OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Navigation and positioning technology in underground coal mines and tunnels: A review	9
Evaluation of polymer binders in briquetting of coal fines for combustion applications	8
Microstructure, microhardness, and tensile properties of hot-rolled Al6061/TiB2/CeO2 hybrid composites	8
Prediction of rock fragmentation using the Kuznetsov-Cunningham-Ouchterlony model	7
Effects of flotation operational parameters on froth stability and froth recovery	7
Development status of coal mining in China	6
Truck dispatching in surface mines -Application of fuzzy linear programming	6
The concentration of rare earth elements from coal fly ash	6
Characterization of additively manufactured AlSilOMg cubes with different porosities	6
Stemming and best practice in the mining industry: A literature review	5
Quantified Value-created Process (QVP) - A value-based process for mine design and operating decisions	5
Implications of credit constraint on the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa	5
The influence of stemming practice on ground vibration and air blast	5
Clustering-based iterative approach to stope layout optimization for sublevel stoping	4
Determination of the optimal transition point between a truck and shovel system and a semi-mobile in-pit crushing and conveying system	4
Development and beneficiation technology of rare earth ores in China	4
Copper slag as a potential source of critical elements - A case study from Tsumeb, Namibia	4
Climate impacts of fossil fuels in todays electricity systems	4
Maximum height estimation for mine waste dumps	4
Correlations of geotechnical monitoring data in open pit slope back-analysis -A mine case study	3
Decoupling the effects of alteration on the mineralogy and flotation performance of Great Dyke PGE ores	3
Overview of mine rescue approaches for underground coal fires: A South African perspective	2
Investigation of the effects of SiC reinforcement ratio in iron-based composite materials on corrosion properties	2
Comparison of the mechanical properties of Grade 5 and Grade 23 Ti6Al4V for wire-arc additive manufacturing	2
The role of semiotics in health, safety, and environment communication in South African mining and its influence on organizational culture	2

A review of the role of underground measurements in the historical development of rock engineering in South Africa	2
A critical investigation into spontaneous combustion in coal storage bunkers	2
Blasting and preconditioning modelling in underground cave mines under high stress conditions	2
Where is all the gold?	2
Comparison of normalized and non-normalized block caving comminution models	2
Application of MR and ANN in the prediction of the shovel cycle time, thereby improving the performance of the shovel-dumper operation - A case study	2
Hyperspectral core scanner: An effective mineral mapping tool for apatite in the Upper Zone, northern limb, Bushveld Complex	2
A case study of geotechnical conditions affecting mining-induced seismicity in a deep tabular mine	2
Deformation and fracture behaviour of the γ-TiAl based intermetallic alloys	2
A critical comparison of interpolation techniques for digital terrain modelling in mining	2
Investigation of the mechanism for fireside corrosion in coal-fired boilers in South Africa	2
Stability evaluation of room-and-pillar rock salt mines by using a flat jack technique - A case study	2
Increasing the efficiency of secondary resources in the mining and metallurgical industry	2
Sulphate removal technologies for the treatment of mine-impacted water	2
Economic analysis of rare earth element processing methods for Mountain Pass ore	2
Assessing coal mine closures and mining community profiles for the just transition' in South Africa	2
Feasibility of tailings retreatment to unlock value and create environmental sustainability of the Louis Moore tailings dump near Giyani, South Africa	2
The use of 4-methylbenzenesulfonate ionic liquid derivatives as environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in hydrochloric acid	2
A new automated, safe, environmentally sustainable, and high extraction soft-rock underground mining method	2
Are pit lakes an environmentally sustainable closure option for opencast coal mines?	2
Improving the environmental and economic aspects of blasting in surface mining by using stemming plugs	2
Identification of cost factors relating to mining incidents	2
A semi-empirical solution for estimating the elastic stresses around inclined mine stopes for the Mathews-Potvin stability analysis	2
Supplementary Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Reports: Readability and textual choice	2
The crack growth resistance behaviour of aluminium alloy 2024-T3 at slow strain rates after exposure to standard corrosive environments	2
Integration of strategic open-pit mine planning into hierarchical artificial intelligence	2
Mechanical activation and physicochemical factors controlling pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, and electrometallurgical processing of titanium ore: A review	1
Study on the ideal location of a bottom drainage roadway	1
Predicting standard threshold shifts for occupational hearing loss among miners at a large-scale platinum mine in South Africa	1
Silicomanganese alloy from rich manganese slag produced from Egyptian low-grade manganese ore	1
A review of remote-sensing unmanned aerial vehicles in the mining industry	1
Evaluation of the mechanical properties of wood-derived charcoal briquettes for use as a reductant	1
Effect of mineralogy on grindability -A case study of copper ores	1
The spillover effect of industrial action on the profitability of platinum mining companies	1
Material characteristics of Ti-6AL-4V samples additively manufactured using laser-based direct energy deposition	1
Novel ceramic composites produced from coal discards with potential application in the building and construction sectors	1
Real-time material tracking: Testing the suitability of microdot technology for ore tracking	1
Estimation of coal density using a 3D imaging system: RhoVol	1
Water production as an option for utilizing closed underground mines	1
A study of the effect of pillar shape on pillar strength	1
Risks and challenges affecting opencast pillar mining in previously mined underground bord and pillar workings	1
Remote sensing of the decant pond of tailings dams: Insights from a South African case study	1
A new grade-capping approach based on coarse duplicate data correlation	1
Production of sodium-based zeolites and a potassium-containing leach liquor by alkaline leaching of South African coal fines ash	1
Collaboration and Diversity in STEM	1
Improving productivity at an open-pit mine through enhanced short-term mine planning	1
A limit equilibrium approach to the use of stability bunds in the design of HDPE-lined tailings storage facilities	1
Ventilation optimization through digital transformation	1
Evaluation of rockburst energy capacity for the design of rock support systems for different tunnel geometries at El Teniente copper mine	1
Review of machine learning-based Mineral Resource estimation	1

A new method for determining muckpile fragmentation formed by blasting	1
Hand-held XRF sorting of spent refractory bricks to aid recycling	1
Stability analysis of a free-standing backfill wall and a predictive equation for estimating the required strength of a backfill material - a numerical modelling approach	1
A simulation model to study truck-allocation options	1
Analysis of rope load sharing on multi-rope friction winders	1
The geometric axial surface profiles of granular flows in rotating drums	1
Defining optimal drill-hole spacing: A novel integrated analysis from exploration to ore control	1
Purification of titanium sponge produced by lithiothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride: Effect of leaching conditions	1
The effect of decarburization on the fatigue life of overhead line hardware	1
Numerical investigation into slag solidification inside an ilmenite DC arc furnace using a finite element method approach	1
Fully automated coal quality control using digital twin material tracking and statistical model predictive control for yield optimization during production of semi soft coking- and power station coal	1
Prediction of ground vibrations induced by bench blasting using the random forest algorithm	1
Optimizing of gas-shielded metal arc welding parameters for 10.5-12.5% chromium steel using 3o8L electrodes	1
Predicting rock fragmentation based on drill monitoring: A case study from Malmberget mine, Sweden	1
Improving the lead flotation recovery at Lakan lead-zinc processing plant using high-intensity conditioning	1
Automatic closed-loop scheduling in underground mining using discrete event simulation	1
Effect of silica concentration on degree of sintering of chromite-silica ladle well filler sand based on South African raw materials	1
Spontaneous combustion of carbonaceous shale at an iron ore mine, South Africa	1
Investigation into the dephosphorization of ferromanganese alloys for the production of advanced high-strength steel	1
Evaluating the potential drilling success of exploration programmes using a three-dimensional geological model - A case study	1
Technological research on converting iron ore tailings into a marketable product	1
Evaluation of spheroidized tungsten carbide powder produced by induction plasma melting	1
The necessity of 3D analysis for open-pit rock slope stability studies: Theory and practice	1
A continuous quality improvement framework for electrowinning current efficiency	1
Evaluation of pre-treatment methods for gold recovery from refractory calcine tailings	1
A new preconcentration technique for the determination of PGMs and gold by fire assay and ICP-OES	1
Calibration of the limit equilibrium pillar failure model using physical models	1
Mineral resource modelling using an unequal sampling pattern: An improved practice based on factorization techniques	1
The South African mining royalty regime: Considerations for modifying the system to balance its competing objectives	1