Typically, large volumes of data are collected during geotechnical investigations for mining projects but rarely is this done in a ...Read more
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There have been many single and multiple fatalities over generations of underground mining due to workers being gassed by toxic ...Read more
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Mponeng, the world’s deepest gold mine, is located in the West Wits mining district south-west of Johannesburg, on the border ...Read more
With increasing depth, there will always be situations where stress, strength and structure combine to store energy in unstable ways ...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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Microseismic monitoring is routinely used by block and panel caving mines worldwide to track cave shape development. The standard practice ...Read more
Fire has historically being the biggest single cause of underground hardrock mining disasters and traditional primary ventilation systems and practices ...Read more
Axial Initiation is a change in the geometry of the propagating detonation front resulting from a continuous det cord. What has ...Read more
