Publications

2022

Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E., Nwaila, G.T., Corrigan, D., 2022. Towards a fully data-driven prospectivity mapping methodology: A case study of the South-eastern Churchill Province, Québec and Labrado. Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 2, 128–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2022.02.002

Zhang, S.E., Nwaila, G.T., Bourdeau, J.E., Frimmel, H.E., Ghorbani, Y., Elhabyan, R., 2022. Application of machine-learning algorithms to the stratigraphic correlation of Archean shale units based on lithogeochemistry. Journal of Geology, 129, 647-672. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/717847

Bourdeau, J.E., Hayes, B., Zhang, S.E., Logue, A., Bybee, G.M., 2022. Origin and significance of noritic blocks in layered anorthosites in the Bushveld Complex, South Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 177, 11 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-021-01872-8

Ghorbani, Y., Zhang, S.E., Nwaila, G.T., Bourdeau, J.E., 2022. Review of framework components for data-centric dry laboratories in the minerals industry: A path to science-and-technology-led innovation. The Extractive Industries and Society, 10. Published. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101089

Nwaila, G.T., Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E., 2022. Spatial conditioning of machine learning lgorithms for geoscience applications. The Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) 16th Biennial Meeting, 28–31 March 2022, Rotorua, New Zealand. The critical role of minerals in the carbon-neutral future.

Nwaila, G.T., Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E., Ghorbani, Y., Carranza, E.J.M., 2022. Artificial intelligence-based anomaly detection of the Assen iron deposit in South Africa using remote sensing data from the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager. Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 3, 71–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2022.10.001

Nwaila, G.T., Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E., Negwangwatini, E., Rose, D.H., Burnett, M., Ghorbani, Y., 2022. Data-driven predictive modeling of lithofacies and Fe in-situ grade in the Assen Fe ore deposit of the Transvaal Supergroup (South Africa) and implications on the genesis of banded iron formations. Natural Resources Research, 31, 2369–2395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-022-10105-z

Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E., Nwaila, G.T., Ghorbani, Y., 2022. Advanced geochemical exploration knowledge using machine learning: Prediction of unknown elemental concentrations and operational prioritisation of re-analysis campaigns. Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 3, 86–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aiig.2022.10.003

Nwaila, G.T., Frimmel, H.E., Zhang, S.E., Bourdeau, J.E., Tolmay, L.C.K., Durrheim, R.J., Ghorbani, Y. (2022). Review of the minerals industry in the era of digital transition: An energy-efficient and environmentally conscious approach. Resources Policy, 78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.10285

Sihoyiya, M., Manzi, M.S.D., James, I, Rapetsoa, M.K., W estgate, M., Nwaila, G.T., Linzer, L., Durrheim, R,J., Staley, P., 2022. Seismic delineation of the gold-bearing structures in the South Rand goldfield (South Africa): A comparison of pre-stack time and depth migration approaches on legacy seismic data. Near Surface Geophysics. https://doi.org/10.1002/nsg.12209

2021

Ikeda, H., Kolade, O., Mahboob, M. A., Cawood, F. T., & Kawamura, Y. (2021). Communication of Sensor Data in Underground Mining Environments: An Evaluation of Wireless Signal Quality over Distance. Mining, 1(2), 211-223.

Cudjoe, M. N. M., and F. T. Cawood. "Real-time material tracking: Testing the suitability of microdot technology for ore tracking." SPECIAL THEMED EDITION–CALL FOR PAPERS: 191.

Coulson N, Christofides N. 2021. How worker health and safety representatives are captured and outdone by production on South African mines. Economic and Industrial Democracy 42(4):1004-1028. doi:10.1177/0143831X19830491

Hermanus M. 2021. Tshiamiso Trust – mandate, uncertainties and dilemmas. Occup Health Southern Afr. 2021; 27(4):135-139.

Javaid, S., Cawood, F. T., Potgieter, J. H., and Feroze, T. (2021). Optimizing the Metal Flow Process in a Copper Production Plant by Employing a Technology Framework. Journal Aspects in Mining and Mineral Science, Vol. 7. Issue 5. pp 863-872. DOI: 10.31031/AMMS.2021.07.000671

Kolade, O., Shimaponda-Nawa, M., Versfeld, D. J., & Cheng, L. (2021). Optimization Algorithms for Improving the Performance of Permutation Trellis Codes. Physical Communication, 44,101237, ISSN 1874-4907, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2020.101237.

Cudjoe, M. N. M., & Cawood, F. T. (2022). The tracking of metal content on a surface mine: A digital mining technology approach. Resources Policy, 76, 102571.

Munakamwe, J. (2021). ‘Selective Amnesia’ and trade union exclusionary strategies in contemporary South Africa. International Union Rights. 28. 3. 10.14213/inteuniorigh.28.1.0003

Ali S., Cawood F., Feroze T., Ashraf H. (2021) Development of the Global 21st Century Mining Technical Services Professional: The WMI-SAGE Collaborative Model. In: Bui XN., Lee C., Drebenstedt C. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and Responsible Mining. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 109. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60839-2_18, pp.344-363

Atif, Iqra, Frederick Thomas Cawood, and Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob. "Development of Interactive Dashboards and Intelligent Data Analytics for Visual Decision-Making in The Underground Mining Environment: The Sterkfontein Cave Case Study." In 2021 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technologies (IBCAST), pp. 383-388. IEEE, 2021.

Atif, Iqra, Hamid Ashraf, Frederick Thomas Cawood, and Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob. "A Conceptual Digital Framework for Near Real-Time Monitoring and Management of Mine Tailing Storage Facilities." In Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and Responsible Mining, pp. 498-530. Springer, Cham, 2021.

Atif, Iqra, Frederick Thomas Cawood, and Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob. An Integrated Approach of GIS and Machine Learning to Assess the Spatio-Temporal Earthquake Vulnerability in South Africa. 2021 International Conference on Computing, Electronic and Electrical Engineering (ICE Cube). IEEE, 2021

Mahboob, M. A., Celik, T., & Genc, B. (2021). A Comparative Study on Machine Learning Algorithms for Geochemical Prediction Using Sentinel-2 Reflectance Spectroscopy. Journal of Mining and Environment (JME) Vol, 12(4), 987-1001.

2020

Atif, I., Cawood, F. T., & Mahboob, M. A. (2020). Modelling and analysis of the Brumadinho tailings disaster using advanced geospatial analytics. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 120(7), 405-414.

Atif, I., Cawood, F. T., & Mahboob, M. A. (2020). The Role of Digital Technologies that Could Be Applied for Prescreening in the Mining Industry During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, 5, no. 4 (2020): 663-674.

Brouwer D, Govender V, Hermanus M. South Africa’s industry preparedness to control COVID-19 transmission. Occup Health Southern Afr. 2020; 26(2):46-50.

Cawood, F.T., Ali, S., Ashraf, H., & Feroze, T. (2020). Building International Capacity in Mining Engineering: The NUST-WITS Mining Educational Collaboration, In?ynieria Mineralna – Journal of the Polish Mineral Engineering Society, 2(46), 311–322.

Coulson, N., & Christofides, N. J. (2020). Worker health and safety representatives on South African mines: A compassionate voice in the face of employer dominance and health complexity. The Extractive Industries and Society, 7(1), 161-169.

Kolapo, P., & Cawood, F. (2020). Factors to be considered in establishing a scanning laboratory for testing the accuracy of terrestrial laser scanning technologies. International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 11(3), 180-190.

Kolade, O., Familua, A.D and Cheng, L. (2020) “Indoor Amplify-and-Forward Powerline and Visible Light Communication Channel Model Based on Semi-Hidden Markov Models,” in 2020 AEU- International Journal of Electronics and Communications, v 124, pp. 153108 doi: 10.1016/j.aeue.2020.153108.

Mahboob, M.A., Genc, B., Celik, T., Ali, S., & Atif, I. (2020). Modeling and analysis of Lily gold mine disasters using geoinformatics. GeoJournal 85, 837–862

Murambadoro M., Munakamwe J. (2020) Institutional and Discursive Politics of Gender Mainstreaming in SDGs: The Historical Trajectory. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A.M., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopaedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. http://doi-org-443.webvpn.fjmu.edu.cn/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_45-1 Development Goals

2019

Cornelissen, H., Watson, I., Adam, E. & Malefetse, T. (2019). Challenges and strategies of abandoned mine rehabilitation in South Africa: the case of asbestos mine rehabilitation. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 205, 106354

Coulson N., Stewart, P., & Saaed, S.2019. South African mine workers’ perspectives of the right to refuse dangerous work and the constraints to worker self-regulation Journal of the SAIMM 119:21-30 http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2019/v119n1a3

Hermanus, M., Phakathi, S., Coulson, N. & Stewart, P. (2019). The Achievements and Limitations of Statutory and Non-Statutory Tripartism in South African Mining. International Development Policy | Revue internationale de politique de développement, 11 | 2019, 59-81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.3008

Hussain, I., Cawood, F. & van Olst, R. (2019) A line-of-sight propagation performance study for underground mining in an arched-shaped tunnel environment, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 33:15, 2037-2045, DOI: 10.1080/09205071.2019.1662334

Kolade, O. and Cheng, L. (2019) “Permutation-Aided Space-Time Shift Keying for Indoor Visible Light Communication,” in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm), pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2019.8909722.

Kolade, O. and Cheng, L. (2019) “Impulse Noise Mitigation Using Subcarrier Coding of OFDM-MFSK Scheme in Powerline Channel,” in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm), pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2019.8909718.

Mahboob, M.A., Genc, B., & Atif, I. (2019). Spatio-Temporal Change Detection of North Antelope Rochelle and Black Thunder Coal Fields of US Using Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Satellite Data. In International Symposium on Mine Planning & Equipment Selection (pp. 245-254). Springer, Cham.

Mahboob, M.A., Genc, B., Celik, T., Ali, S., & Atif, I.. (2019). Mapping hydrothermal minerals using remotely sensed reflectance spectroscopy data from Landsat. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 119(3), 279-289. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2019/v119n3a7

Watson, I & Olalde, M. (2019). The state of mine closure in South Africa – what the numbers say. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 119:639-645

Cawood, F. 2019. Zero Harm and Twenty-first Century Mining: Taking advantage of digital technologies while understanding the technology limits in a human-centred future of work. International Mine Health and Safety Conference 31 October to 1 November 2019, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg

Coulson, N. (2019). Reflections on case study research: Where from, and where to for worker elected health and safety representatives? International Mine Health and Safety Conference 31 October to 1 November 2019, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg

Hermanus, M. 2019. OHS Risk Management in Mining – Then and Now. International Mine Health and Safety Conference 31 October to 1 November 2019, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg

2018

Cawood, F. T. (2018) “Policy elements for twenty-first century African mining,” Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 9(1), pp. 87–101. doi: 10.1108/JSTPM-06-2017-0028.

Coulson, N. 2018. The role of workplace health and safety representatives and the creeping responsibilisation of occupational health and safety on South African mines. Resources Policy 56: 38–48

De Lange, W., de Wet, B., Haywood, L., 雷速体育_雷速体育直播ord, W., Musvoto, C. & Watson, I. (2018). Mining at the crossroads: Sectoral diversification to safeguard sustainable mining?, The Extractive Industries and Society 5(3): 269-273

Hussain, I., Cawood, F. T. and Ali, S. (2018) “Towards safer mining: scientific measurement approaches that could be applied for imaging and locating the buried container lamp-room at Lily mine,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 118(2), pp. 185–192. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n2a12.

Ledwaba P.F. & Mutemeri. N. 2018. Institutional gaps and challenges in artisanal and small-scale mining in South Africa. Resources Policy 56: 141–148

Marais, L., Wlokas, H, de Groot, J, Dube, N & Scheba, A. 2018. Renewable energy and local development: Seven lessons from the mining industry. Development Southern Africa, 35(1): 24-38

Mathey, M. (2018) “Modelling coal pillar stability from mine survey plans in a geographic information system,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 118(2), pp. 157–164. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2018/v118n2a9

Watson, I., Hermanus, M., Humby, T. & Moodliar, S. (2018). Terrestrial and deep seabed mining. In H.A. Strydom, N. D. King & F.P. Retief (Eds), Fuggle and Rabie’s Environmental Management in South Africa, 3rd Edition. (873-970). Juta & Co: Cape Town

2017

Ashraf, H. and Cawood, F. (2017) “Mineral development for growth: the case for a new mineral policy framework for Pakistan,” Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, 8(3), pp. 246–274. doi: 10.1108/JSTPM-11-2016-0033.

Bondarenko, V., Cherniak, V., Cawood, F. and Chervatiuk, V. 2017 Technological Safety of sustainable development of coal enterprises. Mining of Mineral Deposits, 11(2), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.15407/mining11.02.001.

Cawood, F.T. Policy elements for twenty-first century African mining: Strengthening the existing African Mining Themes with crosscutting subsets. Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management Vol. No., 2017 pp., Emerald Publishing Limited (Link https://doi.org/10.1108/JSTPM-06-2017-0028).

Coulson, N., Ledwaba, p. & McCallum, A. (2017). Building resilient company-community relationships: a preliminary observation of the thoughts and experiences of community relations practitioners across Africa. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. 117(1): 7-12

Elgstrand, K., Sherson, D. L., Jørs, E., Nogueira, C., Thomsen,J. F., Fingerhut, M., Burström, L., Rintamäki, H., Apud, E., Oñate, E., Coulson, N., McMaster, L. & Clarke, E. E. (2017) Safety and Health in Mining: Part 1. Occupational Health Southern Africa 23(3):10- 20

Feroze, T. and Genc, B. (2017) “A CFD model to evaluate variables of the line brattice ventilation system in an empty heading,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 117(2), pp. 97–108. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n2a1.

Feroze, T. and Genc, B (2017) “Analysis of the effect of ducted fan system variables on ventilation in an empty heading using CFD,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 117(2), pp. 157–167. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n2a7.

Feroze, Tariq and Genc, B. (2017) “Evaluation of line brattice length in an empty heading to improve air flow rate at the face using CFD,” International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 27(2), pp. 253–259. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmst.2017.01.012.

Hamid, A. and Cawood, F. (2017) “GIS-based monitoring system to enhance safety and stability.”

Hermanus, M. (2017). Mining Redesigned - Innovation and Technology Needs for the Future - A South African Perspective. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Volume 117, Issue 8.

Hermanus, M., Walker, J. Z., Watson, I., & Barker, O. (2015). Impact of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act on levels of mining, land utility and people. Labour, Capital and Society 48(1&2): 10-38 [Note – only published in 2017]

Hussain, I., Cawood, F. and van Olst, R. (2017) “Effect of tunnel geometry and antenna parameters on through-the-air communication systems in underground mines: Survey and open research areas,” Physical Communication, 23, pp. 84–94. doi: 10.1016/j.phycom.2017.03.002.

Ledwaba, P & Sosibo, N. (2017). Cathode Ray Tube Recycling in South Africa. Recycling 2(4)

Limpitlaw, D., Alsum, A. & Neale, D. (2017). Calculating ecological footprints for mining companies—an introduction to the methodology and an assessment of the benefits. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. 117(1): 13-18

Tetteh, M. and Cawood, F. T. (2017) “Design considerations for critical coal measurement points: Towards accurate reconciliation for integrated mine planning,” Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 117(7), pp. 629–635. doi: 10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n7a4

Neuvhirwa, N., et al., 2017. ‘Assessing the success of asbestos mine rehabilitation using vegetation dynamic and earth observation data’, The 37th international symposium on remote Sensing of Environment , Tshwane, South Africa 8 – 12 May 2017, South African National Space Agency

Feroze, T., and Genc, B. (2017). Air Flow Pattern Analysis of Line Brattice Ventilation System Using CFD. 25th International Mining Congress and Exhibition of Turkey (IMCET). Antalya, Turkey,11-14 April

Ashraf, H., Mineral Development for Growth: China Pakistan Economic Corridor and its Impacts on Economic and Social Transformation, 2nd International Business and Research Conference 2017, Karachi

De Andrade, N.S and Sheer, T.J, Analysis of belt stresses in the idler junction area- Part 1: Rig construction and calibration, Paper 17: Beltcon – International Materials Handling Conference, IMHC Beltcon, Pretoria, 2-3 August 2017.

Makumbe, S, Hattingh, T.S, Plint, N and Esterhuizen, D. Effectiveness of using Learning Factories to impart Lean principles in mining employees. 8th CIRP Conference on Learning Factories - Advanced Engineering Education & Training for Manufacturing Innovation, 12-13 April 2018, Patras, Greece.

Guj, P., Martin, S., Maybee, B., Cawood, F., Bocoum, B., Gosai, N. and Huibregtse, S. Transfer Pricing in Mining with a focus on Africa: A Reference Guide for Practitioners, World Bank, Washington, January 2017. pp. 303. (Book).

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