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Construction Of Permanent Intruded Plugs At South Deep Gold MineBy D. A. Bruce
The paper describes the construction of 5 plugs to resist high water heads at depth within the South Deep Gold Mine, Randfontein, South Africa. A total of 20 segments were involved to create these plu
Jan 1, 2006
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The Evaluation Of Rock Brittleness Concept On Rotary Blast Hole DrillsBy R. Altindag
The rock brittleness is one of the most important rock properties that affect the drill-ability of rocks. It is supposed that the increase in rock brittleness causes the increase in penetration rate.
Jan 1, 2002
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The Control of Dust From Mine DumpsBy G. H. Grange
The control of dust from mine dumps by G. H. GRANGE Pr. Eng., B.Sc. (Min. Eng.) (Rand) (Fellow) This paper gives a resume of the early attempts to control dust from mine dumps, leading up to the resea
Jan 3, 1973
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Dynamic failure of pillar remnants—case studiesBy G. van Aswegen, J. D. Bosman
Gold bearing deposits in the Witwatersrand consist predominantly of narrow tabular conglomerates with quartzite host rock. Extensive mining of these deposits at depth results in significant stresses
Jan 1, 2003
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Colloquium On ComminutionBy SAIMM Journal
COLLOQUIUM ON COMMINUTION The Institute has arranged a colloquium on the above topic to be held on 13th March, 1973, at Kelvin House. The following papers will be presented: 'Peripheral Discharge
Jan 1, 1974
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Strategic Mine Planning And Mineral Resource Management At Anglo Platinum - SynopsisThis paper describes the integration of the mineral resource management philosophy within strategic long term planning at Anglo Platinum Limited. Consideration is given to the philosophy, processes, t
Jan 1, 2007
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Study on Tunneling in Rock Masses with Inclined Layers Using Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA)By J. -H. Wu, S. Nishiyama, Y. Ohnishi
The behaviors and stress distributions of the inclined jointed rock masses with different dip angles obtained from DDA are compared to the results of laboratory tests. By calculating the block stress
Jan 1, 2003
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Design and construction of tunnel portals under difficult geotechnical conditionsBy R. M. Spang
Abstract Between the German city of Dresden and the Czech capital Prague a 4-lane highway is under con-struction. At the outskirts of Dresden it will cross the narrow and deeply eroded Weißeritz V
Jan 1, 2003
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Simulation of integrated underground mining-processingThe paper examines the design issues associated with the integration of mineral processing within underground mining systems. It demonstrates conceptual integrated system design options appropriate to
Jan 1, 2003
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The construction of integrated production management systems in mining companies based on the experience of the ‘Turów’ brown coal mine (Poland)By R. Kus´
The paper presents the comments on the advantages of implementing an integrated system of managing mining exploitation in hard coal mines, as well as the comprehensive integration of information on th
Jan 1, 2003
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Lötschberg base tunnel: brittle failure phenomena encountered during excavation of the Steg lateral aditBy V. Labiouse, P. K. Kaiser, F. Descoeudres, F. Rojat
In this paper some failure phenomena observed in the crossing of brittle rock formations at the Lötschberg base tunnel are presented. A brittle failure criteria, recently developed by Canadian researc
Jan 1, 2003
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A quantitative evaluation of the load bearing capacity of ground and characteristic curves of tunnelingBy T. Nishimura, H. Kiyama, K. Wakimoto
Discussion on the load bearing capacity of ground and the stability of tunnel is presented. We derive a simplified solution of a circular lined-tunnel in an elastic ground. The solution results in a b
Jan 1, 2003
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Oxygen Activity Measurements In Simulated Converter Matte (e2a109c1-a92c-480a-aff7-b09fc199f5f7)By K. G. Tshilombo
It should be possible to use an oxygen probe to follow iron removal during converting, if local equilibrium is established between iron in the matte and the iron oxides in the fayalitic slag. The oxyg
Jan 1, 2007
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The Effect Of Copper Sulphate Addition On The Recovery Of Chromite In The Flotation Of UG2 OreBy T. D. Mailula
Paper written on project work carried out in partial fulfilment of M.Sc.(Chemical Engineering) degree Chromite and talc are two major gangue minerals in platinum bearing UG2 ore processed from the
Jan 1, 2003
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Green Topics - Spotlight On The EMEM AwardsThe EMEM Awards of the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) were formally launched on 3 March 2000 by Ms Susan Shabangu, Deputy Minister at the Department?s Mineralia Centre in Pretoria. The launch
Jan 1, 2000
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A comparison of Jointed Rock Mass Strength Envelopes Using Hoek-Brown GSI and Direct Shear ResultsBy C. Haberfield, J. Szymakowski
Recent studies by the authors into the behaviour of jointed rock masses using direct shear testing have confirmed that joint spacing has a significant effect on rock mass strength. The rock mass failu
Jan 1, 2003
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Formation and stabilization of rock cavern roof archesBy M. Lu, E. Broch
Abstract: The formation and mechanism of rock cavern roof arches are studied and effects of rockbolts reinforcement are evaluated. It is concluded that a self-supported roof arch may be formed by the
Jan 1, 2003
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Simulation of Hopkinson effect by discrete element methodBy Harushige Kusumi, Yuzuru Ashida, Toshiki Watanabe, Toshifumi Matsuoka
ABSTRACT: The technique of various kinds of numerical analysis offered remarkable results to explication of many rock mechanical phenomena. These techniques regarded a rock stratum as a continuum bod
Jan 1, 2003
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Volume changes in sandstone under true triaxial compression conditionsBy M. Kwasniewski, M. Takahashi
Prismatic samples of a medium-grained sandstone from Slask Colliery (Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland) were tested under uniaxial compression, conventional triaxial compression and true triaxial comp
Jan 1, 2003
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Variable rheology of heavy mineral tailingsBy P. Goosen, A. Paterson, E. Paulsen
Ticor South Africa is currently involved in the mining and processing of a heavy mineral oredeposit at Hillendale Mine on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. The orebody is characterized by a high ultr
Jan 1, 2003