Vol. 124 No. 8 (2024): SAIMM Journal

Published: 2026-04-15

Conference Papers

Heat-gas production characteristics of pre-oxidized coal and its experimental shortest period of spontaneous combustion

Shugang Wang, Yong Sun, Wei Lu
Synthesis of Pt-based alloy nanostructures

Gerard M. Leteba, Eric van Steen
The effect of V on the magnetic and mechanical properties of B2 FeCo alloy: a DFT approach

Hasani Chauke, Tebogo Ledwaba, Ramogohlo Diale, Phuti Ngoepe
Drawpoint loading optimisation strategies in block caving- A case study of Palabora Mining Company

Martin Nyarela

Papers of General Interest

RESISTANCE OF YIELDING ROCK BOLTS TO MULTIPLE IMPACT LOADS

Andrzej Pytlik, Donald O'Connor, Justin Graeme Corbett
DEMATEL and ISM Analysis for Influence Factors of Coal Spontaneous Combustion in Longwall Gobs

Liang Zhou, Guanglong Dai, Ruxiang Qin, Mingyun Tang, Jinwei Qiu
Hydrogeological Features and Ground Water Control at Chambishi Mine, Zambia

FAN YONG, Zhang DONGHONG, ZHAO XINGGUO, XU JINGYUAN
Prediction of bench blast-induced ground vibrations using Random Forest algorithm.

Nevaid Zvikomborero Dzimunya
Practical approach to determine the role of tendons in a support system in South African mines

Jean Pierre Gouvea
Stochastic analysis of dig-limit optimisation using simulated annealing

Jeroen Robert van Duijvenbode, Masoud Soleymani Shishvan
1104 DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW METHOD IN THE DETERMINATION OF THE MUCK PILE FRAGMENTATION FORMED AS A RESULT OF BLASTING

Abdurrahman Tosun
Review of Decarburisation Kinetics in Bath-steelmaking Processes: An Oxygen Potential View

Thabisani Nigel Phuthi
Study on the mechanism for ammonium chloride extraction of negative component calcium from vanadium-bearing steel slag

Yu Xie, Guohua Ye, Qi Zuo, Ziyang Chen, Hao Zhang
Full-waveform automatic location of small seismic events using synthetic strain Green’s tensors in an underground mine

Sahil Brijraj, Suleman Moolla, Richard Lynch
The needle penetration index for estimation of the physico-mechanical properties of pyroclastic rocks

Sair Kahraman
Development Status of Coal Industries in the world’s major coal-producing countries

liu xinjie, song gaofeng
Development status of coal mining in China

liu xinjie, li lianghui, yang Yingming
Predicting the strength, density, and porosity of rocks from the crushing test with a roll crusher

Sair Kahraman
Impacts of Different Competent Persons Judgements in Mineral Resources Classification

Solomon Kwabena Ansah Owusu, Kadri Dagdelen
COST MODELING FOR DIMENSION STONE QUARRY OPERATIONS

Dr. Muhammad Usman Khan
Enhancement of Shear flocculation of Galena Suspension by Ultrasonic Treatment

kiraz esmeli, Alper Ozkan
Lesson learned from mining accident where 301 workers died: Experimental Studies and Full Scale CFD Analysis for Belt Conveyor Fire in Underground Coal Mine

Okay Cemalettin AKSOY
Studies on fluorination of magnetite by NH4HF2

Lina Zhang, Yuebo Zhou, Hong Wang, Chenggang Mo
The spill over effect of industrial action on the profitability of platinum mining companies

Babalwa Ceki, Mangakane Lehlohonolo Pududu, Kelebogile Mohajane
A Practical and Alternative Numerical Modelling Approach for Remnants and Pillar Mining in South African Deep-Level Gold Mines

Jean Pierre Gouvea
Lean Construction: Implementing a Last Planner System on Mining Projects

Michiel Christiaan Bekker, Thiloshini Govindasamy
REDUCING MINING TAILINGS AND OPERATIONAL DILUTION: A NEW APPLICATION OF THE ROOM AND PILLAR MINING METHOD

Edmo Rodovalho, Thammiris Mohamad El Hajj, Gustavo Calegari Teodoro, Giorgio de Tomi, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório
Decrepitation of South African Manganese ores during the pre-heating process in a rotary kiln.

Matale Samuel Moholwa
Energy efficiency in the South African mining sector: A Mpumalanga coal mine case study

Kristy Langerman, Cebisile Majola
Stability Evaluations of Selected Room and Pillar Rock Salt Mines by Using Flat Jack Technique-A Case Study

Yasir Majeed, Nasir Abbas, Muhammad Zaka Zaka Emad
FLYROCK IN SURFACE MINING - LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT PREDICTIVE MODELS AND A BETTER ALTERNATIVE THROUGH MODELLING THE AERODYNAMICS OF FLYROCK TRAJECTORY

Thomas - Szendrei
Real-time underground route identification and route progress using simple on-board sensing and processing

Riaan Meeser, Nico Theron
Where is all the Gold?

Matthew Francis Handley
The Effect of Overburden and Confined Stress State on Cave Mining Propagation

Nicholas Kyle Schoeman, Schalk Willem Jacobsz, Elsabe Kearsley, Johan Wesseloo
Geochemical evaluation of a hidden Cu-Au mineralization using soil samples along with 3D ore body modeling

Farzad Moradpouri, Seyed Masoud Hashemi Ahmadi, Reza Ghaedrahmati, Kianoush Barani
Optimising of gas metal arc welding parameters on 10.5-12.5% chromium steel using 308L electrodes for railway vehicle application

Audrey Makgalake Maleka
Dephosphorization of Gara Djebilet iron deposit (Algerian Sahara) using sulphurous mineral thermal water

Wahiba Bendaikha, Salah Larbi, Aziz Ramdane
Open pit post-blast dust cloud lightning

Nicolaas Casper Steenkamp
Simulation of production processes and associated costs in mining using the Monte-Carlo method

Markus Mathey
Factors controlling pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical and electrometallurgical processes of titanium ores into titanium dioxide and titanium metal: A review

H.C.S. Subasinghe, Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake
Purification of titanium sponge produced by lithiothermic reduction of titanium chloride: Effect of leaching conditions

Matsie Rinny Serwale, Theresa Coetsee, Kathryn Clare Sole, Shahed Fazluddin
A CONCEPTUAL TOOL TO QUANTIFY THE TRAJECTORY OF FLYROCK

Jennifer van der Walt, William Spiteri
Leaching of gold ore using creatine monohydrate

kianoush barani
Employee engagement among women employed in technical mining positions in South Africa

Nelly Mashaba, Doret Botha
Embracing technological development as key to growth in the South African mining industry: An assessment of critical success factors and challenges

Walter Lumadi
Characterization of Firebricks used in Copper Smelting Furnaces of the 19th Century, Atacama, Chile

Amin Nazer, Norman Toro, Osvaldo Pavez, Julio Guerrero
Evaluation of different surface characteristics and mineral grain size in the estimation of rock strength using the Schmidt hammer

Kadir Karaman
Effect of chemical, mineralogical and petrographic properties on the grindability behaviour of a South African Highveld feed-coal and its density- separated fractions

Ratale Matjie, Ratale Matjie, John Bunt, Anne Goosen, Nikki Wagner, Katlego Mphahlele, Romanus Uwaoma
Constrained communication in the safety system of South African mines and the implications for the exercise of the Right to Refuse Dangerous Work.

Paul Finlay Stewart, Nancy Coulson
Reduction of a concentrate of willemite by charcoal for its use in the Waelz process

Vitor Silva Coimbra, Geraldo Magela de Lima, Versiane Albis Leão, Rodrigo Fernandes Magalhães de Souza, Víctor de Andrade Alvarenga Oliveira
FLYROCK IN SURFACE MINING–Part 2. CAUSES, SOURCES AND MECHANISMS OF ROCK PROJECTION

Thomas - Szendrei, Simon Tose
Estimating Uncertainty of Rock Mass into GSI, RMi and RMR

Naeem Abbas
A regional geology overview of Zimbabwe’s coloured gemstone endowments

Antony Mamuse
Optimization of shape factor on sphalerite flotation by response surface method

TURAN UYSAL
Field-portable XRF for chemical characterisation of carbonate-bearing base metal tailings - case study from the Namib Pb-Zn Mine, Namibia

Stephanie Lohmeier
Coal-based energy, communities and the Just Transition in South Africa

Megan Jane Cole, Mzila Mthenjane, Andrew van Zyl
A Comparative Study of Different Grinding Aids for Producing Low-Energy Clinker Grinding

Ku Esyra Hani Ku Ishak
2724 Geochemical and mineralogical characterisation and resource potential of the Namib Pb-Zn tailings (Erongo Region, Namibia)

Stephanie Lohmeier
Ground support guidelines for squeezing rock conditions

John Hadjigeorgiou, Yves Potvin
Predicting stope performance at an octree resolution using multivariate models

Benoît McFadyen, Martin Grenon, Kyle Woodward, Yves Potvin
Spontaneous combustion of carbonaceous shale at an iron ore mine, South Africa

Cornelia Gous, Bekir Genc
How the distribution of blasting charges influences the energy of comminution of rocks

Jacopo E Seccatore, Marilena Cardu, Tatiane Marin
The Future of Ni-Cu Smelting in Botswana- The Choice between FSF and TSL

Arthur Mabentsela, Bulelwa Coki
Triboelectric characteristics of magnesite and quartz and investigation of triboelectric separation of magnesite

Zhenxing Zhang, Yongqiang Xu, Haifeng Wang, Jilan Shi, Jiahui Niu, Zihui Zhang
3159 The development of a Best Practice Guideline for the management of hot holes in surface coal mines

Mvikeli Mpofu, Busisiwe Maphalala, Thabang Kgarume, Fleckson Magweregwede, Gerhard Stenzel
OPTIMISING THE CUT-OFF GRADE FOR TABULAR GOLD DEPOSITS CONSIDERING THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD TAX AND MINERAL RESOURCE ROYALTY REGIME

Clinton Charles Birch, Frederick T Cawood
3201 A Formulation for Optimum Risk in Open Pit Mining

Julian Venter, Johan Wesseloo, Bryan Maybee

Copper Cobalt Africa

Copper Solvent Extraction on the African Copperbelt: From Historic Origins to World-Leading Status

Owen S. Tinkler, Kathryn Clare Sole

Digitalization

Review of machine learning based mineral ore grade estimations

Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob, Turgay Celik, Bekir Genc
A simulation model to study truck-allocation options

Weiguo Zeng, Ernest Baafi, Haiying Fan

Geometallurgy 2026 Themed Edition

ORGANIZATIONAL-ECONOMIC MECHANISM FOR INCREASING OF THE EFFICIENCY OF RECYCLING SECONDARY TECHNOGENIC RESOURCES OF THE MINING-METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY

Gigo Jandieri
Effect of process mineralogy on grindability – A case study of copper ores

Titus Nghipulile, Thomas Ehongo Moongo, Godfrey Dzinomwa, Kasonde Maweja, Benjamin Mapani, Jacqueline Kurasha, Martha Amwaama

Deep Mining 2019

Mechanism and Control Method of Deformation in Gob-Side Entry with Thick and Hard Roof Strata

Jinshuai Guo, Liqiang Ma, Ichhuy Ngo

Heavy Minerals Edition

Numerical support for the presence and role of frozen slag-pig iron interface in DC ilmenite furnace operation

Arthur Mabentsela
Elastic damage characterization of ilmenite freeze lining

Arthur Mabentsela, Aubrey Mainza
Can preconcentration of cassiterite from its pegmatite ore reduce processing costs and improve operational sustainability?

Joseph Kolela Nyembwe

Student Edition 2020

Determination of the validity of coal washability data obtained via the RhoVol.

Dyllan Stone, Quentin Campbell, Marco Le Roux, Mohamed Fofana
An investigation into mining coal losses at Klipspruit Colliery

Wolter Willem de Graaf

Mine Health Safety Edition

Framework for ergonomic design of control centers in underground coal mines – A Serbian experience

Miroljub Grozdanovic, Dobrivoje Marjanovic, Milos Z Ilic

Tailings

Using a biocompatible polymer to enhance tailings transportation and save water in a copper-cobalt-zinc mine: A CASE STUDY

Yongsik Jeong, Kwangmin Kim
Consideration on the Applicability of the Risk Assessment Methodology Designed for Water Reservoirs to Tailings Storage Facilities

Dragana Nišić, Dinko Knežević, Aleksandar Cvjetić, Neda Nišić, Vladimir Jovanović
Valorization potentials of phosphate tailings at Minjingu mines in northern part of Tanzania

Daniel Dionis Mdachi, Anita M Rugaika, Revocatus L Machunda
Investigation of Glycine Leaching for Gold Extraction from Witwatersrand Gold Mine Tailings with Permanganate Pre-treatment

Anthony Tapfuma, Margerth Tadie, Guven Akdogan

Digitalisation

Ventilation optimisation through digital transformation

Tonderai Chikande, Huw Phillips, Fred T Cawood
Stakeholder inclusion in the design and development of equipment for the modernising mining sector in South Africa

Sibusiso Sizwe Ngobese, Jodi Pelders, Wessel Botha, Fleckson Magweregwede, Schu Schutte

Advanced Materials Edition 2021

The influence of solution treatment on the phase evolution and tensile properties of binary Ti-Mo alloys

Babatunde Abiodun Obadele

Student Edition 2021

Material characteristics of additively manufactured Ti-6AL-4V samples using the laser based direct energy deposition technique.

Mattheus G. Willemse Gerhardus Wllemse
A Conceptual Framework for Reframing Artisanal and Small-scale Mining: Understanding Characterisation of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in South Africa.

Maxwell Chuma
Hand-held XRF sorting of spent refractory bricks to aid recycling

Nkhensani Mabasa, Natasia Naude, Andrie M Garbers-Craig

Acid Mine Drainage Edition 2021

Removal arsenic and metal ions from acidic effluent via Fenton reaction method

Yongliang Wang

Student Edition 2022

Electrical resistivity of heat-treated charcoal

Robert Douglas Cromarty, Shreya Bharat

Energy Edition 2023

The thermal decomposition kinetics of carbonaceous and ferruginous manganese ores in atmospheric conditions

Lina Hockaday

Pillar Design

Simulating pillar reinforcement using a displacement discontinuity boundary element code

Daniel Francois Malan
Numerical simulation of large-scale pillar layouts

Daniel Francois Malan
A study of the effect of pillar shape on pillar strength

Daniel Francois Malan
Bord and pillar design for the UG2 reef containing weak alterations

Daniel Francois Malan
Calibration of the limit equilibrium pillar failure model using physical models

Daniel Francois Malan
A study of UG2 pillar strength using a new pillar database

Daniel Francois Malan
A Hybrid Approach to Pillar Design: Integrating Empirical, Strain Criterion, and Stress Inversion Concepts

Kevin Byron Le Bron, Les J Gardner, Jean-Claude Van Zyl

Environmental, Social and Governance

Mining corporate boardrooms still a male club? experiences and challenges faced by women.

Nthabiseng Violet Moraka
Recruitment of women to mining boards – evidence of tokenism

Nthabiseng Violet Moraka
DETERMINATION OF CONCENTRATIONS OF SELECTED TRACE ELEMENTS IN RUN OF MINE COAL, DISCARD AND COAL PRODUCTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE THEREOF

Ramasela Margaret Mashishi, Okechukwu Jonathan Okonkwo

Data Science 2023

Prediction of silicon content in metal alloy in ferrochrome smelting using data-driven models

Alexey Vladimirovich Cherkaev, Markus Erwee, Quinn Gareth Reynolds, Stefan Swanepoel
Cave mine pillar stability analysis using machine learning

ricardo javier quevedo, Yuksel Asli Sari, Stephen D McKinnon

Computational modelling

Near Real-Time Interpolative Measurement Algorithm for the Modelling of Environmental Air Quality in Underground Mines

Kate Willa Brown Requist, Eric Lutz, Moe Momayez
Pragmatical physics-based model for ladle lifetime prediction

Stein Tore Johansen, Bjørn Tore Løvfall, Tamara Rodríguez Durán
Pragmatism in industrial modelling, applied to "ladle lifetime in the steel industry"

Stein Tore Johansen, Bjørn Tore Løvfall, Tamara Rodríguez Durán, Josip Zoric
A finite-element-method model for a ferromanganese and silicomanganese pilot furnace

Manuel Sparta, Vetle Kjær Risinggård
Prediction of burden distribution and electrical resistivity in submerged arc furnaces using DEM modelling

Shana Joy Baumgartner
Investigation of the transient infiltration and lubrication behavior of slag based on a mathematical mold model

Xingzhong Zhang
Models for analysing the economic impact of ore sorting, using ROC curves

Fernanda Gontijo Fernandes Niquini, David Alvarenga Drumond, Áttila Leães Rodrigues, joão felipe coimbra Coimbra Leite Costa, Mariana Gazire Lemos
Numerical simulation for the study of electromagnetic field characteristics in the secondary cooling zone of arc-shaped slabs

Bin Yang, yi ren

Student Edition 2023

Contact sorption drying of chromite concentrates

Cheranté Snyman, Marco le Roux, Shani Engelbrecht, Quentin Peter Campbell
Structural Frame Analysis of Electric Powered Robotic Subsea Dredging Crawler under Static Loading Condition

Mike Oluwaseun Ojumu
Estimating and authenticating the total bound moisture of a gypsum calciner product using an artificial neural network

Marlise Jacobs
A critical investigation into identifying key focus areas for the implementation of blockchain applications in the mining industry

KEATON GEORGE PHILO

Mine Impacted Water

Treatment of Chromium (VI) Wastes with Clay Based Adsorbents after Reduction with Acid Mine Drainage

Sibabalwe Mxinwa
The use of seawater in copper hydrometallurgical processes in Chile: A review.

Alvaro Astudillo, Matías García, Víctor Quezada, Lilian Velásquez