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High-resolution, short-range, in-mine geophysical techniques for the delineation of South African orebodies

Author: Van Schoor, Michael ; Du Pisani, P ; Vogt, D Date: Jul 2006 The economic horizons of the two major precious metal ore deposits of South Africa, the Bushveld Complex (platinum) and the Witwatersrand Basin (gold), exhibit remarkable lateral continuity on a regional scale. Consequently, the geometry of ... Read more
High-resolution, short-range, in-mine geophysical techniques for the delineation of South African orebodies

Author: Van Schoor, Michael ; du Pisani, P ; Vogt, D Date: 28 Feb 2006 The two major precious metal ore deposits of South Africa, the Bushveld Complex (platinum) and the Witwatersrand Basin (gold), exhibit remarkable lateral continuity on a regional scale. Consequently, the geometry of the respective planar ... Read more
Mining seismicity in the Witwatersrand Basin: monitoring, mechanisms and mitigation strategies in perspective

Author: Riemer, KL ; Durrheim, RJ Date: Jun 2012 The Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa hosts one of the largest gold placer deposits in the world. Mining in the Witwatersrand Basin here has been the source of about one third to one half of the gold ever produced in the world. Gold was discovered ... Read more
Pollution reality of gold mining waste on the Witwatersrand

Author: Hobbs, PJ ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Rascher, J ; Cobbing, JE Date: May 2010 While South Africa has made significant progress in shifting policy frameworks to address mine closure and mine-water management, and the mining industry has changed their practices to conform to new regulations, vulnerabilities in the current ... Read more
The risks to miners, mines, and the public posed by large seismic events in the gold mining districts of South Africa

Author: Durrheim, RJ ; Anderson, RL ; Cichowicz, A ; Ebrahim-Trolloped, R ; Hubert, G ; Kijko, A ; McGarr, A ; Ortlepp, WD ; Van der Merwe, N Date: Oct 2006 A magnitude 5.3 seismic event occurred on 9 March 2005 in the Klerksdorp district of South Africa. The event and aftershocks shook the nearby town of Stilfontein, causing serious damage to several buildings and minor injuries to 58 people. ... Read more
Technologies required for safe and profitable deep level gold mining, South Africa

Author: Willis, PH Date: Jan 2000 Since the 14th CMMI conference, held in Edinburgh in 1990, at which a paper was presented by the author (Willis, 1990) reviewing the role of integrating new technology as a survival strategy for South African gold mines, considerable change ... Read more

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