Electricity consumption, and the cost thereof, has become a large contributor to operating
costs in deep-level mining in South Africa. Up to 60% of electricity used on deep-level mines …

Processing of minerals and metals involves phenomena functioning over a wide range of
length scales. Equipment is generally large in order to process the required large flow rates …

With the introduction of a time-of-use (TOU) tariff structure by Eskom, the implementation of
projects that shift load from peak TOU times to times of the day when electrical energy is less …

Mixer settler is widely applied in solvent extraction, especially in hydrometallurgy and rare
earth element separation. The study and development of the settlers are to achieve clean …

Effective dewatering and refrigeration are crucial in mining. Cascading dewatering systems,
which are common in deep gold mines, are very energy intensive. These systems present …

The South African mining sector encompasses some of the largest mines in the world. These
mines make use of high energy-consuming systems such as compressed air, ventilation …

体系的界面张力对稀土萃取分离过程的澄清分相有着重要的影响. 采用悬滴技术分别测量了不同
P507-煤油体系与水以及不同稀土酸溶液在常温常压下的界面张力, 采用旋转黏度计对不同P507 …

Details behind the experimental technique of ultrasonic velocity profiling (UVP) to obtain in
situ velocity measurements of both aqueous and organic phases in commercial solvent …

This work is aimed at optimizing a settler structure in a mixer-settler. Two different aspects
have been considered. Firstly, the flow characteristics of a settler have been examined by …

South African gold production is decreasing year-on-year. This can be attributed to
numerous challenges faced by the gold mining industry. One of these challenges is high …