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The papers published in the SAIMM Journal are refereed and edited according to internationally accepted standards and are accredited for rating purpose by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training.

Printed Journal: ISSN 2225-6253
Key title: Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Abbreviated key title: J. South. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall.

Online Journal: ISSN 2411-9717
Key title: Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Online)
Abbreviated key title: J. South. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. (Online)

The papers and articles published in The Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy are indexed or summarized by:

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Web of Science
IMM Abstracts (Institute of Mining and Metallurgy)
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Engineering Index Monthly
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(SciELO SA)

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2016	11	Review of coal pillar lifespan prediction for the Witbank and Highveld coal seams	JN van der Merwe
2016	10	Exploring differences in various Nb(V) - and Ta(V) tropolonato complexes by a solid-state structural comparison study	R Koen, A Roodt,HG Visser
2016	10	High-temperature thermal plasma treatment of monazite followed by aqueous digestion	D Kemp, AC Cilliers
2016	10	Investigation of the ?tiger skin? defect on indefinite chill rolls	J Jonck, JS Moema, J Jooste, P van Tonder
2016	10	The separation of zirconium and hafnium from (NH4)3Zr(Hf)F7 using amine - based extractants	EW Conradie, DJ van der Westhuizen, JT Nel, HM Krieg
2016	10	Corrosion characteristics of mild steel storage tanks in fluorine-containing acid	R van der Merwe, LA Cornish, JW van der Merwe
2016	10	Cold-spray coating of an Fe-40 at.% Al alloy with additions of ruthenium	RA Couperthwaite, LA Cornish, IA Mwamba
2016	10	The influence of particle size distribution on the properties of metalinjection - moulded 17-4 PH stainless steel	M Seerane, P Ndlangamandla, R Machaka
2016	10	Spheroidisation of iron powder in a microwave plasma reactor	JH van Laar, IJ van der Walt, H Bissett, JC Barry, PL Crouse
2016	10	Effect of yield strength on wear rates of railway wheels	VJ Matjeke, JW van der Merwe, MJ Phasha, AS Bolokang, C Moopanar
2016	10	Premature failure of re-sulphurized steel studs	E Molobi
2016	10	Deformation behaviour of aluminium low-micron MMCs and MMNCs at warm working temperatures (0.3 - 0.5 Tm)	Z Gxowa, LH Chown, G Govender, U Curle
2016	10	Grain refinement of 25 wt% highchromium white cast iron by addition of vanadium	LA Mampuru, MG Maruma, JS Moema
2016	10	X-ray computed microtomography studies of MIM and DPR parts	NS Muchavi, L Bam, FC De Beer, S Chikosha, R Machaka
2016	10	Effect of niobium on the solidification structure and properties of hypoeutectic high-chromium white cast irons	ME Maja, MG Maruma, LA Mampuru, SJ Moema
2016	9	Presidential Address: Optimization in underground mine planning - developments and opportunities	C Musingwini
2016	9	Proceedings, 119th Annual General Meeting, 2016	-
2016	9	Annual report	-
2016	9	Annual Financial Statements, The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	-
2016	9	Annual Financial Statements, The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The SAIMM Scholarship Fund	-
2016	9	Annual Financial Statements, The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The Western Cap Branch	-
2016	8	Pioneering large diamond recovery at Karowe diamond mine	LM van Niekerk, A Olivier, J Armstrong, NA Sikwa
2016	8	The CCUT block cave design for Cullinan Diamond Mine	H Tukker, A Holder, B Swarts, T van Strijp, E Grobler
2016	8	Design and implementation of steeper slope angles on a kimberlite open pit diamond operation - a practical approach	A Madowe
2016	8	Using the proportion of barren samples as a proxy for minimum grade in a diamondiferous linear beach deposit - an application of the Nachman model	J Jacob
2016	8	Microdiamond analysis - a method for estimating the size frequency distribution of the macrodiamonds	J Danoczi, S Creighton
2016	8	Extension of the Cullinan Diamond Mine No. 1 Shaft underneath the existing operating shaft, with emphasis on rock engineering considerations	G Judeel, T Swanepoel, A Holder, B Swarts, T van Strijp, A Cloete
2016	8	Fracture banding in caving mines	D Cumming-Potvin, J Wesseloo, SW Jacobsz, E Kearsley
2016	8	Estimating specific energy from the brittleness indexes in cutting metallic ores	R Comakli, S Kahraman, C Balci, D Tumac
2016	8	The globalization of the South African mining industry	I Robinson
2016	8	A systems approach to mining safety: an application of the Swiss Cheese Model	J Bonsu, W van Dyk, J-P Franzidis, F Petersen, A Isafiade
2016	8	Optimizing seat selection for LHDs in the underground mining environment	X Ji, TR Eger, JP Dickey
2016	8	The prediction of penetration rate for percussive drills from indirect tests using artificial neural networks	S Kahraman
2016	8	Where to make the transition from open-pit to underground? Using integer programming	J Chung, E Topal, AK Ghosh
2016	7	Resource estimation for deep tabular orebodies the AngloGold Ashanti way	T Flitton, R Peattie
2016	7	A test of the appropriateness of the LUC technique in high-nugget Birimianstyle gold deposits	E Maritz
2016	7	The practical implementation of uniform conditioning at AngloGold Ashanti African Operations, and a case study as applied for potential underground mining at Nyankanga pit, Geita gold mine, Tanzania	V Govindsammy
2016	7	Construction of an expert-opinion-based virtual orebody for a diamondiferous linear beach deposit	J Jacob, C Prins
2016	7	The basic tenets of evaluating the Mineral Resource assets of mining companies, as observed through Professor Danie Krige?s pioneering work over half a century	W Assibey-Bonsu
2016	7	When should uniform conditioning be applied?	K Hansmann
2016	7	Optimizing open-pit block scheduling with exposed ore reserve	J Saavedra-Rosas, E Jelvez, J Amaya, N Morales
2016	7	Increasing the value and feasibility of open pit plans by integrating the mining system into the planning process	N Morales, P Reyes
2016	7	An improved meta-heuristic approach to extraction sequencing and block routing	YA Sari, M Kumral
2016	7	Multiple cut-off grade optimization by genetic algorithms and comparison with grid search method and dynamic programming	E Cetin, PA Dowd
2016	7	In situ mining through leaching: experimental methodology for evaluating its implementation and economic considerations	C Bahamondez, R Castro, T Vargas, E Arancibia
2016	7	Coal quality management model for dome storage (DS-CQMM)	MA Badani-Prado, V Kecojevic, D Bogunovic
2016	6	Copper mining in Zambia - history and future	J Sikamo, A Mwanza, C Mweemba
2016	6	Improvements in copper electrowinning at Tenke Fungurume Mining Company	S Sandoval, N Goel, A Luzanga, O Tshifungat
2016	6	Xanthate chemisorption at copper and chalcopyrite surfaces	JL Bowden, CA Young
2016	6	Study of the dissolution of chalcopyrite in solutions of different ammonium salts	T Moyo, J Petersen

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