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The Stress-Strain Behaviour Of In-Stope Pillars In The Bushveld Platinum Deposits In South AfricaBy B. P. Watson
In South Africa, the Bushveld platinum group metal deposits are unique in that they are the largest platinum group metal deposits in the world. These deposits occur as two distinct stratiform tabular
Jan 1, 2007
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Cave Management As An Ore Reserve Management Tool Ensuring Optimal Life Of Mine For Palabora Mining CompanyPalabora Mining Company is operating a copper block cave mine in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The mine was developed in the late nineties with a target ore reserve of 220 million tonnes of c
Jan 1, 2007
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A Dispersion Model of Autogenous Particle Separations, with Specific Application to the Batch Jigging of ParticlesBy D. A. Vetter
A novel mathematical model is presented which describes the behaviour of beds of particles, of uniform size and shape but different densities, during autogenous separations. The approach used in the
Jan 1, 1987
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"Decomposition Of Metal Sulfates - A SO2 -Source For Sulfuric Acid Production" - Abstract And IntroductionThe peak in Sulphur price late 2008 caused again intensified investigation into the decomposition of sulphates and spend acid. One option is the recycling of sulphur from spend acid, which already sta
Jan 1, 2009
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Campaign Mining Set-Up For Waste Stripping At New Vaal Colliery - SynopsisBy P. R. Mothemela
The objective of the investigation is to optimize the truck and shovel operations for pre-stripping at New Vaal Colliery by introducing campaign mining. The aim of campaign mining is to improve the ef
Jan 1, 2013
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Ilmenite Smelting: The BasicsWhile some of the practical details of ilmenite smelting are not well documented, there is a substantial body of literature on the principles of ilmenite smelting, and the behaviour of solidified tita
Jan 1, 2007
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Rhodax® Interparticle Crusher Maximizes Chloride Slag Production With A Minimum Generation Of FinesBy J. Portal
One of the key products produced by the mineral sands industry is the titanium dioxide slag, a process that requires grinding of a coarse product down to a valuable saleable product. Traditional metho
Jan 1, 2007
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Designing for Extreme Events in Open Pit Slope StabiltyBy L. Lorig
"Two types of extreme event, earthquakes and rainfall, potentially affect open pit slope stability. In the case of earthquakes, there are rather well-developed analysis procedures and acceptability cr
Jan 1, 2016
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Low Cost Ferroalloy Extraction In DC-Arc Furnace At Middleburg Ferrochrome - SynopsisBy D. Sager
Middleburg Ferrochrome (MFC), a company in Samancor Chrome, commissioned a new ferrochrome smelter in March 2009. This is a 60 MW DC-arc furnace with a DC power supply for the smelting of Transvaal ch
Jan 1, 2010
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Singular Value Decomposition As An Equation Solver In Co-Kriging Matrices - SynopsisBy M. Kumral
One of the most significant elements in solving the co-kriging equations is the matrix solver. In this paper, the singular value decomposition (SVD) as an equation solver is proposed to solve the co-k
Jan 1, 2012
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Reflections on the quality of mining EIA reports in South Africa - SynopsisBy L. A. Sandham
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) in South Africa is administered by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) for the mining industry, and the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (D
Jan 1, 2008
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Fully dynamic stability analysis of jointed rock slopesBy Y. H. Hatzor
ABSTRACT: A fully dynamic, two dimensional, stability analysis of a highly discontinuous rock slope is demonstrated in this paper. The studied rock slope is the upper terrace of King Herod’s Palace in
Jan 1, 2003
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Applications And Benefits Of 3D Lasers Canning For The Mining Industry ? SynopsisBy J. W. van der Merwe
Technology is advancing at a rate that makes it extremely difficult for the mining industry to keep pace. Many advances occur within a given piece of technology and often this is missed by the discipl
Jan 1, 2013
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Optimal Cut-Off Grade Determination Based On Variable Capacities In Open-Pit Mining - SynopsisBy J. Abdollahisharif
Optimal cut-off grade is one of the most critical parameters in open-pit mine design because it defines the ore and waste and thus determines the maximum net present value possible from the mining ope
Jan 1, 2012
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Mine Based Development Of A Pit Evacuation Alarm SystemBy Neal Harries
The monitoring of rock slopes is a common procedure in the management of hazards associated with slope instability. Slope stability radar has become widely accepted as the state-of-the-art method for
Jan 1, 2008
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An Alternative Approach to the Modelling of Deformed Stratiform and Stratabound DepositsOrebody modelling and reserve estimation are now subject to sophisticated procedures, but folded stratiform and stratabound deposits present particular problems in transforming coordinates of samples
Jan 1, 1987
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X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) As A Fast Industrial Analysis Method For Heavy Mineral Sands In Process Control And Automation - Rietveld Refinement And Data ClusteringBy E. Spicer
X-Ray diffraction (XRD) provides useful information about the composition of an ore sample in terms of quantification of crystalline phases and amorphous content. The use of new, fast detection system
Jan 1, 2007
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Comparing Two Mass Size Distributions ? SynopsisBy F. Lombard
We consider in this paper the use of a modified version of Hotelling?s statistic in the analysis of particle size distributions. The statistic can be adversely affected by the presence of outliers amo
Jan 1, 2012
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Incorporation of rehabilitation cost into the optimum cut-off grade determination - SynopsisBy J. Gholamnejad
Determination of the optimum cut-off grades is one of the most important aspects of mine production planning. A cut-off is a grade below which we choose not to process material. This material is treat
Jan 1, 2009
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Furnace energy efficiency at Polokwane Smelter - SynopsisBy P. K. Van Manen
Anglo Platinum?s Polokwane Smelter is situated outside Polokwane, in the Limpopo Province in South Africa. A single 168 MVA six-in-line rectangular furnace smelts dry concentrates containing platinum
Jan 1, 2009