Rapid Cave Design And Production Scheduling
Author: Scott Loewen For early stage caving projects, there is usually a high degree of uncertainty in the…
Cave Mining Risks – Not Necessarily Greater, But Definitely Different
Author: Neil Winkelmann Are you familiar with cave mining risks? Cave mining, and in particular block-cave mining, stands…
Mudrush Dynamics In Underground Mining
Author: Jarek Jakubec Mudrush, mudflow, or mudpush are the most common terms describing uncontrolled ingress of assorted mixture…
The Importance Of Post-Drilling Assessment
Author: Carl Kottmeier In sublevel caving operations, it is imperative that the production blastholes be drilled accurately so…
Accounting For Micro-Defects In Rock Mass Rating
Author: Andy Thomas In 2001, Laubscher’s Mining Rock Mass Rating (MRMR) classification system (Laubscher and Jakubec, 2001) introduced…
Micro-defects: GSI For Fragmentation Assessment?
Author: Andrea Russo Recently, SRK Chile was involved in a caving project in Chile and in charge of…