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Importance of failure mechanisms for management of surface instability risk above abandones minesBy J. P. Josien, Didier C.
ABSTRACT: France now faces the closure of most of its mining sites. Surface instability risk may sometimes remain, especially where large underground voids exist. This paper illustrates the importance
Jan 1, 2003
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Can Buffer Stores Improve Productivity? ? SynopsisBy R. C. D. Phillis
The management of critical resource inventories is an important productivity lever and a significant risk factor?risk in the sense that poor resource availability lends itself to disempowerment of wor
Jan 1, 2011
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Method statement for Excavation of Powerhouse Cavern Considering Mudstone Layers in Masjed Soleiman DamBy M. Shahabi, M. Kashfi
This paper briefly describes the excavation procedure of a powerhouse, comprising of its incremental excavation, reinforcement measures, and the installed monitoring system. During the first phase of
Jan 1, 2003
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Numerical identification of the excavation damaged zone in rock saltBy K. -H. Lux, Z. Hou
ABSTRACT: It is well known in underground mining and waste disposal that the development of excavation damaged zones (EDZ), and thus, hydraulic pathways, is closely related to the excess in the corres
Jan 1, 2003
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Applicability of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion and the effect of the anisotropy on intact rock samples from “Athens Schist”By P. Marinos, G. Tsiambaos, H. Saroglou
The anisotropic behaviour of “Athens Schist” has been brought out through the testing of specimens with varying orientation of schistosity with respect to the major principal stress under uniaxial, tr
Jan 1, 2003
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IN DIE KOLLIG: Hittebehandeling: Teorie en Praktyk deurBy deur R. Dippenaar
'n Kort kursus oar die teorie en praktyk van hittebehandeling is vanaf 29 Junie 1981 tot 3 Julie 1981 in die departement Materiaalkunde en Metallurgiese Ingenieurswese aan die Universiteit van Pr
Jan 1, 1981
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Strategic Long Term Planning In Mining - SynopsisBy G. L. Smith
The fundamental challenge facing mineral and metal companies is how to create sustainable value while operating within mandated strategic bounds, identified constraints, and variable market and econom
Jan 1, 2012
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Strategic Long Term Planning In Mining ? Synopsis (287252bf-313f-4c0f-98fd-28fa4c30c9b7)By G. L. Smith
The fundamental challenge facing mineral and metal companies is how to create sustainable value while operating within mandated strategic bounds, identified constraints, and variable market and econom
Jan 1, 2012
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Effect of Roughness on the Peak Shear Strength of Clay Infilled Joints under Constant Normal StiffnessBy A. Haque
The shear behaviour of infilled joints produced from ordinary gypsum plaster (gyprock) and bentonite was investigated in the laboratory under Constant Normal Stiffness (CNS) conditions. Shear tests we
Jan 1, 2003
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Correlation Between P-Wave Velocity And Some Mechanical Properties For Sedimentary Rocks ? SynopsisBy R. Altindag
Engineers and researchers need to estimate the mechanical properties of rocks from P-wave velocity. In previous studies, the researchers have investigated either the limited values or all the data bel
Jan 1, 2012
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What boundary conditions should we apply? Applications to tunneling and to the AECL Underground Research LaboratoryBy B. Amadei, F. Tonon
Rock stress measurement is cast in the more general context of the determination of boundary conditions for rock engineering. A study on the effect of elastic anisotropy on underground excavations rev
Jan 1, 2003
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Effect of true tri-axial loading schemes on fracturing of limestoneBy J. -P. Tshibangu, A. Vervoort, A. Lavrov
Abstract: The aim of the research presented is to study the effect of complex loading schemes on the fracturing process during loading and/or unloading. A first set of experiments was done using a pol
Jan 1, 2003
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Shear-flow coupling properties of a rock joint and its modelling by Geographic Information System (GIS)By Y. Mitani, F. Vallier, T. Esaki
Shear-flow coupling tests are conducted using an original apparatus, and a shear-flow coupling model using Geographic Information System (GIS) is developed in order to evaluate shear-flow coupling pro
Jan 1, 2003
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Exploitation Of A Massive Low Grade Zinc-Lead Resource At Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation, NamibiaBy S Rupprech, T Lund, H Fourie, PH van Rooyen, NM Vegter
Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Pty) Ltd (RPZC) operates an underground mine at Rosh Pinah in southern Namibia producing zinc and lead sulphide concentrates. It currently mines around 0.7 Mtpa run-of-min
Jan 1, 2007
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Classifying Quarries Vis-À-Vis Prospects Of Profitability - SynopsisBy J. Dvorácek
Similar to the case of any other business venture, the activities of mining industries are profit-oriented. Nothing will stop successful businesses in their quest for new localities to be prospected f
Jan 1, 2012
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Onlangse Produktiwiteitsverbeteringe op Blinkpan Koolmyne BeperkBy A. C. Coetzee
Blinkpan Koolmyne is as ten voile gemeganiseerde steenkoolvoorsiener aan die 1 000 MW Evkom-kragsentrale in die Oos-Transvaal, onderhewig aan groat seisoenale produksieskommelinge. Die aanwending van
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Stability assessment of underground machine hall of Rogun HPP based on the results of physical modeling and in-situ observationsBy I. Grigoriev, A. Yolkin, E. Freiberg, A. Fedchun, A. Kolichko
Abstract: The paper describes the engineering-geological conditions and the structural decisions of the underground machine hall of Rogun HPP under construction in Tadjikistan on Vaksh river as well a
Jan 1, 2003
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TEM Study Of Solid Titanium Oxides Inclusions In Steel Melt At 1600°CBy C. -T. Mutale, A. S. Tuling
Titanium can exist in three different oxidation states. Its oxides are numerous and in presence of iron and oxygen, iron-titanium oxide compounds can also form. Some of the oxides are non-stoichiometr
Jan 1, 2004
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Rockbursts in the period of mining activity reduction in Ostrava-Karvina CoalfieldBy V. Velicka, J. Ptacek, R. Snuparek, P. Konecny, G. Takla
Coal mining in Ostrava-Karvina coalfield is being accompanied by rockbursts. 82 rockbursts occurred within the period between 1990 and 2002. Natural and technological factors from these rockbursts wer
Jan 1, 2003
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Meeting The Milestones: Are South African Small-To Medium-Scale Mines Up To The Task? - SynopsisBy J. J. Dekker
Controlling noise has proven difficult in mining, and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) remains common. In 2008, a South African Mine Health and Safety Council study focused on small- to medium-sized
Jan 1, 2011