| Medal |
Name of Paper |
Author |
| Silver Medal 2017/2018 |
Calibration of a numerical model for bore-and-fill mining |
D Roberts |
| Silver Medal 2017/2018 |
Uranium recovery from high-chloride sulphate leach solutions: A cost trade-off study of using treated water vs saline water as make-up water |
EL Forner, SJ Archer, VE Coetzee, K Soldenhoff, J Quinn |
| Gold Medal 2016/2017 |
Pioneering large diamond recovery at Karowe diamond mine |
LM van Niekerk, A Olivier, J Armstrong, NA Sikwa |
| Gold Medal 2016/2017 |
Fracture banding in caving mines |
D Cumming-Potvin, J Wesseloo, SW Jacobsz, E Kearsley |
| Silver Medal 2016/2017 |
Implications of collecting additional data for slope design in an open pit operation |
M-H Fillion, J Hadjigeorgiou |
| Silver Medal 2016/2017 |
A review of rock cutting for underground mining: past, present, and future |
D Vogt |
| Silver Medal 2016/2017 |
Review of coal pillar lifespan prediction for the Witbank and Highveld coal seams |
JN van der Merwe |
| Silver Medal 2016/2017 |
A version of Gy’s equation for gold-bearing ores |
RCA Minnitt |
| Silver Medal 2016/2017 |
The tap-hole key to furnace performance |
LR Nelson, RJ Hundermark |
| Silver Medal 2016/2017 |
Review, evolution and optimization of the treatment of Kansanshi mixed copper ore |
C Ngulube, C Chongo, FX Paquot |
| Gold Medal 2015/2016 |
An economic risk evaluation approach for pit slope optimization |
LF Contreras |
| Gold Medal 2015/2016 |
Sonic injection into a PGM Peirce-Smith converter: CFD modelling and industrial trials |
DK Chibwe, G Akdogan, GA Bezuidenhout, JPT Kapusta, S Bradshaw, JJ Eksteen |
| Gold Medal 2015/2016 |
Modelling of fluid flow phenomena in Peirce-Smith copper converters and analysis of combined blowing concept |
DK Chibwe, G Akdogan, P Taskinen, JJ Eksteen |
| Silver Medal 2015/2016 |
Stochastic simulation for budget prediction for large surface mines in the South African mining industry |
J. Hager, VSS Yadavalli, R Webber-Youngman |
| Silver Medal 2015/2016 |
Determination of mineral matter and elemental composition of individual macerals in coals from Highveld mines |
RH Matjie, Z Li, CR Ward, JR Bunt, CA Strydom |
| Silver Medal 2015/2016 |
Interaction of dust with the DC plasma arc - a computational modelling investigation |
QG Reynolds |
| Silver Medal 2015/2016 |
Chemical wear analysis of a tap-hole on a SiMn production furnace |
JD Steenkamp, PC Pistorius, M Tangstad |
| Silver Medal 2015/2016 |
Insights into the potential for reduced refractory wear in silicomanganese smelters |
JD Steenkamp, PC Pistorius, J Muller |
| Silver Medal 2014/2015 |
Evaluation of the spatial variation of bvalue |
J Wesseloo |
| Silver Medal 2014/2015 |
Extending empirical evidence through numerical modelling in rock engineering design |
GS Esterhuizen |
| Silver Medal 2014/2015 |
Evaluation of different adsorbents for copper removal from cobalt electrolyte |
V Yahorava, M Kotze, D Auerswald |
| Gold Medal 2013/2014 |
Metal accounting and corporate governance |
PG Gaylard, NG Randolph, CMG Wortley |
| Gold Medal 2013/2014 |
Metal accounting in the platinum industry: How effective is it? |
PG Gaylard, NG Randolph, CMG Wortley |
| Silver Medal 2013/2014 |
Pre-mining stress model for subsurface excavations in southern Africa |
MF Handley |
| Silver Medal 2013/2014 |
The allocation of gold production from multiple shafts feeding a common treatment plant using run-of-mine sampling of ore deliveries |
HE Bartlett, L Korff, RCA Minnitt |
| Silver Medal 2012/2013 |
Simulation of time-dependent crush pillar behaviour in tabular platinum mines |
JAL Napier,DF Malan |
| Silver Medal 2012/2013 |
The dual-electrode DC arc furnace - modelling brush arc conditions |
QG Reynolds |
| Gold Medal 2011/2012 |
A risk evaluation model for support design in Bushveld Complex underground mines: Part I |
WC Joughin, A Jager, E Nezomba, L Rwodzi |
| Gold Medal 2011/2012 |
A risk evaluation model for support design in Bushveld Complex underground mines:Part II |
WC Joughin, A Jager, E Nezomba, L Rwodzi |
| Silver Medal 2011/2012 |
Numerical computation of average pillar stress and implications for pillar design |
JAL Napier, DF Malan |
| Silver Medal 2010/2011 |
A comparison of limit equilibrium and numerical modelling approaches to risk analysis for open pit mining |
HT Chiwaye, TR Stacey |
| Silver Medal 2010/2011 |
Design of Merensky Reef crush pillars |
BP Watson, JS Kuijpers, TR Stacey |
| Gold Medal 2009/2010 |
A heat transfer model for high titania slag blocks |
H Kotz |
| Silver Medal 2009/2010 |
A Mintek perspective of the past 25 years in minerals bioleaching |
M Gericke, JW Neale, PJ van Staden |
