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Research Interests
Diamonds and their Mineral Inclusions; Mantle Petrology; Petrology and Volcanology of Kimberlites and Lamproites; Geometallurgy; The study of kimberlites, diamonds and mantle xenoliths; Interdisciplinary research that bridges the gap between the geosciences, minerals research, metallurgy and the mining and exploration industry. Development and application of geometallurgical methods to quantify the mineralogical and textural characteristics of ore bodies, ores, concentrates and successor products in resource types relevant to the South African minerals industry.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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The Paleoarchean Buffalo River komatiites: Progressive melting of a single large mantle plume beneath the growing Kaapvaal craton
Netshidzivhe, T., Tappe, S., Wilson, A. H., Ishikawa, A. & Viljoen, F., 1 Aug 2023, In: Precambrian Research. 393, 107071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Re-healing cratonic mantle lithosphere after the world's largest igneous intrusion: Constraints from peridotites erupted by the Premier kimberlite, South Africa
Zhang, Q., Morel, M. L. A., Liu, J., Legros, H., Luguet, A., Viljoen, K. S., Davies, G. R. & Pearson, D. G., 15 Nov 2022, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 598, 117838.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus) -
Using Process Mineralogy as a Tool to Investigate Blending Potential of the Pentlandite‐Bearing Ores at the Nkomati Ni Mine in South Africa
Dzvinamurungu, T., Rose, D. H., Chimwani, N. & Viljoen, F., May 2022, In: Minerals. 12, 5, 649.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
A mineralogical perspective on the recovery of uranium from brannerite-rich ore at cooke section, west rand goldfield, south africa
Mkhatshwa, S. F., Guy, B. M., Smith, A. J. B. & Viljoen, K. S., 2020, In: South African Journal of Geology. 123, 4, p. 615-632 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A process mineralogical evaluation of chromite at the nkomati nickel mine, uitkomst complex, South Africa
Dzvinamurungu, T., Rose, D. H., Viljoen, K. S. & Mulaba-Bafubiandi, A. F., Aug 2020, In: Minerals. 10, 8, p. 1-27 27 p., 709.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)