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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
With increasing depth, there will always be situations where stress, strength and structure combine to store energy in unstable ways ...Read more
This paper describes the use of Rate of Energy Release (RER) to assess the likelihood of mining induced seismic events. ...Read more
To better understand the rockmass response to mining – specifically changes in stress and fracture density – it is desirable ...Read more
The Australian mining industry has changed dramatically over the past 20 years in terms of mining methods, mining equipment and ...Read more
Rio Tinto obtained an exploration license in 1997 in the Simandou mountains, in southeastern Guinea. Since then, the company has ...Read more
In most underground mines, the ventilation system is a significant portion of the total mine capital and operating cost and ...Read more
The correct specification and then selection of primary or major fans for an underground mine is a critical decision not ...Read more
Fire has historically being the biggest single cause of underground hardrock mining disasters and traditional primary ventilation systems and practices ...Read more
