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PRESS RELEASE: SAIMM honours former Anglo American chief executive Mark Cutifani

Credited with transforming one of the world’s biggest mining companies, mining veteran Mark Cutifani was awarded the Brigadier Stokes Memorial Award by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM). The Award is considered to be the highest honour to be bestowed by the South African mining and metallurgical sector in recognition of meritorious service to the industry.

Mining veteran, Cutifani received the platinum medal during the online annual general meeting of the Institute on Thursday, 11 August 2022. The award was presented to Cutifani for his substantial contribution to the South African minerals industry.

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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:

Elsevier Compendex (Computerized Engineering Index)
Elsevier Scopus
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IMM Abstracts (Institute of Mining and Metallurgy)
Thomson Reuters
Engineering Index Monthly
Environmental Engineering Abstracts
CIS Abstracts (Computer and Information Systems)
(SciELO SA)

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2019	7	Determination of optimal fragmentation curves for a surface diamond mine	K.M. Phamotse and A.S. Nhleko	View
2019	7	Developing a mining plan for restarting the operation at Uis mine	J.H. Maritz and S. Uludag	View
2019	7	Optimization of the cycle time to increase productivity at Ruashi Mining	I.N.M. Nday and H. Thomas	View
2019	7	The state of mine closure in South Africa – what the numbers say	I. Watson and M. Olalde	View
2019	7	Stability considerations for slopes excavated in fine hard soils/soft rocks at Cobre Las Cruces mine, Sevilla, Spain	S. Cooper, M.D. Rodriguez, J.M. Galera, and V. Pozo	View
2019	7	The effects of froth depth and impeller speed on gas dispersion properties and metallurgical performance of an industrial self-aerated flotation machine	H. Naghavi, A. Dehghani, and M. Karimi	View
2019	7	A proposed preliminary model for monitoring hearing conservation programmes in the mining sector in South Africa	N. Moroe, K. Khoza-Shangase, M. Madahana, and O. Nyandoro	View
2019	7	Coal pillar strength analysis based on size at the time of failure	J.N. van der Merwe	View
2019	6	Development, installation, and operation of a full-copper, deep-cooled slag tapblock for a six-in-line copper matte settling electric furnace	B.N. Belford, P. Conradie, and T. Mwanza	View
2019	6	Phase effects in tap-hole flow – a computational modelling study	Q.G. Reynolds, J.E. Olsen, M.W. Erwee, and O.F. Oxtoby	View
2019	6	Wear analysis of tap-holes at two ferrochromium production furnaces	J.D. Steenkamp	View
2019	6	Tap-hole maintenance and management on furnace 10 at Eramet Norway Porsgrunn	J.E. Davidsen and M. Honstad	View
2019	6	Multiphase flow modelling of lancing of furnace tap-holes: validation of multiphase flow simulated in OpenFOAM®	M.W. Erwee, Q.G. Reynolds, J.H. Zietsman, and P.J.A. Bezuidenhout	View
2019	6	Slag carry-over and the production of clean steel	P.C. Pistorius	View
2019	6	Managing the tap-hole life-cycle at five submerged arc furnaces producing silicomanganese at Transalloys	J.J. Sutherland and J.P. Gous	View
2019	6	Effect of reclaimed bauxite on andalusite-based refractory castables for tundish application	E. Matinde, and S.L. Msibi	View
2019	6	Kell hydrometallurgical extraction ofprecious and base metals from flotationconcentrates – Piloting, engineering,and implementation advances	K.S. Liddell, M.D. Adams, L.A. Smith, and B. Muller	View
2019	6	Release analysis of coal fines: Evolution of the methodology and critical issues involved	L. Sahu, S. Bhattacharya, and S. Dey	View
2019	5	Metal recovery from TiCl4 slurry by evaporation and acid leaching	X Xiang, X Wang, W Xia, J Yin	View
2019	5	An evaluation framework for virtual reality safety training systems in the South African mining industry	EA van Wyk, MR de Villiers	View
2019	5	Field validation of estimated primary fragment size distributions in a block cave mine	S Annavarapu	View
2019	5	Optimization of iron ore blending in the COREX shaft furnace	X Liu, C Liu, B Wang, F Ye	View
2019	5	PGM recovery from a pregnant leach solution using solvent extraction and cloud point extraction: a preliminary comparison	L Makua, K Langa, C Saguru, S Ndlovu	View
2019	5	Rock properties and machine parameters evaluation at R?ssing Uranium Mine for optimum drill performance	Adebayo, JGM Mukoya	View
2019	5	Comparison of the efficiency of plaster stemming and drill cuttings stemming by numerical simulation	H Cevizci	View
2019	5	An alternative pillar design methodology	RWO Kersten	View
2019	5	Mining companies attain relief through deductions on infrastructure relating to Social and Labour Plans: A case of the cart before the horse?	K Thambi	View
2019	5	An audit of environmental impact assessments for mining projects in Kenya	F Mwaura	View
2019	5	Reduction rates of MnO and SiO2 in SiMn slags between 1500 and 1650?C	PP Kim, TA Larssen, M Tangstad	View
2019	5	Erratum - June 2018 - vol. 118, no. 6, pp. 575-580	-	View
2019	5	Characterization of hot deformation behaviour of Nb-Ti microalloyed highstrength steel	G-L Wu, Y-J Zhang, S-W Wu	View
2019	5	Performance optimization of an industrial gamma activation assay system for analysing gold and rare metal ores	A Sokolov, V Gostilo, M Demsky, E Hasikova	View
2019	4	Geometallurgical characterization of South Georgian complex copper-gold ores	J Liipo, M Hicks, V-P Takalo, A Remes, M Talikka, S Khizanishvili, M Natsvlishvili	View
2019	4	The ORCiD Initiative - Author Registration	-	View
2019	4	Prediction of copper recovery from geometallurgical data using D-vine copulas	E Addo Jr, AV Metcalfe, EK Chanda, E Sepulveda, W Assibey-Bonsu, A Adeli	View
2019	4	Developing a 3D mineral texture quantification method of drill core for geometallurgy	MJ Voigt, J Miller, L Bbosa, RA Govender, D Bradshaw, A Mainza, M Becker	View
2019	4	Embracing step-changes in geoscientific information for effective implementation of geometallurgy	R Lechuti-Tlhalerwa, S Coward, M Field	View
2019	4	Key aspects of bench flotation as ageometallurgical characterization tool	V Ross	View
2019	4	Time-dependent failure of open stopes at Target Mine	PJ Le Roux, KR Brentley, FP Janse van Rensburg	View
2019	4	Geotechnical data analysis to select a feasible method for development of a long axis, large diameter vertical ventilation shaft	EJ Walls, WC Joughin, H-D Paetzold	View
2019	4	Laser surface deposition of niobium and titanium-niobium on Ti6A14V substrates for biomedical applications	SL Pityana, N Baloyi, M Tlotleng, P Popoola	View
2019	4	Limiting the influence of extreme grades in ordinary kriged estimates	A Fourie, C Morgan, RCA Minnitt	View
2019	4	Compaction tests on coking coals. Part 1: Laboratory-scale compaction with a 4-ton hydraulic press	G Coetzer	View
2019	4	Compaction tests on coking coals. Part 2: Pilot-plant-scale compaction with a 60-ton hydraulic press	G Coetzer	View
2019	3	A stochastic cut-off grade optimization model to incorporate uncertainty for improved project value	J Githiria, C Musingwini	View
2019	3	An empirical long-term commodity price range for Mineral Reserve declarations to minimize impairments in gold and platinum mines	V Maseko, C Musingwini	View
2019	3	Application of geometallurgical modelling to mine planning in a copper-gold mining operation for improving ore quality and mineral processing efficiency	C Beaumont, C Musingwini	View
2019	3	A spatial mine-to-plan compliance approach to improve alignment of shortand long-term mine planning at open pit mines	TJ Otto, C Musingwini	View
2019	3	Evaluation of government equity participation in the minerals sector of Tanzania from 1996 to 2015	PR Lobe, AS, Nhleko, H Mtegha	View
2019	3	Benefits of including resistivity data in a resource model - an example from the Postmasburg Manganese Field	J Perold, C Birch	View

Invitation to submit papers for the Data Science Journal edition

The Journal of the SAIMM has the pleasure of inviting papers for a special edition that would fit into the theme:

‘Data Science – Enabling and Enhancing Future Intelligent Mining and Metallurgy’.

Authors can submit a paper here: https://saimmjournal.co.za/ Please select the Data Science section. The deadline date for paper submissions: 31 August 2022

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Journal - Innovative process design for coppercobalt oxide ores in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Interesting paper, the ERG team to be congratulated on their 'innovation' in dealing with the silica ...
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Dear Mr Geach Thank you, we have received your query. We will be in contact with you via email ...
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