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  • SAIMM
    A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Five-, Seven-, Eight-, and Nine-Day Acclimatization Procedures

    By H. J. Swanepoel, N. B. Strydom

    Groups of up to twelve new recruits to the industry were subjected to climatic room acclimatization for either five, seven, eight or nine days prior to being tested for the degree to which they had be

  • SAIMM
    Electrochemical Effects Of Direct Current On The Reduction Of Manganese Oxide From Molten MnO-SiO2-CaO- AI2O3 Slag

    By X. W. Pan

    It has been found that the MnO content of a slag decreases sharply when direct current is applied to a 1T1£tal-Slagsystem consisting of liquid Mn-Si-Ccsat metals and MnO-SiO2-CaO-AI203 slag in graphit

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SAIMM
    Iron-smelting furnaces and the metallurgical traditions of the South African Iron Age

    By H. M. Friede

    Discussion of the above paper by A. SIFF The steely nature of the Iron Age objects mentioned in Dr Friede's paper point to two hypotheses. (1) The African iron workers were conversant with the ar

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SAIMM
    Further Remarks1 On The Impact Of Forward Sales On The Price Of Gold

    By H. L. Monro

    Al forward sales are made on the spot market, and are counter productive because they can only lower the price of gold, as one would expect from any additional supply of gold. Hedging against any fur

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SAIMM
    Replacement Of The Existing Merensky Reef Operations At Lebowa Platinum Mines: An Integrated Business And Operational Readiness Approach

    By O. Y. Ntrama

    Lebowa Platinum Mines has been in operation since the late 1960s and is a relatively small producer compared to Anglo Platinum?s other operations. The mine has never had substantial capital investment

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    A quantitative assessment model for the environmental load of gold production by artificial neural network

    By Z. Jin, Q. Yun, C. Lu

    This paper presents a quantitative assessment model for the assessment of environmental load in gold production, which is based on environmental ecology, Life-Cycle Assessment and technical conditions

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The price forecast of international petroleum with system simulation based on MATLAB/SIMULINK

    By G. Wu, S. Liu

    In view of the singleness of traditional methods about international petroleum (Brant) price forecast, ten main factors that affect international petroleum price are fully analysed. Based on time seri

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    At the cocktail party after the A.G.M.....

    All photographs by Carlos Pais Pictures only.... no script.

    Jan 1, 1985

  • SAIMM
    The Development Of A Metallurgical Flowsheet To Treat Tails

    By H. Jeram

    The ilmenite, rutile and zircon processes of the mineral separation plant generate tailing streams, which still contain valuable mineral. This is due to a combination of factors, which include separat

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    The application of “Optimine” to evaluate risks associated with extraction of a remnant pillar at depth

    By S. K. Murphy, K. B. Le Bron, A. K. Ward, S. Hayes, T. Rangasamy

    A process for evaluating different options for extraction of mining blocks is presented. The process is described and an example of the application of the process to a case study is presented.

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Spotlight on the design of comminution process

    By B. K. Loveday

    The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy hosted a School on 'The Practical Design of Comminution Processes' at Megawatt Park (near Johannesburg) on 14th to 16th May, 1991 Dere

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SAIMM
    New directions for the effective analysis of stress and strain induced by tabular mining

    By J. A. L. Napier

    One of the most important characteristics of tabular mine stress analysis is the need to represent the complex evolution of mining face positions and the accompanying induced stress changes in the roc

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    The 1980 Coal Processing School

    By Z. Zitron

    In 1978 the South African Coal Processing Society (SACPS), together with the Institute for Energy Studies of the Rand Afrikaans University, ran a school on coal processing. This was judged by both the

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SAIMM
    The use of cylindro-conical settlers for the clarification of underground water

    By G. T. C. Emere, E. C. Hunter

    The use of cylindro-conical settlers for the clarification of underground water by E. C. HUNTER- (Associate) G. T. C. EMERE-, B.A. (Hons.) (Keele) (Visitor) This paper analyses the performance of coni

    Jan 5, 1977

  • SAIMM
    Influence of a Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) Binder on the Mechanical Properties of Iron Ore Pellets

    By M. C. J. van der Merwe

    "Carboxymethyl cellulose is an organic binder used in the iron ore pelletizing industry. The basic principles of how carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) solutions behave during the pelletizing process and h

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SAIMM
    Notices THE FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS (fd7aefc2-847a-4c6d-8036-efd8d5953dc0)

    Notices THE FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS The following letter has been received from the Secretaries of the above Federation. Ref. EHvdL/MM/27 13/11/1973 TO THE SECRETARIES OF ALL

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SAIMM
    A Kinetic Study Of Carbon Injection Into Electric Arc Furnace Slags

    By F. -Z. Ji, A. G. Irons, M. Barati, K. Coley

    In order to optimize carbon injection into oxidizing slags, in terms of carbon and iron yield, we must have a detailed understanding of the kinetics of the reactions involved. The current study measur

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Zimbabwe Alloys: The First Fifty Years Of Operation, Challenges, And Opportunities

    By M. Machikicho, N. R. Shoko, J. Chirasha

    Keywords: Pyrometallurgy, furnace, ferrochromium, alloys, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Alloys was founded in 1949 by a consortium led by the John Brown Group. It was the first ferrochrome plant in Africa.

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Surface parameters for quantifying the hydro-mechanical anisotropy of rock discontinuities

    By W. Robert, J. Wirth, G. Grasselli

    ABSTRACT: Strength, deformability and fluid flow properties of rock joints are to a great extent controlled by the surface roughness. The hydraulic conductivity of a rock fracture depends on the aper

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Numerical approach to influence of pore pressure magnitude and gradient on fracture propagation in brittle heterogeneous rocks

    By T. H. Yang, K. K. Lee, Z. Z. Liang, C. A. Tang, L. C. Li, Y. Tsui, L. G. Tham

    Abstract: A series of numerical tests of hydraulic fracturing in heterogeneous rocks were performed to investigate the influence of pore pressure magnitude and gradient on initiation and propagation

    Jan 1, 2003