With hardrock mines using mobile equipment with ever larger diesel engines in ever larger development dimensions, the use of traditional ...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 correct specification and then selection of primary or major fans for an underground mine is a critical decision not ...Read more
In most underground mines, the ventilation system is a significant portion of the total mine capital and operating cost and ...Read more
An Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) refers to a facility where human elements, equipment data, and operation systems have been merged ...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
Many underground mines do not have a qualified or dedicated occupational (industrial) hygienist on site, or even available as a ...Read more
The risk from fire remains one of the most serious of underground mine disaster scenarios. The impacts of mine fires ...Read more
There are many sources of gas in underground mines including development and production blasting, strata gases, spontaneous combustion, diesel equipment, ...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
