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Cave management and secondary breaking practices at Palabora Mining Company - Synopsis
By S. Ngidi
Palabora Mining Company operates a low grade underground copper mine situated in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Full production was first reached in May 2005 after a successful transition from an
Jan 1, 2007
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GISTM: Who are the responsible individuals?
By G. Howell, J. Wates, A. Coetzee, C. J. MacRobert
The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) requires mining companies to make four key appointments as part of their tailings management structure. These four positions are an Accounta
Jun 2, 2022
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Wear Analysis of Tap-Holes at Two Ferrochromium Production Furnaces
By J. D. Steenkamp
"In July of 2016 and June 2017, major tap-hole repairs were carried out during the annual shutdown of two 63 MVA submerged arc furnaces producing ferrochromium in South Africa. The hot excavations of
Jun 1, 2019
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A critical evaluation of the waterreticulation system at Vlaklaagte Shaft, Goedehoop Colliery
By R. Lombard
"Water is a very important component in the production process at underground coal mines. Current unfavourable economic conditions have forced the coal mining industry to identify and address every po
Jan 1, 2015
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Quest for ?effective pack? support - Synopsis
By M. A. Kujoana
Following on the design of good mining layouts and regional support systems, and the implementation of sound strata control practices, stope support is the ultimate strategy to combat the hazards of r
Jan 1, 2009
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Corrosion of Lead Anodes in Base Metals Electrowinning
By Jerry Gagnon, Matt Burr, Dave Evans, Timothy Ellis, Davies Kakengela, Abbas Mirza, Larry Webb, François Leclercq, Andrew Johnston
Lead-based alloys are the primary anodes used in electrowinning from sulphate-based aqueous systems. Lead anode technology has evolved over the years, migrating from pure lead and lead-antimonial allo
Jan 1, 2015
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Some Myths About DC Arc Furnaces ? Synopsis
By R. T. Jones
DC arc furnaces are widely used for steel scrap melting as well as for reductive smelting of ore fines. Industrial smelting applications include the smelting of chromite to produce ferrochromium, the
Jan 1, 2011
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Gravity Circuit Optimisation Via Mathematical Modelling By Particle Size Classes
By Ishwinder Grewal, Michael Fullam
Many factors affect the overall performance of a gravity circuit beyond that of the primary gravity recovery device. It is critical to examine the gravity circuit in its entirety in order to determin
Jan 1, 2006
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Monitoring Ore Loss and Dilution for Mine-to-Mill Integration in Deep Gold Mines: A Survey-Based Investigation
By L. Xingwana
"The purpose of this study is to understand how ore loss and dilution affect the mine call factor, with the aim of subsequently improving the quality of ore mined and fed to the mill. It was necessary
Jan 1, 2016
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The Painting Of Clarifier Steelwork ? From A Quality Control Perspective
By David Colloby, Darelle T. Janse van Rensburg
Premature coating failures of new and refurbished structural steelwork of clarifiers have been a common occurrence at power generation plant in recent years. Several of these failures have ended in di
Jan 1, 2006
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A Practical Application Of Geostatistical Methods To Quality And Mineral Reserve Modelling Of Cement Raw Materials ? Synopsis
By T. Y. Yunsel
Estimation techniques such as polygonal, triangular prism, trapezoid, isopach maps, and inverse distance methods are often used in ore or industrial minerals deposit evaluation. These techniques do no
Jan 1, 2012
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Fluidized-bed technology for the production of iron products for steelmaking - Synopsis
By F. J. Plaul
The dominating technologies for steelmaking are the basic oxygen furnace (BOF or LD process, Linz-Donawitz) and the electric-arc furnace (EAF). The main iron input materials for both are liquid iron a
Jan 1, 2009
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Blast Furnace Control Using Slag Viscosities And Liquidus Temperatures With Phase Equilibria Calculations
By J. Muller
Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, blast furnace, slag viscosity, slag liquidus temperature, phase equilibria The viscosity of molten slag in blast furnace operations is an important process variable, infl
Jan 1, 2011
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Advanced Methods To Characterize Thermal Properties Of Quartz
By E. H. Myrhaug, K. Aasly, T. Malvik
Six different types of quartz and quartzites used as raw materials by ferroalloy plants have been investigated with respect to their thermo mechanical properties. In order to investigate the effect of
Jan 1, 2007
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Advanced Mill Relining ? A Key Operational Control (Not Simply A ?Must Do? Maintenance Function)
RME has a vision for a new grinding plant operational paradigm made possible by RME's fast, safe Mill Relining System. Some new liner designs can degrade SAG mill performance because of mill vol
Jan 1, 2007
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Near real-time interpolative algorithm for mdelling air quality in underground mines
By E. Lutz, M. Momayez, K. W. Brown Requist
As real-time air quality monitoring becomes more prevalent in US underground mines, it is important to provide the highest data reliability with the fewest possible sensors. Real-time sensors remain c
Apr 16, 2024
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Factors Affecting Silicomanganese Production Using Manganese Rich Slag In The Charge
By A. Ahmed, A. Fathy, M. Eissa, K. El-Fawakhry, A. El-Mohammady
Silicomanganese is widely used as a complex reducer and an alloying addition in the production of various grades of steel due to its economic and metallurgical advantages. It is also used as a semi-pr
Jan 1, 2004
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Q-coda estimation in the Kaapvaal Craton
By D. Grobbelaar, A. Cichowicz, D. J. Birch
The Q-coda method for estimating the quality factor Q(f)= Qo(f)n was used to characterize seismic wave attenuation in a region of the Kaapvaal Craton that includes the mining areas of the Bushveld Com
Jan 1, 2015
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Feasibility study of electricity generation from discard coal
By A. Engelbrecht, B. North, B. Oboirien
"There is large electricity generation potential in discard coal, both in stockpiles and current arisings. Power stations with a combined capacity of up to 18 GW electrical (GWe) could be fuelled by d
Jan 1, 2015
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Improving Cfd Analysis Of Dc Furnace Operation By Refining And Addition Of Transportation Phenomena Models
By M. Shapiro, L. A. le Grange, B. Henning
A paper was presented by Bateman Minerals and Metals at INFACONX (2004) describing a simplified Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Model for predicting the temperature and velocity distributions in al
Jan 1, 2007