Iron ore sintering plays a pivotal role in steel production by agglomerating fine iron ore particles into a porous mass suitable for blast furnace use. The optimisation of this process is critical not ...

Without the aid of large-scale industrial plants, artisanal gold miners on the West Rand, in Johannesburg, use labour- and knowledge-intensive skills to process gold ore, says former University of the ...

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