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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
Environmental Engineering Abstracts
CIS Abstracts (Computer and Information Systems)
(SciELO SA)

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2013	2	Metallurgy of high-carbon steels for railroad applications	R Ordonez Olivares, CI Garcia, FC Robles Hernandez
2013	1	South African mining in the contemporary political - economic context	M Solomon
2013	1	Natural resources, nationalism, and nationalization	M Kahn
2013	1	Resource nationalism and the African National Congress	A Butler
2013	1	Nationalization: an analysis of the competing interests of capital, labour, and government	B Sergeant
2013	1	Nationalizing South African mines: an enonomic assessment	S du Plessis
2013	1	Making sense of transformation claims in the South African mining industry	G Mitchell
2013	1	Resource nationalism in the South African mineral sector: Sanity through stability	FT Cawood, OP Oshokoya
2013	1	Considerations for the resource nationalism debate: a plausible way forward for mining taxation in South Africa	FT Cawood, OP Oshokoya
2013	1	Community management of mineral resources: the case of the Royal Bafokeng Nation	SE Cook
2012	12	Review of the role of microbiology in the design and operation of heap bioleaching processes	M Gericke
2012	12	Talvivaara bioheapleaching process	P Saari, M Riekkola-Vanhanen
2012	12	Sustainable issues related to heap leaching operations	JF Lupo
2012	12	Patenting in the field of percolation leaching	RF Taberer
2012	12	SART for copper control in cyanide heap leaching	M Stewart, D Kappes
2012	12	Advances in high-temperature heap leaching of refractory copper sulphide ores	SW Robertson, PJ van Staden, A Seyedbagheri
2012	12	Potential for bioleaching copper sulphide rougher concentrates of Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Zambia	J Manchisi, GS Hansford, P Gaylard, S Simukanga, RL Nyirenda, A Sichalwe
2012	12	Optimization of the transition from open-pit to underground operation in combined mining using (0-1) integer programming	E Bakhtavar, K Shahriar, A Mirhassani
2012	12	Optimal cut-off grade determination based on variable capacities in open-pit mining	J Abdollahisharif, E Bakhtavar, M Anemangely
2012	12	A newly developed plaster stemming method for blasting	H Cevizci
2012	12	Characterization and alternative dissolution of tantalite mineral samples from Mozambique	M Nete, W Purcell, E Snyders, JT Nel, G Beukes
2012	12	The estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from South African surface and abandoned coal mines	AP Cook, PJD Lloyd
2012	11	Measurements on freshly-deposited surfaces of two platinum tailings dams	G Blight, A Copeland, P Jardine, C MacRobert
2012	11	Perceived and realized benefits of paste and thickened tailings for surface deposition	AB Fourie
2012	11	Putting beach slope prediction into perspective	RJ Jewell
2012	11	Important considerations in the testing of high-density tailings for beach profile prediction	GI McPhail, M Becerra, S Barrera
2012	11	Design and development of a novel thickener feedwell using computational fluid dynamics	TV Nguyen, JB Farrow, J Smith, PD Fawell
2012	11	Evaluation of the behaviour of high-density tailings deposition - CODELCO pilot plant	J Engels, GI McPhail, R Jamett, C Pavissich
2012	11	The performance of centrifugal pumps when pumping ultra - viscous paste slurries	J Crawford, F van Sittert
2012	11	Towards an integrated approach to tailings management	A Chryss, AB Fourie, A M
2012	11	Transferring sampling errors into geostatistical modelling	M Cuba, O Leuangthong, J Ortiz
2012	11	Using simple statistics to define confidence limits for reliable quantitative definition of mineral resources - the Venmyn Variance Tower	AN Clay, JA Myburgh, TC Orford, C Lemmer
2012	11	Design and implementation of a multimodal transportation cost analysis model for domestic lignite supply in Turkey	E Demir, C Karpuz, N Demirel
2012	11	Open access to metallurgical publications	RT Jones
2012	10	Defining a representative overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) measurement for underground bord and pillar coal mining	C Norden, J Ismail
2012	10	Singular value decomposition as an equation solver in co-kriging matrices	M Kumral, PA Dowd
2012	10	Liquid-liquid extraction of copper (II) from chloride media by Cyanex 923 in kerosene	NB Devi, S Mishra
2012	10	Noise-induced hearing loss milestones: past and future	AL Edwards, D Kritzinger
2012	10	Determination of drawpoint spacing in panel caving: a case study at the El Teniente Mine	RL Castro, R Vargas, F de la Huerta
2012	10	Calcination characteristics of laterite ores from the central region of Anatolia	E Keskinkilic, S Pournaderi, A Geveci, YA Topkaya
2012	10	Electrochemical properties of pyrite, pyrrhotite, and steel: effects on grinding and flotation processes	H Moslemi, P Shamsi, M Alimohammady
2012	10	Removal of unburned carbon from fly ash using a cyclonic-static microbubble flotation column	YJ Cao, GS Li, JT Liu, HJ Zhang, X Zhai
2012	10	Feasibility study on underground coal gasification of No. 15 seam in Fenghuangshan Mine	WG Huang, ZT Wang, L Xin, TH Duan, GJ Kang
2012	10	Microstructure characterization of laserdeposited titanium carbide and zirconiumbased titanium metal matrix composites	OF Ochonogor, C Meacock, SL Pityana, PAI Popoola, J Dutta Majumder
2012	9	Strategic long term planning in mining	GL Smith
2012	9	Proceedings of the Special General Meeting, 2012	-
2012	9	Proceedings, 115th Annual General Meeting, 2012	-
2012	9	Annual Report	-
2012	9	Annual Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 2012	-
2012	9	Annual Financial Statement for the SAIMM Scholarship Fund for the year ended 30 June 2012	-

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Journal - Innovative process design for coppercobalt oxide ores in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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