The underground metalliferous mining industry continues to change under the influence of many factors including, to name a few, new ...Read more
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In most underground mines, the ventilation system is a significant portion of the total mine capital and operating cost and ...Read more
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With increasing depth, there will always be situations where stress, strength and structure combine to store energy in unstable ways ...Read more
The risk from fire remains one of the most serious of underground mine disaster scenarios. The impacts of mine fires ...Read more
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The measurement and management of deformation in underground excavations is a key responsibility of geotechnical and mining engineers. A critical ...Read more
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Short-term seismic hazard based on the stability analysis methods of the 1990s is part of the deep mine culture of ...Read more
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This paper describes the use of Rate of Energy Release (RER) to assess the likelihood of mining induced seismic events. ...Read more
Underground excavations are subjected to complex stress changes caused by nearby mining, but may also be affected by repeated dynamic ...Read more
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Open access to forecasts of mine performance by all members of the mine planning team, in the form of open ...Read more
The assessment of slope stability does not frequently account for the interaction between stress, rock mass damage and water pressure ...Read more
