March 9, 2018Published by Pieter Botha on March 9, 2018Categories MinAssistSocial License – The Key to Successful ISR Operations In the previous article we wrote an introductory overview of In-Situ Recovery (ISR) and recent interest from industry and research organisations […]
February 21, 2018Published by Pieter Botha on February 21, 2018Categories GeometallurgyA Brief Overview of In-situ Recovery (ISR) Over the past few years there has been a renewed interest in in-situ recovery methods for metals (ISR). The concept of […]
December 12, 2017Published by Pieter Botha on December 12, 2017Categories Geometallurgy Research & DevelopmentWorking with High-Dimensional Data Part 4: Classifying Unknown Samples using Machine Learning PrinciplesIn the previous articles in this series (part 1, part 2, and part 3) we’ve been performing analyses on an example high-dimensional […]
December 5, 2017Published by Pieter Botha on December 5, 2017Categories Geometallurgy Research & DevelopmentWorking with High-Dimensional Data Part 3: Geospatial Mapping and Mine Planning In part 1 of this introductory series about working with high-dimensional data we looked at dimensionality reduction to allow the visualisation […]
November 28, 2017Published by Pieter Botha on November 28, 2017Categories Geometallurgy Research & DevelopmentWorking with High-Dimensional Data Part 2: Classification by Cluster AnalysisIn part 1 of this introductory series on working with high-dimensional data we determined that cluster analysis is a commonly used method […]
November 14, 2017Published by Pieter Botha on November 14, 2017Categories Geometallurgy Research & DevelopmentWorking with High-Dimensional Data, Part 1: Dimensionality ReductionMineral exploration, mining, ore processing, and, more generally, earth science research, involves the collection of large and complex data sets where single […]
September 6, 2017Published by Pieter Botha on September 6, 2017Categories Study ManagementLinking Sample Prep with Particle Stats and Data Quality In last week’s article we spent some time evaluating particle statistics using SEM-EDS data to demonstrate the importance of the […]
August 29, 2017Published by Pieter Botha on August 29, 2017Categories Research & Development Study ManagementEvaluation of SEM-EDS Particle Count StatisticsIn our last article I re-introduced the concept of using statistics to determine if enough particle sections have been measured to produce a […]
August 15, 2017Published by Pieter Botha on August 15, 2017Categories Operational MineralogyHave you measured enough particles?One of the key questions about SEM-EDS data is whether or not you’ve measured enough particle sections to produce a representative result. […]