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  • SAIMM
    Integrated Production Of Liquid Sulphur Dioxide And Sulphuric Acid Via A Low-Temperature Cryogenic Process

    By M. Verri

    The paper describes the design options available for the simultaneous production of liquid sulphur dioxide, via cryogenic condensation, and sulphuric acid in a sulphur-burning sulphuric acid plant. Th

    Aug 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    Development of a viable process for the recovery of zinc from oxide ores - Synopsis

    By J. R. de Wet

    The Skorpion Zinc Project demonstrated the viability of the production of zinc from non-sulphide (commonly called ?zinc-oxide?) ores, using the leach/solvent extraction/electrowinning process route. T

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Ferroalloy Design, Ferroalloy Selection And Utilization Optimization With Particular Focus On Stainless Steel Materials - Synopsis

    By C. -J. Rick

    The ferroalloy market is characterized by a very long communication distance between the consumer and the producer. This has created a situation where it has been difficult to change ferroalloy proper

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    The computational analysis of shallow depth tabular mining problems - Synopsis

    By J. A. L. Napier

    The evaluation of stress distributions and deformations in the vicinity of tabular mine layouts has been carried out routinely for many years using the displacement discontinuity boundary element meth

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Strategy Towards a Mining Industry-Wide Buyand- Maintain Quiet Initiative to Reduce Noise Induced Hearing Loss

    By H. Gumede

    The challenges of noise emission in the mining industry are well known. These challenges are exacerbated by the increasing trend towards mechanized mining, and there is general consensus that an effec

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Keynote address: hydrometallurgical process development for complex ores and concentrates - Synopsis

    Hydrometallurgical processing of complex ores and concentrates is becoming increasingly important as the mining and metallurgical industry seeks to exploit mineral deposits that are difficult to treat

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Increasing the capacity of existing and new exothermic autoclave circuits (cb3a9a5e-99b3-409a-bbbf-2daa43eaba4a)

    By G. M. Dunn

    Pressure leach autoclave circuits are employed in the leaching of ores, concentrates, mattes, alloys and intermediates for the recovery of metals into solution. Once the metals are extracted into solu

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Electrochemical Properties Of Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, And Steel: Effects On Grinding And Flotation Processes - Synopsis

    By H. Moslemi

    Metal sulphides are usually semiconductor and their electrical conductivity is low; therefore they are sources of electrons and promote electrochemical reactions. This phenomenon is of significant imp

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Investigating the effect of electrolyte physicochemical properties on electrodeposition and the incorporation of these effects in copper electrowinning models, C. Chibwe and M. Tadie

    By C. Chibwe, M. Tadie

    Copper electrowinning models are useful for prediction of process performance, optimisation and improved understanding of complex phenomena such as current distribution without the expense of physical

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Parametric study of flotation cell hydrodynamics based on CFD simulation, P.T.L. Koh and M.P. Schwarza

    By P. T. L. Koh, M. P. Schwarz

    A series of parametric studies were carried out for a flotation cell using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelling to determine the local response of hydrodynamic performance measures to change in

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Integration Of A Waste Fill System Into A Longwall Gold Mine

    By A. S. Macfarlane

    Western Deep Levels (North) is a deeplevel, longwall gold mine. Severe strata control problems and high rates of elastic closure, resulting in high rates of energy release, are associated with mining

    Jan 1, 1988

  • 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
    Interaction of dust with the DC plasma arc - a computational modelling investigation

    By Q. G. Reynolds

    The presence of dust and fume suspended in the freeboard region is a common feature of the operation of direct current (DC) plasma smelting furnaces. This occurs primarily as a result of the use of fi

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    New technology for real-time in-stope safety management - Synopsis

    By D. Vogt

    South African underground hard rock mines are typically managed using measurements made daily, weekly or even monthly of key parameters such as face advance, readiness to blast, blast success, tempera

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Proceedings, 114th Annual General Meeting, 2011

    The 114th Annual General Meeting of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was held at The Country Club, Johannesburg, Napier Road, Auckland Park on Thursday, 11 August 2011. Welco

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Optimizing Shaft Pressure Losses Through Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling

    By W. J. Kempson

    As a result of the rising electrical energy costs in South Africa, a method was sought to reduce the overall electrical consumption of typical shaft systems. A typical shaft configuration was analysed

    Dec 1, 2013

  • SAIMM
    A comparative study of two approaches to modelling and prediction in spatial statistics

    By L. Cortez, Á. Magalhães, F. Durão

    Methods based on regionalized variables theory, commonly known as geostatistics, have been widely used since more than three decades to predict/estimate spatial distributed data, namely mineral resour

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Cave management at Finsch Mine - Synopsis

    By C. A. Preece

    Finsch Diamond Mine, part of De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM), is situated between Kimberley and Postmasburg in the Northern Cape, South Africa. The kimberlite pipe was discovered in 1960 and De Bee

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Long-Term Mine Production Scheduling

    By G. C. S. Burns

    "A system has been developed to simulate the mining of the Mufulira orebody. The main output from the system is a picture-gram from which the start date and effective life of all proposed mining faces

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Investigation of zinc and lead contamination of soil at the abandoned Edendale mine, Mamelodi (Pretoria, South Africa) using a field-portable spectrometer

    By J-N. Oyourou, R. McCrindle, C. J. S. Fourie

    "Many mines in South Africa were inappropriately closed and left unattended during the last century. These old mines are potential sources of environmental pollution and may pose a health risk to loca

    Jan 1, 2019