• Shift cycles and fatigue in the South African mining industry 

  Pelders, L; Nelson, G; Magweregwede, Feckson (The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2019-10)

  Shift work and fatigue are health and safety risks in industry. The aim of this research was to assess contributors to fatigue of workers in the South African mining industry (SAMI), including shift cycles, commuting times ...
• Assessment of the ergonomic design of self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) devices for use by women in mining 

  Pelders, Jodi L; De Ridder, JH (SAIMM, 2019-11)

  Increasing numbers of women are entering the South African mining industry (SAMI), but self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) devices might not be suited to female anthropometric dimensions. The aim of this project was to ...
• Socio-demographic contributors to health and safety of mine workers in South Africa 

  Pelders, Jodi L; Nelson, G (IOS Press, 2019-09)

  Mine workers in South Africa face various health and safety risks, and socioeconomic challenges. This study aimed to assess the associations between socio-demographic factors and health, safety and wellness in the South ...
• Contributors to fatigue of mine workers in the South African gold and platinum sector 

  Pelders, Jodi L; Nelson, G (Elsevier, 2019-06)

  Mine workers in South Africa face challenges relating to poor health and safety, including fatigue risks, and poor socioeconomic and living conditions. Fatigue results in impaired mental and physical performance. The aim ...
• Contributors to fatigue at a platinum smelter in South Africa 

  Pelders, Jodi L; Nelson, G (Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2019-03)

  Fatigue is a significant concern in the mining industry as it is a causal or contributing factor in many incidents and accidents. Fatigue can be caused by work- and non-work-related factors. There is a lack of information ...
• Integration of underground mapping, petrology, and high-resolution microseismicity analysis to characterise weak geotechnical zones in deep South African gold mines 

  Mngadi, SB; Durrheim, RJ; Manzi, MSD; Ogasawara, H; Yabe, Y; Yilmaz, H; Wechsler, N; Van Aswegen, G; Roberts, David (Elsevier, 2019-02)

  A highly-stressed shaft pillar is prone to large seismic events, falls of ground and rockbursts, which may cause injuries and loss of production, especially in weak geotechnical zones. It is thus important to identify weak ...
• Informative armstrong RDF datasets for n-Ary relations 

  Harmse, Henriette; Britz, Katarina; Gerber, Aurona J (IOS Press, 2018-09)

  The W3C standardized Semantic Web languages enable users to capture data without a schema in a manner which is intuitive to them. The challenge is that, for the data to be useful, it should be possible to query the data ...
• Investigating sales and production volumes of gold, PGM, iron ore and manganese using a Bayesian change point detection approach 

  Ingham, M; Das, Sonali; Yadavalli, S (UNISA, 2017-10)

  This paper identified change points in the production volumes and sales of various Industrial Metals in South Africa from the period 2003 – 2016. The socio-economic environment in which the mining sector operates is ...
• Self-contained self-rescuer expectation trainer unit 

  Sehlabana, Matome M (2018-05)

  The deployment of self-contained self-rescuers (SCSRs) together with the location of the refuge bays is part of well devised emergency evacuation procedures. For these to be successful, workers have to conversant with and ...
• Calibration of a numerical model for bore-and-fill mining 

  Roberts, David P (Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM), 2017-07)

  Bore-and-fill mining was implemented at a pilot site in Tau Tona mine’s shaft pillar on 97 level. Observations, scan data and measurements from this site were used to calibrate an inelastic numerical model of bore-and-fill ...
• Guidelines for Coastal LiDAR 

  Lück-Vogel, Melanie (EE Publishers, 2018-04)

  This article provides guidance to technical and non-technical coastal practitioner regarding the required precision of airborne lidar data for the typical coastal applications, output formats and value-added products. It ...
• Hybrid paper-based potentiostat for low-cost point-of-need diagnostics 

  Bezuidenhout, PH; Smith, S; Land, KJ; Joubert, T (Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, 2017-10)

  The focus of this paper is the manufacturing of a low-cost hybrid paper-based potentiostat. Potentiostats exhibit high sensitivity, and can be used for a variety of applications. The results highlight the functionality of ...
• Non-invasive detection of sedimentation and its removal in industrial pipeline 

  Ilgner, H (Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 2017-09)

  The paper describes the extensive field evaluations of the “Settled Bed Detector” on different mine sites over a 12-month period. Applications range from cemented backfill, a well-graded magnetite product, coarse phosphate ...
• Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South Africa 

  Pelders, Jodi L; Nelson, G (Taylor & Francis, 2018-04)

  Poor living conditions are a consequence of the history of the South African mining industry (SAMI), despite legislation having been implemented to attempt to address this challenge. This paper describes the living conditions ...
• An ultrasonic-based localization system for underground mines 

  Jordaan, JP; Kruger, Carel P; Silva, B; Hancke, GP (IEEE, 2017-07)

  Localization is important for a wide range of industries and applications. In underground mining, for instance, it is helpful to know the miners’ locations, particularly in emergency situations. One way this can be achieved ...
• Emergency analytical testing: things to consider 

  Pretorius, Cecilia J (The Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2017-07)

  Circumstances may dictate that samples from mining operations are analysed for unknown compounds that are potentially harmful to humans. These circumstances may be out of the ordinary, unique or isolated incidents. Emergency ...
• Assessing support packs from an occupational hygiene perspective 

  Pretorius, Cecilia J; Teleka, Seipati R (2017-07)

  Cementitious grout support packs are usually assessed for their strength and durability from a safety perspective. Formulations of these packs range from cement mixed with water to resin-based formulations. Over time, these ...
• Fluidized bed dry dense medium coal beneficiation 

  North, Brian C; Engelbrecht, Andre D; Oboirien Bilainu, O; De la Rey, J; Mashinini, L (SAIMM, 2017-10)

  Coal beneficiation in South Africa is currently conducted mostly on a wet “float and sink” basis. This process is heavily water intensive and also potentially polluting. Dry beneficiation alternatives are being sought. The ...
• Diesel engine emission deterioration - a preliminary study 

  Pretorius, Cecilia J (Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa (MVSSA), 2016-04)

  The objective of this study was to find a parameter in diesel and oil analysis of underground mining vehicles that can be correlated with personal diesel particulate matter (DPM) exposure and used as part of an engine ...
• Screening of various diesel particulate matter samples from various commodity mines 

  Mahlangu, Vusi J; Pretorius, Cecilia J; Ndibewu, PP (The Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa, 2016-09)

  This paper presents qualitative analysis results of diesel particulate matter (DPM) from various mining commodities in South Africa. The objective of this work was to determine the concentrations of elements in DPM samples. ...

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