Rio Tinto obtained an exploration license in 1997 in the Simandou mountains, in southeastern Guinea. Since then, the company has ...Read more
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The underground metalliferous mining industry continues to change under the influence of many factors including, to name a few, new ...Read more
To better understand the rockmass response to mining – specifically changes in stress and fracture density – it is desirable ...Read more
Microseismic monitoring is routinely used by block and panel caving mines worldwide to track cave shape development. The standard practice ...Read more
We present qualitative observations of the recorded rock mass response to hydraulic-fracturing in four case studies from three major caving ...Read more
Short-term seismic hazard based on the stability analysis methods of the 1990s is part of the deep mine culture of ...Read more
For underground mines with extended periods of surface temperatures below freezing, there are a range of potential impacts on the ...Read more
The Australian mining industry has changed dramatically over the past 20 years in terms of mining methods, mining equipment and ...Read more
Fire has historically being the biggest single cause of underground hardrock mining disasters and traditional primary ventilation systems and practices ...Read more
Underground blasting operations are challenging from the standpoint of the distribution of explosives energy representative of ring blasting. Energy from ...Read more
