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  • SAIMM
    Application of a novel agglomeration process in recovering chalcopyrite, G. Sahasrabudhe, G. DeIuliis, and K.P. Galvin

    By G. Sahasrabudh, G. DeIulii, K. P. Galvin

    A novel agglomeration process has been developed, utilising a concentrated water in oil emulsion as a binder. The binder is typically 95 wt% water, the remainder being an organic phase containing kero

    Jan 1, 2020

  • SAIMM
    Simplification Of The Thabazimbi Dense Media Separation Plant Flow Line To Increase Capacity - Background

    By E de Villiers

    Several methods exist by which the capacity of a dense media separation (DMS) plant can be improved: 1) Increase the feed rate in spite of efficiency 2) Replace with bigger equipment 3) Add wh

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Managing the Tap-Hole Life-Cycle at Five Submerged Arc Furnaces Producing Silicomanganese at Transalloys

    By J. P. Gous, J. J. Sutherland

    "Transalloys is a silicomanganese (SiMn) producer located in South Africa, and uses only local manganese ores to produce SiMn alloy. The plant operates five open submerged arc furnaces (SAFs) with an

    Jun 1, 2019

  • SAIMM
    Development of weightometer soft sensor

    By K. Coleman, C. Visser, N. Selby, X. W. Pan, T. Letwaba

    A prototype weightometer soft sensor is under development at DebTech, De Beers in partnership with Venetia Mine. Its main function consists of an online data source; data validation; dynamic weightome

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Backfill Support Mechanisms In Stopes With Low Convergence

    By H. A. D. Kirsten

    The assessment of backfill as a support medium in gold mines has been based generally on its ability to reduce the amount of potential energy available to cause damaging rockbursts. While this regiona

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SAIMM
    DC Arc Smelting Of Difficult PGM-Containing Feed Materials

    By I. J. Kotzé, R. T. Jones

    Conventional PGM matte smelting requires the presence of a certain quantity of base metal sulphides in order to collect the platinum group metals in a molten sulphidic matte phase in the furnace. Furt

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Annual General Meeting of the Institute

    The Annual General Meeting of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was held in Kelvin House, Johannesburg, on Wednesday, 27th August, 1980. Mr D. A. Viljoen (President) was in the c

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SAIMM
    The next generation of permanent cathode and lead anode technology

    By T. Marsden

    The demand for continuous improvement in the industrial world is an ongoing process. Some sectors, where the competitive forces are well established, have led the development of new and reliable techn

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    The LUREC® process?key to economic smelter acid plant operation - Synopsis

    By K. -H. Daum

    Over many decades, numerous feasibility studies have demonstrated, that the production of sulphuric acid remains the most viable option of sulphur recovery from smelter off gas and abatement of SO2 em

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    An evaluation of the equipment used in South Africa for the bord-and-pillar mining of thin coal seams

    It is suggested that an increase in the production from thin coal seams in South Africa is necessary, and that a substantial amount of any increase will be mined by the bord-and-pillar method. For the

    Jan 1, 1984

  • SAIMM
    The Lurec® Process ? Key To Economic Smelter Acid Plant Operation (e3cec3ce-c22d-48ad-a182-8a0407410c99)

    By Karl-H. Daum

    Over many decades, numerous feasibility studies have demonstrated, that the production of sulphuric acid remains the most viable option of sulphur recovery from smelter off gas and abatement of SO2 em

    Jan 1, 2009

  • SAIMM
    Computer simulation of mining in faulted ground

    By S. L. Crouch

    This paper describes a numerical procedure for the computation of the displacements and stresses induced by the mining of a tabular ore deposit in faulted ground. The numerical procedure is based on t

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SAIMM
    The Application Of Modifying Factors To The Merensky Reef And UG2 Chromitite Layer

    The application of modifying factors to the Merensky Reef and UG2 Chromitite Layer has a number of challenging aspects as the deposits are tabular and consist of a number of separate geological entiti

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Monte Carlo Simulation Of Pt-Al Thin Film Diffusion - Synopsis

    By R. A. Harris

    In this study Pt-Al thin films were prepared via electron beam physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD) with an atomic concentration ratio of Pt25:Al75. These films were heat treated at temperatures rangin

    Jan 1, 2011

  • SAIMM
    Unlocking Value In Projects Through Mining Economics Principles - 1. Introduction

    Mining is a business involving extraction of commodities of value to society from non-renewable resources. Consequently there is only one opportunity to extract ore from the ore body in order to unloc

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The effect of grinding media performance on milling and operational behaviour - Synopsis

    By U. Weber

    The effect of grinding media performance on milling and operational behaviour was demonstrated under different selected conditions of calcium carbonate slurry milling. A variety of grinding media mate

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    Characterization and Flocculation Studies of Fine Coal Tailings

    The re-use of waste water from coal preparation plant tailings is always desirable, but is generally problematic in terms of solid-liquid separation. Dewatering and disposal of coal slurry at a high p

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SAIMM
    Spotlights - Annual General Meeting, Johannesburg Branch

    The Annual General Meeting of the Johannesburg Branch of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy was held at the Johannesburg Country Club on Tuesday, 21st July, 1992. Big turnout at L

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SAIMM
    O.F.S. and Klerksdorp Branch

    Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held at the St. Helena Club on Wednesday, 27th July, 1977, at 7.30 p.m. Book review Advances in extractive metallurgy, 1977. Proceedings of the third symposium or

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SAIMM
    Interaction of dust with the DC plasma arc - a computational modelling investigation (48774a53-c126-481b-8630-879d3aef53c9)

    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, 2015