Focus and Scope
The Journal serves as a medium for the publication of high quality scientific papers. This requires that the papers that are submitted for publication are properly and fairly refereed and edited. This process will maintain the high quality of the presentation of the paper and ensure that the technical content is in line with the accepted norms of scientific integrity.
Section Policies
Conference Papers
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Papers of General Interest
This section contains articles that have been submitted by authors indicidually, and will have gone throught the reviewing process.
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Journal Comment
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Dick Minnitt Special Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Copper Cobalt Africa
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Diamonds 2020 Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Student Edition 2019
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Digitalization
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Geometallurgy Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Furnace Tapping Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Deep Mining 2019
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Heavy Minerals Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Student Edition 2020
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Mine Health Safety Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Tailings
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Digitalisation
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
SAMCODES 2020 Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Mine Health Safety 2021
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Advanced Materials Edition 2021
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Student Edition 2021
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Acid Mine Drainage Edition 2021
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Rare Earths Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
SAMCODES 2021
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Student Edition 2022
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Tailings Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Renewable Energy
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Coal Edition
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Energy Edition 2023
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
PGM
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Pillar Design
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Energy
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Environmental, Social and Governance
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Data Science 2023
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Pillar Design
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Computational modelling
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Student Edition 2023
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
PGM
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Mine Impacted Water
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Future Water Developments for the Mining Industry
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Student Edition 2024
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Slope Stability 2024
Open Submissions | Indexed | Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
The initial manuscript will be reviewed by a minimum of two referees who have been nominated by the Publications Committee. The referees will recommend acceptance, provisional acceptance with revision, or rejection. Where appropriate, the referee’s comments and suggestions will be returned to the principal author so that the paper can be revised. After revision, the paper must be returned to the Journal co-ordinator who will ensure that all the recommended changes have been carried out to the satisfaction of the referees and the Publications Committee.
Open Access Policy
This Journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Articles from this Journal can be submitted to institutional repositories, under the following conditions:
- Always upload the final publishers’ version, as published on the SciELO SA web page.
- Acknowledge the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) as the publisher.
- Cite the article as part of the metadata and include the DOI as part of the citation to the article.
- Acknowledge any funders and copyright ownership as part of the item metadata when uploading the article to the repository.