Student Research Days

A highlight in the MtM calendar is the Annual Research Day, organised and hosted by the post-graduate students themselves. This research day is intended to showcase the work done by the MtM post-graduates, and to celebrate the group's successes over the year. Invited speakers complement the student's presentations, and invited guests include academics from other research groupings as well as representatives from industry. 

2019 Annual Minerals to Metals Research Day Programme

Theme: From Mines of the Past to Minerals for the Future
 

Time

 

8:00-8:30 Arrival, tea, coffee
8:30-8:35 Welcome, safety, announcements
8:35-8:40 Commemoration
8:40-8:45 Program for the day; Introduction of the Guest Speaker
8:45-9:20 Guest Speaker: Ms Farana Boodhram
9:20-9:30 Questions/discussion
9:30-10:10 Session 1: Mineral Value Chains
 
  1. Mineral and extractive circuit modelling and analysis – Nicole Uys, Reuben Dlamini
  2. Geometallurgy – Marcelene Voigt
  3. Resource economics – Dr Elisée Isheloke
10:10-10:35 Session 2: Education programmes and Cross-disciplinary Research
 
  1. Education/Training: LEAD report-back, LaTFURE report-back – Elspeth Donovan, Dr Thandazile Moyo
  2. Cross-disciplinarity research – John Harrison
10:35-11:00 Tea/coffee break
11:00-12:30 Session 3: Licence to Operate
 
  1. ARD characterisation and mitigation of ARD – Alex Opitz, Olga Guseva, Dr Ágnes Ódri, Lee Mudenda
  2. Mine-environment-community relationships – Dr Megan Cole, Lelia Lelia
  3. Mine dust – Dr Johanna von Holdt, Conchita Kamanzi
12:30-12:35 Session 4: Strategic Minerals
  a) Rare earths – Jochen Petersen, Sfiso Mkhize
12:50-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:40 Session 5a: Value from Waste
  Repurposing mine waste and land – Helene-Marie Stander, Xihluke Mabasa, Tapiwa Chimbganda, Rumbizaishe Chipakwe, Elaine Govender- Opitz, Mike Solomon, Juarez Amaral Filho
14:40-15:00 Session 5b. Urban Mining
  Urban mining – Dr Thandazile Moyo, Patrick Prestele
15:00-15:20 Session 6: Decision Support and Innovation
  Sustainable performance assessment tools – David Viljoen, Prince Ugo, de Waal Hugo
15:20-15:30 Closing Remarks
15:30-15:45 Mid-afternoon tea, coffee
15:45-16:00 Play Guess the Metal
16:00-17:00 Forum discussion: The way forward
 

7th Annual Minerals to Metals Research Day 2014 Programme

 

Start Time

Title

Presenter

09:00

Welcome: The Minerals to Metals Initiative – 8 years on

J-P Franzidis

09:30

Technical feasibility of South African coal water mixtures (CWMs)

P Gyebi

09:50

The development of a simplified system for measuring the passage of particles on and through moving screen surfaces using DEM and PEPT

O Ogunmodimu

10:10

Optimization of the radio-labelling of ion exchange resin tracers for positron emission particle tracking

M van Heerden

10:30

TEA and COFFEE

11:00

A feasibility study of the mineral carbonation of PGM tailings

M Ncongwane

11:20

Sustainability performance analysis and decision-making for minerals beneficiation: a South African iron and steel case study

T Chitaka

11:40

An economic impact analysis of mineral beneficiation in the KZN province

N Hearn

12:00

Mitigating ARD potential of coal ultrafines using froth flotation and gravity separation

J Iroala

12:20

An environmental assessment on the use of froth flotation for coal recovery and sulphur removal from fine coal waste

B Fundikwa

12:40

Youth entrepreneurship in the context of minerals development

A Manqoyi

13:00

LUNCH

14:00

Perspectives on geometallurgy and process mineralogy

M Becker

14:30

Assessing environmental risks associated with sulphidic mine waste: a gold case study

A Opitz

14:50

Evaluation of the HydroZincTM process to refine zinc sulphide ore at Gamsberg

Z Dlamini

15:10

Hydrometallurgy 2014 – Trends and Highlights

J Petersen

15:40

Minerals to Metals – the way forward

J Broadhurst

 

8th Annual Minerals to Metals Research Day 2015 Programme

 

Time

Presenter

Title

08h00

Tea and Coffee

08h30

Committee

Welcome & housekeeping

08h40

Francis Petersen

Opening remarks

08h50

Jenny Broadhurst

A Minerals to Metals perspective and overview

09h00

Dee Bradshaw

Embracing the transition

09h30

Takunda Chitaka

Sustainability performance analysis and decision-making for minerals beneficiation: a South African iron and steel industry

09h45

Luke Farrell

 A political economy account of South African beneficiation

09h55

Shuhei Kato

Clusters development and technological transfer in the South African mining industry

10h10

Ayanda Manqoyi

Between necessity and opportunity: youth entrepreneurs in eSikhawini Township, Richards Bay

10h20

Ilyaas Abdullah and Yuan-Shiun Wu

Creating an enduring licence to operate for the South African mining industry

10h30

Tea and Coffee

11h00

Rahul Ram

Advanced study on the electrochemistry of chalcopyrite

11h20

Thandazile Moyo

An electrochemical study of the dissolution of chalcopyrite in ammonia-ammonium sulphate solutions

11h35

Vukile Ntokazhe and Muhammad Amirudin

Study of potential hydrometallurgical process routes for the economic recovery of value metals from waste electronic circuit boards

11h45

Olumide Ogunmodimu

The development of a granular flow model for the passage of particles on and through moving screen surfaces

12h00

Prince Owusu Gyebi

The effect of chemical additives on the rheological and electrokinetic properties on Witbank coal-water mixtures

12h15

Kyle Naidoo and Mohamed Jogiat

Evaluating the potential for dry processing

12h25

Juarez Amaral

Towards coal zero waste in Brazil

12h45

Helene-Marie Stander

Evaluation of down-stream processing options for sulphide-rich coal waste tailings

13h00

Lunch

14h00

Dee Bradshaw

Strategy discussion

14h30

Bridget Fundikwa

An environmental assessment on the use of froth flotation for coal recovery and sulfur removal from fine coal waste

14h45

Mpendulo Ncongwane

An engineering evaluation of the mineral carbonation of PGM tailings

15h00

Edson Charikinya

Modelling across the minerals value chain

15h20

Tea and Coffee

15h40

Jenny Robertson and Alexander Platts

Including sustainability indicators into an integrated modelling framework: proof of concept for an iron ore magnetic separation unit

15h50

Lauren McGeorge and Clare Rodseth

Analysis of energy efficiency in South Africa’s gold industry

16h00

Corey Beavon and Jaishal Naidu

Industrial minerals in South Africa

16h10

Alex Opitz

The use of mineralogy and geochemistry in the characterisation of ARD potentials from a gold waste rock

16h20

Jochen Petersen

Closing remarks

16h30

Prize giving and closing