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  • AUSIMM
    A review of floor heave mechanisms in underground coal mine roadways

    By H Ramandi, H Masoumi, I Canbulat, B Hebblewhite, J Oh, S Saydam, W Timms, S Mo

    This paper reviews the floor heave mechanisms in underground coal mine roadways. Previous studies have reported three main failure mechanisms: bearing capacity failure, buckling and swelling. The buck

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Evaluation of a UAV-LiDAR system for mapping geological structures in an open pit highwall

    By B Banerjee, H Masoumi, X Shen, S Raval, D Tannant

    Structural mapping of pit walls can be performed using digital images and photogrammetry software, but the performance is limited by weather and environmental conditions including dust, rain and light

    Nov 30, 2018

  • IIMP
    ¿Por qué los proyectos mineros fallan?

    By Jorge Ganoza

    Hay varios ejemplos recientes de proyectos que no han llegado a los niveles de producción o a los resultados del modelo financiero desarrollado durante el estudio de factibilidad. Las personas respons

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Analysis of premature failure of rock bolts and cable bolts failed in underground coal mines

    By P Craig, A Crosky, H Ramandi, S Saydam, H Chen

    Frequency of reports on premature failure of rock bolts and cable bolts have increased in past two decades. Such a failure threatens both the safety of underground mine workers and the economic viabil

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    The practicalities of effective stress measurement in rock

    By I Gray

    This paper examines the practical limitations that affect the measurement of stress in rock. As most rock stress measurement is conducted through the invasive process of drilling a hole in a rock mass

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    The ground motions induced by blasting in open pit lignite mines and its environmental effects

    By O Aydan, R Ulusay

    Blasting is the most commonly used excavation technique in mining and civil engineering applications. Blasting induces strong ground motions and fracturing of rock mass in rock excavations. Particular

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Elevating geotechnical considerations in the Australian underground coal industry and mine planning process

    By T Stambolie

    Mine planning processes are continuously evolving, increasing in complexity, and are required to be developed in shorter timeframes, often missing important steps in the process. Underground coal mine

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Mt Wright – geotechnical learnings from a sub level shrink

    By P Wilson

    The Mt. Wright Underground Mine is located near the town of Ravenswood in North Queensland and is operated by Carpentaria Gold – a wholly owned subsidiary of Resolute Mining Limited. The establishment

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    The evolution of seismicity and ground control measures at Ernest Henry Mine

    By H Esterhuizen

    The Ernest Henry Mine (EHM) in Queensland, Australia is a Sub-level Caving operation that started production below the previously mined open pit at a depth of 535m. Current Production mining has progr

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    New risk assessment method for coal mine excavated slopes

    By I Canbulat, J Oh, A Mcquillan, D Payne

    This paper presents a new risk assessment tool for coal mine excavated slopes. This new empirical-statistical Slope Stability Assessment Methodology (SSAM) is intended for use by geotechnical engineer

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    A personal review of South African rockburst research, experience and lessons learnt

    By T R. Stacey

    South Africa has a long history of rockbursts, some 100 years. During this time much research and many developments have taken place in the country to limit the occurrence of rockbursts, and to mitiga

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    A comparison of the performance of fully versus partially encapsulated cable bolts based on laboratory-scale testing

    By P Hagan, S Wang, D Li, B Loh

    A study was undertaken to quantify the differences in performance between a full-length encapsulated cable bolt and a partially encapsulated cable bolt. Much research has been reported on the differen

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Modelling of height of connective fractures during longwall mining

    By D Adhikary, M Khanal, B Poulsen, H Guo

    During longwall mining, the ability to reliably estimate the height of longwall mining-induced fractures is critically important in order to effectively manage mining-induced water inflows and aquifer

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Geotechnical strata characterisation using geophysics and its application for coal mine design

    By T Medhurst

    Recent developments in geophysical borehole log analysis using the Geophysical Strata Rating (GSR) are now routinely used in a number Australian coal mining operations. This allows development of 3D g

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Raise bore stability and risk assessment empirical database update

    By A Penney, M J. Pascoe, R M. Stephenson

    The empirical McCracken and Stacey stability and risk assessment method has been in use for more than 20 years to assess geotechnical stability issues for raise bored shafts. The methodology has been

    Nov 30, 2018

  • IIMP
    El uranio en los volcánicos de la meseta de Quenamari, Macusani-Carabaya-Puno-Perú

    By Andrés Rivera

    Los volcánicos Quenamari —ubicados en el distrito de Macusani, provincia de Carabaya, región Puno, al sur del Perú— alojan mineralización de uranio, torio y litio. El uranio, asociado a las riolitas d

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Monitoring as an input to support and sequence design

    By C Hall, K Williams, B Keogh, S Wong

    Cannington mine is a silver lead zinc operation located in north west Queensland. The operation has been in production since 1997. Ore is primarily moved through an underground material handling syste

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    Vibration control blasting for low stability final walls

    By G Wyartt

    In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, an iron ore mine is undertaking a high wall cut-back to improve stability and allow access to deeper ore deposits. Several sections of the wall have been cl

    Nov 30, 2018

  • AUSIMM
    The relationship between the magnitude of impact velocity per impulse and cumulative absorbed energy capacity of a rock bolt

    By B Crompton, A Berghorst, G Knox

    Laboratory-based dynamic testing provides an invaluable tool in the development of rock bolts for use in highly stressed, burst prone rock masses. While in most cases the laboratory-based test method

    Nov 30, 2018

  • IIMP
    Pautas generales para la selección de proyectos para mineras junior: uranio y litio

    By Mario Alejandro Bendezú

    En el presente artículo se analizan los factores esenciales para desarrollar un proyecto minero de uranio y litio en Perú. Luego de describir los requerimientos y perfil que debe tener la empresa mine

    Nov 30, 2018