very large database from a mined-out area on a South African gold mine, the relative efficacy of a method to mitigate the smoothing effect introduced by the algorithmic constraints imposed

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Development of an iron ore sinter process model to predict sinter strand operating parameters using the finite difference method

    By J. C. Vreugdenburg, B. A. Dippenaar, J. Muller, T. L. de Vries

    Iron ore fines are agglomerated in the sintering process to produce sinter: an important feed material for blast furnaces worldwide. A model of the iron ore sintering process has been developed with t

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Optimizing Medium-Term Operational Plans for a Group of Copper Mines (476b3df3-c089-4b00-9560-1bbd80974db2)

    By M. Splaine, W. Davison, D. C. Atkinson

    "Since 1964, Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines, Ltd., has been developing and using production scheduling methods for optimizing its metallurgical operations in the short term (up to one year). Medium

    Jan 1, 2014