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  • SAIMM
    Positive Risk Management: Hidden Wealth in Surface Mining

    By J. A. Luckmann

    "SynopsisThe purpose of this paper is to introduce an innovative approach to risk management in surface mining operations, namely, positive risk. Traditionally, risk management focused on mitigating l

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Increasing Capacity And Productivity In The Metals Markets Through Pneumatic Conveying And Process Injection Technologies - The Southern African Institute Of Mining And Metallurgy

    By Mark Coleman

    Pnuematic Conveying and Process Injection Technologies have been implimented in the metals markets for the last 40 years and have consideribly improved the productivity and the performance of many pro

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    The Development And Advantages Of Xstrata?s Premus Process

    By O. Naiker

    Xstrata has modified and improved on the solid state reduction of chromite (SRC) process that was pioneered by Showa Denko in Japan and previously used at Xstrata?s Lydenburg plant. The history of pr

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Further Processing And Granulation Of Slags With Entrained Metal And High Metal Compound Content, With Specific Reference To Present Manganese Slag Dumps As Well As Additions Due To Daily Production

    By D. Norval

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, slag, metal, entrained, granulation, ferromanganese Water granulation of certain slags with high metal entrainment has customarily not been practised, not only due to the

    Jan 1, 2011

  • 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
    Managing The Geotechnical And Mining Issues Surrounding The Extraction Of Small Pillars At Shallow Depths At Xstrata Coal South Africa ? Synopsis

    By S. Z. Pethö

    Pillar extraction at shallow depths with small pillars that were not originally intended for secondary extraction can provide a huge benefit to the coal mining industry in those areas where a signific

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SAIMM
    An Overview Of The Heavy Mineral Potential Of Liberia

    By P. J. Hancox

    Heavy mineral deposits have been known from Liberia since the1950s from both river and beach placers. The heavy mineral content of beach sands ranges between 28?62% and the suite includes ilmenite, ru

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SAIMM
    Flotation At Goedehoop Colliery

    By S. N. Opperman

    Testwork at Goedehoop Colliery showed that fine coal, essentially?150 microns can be successfully beneficiated using froth flotation. Both conventional and column flotation were tested. It was found t

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SAIMM
    The ROMA Project (Resource Optimization And Recovery In The Material Industry) ? A Typical Cooperation Project In Norway

    By M. Tangstad

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, ROMA, Norway, furnace, fines The ROMA project is a competence project on optimizing the usage of raw materials and energy in the ferromanganese, silicon, and aluminium in

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Just-In-Time Development Model For A Sub-Level Caving Underground Mine In Zimbabwe

    By C. Musingwini

    Traditionally, mineral reserves management at most underground mines in Zimbabwe focus on maintaining large mineral reserves so that the time between development and production is as long as possible.

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Innovations In Ferro Alloys Technology In India

    By C. N. Harman

    Steel is the most versatile material which has made the progress in every aspect on this earth possible. There are hundreds of varieties of steel because for each application it has to be made with sp

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Risk assessment of the bulk transport of zircon sands

    By R. Strydom, J. H. Selby, J. Slabbert, W. Enslin

    Zircon is a naturally occurring silicate of zirconium, which is used in large quantities (~1 million tonnes per annum) for its refractory properties and its extreme chemical inertness. All zircons con

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Ground support strategies to control large deformations in mining excavations - Synopsis

    Tunnelling under squeezing ground conditions poses significant challenges. There are fundamental differences in the choice of support for mining as opposed to civil engineering. This paper reviews gro

    Jan 1, 2008

  • 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 Contemporary Process To Escalate [Mn C] Quotient Of High Carbon Ferromanganese

    By P. J. Bhonde, R. D. Angal, R. H. Tupkary

    Manganese imparts numerous beneficial mechanical properties. Hence it finds extensive application in iron, steel and non-ferrous sector. Prevalently, it is incorporated in the form of master alloys i.

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Use Of Sintered Pellets In Production Of High Carbon Ferro Chrome

    By C. N. Harman, N. S. S. Rama Rao

    Production of Ferro-alloys through submerged electric arc furnace involves use of electric power as one of the major inputs. Hence the production by this power intensive process can be made economical

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Analytical Hierarchy Process For Selection Of Roadheaders

    By O. Acaroglu

    Selection of the most suitable roadheaders (boom type tunnelling machines) for the galleries/tunnels to be excavated in certain rock and under known project conditions is important for avoiding proble

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Controlled chloride cracking of austenitic stainless steel tube samples - Synopsis

    By M. S. Raseroka

    An experimental rig has been constructed to produce chloride stress corrosion cracks in Type 304L stainless steel tube samples. The samples are to be used to test possible in situ repair methods in fu

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    The Application and Economics of Industrial Alkaline Leaching of Copper Enargite Concentrates

    By C. G. Anderson

    "As demand for copper and precious metals continues to grow, the need to develop new supplies increases. In the imminent future, the new large global ore bodies are more complex, with enargite, tennan

    Jan 1, 2015

  • SAIMM
    Prediction Of SiO2-Al2O3-Croxcomplex Inclusions In Steel Containing 16 Per Cent Cr-Si-Al-Mn

    By P. C. -H. Rhee, H. -G. Lee, J. -H. Choi, D. S. Kim, S. -B. Lee

    In order to predict the composition of inclusions and to ascertain a method to prevent inclusions from forming in liquid Fe-16 mass Cr alloy, a thermodynamic database was developed through a quantitat

    Jan 1, 2004