The application of GRP and thin spray liner support products in a typical block cave mining method to enhance safety and productivity
PH Ferreira and A Piroddi
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia: A growing global ‘Hotspot’ for Copper-cobalt mineral investment and exploitation
MI Lydall and A Auchterlonie
The mechanisms of the passivation of sulfide minerals in oxidative leaching processes
D Pugaev, MJ Nicol, and G Senanayake
Recovery of uranium from dense slurries via resin-in-pulp
T Udayar, MH Kotze, and V Yahorava
Commissioning of the 375 ktpm Autogenous Milling Circuit at Nkomati Nickel
E Wolmarans, PJ Morgan, and DS Smit
Industrial trial of Mintek’s Xanthoprobe at the Eland Platinum Concentrator
JW Knight and BDH Knights
An introduction to the Rados XRF ore sorter
RS Fickling
Impact of poor fragmentation on cave management
SN Ngidi and DD Pretorius
Investigation of sorting technology to remove hard pebbles and recover copper bearing rocks from an autogenous milling circuit
K Seerane and G Rech
Effective use of energy in the flotation process
D Lelinski, D Govender, B Dabrowski, F Traczyk, and M Mulligan
RIP pilot plant for the recovery of copper and cobalt from tailings
V Yahorava and MH Kotze
The use of sulphuric acid in the mineral sands industry as a chemical mechanism for iron removal
J Ledgerwood and P van der Westhuyzen
The upper ore body, a new dimension to Nchanga underground mining operation
L Mbiri
Cave management and secondary breaking practices at Palabora Mining Company
SN Ngidi and P Boshoff
Review of selective separations of cobalt, uranium, zinc, nickel and associated contaminants from various process streams
SR Izatt, NE Izatt, and RL Bruening
Cobalt processing developments
KG Fisher
The new generation polyester resin capsule support for rock bolt solutions to the mining industry
W Snyman, PH Ferreira, and D O’Connor
Improved flow and flotation monitoring for process efficiency improvements through new technology utilizing non-invasive passive arrays
J Felix, C O’Keefe, and R Maron
Addressing the challenges of sustainability in the mining industry
A Davis
10 years of Zinc market development in Southern Africa (Keynote address)
RT White
Keeping open of underground blast holes
R Hawker and D O’Connor
A comparison of large bead ion exchange resins for recovery of base metals in resin-in-pulp (RIP) circuit
B McKevitt, P Abbasi, and D Dreisinger
Development of effective solvent-extraction process control—low cost implementation value-addition to hydrometallurgical copper operations
M Mwale and DC Megaw
The application of bioleaching to base metal sulfides in Southern Africa: prospects and opportunities
JW Neale, M Gericke, and K Ramcharan
High pressure grinding moving ahead in copper, iron, and gold processing
FP van der Meer and W Maphosa
Investigation of factors influencing the determination of discount rate and the application of quantitative methods for discount rate using risk factors in the minerals industry
SJ Park and I Matunhire
Reconciliation along the base metal value chain
AS Macfarlane
The product development and continuous improvement process for refractories in the base metals industry - A text book and practical perspective
N McEwan, RA Parry, T Courtney, P Knupfer, and D Brazier
Leaching kinetics of Cu, Co, Zn, Pb and Fe from copper smelting slags cooled in different ways after tapping
N Tshiongo, RKK Mbaya, and K Maweja
What scale should your smelting testwork be done at, and what do you get for the money you spend?
IJ Geldenhuys and RT Jones
The effect of gangue mineralogy on the density separation of low grade nickel ore
K Pillay, M Becker, D Chetty, and H Thiele