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Browsing Research Articles (Mining Engineering) by Issue Date
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Belle, Bharath K.; Du Plessis, J.J.L.
(Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 1999-01)
The project was planned in two phases. The
first phase involved laboratory tests on a continuous
miner model for different ventilation and
spray systems at the newly built ventilation simulation
tunnel at the Klopperbos ...
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Smith, G.L.; Du Plessis, J.J.L.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1999-05)
Please read abstract in article.
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Belle, Bharath K.; Du Plessis, J.J.L.; Oberholzer, J.W.
(Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2000-01)
After initial studies by the CSIR indicating that a discrepancy
exists in the dust concentration results between gravimetric dust
samplers, alternative instruments or methods were sought. In
the study that followed; it ...
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Belle, Bharath K.; Du Plessis, J.J.L.; Van Zyl, F.J.
(Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2000-04)
The changing and stricter regulatory environment has
caused the mining industries in South Africa to re-look at their
individual mine health and safety departments. In 1997, after
the report of the Leon Commission of ...
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Du Plessis, J.J.L.; Van Dijk, R.L.S.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2001-10)
The French research institute, INERIS, requested the assistance of
the CSIR’s Division of Mining Technology in developing further
precautionary measures against explosions in their collieries. In
response to this approach, ...
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Belle, Bharath K.; Du Plessis, J.J.L.
(Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2002-10)
Despite the much-heralded arrival of the new millennium,
improving mine health and safety remains an enormous challenge.
Considerable progress with environmental (dust and
methane) control in South African mines has ...
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Du Plessis, J.J.L.; Scott, D.; Moorcroft, H.E.S.
(Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2006-07)
The increasing mining depths of South African gold
mine deposits are resulting in ever-increasing heat
loads associated with depth and the geothermal gradient.
Together with changes in the mining horizons
brought about ...
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Biffi, Marco; Marx, Wynand; Du Plessis, J.J.L.
(Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2006-10)
The FutureMine Collaborative Research Initiative has
been successfully completed after three years of activity.
The main objective of this initiative was to provide
applications of research previously undertaken in ...
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Du Plessis, J.J.L.
(Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2007-10)
No abstract available.
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Mashinini, N.F.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2008-04)
No abstract available
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Canbulat, I.; Van der Merwe, J.N.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2009-02)
When designing coal mine roof support, it is necessary to account for the uncertainties and variability that inherently exist within the
rock mass and support elements. The performance of a support system is affected by ...
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Karparov, Krassimir Nikolov; Handley, M.F.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2009-05)
The classical limit equilibrium methods are suspected to be ineffective in predicting the potential for highwall failure in many instances in coal mines around the world. Slope engineers have for many years recognized a ...
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Neale, A.M.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2010-04)
Kriel Colliery has experienced some sub-standard blast results on
the overburden. Blast results are considered poor when the
fragmentation is too big, back break into the new highwall, capping
is experienced and/or ...
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Angelov, A.A.; Naidoo, K.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2010-05)
This paper presents a unique method of monitoring the
effectiveness of the planning process as well as the execution of
mine plans. The method primarily determines the degree of
deviation from the original mine plans ...
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Theron, W.J.; Van Heerden, G.M.J.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011)
The purpose of the paper is to give an introduction to the concept of
fatigue and its causes in the mining industry. By knowing the
fundamental role it plays, together with its dynamics, can positively
contribute to ...
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Webber-Youngman, Ronald C.W.; Callaghan, Ronel
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011-12)
No abstract available.
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Du Plessis, M.; Malan, D.F. (Daniel Francois); Napier, J.A.L. (John)
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011-12)
This paper describes the evaluation of a limit equilibrium model to
simulate the behaviour of crush pillars in platinum mines. An
analytical model was derived to calculate the residual average pillar
stress (APS) values ...
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Du Plessis, J.J.L.; Van Greuning, D.C.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011-12)
Beatrix Gold Mine, a deep-level gold mine in the Free State province of
South Africa, has the highest methane emission rate of any gold mine in
the country. Methane is emitted from underground sources intersected
during ...
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Osae, W.K.; Fauconnier, C.J.; Webber-Youngman, Ronald C.W.
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011-12)
A value assessment model which uses deal objectives, financial and
non-financial indicators as a guide to assess value creation in mergers
and acquisitions. The extent to which post- merger deal objectives are
achieved ...
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Kluge, P.; Malan, D.F. (Daniel Francois)
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2011-12)
Mining engineers frequently encounter complex design problems for
which the critical components of the design are difficult to quantify
or compare. Teams of people typically work on these designs and
human perceptions ...