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  • SAIMM
    Innovative And Safe Copper Launder Design

    By B. Leong, H. Joubert

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, furnace, auxiliary equipment, copper slag launders Pyromet has designed copper launders for tapping slag. What makes Pyromet?s launder design innovative and safe is that

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    A sustainable approach to derelict and ownerless mines in South Africa

    By S. Mudau, P. Mohasoa, M. J. Cole

    Derelict and ownerless (D&O) mines in South Africa have been an ongoing concern for over a decade. While some progress has been made to rehabilitate D&O asbestos sites, significant work remains, exace

    Apr 25, 2025

  • SAIMM
    Employee engagement among women in technical positions in the South Africa mining industry

    By N. Mashaba, D. Botha

    The aims of this study were to investigate the factors that influence women’s engagement in technical positions in the South African mining sector and to determine what could be done to promote their

    Nov 6, 2023

  • SAIMM
    The development and implementation of industrial hydrometallurgical gallium and germanium recovery - Synopsis

    The Gordonsville Operation of Pasminco US Inc. along with the Center for Advanced Mineral and Metallurgical Processing (CAMP) at Montana Tech studied, developed and implemented a pilot-scale hydrometa

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Application of an environmental valuation approach that incorporates externality costs in sustainability decision-making of the metallurgical sector - Synopsis

    By M. Nyoka

    Consideration of the economic, environmental, and social impacts associated with the life-cycle of a technology is of increasing importance for decision-making in industry. It has been suggested that

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Assessing coal mine closures and mining community profiles for the ‘just transition’ in South Africa

    By A. T. van Zyl, M. Mthenjane, M. J. Cole

    Growing global concern over the impacts of climate change, attributable largely to fossil fuel energy sources, has led to the widely shared goal for a ‘just transition’ to cleaner energy and reduced d

    Jun 5, 2023

  • SAIMM
    Refining Testwork On Crude Magnesium Produced In The Mintek Thermal Magnesium Process

    By M. Abdellatif

    Keywords: Magnesium, pyrometallurgy, Mintek Samples of crude magnesium produced by the Mintek Thermal Magnesium Process were refined in two stages. The first stage consisted of co-melting of batc

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Using pyrometers and thermal camera for estimation the ventilation conditions

    By T. Struminski

    The paper is aimed to assess the possibilities of usage of pyrometers and thermal cameras to study ventilation and environmental conditions in underground mines. Surface and underground thermovisi

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Review, Evolution and Optimization of the Kansanshi Mixed Copper Ore Treatment

    By C. Chongo, F. X. Paquot, C. Ngulube

    "Over the last six years, the Kansanshi copper/gold mine has continued to process significant quantities of complex transitional mixed ores. The effect of the complex mineralogy on the flotation perfo

    Jan 1, 2015

  • 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
    Post Taphole Practices Adding Value

    By H. Hearnden

    Whereas in the past, ladles were simply a means of transferring molten products from furnace tapholes to points of discharge be they casting pans or waste dumps, the ladle is now becoming a more integ

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Atmospheric Oxidative and Non-Oxidative Leaching of Ni-Cu Matte by Acidified Ferric Chloride Solution

    By L. M. Sekhukhune

    The atmospheric leaching of copper-bearing matte by acidic ferric chloride solution was studied at the laboratory scale. The aim was to achieve maximum copper and nickel recovery by investigating the

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    The use of soundless chemical demolition agents in large scale in situ rock breaking applications in the mining industry

    By P. L. Ngwenyama, I. Maubane

    Soundless chemical demolition agents (SCDAs) are proving to be the future of sustainable and environmental-friendly mining. These expansive chemicals become critical when there is a need to break rock

    Jul 23, 2025

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    "Pipeline Integrity Using The External Corrosion Direct Assessment (Ecda) Methodology: A Case Study" - 1. Introduction

    By Chris Ringas

    The safe operation of gas transmission pipelines is increasingly coming under the spotlight. Increasing environmental pressure is also forcing pipeline owners and operators to ensure the integrity of

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Sampling - A Critical Component To Gold Mining Project Evaluation (60ce14f9-844a-41ea-89be-138917950365)

    Poorly designed sampling protocols generally result in high project risk by artificially increasing grade variability (ie the nugget effect). Sample collection, preparation and assay protocols that su

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The Impact Of Entrained Air And Enhanced Flow Measurements At Eland Platinum Concentrator

    By C. V. O?Keefe

    Volumetric flow and mass flow are two of the critical process parameters needed to understand and control flotation processes, with others being levels, densities, and metal analyses. Both volumetric

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    Interventions for Ensuring Sustainability of the Minerals Education Programmes at the Polytechnic of Namibia

    By D. Tesh

    The mining industry worldwide is facing a tremendous shortage of minerals engineers in all fields of specialization. For instance, in Australia the skills shortage in the mining industry has been iden

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Designing an Advanced RC Drilling Grid for Short-Term Planning in Open Pit Mines: Three Case Studies

    By J. M. Ortiz

    This paper shows the usefulness of geostatistical conditional simulation combined with the quantification of sampling errors obtained from the analyses of fundamental errors ? validated from duplicate

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Annual General Meeting of the Institute

    The Annual General Meeting of the Institute was held in Kelvin House, Johannesburg, on Wednesday, 22nd August, 1973. Dr J. P. Hugo (President) was in the Chair. There were also present 64 Fellows,

    Jan 10, 1973