To better understand the rockmass response to mining – specifically changes in stress and fracture density – it is desirable ...Read more
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The risk from fire remains one of the most serious of underground mine disaster scenarios. The impacts of mine fires ...Read more
The measurement and management of deformation in underground excavations is a key responsibility of geotechnical and mining engineers. A critical ...Read more
The World’s Largest Coal Field nestled in the northeastern United States, spanning an expansive 180,000 square kilometers across nine states. With ...Read more
When compared to seismically active underground mines, the Mount Isa Mines Deep Lead can be considered to be seismically ‘quiet’. ...Read more
A method and equations are presented to allow calculation of the natural wet bulb temperature (WBn), psychrometric dry bulb temperature ...Read more
The correct specification and then selection of primary or major fans for an underground mine is a critical decision not ...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
The 10th deepest open pit mines in the world are raked as follow: Bingham Canyon Mine (USA): > 1.2 km Chuquicamata (Chile): ...Read more
There has been a strong trend over the past decade in hard rock mines towards the use of very high ...Read more
