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Deportment of Gold and Silver in the Pinos Altos Composite and Leach Residues: Implications for Recovery ImprovementA mineralogical study was conducted on the feed (3.51 g/t Au and ~90 g/t Ag) and four leach residue samples (assaying 0.09 to 0.19 g/t Au and 30.0 to 61.5 g/t Ag) from the Pinos Altos silver-gold depo
Jan 1, 2009
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Book News1. New Publications Tin and its uses no. 140. Greenford (England), International Tin Research Institute, 1984. Catalogue. English translations of German standards 1984. Berlin, Beuth Verlag GmbH, 1984
Jan 1, 1984
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Proceedings October General MeetingThe October General Meeting of the Institute was held in Kelvin House, Johannesburg, on 15th October, 1969, at 4.30 p.m. Mr J. K. E. Douglas (President) was in the Chair. There were also present
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Soluble metal recovery improvement using high density thickeners in a CCD circuit: Ruashi II case study - SynopsisBy M. C. Mulligan
Counter current decantation (CCD) thickener circuits are used to recover soluble metal as pregnant liquor solution from ore leach residue. The basis of CCD operation is to concentrate suspended solids
Jan 1, 2009
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Viscosities, electrical resistivities, and liquidus temperatures of slags in the system CaO-MgOA12O3TiO2-SiO2 under neutral conditionsBy D. D. Howat, J. van der Colf
This paper is the first in a series of three dealing with this subject and also with the rate of oxygen removal from the slags in the presence of solid carbon and with the physicochemical properties o
Jan 1, 1979
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Computer Aided Demand Management for Large Scale Gold Mining OperationsBy 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
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A Managed Approach To Project InsuranceBy N. Watson
Historically the insurance industry's involvement in any project has been relatively late in the process. Often it was a case of the last item to be ticked off the checklist has been to ensure th
Jan 1, 2007
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Comparison of continuous and discontinuous modelling for computational rock mechanicsBy 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
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The Role Of The Mineralogist In The Minerals IndustryBy H. V. R. Von Rahden
The expertise of the industrial mineralogist has not always been sufficiently used in decision-making in the minerals industry in South Africa. The mineralogist can make a contribution at al stages of
Jan 1, 1997
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Coal preparation research in South Africa - SynopsisBy G. J. de Korte
South Africa is reliant on coal for the generation of almost all the electricity used in the country, and several large industrial concerns such as Sasol are also coal based. Research relating to the
Jan 1, 2010
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Hopper clarification of gold pregnant solution at Vaal Reefs SouthBy L. E. Kun, R. O. Oelofsen, E. J. J. van Vuuren
High-rate floc-blanket clarification of gold pregnant rotary filtrate was introduced at the Vaal Reefs South gold plant of the Anglo American Corporation during February 1978. A. daily 12 000 to 15 00
Jan 1, 1979
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The development of rock-burst control strategies for South African gold minesBy R. Heunis
The hazard of rock bursts and rock falls as experienced in South African gold mines is examined in the light of recent research findings. The problem areas include high fatality rates, losses in produ
Jan 1, 1980
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Recovery of unburned carbon by conventional flotation of bottom ashes from Tuncbilek Thermal Power Plant - SynopsisBy A. Yamik
This research study includes studies carried out on the recovery of unburned carbon in the ashes of Tuncbilek Thermal Power Plant. Bottom ashes have been identified by X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluo
Jan 1, 2008
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Fishy samples: how big a sample to avoid the infamous ?Poisson effect??By D. Francois-Bongarcon
The ?Poisson effect? is defined and characterized. It takes place even when the material to sample is not liberated. Gy, Pitard, Ingamells, and others, including the author, recommend that a minimum a
Jan 1, 2009
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Estimation of the sampling constants for grains contaminated by mycotoxins and the impact on sampling precisionGrains are subject to contamination by mycotoxins which are metabolic by-products of various fungi. The fungal infestations produce local concentrations of the mycotoxins thousands of times higher tha
Jan 1, 2009
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Material and personnel transport by endless rope haulage—the 21st century approachBy G. L. du Plessis
This paper describes the design, installation and operation of an endless rope haulage system recently built for and commissioned at Evander Gold Mines in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The factors which l
Sep 1, 2001
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Leaching of the arsenopyrite/pyrite flotation concentrates using metallic iron in a hydrochloric acid mediumThis paper describes experimental investigations into the reductive decomposition of arsenopyrite/pyrite (FeAsS/FeS2), a gold and silver bearing iron/arsenic sulphide using metallic iron powder. The m
Jan 1, 2009
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Threats To The South African Minerals Sector ? An Independent View On The Investment Environment For Mining ? SynopsisBy F. T. Cawood
This article offers a personal and independent view on the threats to the sustainability of the South African minerals industry. It argues that if the six identified threats of insufficient spending o
Jan 1, 2011
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Rate-Determining Mechanisms For The Adsorption Of Gold Di-Cyanide Onto Activated CarbonThe kinetics of adsorption of gold di-cyanide onto activated carbon has been investigated extensively over the past two decades. These studies have demonstrated that both film and intra-particle mass
Jan 1, 1996
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Effects of anisotropy and heterogeneity of rock mass on in-situ permeability testsBy Y. Mitani, M. Zhang, M. Takeda, T. Esaki
Despite their inadequacy, assumptions of isotropy and homogeneity are often applied to the analyses of in situ permeability tests. In this paper, we exam the effects of anisotropy and heterogeneity on
Jan 1, 2003