Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Geometallurgy 2026 Themed Edition

• Nonlinear data normalisation for reliable spatial inference with variational Gaussian processes

  Ítalo Gonçalves, Glen T. Nwaila

• Geometallurgical Domain Characterisation and Process Performance Prediction for Ferromanganese Ores from the Paling Pan MnFe Deposit, Postmasburg Manganese Field, South Africa

  Musawenkosi Buthelezi, Glen, Daniel Bussin, Bertus Smith, Clarisa Vorster, Grant Bybee, Musa Manzi

• The role of mineralogy in predictive geometallurgy

  Megan Becker

• Comprehensive evaluation of the Segment Anything Model (SAM) for post-blast rock fragmentation analysis: a multi-method comparative study integrating data intelligence at an open-pit gold mine

  Izzan Nur Aslam, Muhammad Surya Perdana, Hendra Harisman, Fatin Aliva, Natasya Aulia Putri, Rama Ayuni

• Data-driven delineation of geometallurgical domains in porphyry copper systems

  Tariro Mapupu, Glen Nwaila

• Addressing the elephant in the room: Integrating diamond breakage into kimberlite geometallurgy

  Sara Burness, Sherry Bremner, Megan Becker, Geoffrey Howarth, Aubrey Mainza

• Comminution performance prediction from ore mineralogy and texture

  Viwe Notole, Glen Nwaila, Sehliselo Ndlovu, Mehdi Safari