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MINING ENGINEERING PUBLISHED JOURNAL ARTICLES & CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTION 2015 - 2017

No

Publication Year

Output Type

Summary - Output Title

Publisher-Journal
 

Contributors - All

1

2015

Journal Article

Stochastic simulation for budget prediction for large surface mines in the South African mining industry

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Hager Johann J

Webber-Youngman Ronald RCW

Vadavalli Venkata VSS

2

2015

Journal Article

Crush pillar support - designing for controlled pillar failure

Journal of the Southern African Institute of

Mining and Metallurgy

du Plessis Michael M

Malan Daniel DF

3

2015

Journal Article

A decision analysis guideline for underground bulk air heat exchanger design specifications

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

du Plessis Johannes JJL

Hooman Marie M

Marx W

Webber-Youngman Ronald RCW

4

2015

Journal Article

Re-aligning the cutting sequence with general support work and drafting a support sequence

at Simunve Shaft

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Lombard Kara K

5

2015

Journal Article

A critical evaluation of the water reticulation system at Vlaklaagte Shaft, Goedehoop Colliery

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Lombard Rike R

6

2015

Conference Contribution

Strategy and Tactics Implemented to Achieve Energy-efficient Ventilation and Cooling of Mines

 

du Plessis Johannes JJL

7

2015

Conference Contribution

Innovative Tailgate Mobile Goaf Gas Management in Two Gate Road Long wall Panels

 

Belle Bharath BK

8

2015

Conference Contribution

Improved Trigger Action Response Plan Development Based Upon Mine-specific Data

 

Belle Bharath BK

Cliff David

9

2015

Conference Contribution

Development of Goaf Gas Drainage Strategies for Start-up Areas of Highly Gassy Longwall Panels

 

Balusu R

Belle Bharath BK

Tanguturi Krishna K

10

2015

Conference Contribution

Enhanced Risk Reduction Using Early Warning Technologies Embedded in Active Explosion Suppression systems

 

du Plessis Johannes JJL

Spaeth Arend

11

2015

Conference Contribution

Design and Development of Energy-efficient Secondary Axial Flow Fans

 

du Plessis Johannes JJL

Ratner Gavin

Viviers Stephan

12

2015

Conference Contribution

Effect of Mining Rate on Seismic Activity

 

Hanekom Johan JW

Malan Daniel DF

Napier John JAL

13

2015

Conference Contribution

Dust Suppression on Open Pit Haul Roads - A Field Study

 

du Plessis Johannes JJL

Potgieter Stefanus SAJ

14

2015

Conference Contribution

Diamond Wire Sawing in the Mining Industry

 

Meyer Lambertus LD

15

2015

Conference Contribution

Hard rock tabular excavations: Historic rock engineering solutions and future challenges

 

Malan Daniel DF

16

2015

Conference Contribution

Pillar strength adjustments in the presence of shear stresses

 

Maritz Jan JA

17

2015

Conference Contribution

Assessing the behavior of Merensky reef crush pillars

 

du Plessis Michael M

Malan Daniel DF

18

2015

Journal Article

Mining through areas affected by abnormal stress conditions at Syferfontein Colliery

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Legote C

19

2015

Journal Article

A proposed approach for modelling competitiveness of new surface coal mines

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Budeba Mussa MD

Joubert JohannesJW

Webber-Youngman Ronald RCW

20

2015

Journal Article

Rock engineering aspects of a modified mining sequence in a dip pillar layout at a deep gold mine

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Jooste Yolande V

Malan Daniel DF

21

2016

Journal Article

Sub-standard practices: effects on safety performance  in South African gold mines

Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

du Plessis Johannes JJL

Kleyn Gerard G

22

2016

Journal Article

Engineering principles for the design of a personnel transportation system

Journal of the Southern African

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

van Heerden Gawie G

Webber-Youngman Ronald RCW

23

2016

Journal Article

A critical investigation into tire life on an iron ore haulage system

Journal of the Southern African

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Lindeque Gert G

24

2016

Conference Contribution

Structurally-related hangingwall alterations contributing to UG2 stope instabilities at Lonmin

 

du Plessis Michael M

Friese A E W

Hartzenberg A G

25

2016

Conference Contribution

Dust suppression on open pit drill rigs

 

du Plessis Johannes JJL

Potgieter Stefanus SAJ

26

2016

Conference Contribution

Application of a fast marching method to model the development of the fracture zone at the edges of tabular mine excavations

 

Napier John JAL

27

2016

Conference Contribution

Simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation using unstructured triangular mesh elements

 

Napier John JAL

28

2017

Journal Article

A technology map to facilitate the process of mine modernization throughout the mining cycle

Journal of the Southern African

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Jacobs Jonatan J

Webber-Youngman Ronald RCW

29

2017

Journal Article

An investigation into the fragmentation of blasted rock at Gomes Sand

Journal of the Southern African

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

de Graaf Wolter WW

Gomes-Sebastiao Gabriel G

30

2017

Journal Article

Status of the phasing out of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa Certificates of Competency

Journal of the Southern African

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Grobler Hennie

Maritz Jan JA

31

2017

Journal Article

Factors and challenges affecting coal recovery by opencast pillar mining in the Witbank coalfield

Journal of the Southern African

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

de Graaf Wolter WW

Ngwenyama Philani PL

Preis Eugene EP

32

2017

Journal Article

Strapping of pillars with cables to enhance pillar stability

Journal of the Southern African

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Malan Daniel DF

Alejano LR

Arzua J

Castro-Filgueira U

33

2017

Conference Contribution

f) A study of multi-reef pillar extraction in the Ventersdorp Contact Reef

 

Esterhuyse Johann JC

Malan Daniel DF

34

2017

Conference Contribution

e) Reassessing continuous stope closure data using a limit equilibrium displacement discontinuity model

 

Malan Daniel DF

Napier John JAL

35

2017

Conference Contribution

c) Technology transfer for minimizing seismic risk in South Africa's platinum mines

 

Hanekom Johan JW

Bower Johan J

 Essrich F

36

2017

Conference Contribution

d) An empirical and numerical approach to quantifying raisebore-hole stability

 

Hanekom Johan JW

Rajpal Yerisha

37

2017

Conference Contribution

b) Preliminary investigation of the effect of a real shape on pillar stren2th

 

Maritz Jan JA

38

2017

Conference Contribution

a) Mining with crush pillars

 

du Plessis Michael M

Malan Daniel DF

39

2017

Conference Contribution

h) Fundamental understanding of underground pillar design processes and methods

 

Hanekom Johan JW

40

2017

Conference Contribution

g) Numerical model calibration: process of luck?

 

Hanekom Johan JW

Okhuis Brandon BE

41

2017

Journal Article

Predicting the efficiency of a surface coal mine for competitiveness

International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and

Environment

Budeba Mussa MD

Joubert Johannes JW

Shafiee Shahriar

Webber-Youngman Ronald RCW

42

2017

Conference Contribution

Identification of cost factors relating to mining incidents

 

Preis Eugene EP

Webber-Youngman Ronald RCW

43

2017

Conference Contribution

The application of opencast pillar mining for the secondary extraction of pillars from previously mined bord-and-pillar operations

 

de Graaf Wolter WW

Ngwenyama Philani PL

44

2017

Conference Contribution

Is face-bursting imminent in deeper South African mines?

 

Hanekom Johan JW

Okhuis Brandon BE

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