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  • SAIMM
    Colloquium on Shaft Sinking

    Colloquium on shaft sinking A successful colloquium which was attended by approximately 175 people was held on Shaft Sinking on the 15th November, 1972 at Kelvin House. Four papers were presented. The

  • SAIMM
    Rock Support In Southern African Hard Rock Mines.

    By Dennis Van Heerden

    Southern Africa has a long history of underground hard rock mining dating back to the late 1800?s. The rock support of underground excavations has significantly changed during this period, due to impr

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Support system performance under different corrosion conditions - Synopsis

    This paper reports on recent field observations on the performance of support systems under different corrosion environments in Canadian underground mines. Phenomenological data are used to gain a bet

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SAIMM
    Development of a fuzzy model to estimate engineering rock mass properties

    By S. Jeon, J. Kim, H. Lee

    Though the importance of the engineering rock mass properties such as deformation modulus, cohesion and friction angle is emphasized, the researches on the reliability of these values are rarely perfo

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Book news

    1. New books Australian Institute of International Affairs. Uranium - energy source of the future? Canberra, thelnstitute (Box E181, P.O., Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia), 1979. 202 pp. A$4,95 (post

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SAIMM
    Modelling Effects of Accidental Explosions in Rock Tunnels

    By P. Lundman, L. Rosengren, T. Brandshaug

    Tunnel 99’, the Swedish National Road Administration´s (SNRA) general technical specification for road tunnels requires that the load bearing system must be designed to withstand specified design expl

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    CVD Grown Diamond -2010

    By R Linares

    For centuries, diamond's superlative properties have earned it a reputation as the 'dream' material for mankind in its search to create advanced applications. Until recently, this dream

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SAIMM
    African National Committee On Tunnelling

    AFRICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON TUNNELLING In 1970, the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the South African Institute of Mechanical Engi

    Jan 5, 1974

  • SAIMM
    South African National Committee On Tunnelling

    By Mr P. W. J. van Rensburg

    SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON TUNNELLING In 1970, the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the South African Institute of Mechanica

    Jan 5, 1974

  • SAIMM
    Improved seismic event locations

    By S. M. Spottiswoode, Linzer. L. M.

    We report on further progress in improving seismic locations by using the so-called double-difference method (Spottiswoode and Milev, 1998 and Waldhauser et al., 1999). Double-differences are obtaine

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Coupled Elasto-Plastic Model for Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconsolidated Formations

    By I. Gil, J. -C. Roegiers

    Abstract Hydraulic fracturing is a technology that has been utilized for more than 50 years in the oil industry. It was originally used for stimulating hard, brittle formations which typically exh

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A review of current practices of survey control in sinking shafts in Southern African operations

    By E. Vascotto, S. M. Rupprecht, H. C. Grobler

    Shaft sinking survey practices in Southern African mining operations have been refined over many decades to meet the stringent accuracy, safety, and productivity demands of deep vertical excavation. H

    Mar 30, 2026

  • SAIMM
    Computer Aided Demand Management for Large Scale Gold Mining Operations

    By I. E. Lane

    Conventional demand management techniques invariably fail to offer optimum control flexibility in an operationally complex gold mining environment. An improved control system for electrical demand man

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SAIMM
    Validation Of A Four-Component Pipeline Friction-Loss Model

    By K. C. Wilson

    Recent experiments and analyses have provided greater understanding of friction losses for the size distribution of the particles forming the slurry. Wilson and Sellgren (2001), Wilson et al. (2006) a

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Granulation Of Titania Slag

    By P. Beukes, D. Bessinger, R. Glenewinkel

    High titania slag is produced by the smelting of ilmenite and a suitable carbonaceous reductant in electric furnaces. Currently liquid slag is cast into large blocks, which take about 10 days to cool

    Jan 1, 2007

  • SAIMM
    Ground Control At Leinster Nickel Operations

    By J Cahill, M Lee

    Leinster Nickel Operations, located in Western Australia, consists of an underground and three open pit mines in relatively adverse ground conditions. This paper reviews our ground control practices i

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Green Topics - Utilization Of Wet FGD Material For AMD Abatement In Underground Coal Mines

    By J. C. Ashby

    Electric utility response to certain amendments of the Clean Air Act has resulted in a production of several types of alkaline coal combustion byproducts. Alkaline combustion byproducts are gaining in

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SAIMM
    Ground Control At Leinster Nickel Operations (0c0084dd-072a-410b-a5aa-88a595999659)

    Leinster Nickel Operations, located in Western Australia, consists of an underground and three open pit mines in relatively adverse ground conditions. This paper reviews our ground control practices i

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Comparison of continuous and discontinuous modelling for computational rock mechanics

    By T. Scheldt, M. Lu, A. Myrvang

    Abstract: In this paper both continuous and discontinuous modelling are utilised in order to analyze the stability of the Gjøvik Olympic Mountain Hall. The large span cavern (62 m) was built for the 1

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Strong ground motion and site response of mine-induced seismic events

    By S. K. Murphy, S. M. Spottiswoode, A. M. Milev, D. Geyser

    A portable, stand-alone instrument especially designed for recording strong ground motion was used in this study to create a large database of peak particle velocities measured underground. A total nu

    Jan 1, 2003