Publications

Paterson, A.J.C., Vietti, A.J., Derammelaere, R.R. and Hester, H. “Future trends waste disposal of high concentration kimberlite tailings”, 101st annual general meeting of Canadian Inst. Of Mines, Calgary, Canada, 1999.


Paterson, A.J.C., Vietti, A.J. “Analysis of the flow behaviour of high-density non-Newtonian kimberlite tailings”, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Slurry Handling and Pipeline Transport – Hydrotransport 14 No. 36, 1999.


Paterson, A.J.C., Johnson, G., Vietti, A.J. “Case Study: Pumping high-density kimberlite tailings”, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Slurry Handling and Pipeline Transport – Hydrotransport 14 No. 36, 1999.


Dunn F., “P&TTD as an alternative tailings disposal technique for small scale mining”, Green Technologies Conference, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Mintek, Johannesburg, August 2002.


Johnson, G., Vietti A.J., “The design of a co-thickened tailings disposal system”, Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Melbourne, Australia, 2003.


Editors: Vietti, A.J., Dunn F., “Paste and Thickened Tailings Disposal Handbook”, De Beers Consolidated Mines, September, 2003.


Vietti, A.J., “Know your chemistry, - Suspension and compaction behaviour of Paste”, Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Cape Town, South Africa, 2004.


Vietti, A. J., and Dunn, F., “Another dimension to slump”, 9th Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Limerick, Republic of Ireland, 2006.


Vietti, A. J. and Coghill, M., “Slurry Chemistry”, Chapter 5 in “Paste and Thickened Tailings – A Guide (2nd edition)”, eds., Jewell, R. J., Fourie, A. B., Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Western Australia, Australia, 2006.


Vietti, A.J.; Dunn, F.; Cooks, M.; Busani, B. “A water recovery comparison between two Kimberlite Paste systems”, 10th Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Perth, Australia, March 2007.


Fourie, A.B. and Dunn, F. “Limitations to the Use of the Modified Slump Test for Yield Stress Determination”, Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Perth, Australia, March 2007.


Dambe, N.; Cooks, M; Vietti, A.J. and Busani, B. “The Debswana prototype paste thickening campaign – A case study”, Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Kasane, Botswana, May 2008.


Vietti, A.J. and Cooke, R. “RheomaxTM and water conservation at Orapa Mine”, 11th Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Kasane, Botswana, May 2008.


Vietti, A.J.; Boshoff, J.C.J. and Cope, A. “Does thickening save water?”, 13th Int. Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Toronto, Canada, May 2010.


Vietti, A.J. “Control of thickeners treating fine clay containing slurries”, 21st Centaury Challenges to the Southern African Coal Sector, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 to 5 March 2014.


Vietti, A.J. “An evolution of thickening technology and operation”, 5th International Mining and Industrial Waste Management Conference, Rustenburg, South Africa, 10 to 12 March 2014.


Vietti, A.J. and Dunn, F. “A description of the sedimentation process during dynamic thickener operation”, 17th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings, Vancouver, Canada, June 2014.


Romo, D., Martinson. L. And Vietti, A.J. “Thickened tailings: Test matrix and design definitions for prefeasibility study”. Tailings 2014, Antofagasta, Chile, 20 to 22 August 2014.


Boswell, J.E.S., Gidley, I.D.C., Jeeravipoolvarn, S., Pellerin, K.D.O. and Vietti, A.J. “Thickened tailings deposition – operational challenges and remedies”, Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, Keystone, 2014.