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| For more information on any of the below publications, please contact us. | | | Mike Smith
Summary of Publications: | | | - SMITH M E (1978): “Some aspects of slimes dam design in the Orange Free State Goldfields”. South African Mining and Engineering Journal.
- SMITH M E, BENTEL D and ROBBERTZE J B (1981): “The use and behaviour of geotextiles in underdrainage systems of gold mine tailings dams in South Africa”. Proc of the Second International Conference on Geotextiles, Las Vegas. Industrial Fabrics Assoc Int, St Paul, Minnesota, Vol. 1.
- SMITH M E, BENTEL D, ROBBERTZE J B and SMITH A C C (1982): “Use of geotextiles in uranium – gold tailings impoundments in South Africa”. Proc Fifth Symp Uranium Mill Tailings Management.
- SMITH M E (1983): “Avoiding costly closures of retired ring dyke gold deposits”. S A Mining World.
- CALDWELL J and SMITH M E (1983): “Design – a unique response to a variety of factors”. S A Mining World.
- SMITH M E, BENTEL D L and ROBBERTZE J B (1987): “Management guidelines for the construction of gold tailings dams”. International Conference on Mining and Industrial Waste Management. Johannesburg
- SMITH M E, ROBBERTZE J B and BENTEL DL (1987): “The repair and re-commissioning of gold tailings dams”. Int Conf on Mining and Industrial Waste Management. Johannesburg.
- SMITH M E (1995): “An Experiment to Formulate Methods (other than the establishment of vegetation) to Control Wind Erosion and Rain Erosion on the Side Slopes of Tailings Dams”. M.M.M.A. Circular 2/95.
- BLIGHT G and SMITH M E (1996): “New Ways of Protecting Tailings Slopes against erosion”. International Symposium on Seismic and Environmental Aspects of Dam Design Earth, Concrete and Tailings Dams. Santiago, Chile.
- SMITH M E and BLIGHT G (1997): “Advances in the Erosion Protection of Slopes”. 2nd International Conference on Mining and Industrial Waste Management – Johannesburg June 1997.
- SMITH M E (1997): “Closure of Gold Tailings Dams – A New Perspective” Conference : Extraction Metallurgy Africa ’97 – The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy – June 1997.
- SMITH M E (2004): “The Rock Cladding of the Side Slopes of Tailings Dams. The Presentation of a Number of Case Studies which Review the Methodology employed and the Outcome from Several Large Scale Projects completed over the past 8 years”.
3rd International Mining and Industrial Waste Management Conference – February 2004 - SMITH M E (2008): “Tailings and Waste Management Operating to meet Sustainable Objectives”. 4th International Mining and Industrial Waste Management Conference - Rustenburg.
| | Ross Cooper : Summary of Publications | | COOPER, ROWE | 2000 | The development of valley landfills – A practical perspective. Wastecon 2000 Proceedings Volume 1, Cape Town. | | COOPER | 2004 | Natural filter drains used in alluvial diamond tailings dams, Geofilters 2004, Cape Town | | COOPER | 2008 | Investigation into the failure on Number 1 Tailings Dam at Beatrix Gold Mine, 4th International Conference on Mining and Industrial Waste, 2008, Rustenburg |
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