This paper describes the use of Rate of Energy Release (RER) to assess the likelihood of mining induced seismic events. ...Read more
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Mine fires remain one of the most potentially devastating underground incidents due to the prospect of multiple fatalities from the ...Read more
Many underground mines do not have a qualified or dedicated occupational (industrial) hygienist on site, or even available as a ...Read more
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Most mine ventilation engineers are involved in ventilation planning and design in some capacity. Ventilation modelling software used by a ...Read more
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There are many sources of gas in underground mines including development and production blasting, strata gases, spontaneous combustion, diesel equipment, ...Read more
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With hardrock mines using mobile equipment with ever larger diesel engines in ever larger development dimensions, the use of traditional ...Read more
Typically, large volumes of data are collected during geotechnical investigations for mining projects but rarely is this done in a ...Read more
An advanced Geotechnical Televiewer Interpretation (GTI) methodology has been developed that accurately interprets the full suite of geotechnical properties and ...Read more
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Over the last decade there has been an evolution in block cave fragmentation prediction methods. This evolution has mainly been ...Read more
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The duty on mine ventilation shafts is usually either intake or exhaust; it is unusual to split the shaft vertically ...Read more
