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Testing and Sampling Requirements for Input to Spontaneous Combustion Risk AssessmentBy B Beamish
"All underground coal mines in Australia are required to develop a Spontaneous CombustionManagement Plan (SCMP). The New South Wales Government has developed a guideline (MDG1006) to assist operations
Jun 1, 2012
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Microseismic Imaging and Hydrofracture Numerical SimulationsBy Will S. Pettitt
Fracture Network Engineering (FNE) is the engineering design of rock mass disturbance through the use of advanced techniques to model fractured rock masses numerically, and then correlate field observ
Jun 1, 2012
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Simulation of Brazilian Test Using PFC2D Grain-Based ModelBy Navid Bahrani
The grain-based model (GBM) has resolved the difficulty of matching both the directtension (sc) and unconfined-compressive (st strengths of typical brittle rock by providing a synthetic material that
Jun 1, 2012
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Ventilation Surveys and Model Building - A ConsultantÆs OpinionBy J Rowland
"This paper was primarily put together in order to demonstrate what are believed to be acceptablestandards, in relation to ventilation surveys and the subsequent model assembly process. Thiswas brough
Jun 1, 2012
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Explosibility Limits - Establishing Criteria for Mine Re-EntryBy D Cliff
"Recent underground coal mine incidents have again raised the issue of: under what circumstanceis it safe for personnel to re-enter the mine? Mine rescue guidelines make recommendations aboutthe limit
Jun 1, 2012
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Development and Implementation of a Risk Mitigation Strategy to Mine a Primary-Secondary Production Stope in a High-Stress Environment at VALE Creighton MineBy Allan R. Punkkinen
Safe extraction of the valued ore resource in the deep levels of VALE Creighton Mine has progressed in a pillar-less fashion using vertical retreat, slot-slash and uppers retreat methods since the ces
Jun 1, 2012
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Statistical Analysis of Microseismic Event Characteristics to Monitor In-situ Stress ChangesBy Melanie Grob
Two commonly estimated fractal dimensions, called b and D values, represent statistical characteristics in the distribution of magnitude sizes (b) and spatial hypocenter locations (D) of microseismic
Jun 1, 2012
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Quantifying the Loss of Support Capacity Due to CorrosionBy Jean-François Dorion
In an underground mine rock reinforcement elements and surface support units are often exposed to conditions that make them susceptible to corrosion. These unfavourable conditions include high relativ
Jun 1, 2012
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A Case for Revision of Time-Honoured Mine Ventilation Design Parameters through Active Field ObservationsBy B Belle
"Mines around the world are inherently and operationally diverse. Current methodologies for the design of mine ventilation and cooling infrastructure involve controlling major safety and health hazard
Jun 1, 2012
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The Effect of Weak Layers on Pillar Performance in South African Chrome and Platinum MinesBy Gregory C. More O'Ferrall
Generally pillars in the Southern African hard rock tabular underground mining environment are designed using either empirical pillar design formulae or numerical modelling (analytical) methods utiliz
Jun 1, 2012
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Can a Risk-Based Evaluation Provide a More Valuable Mine Design?By B Maybee
In underground mine planning, many potentially value-eroding decisions are made due to a lack of time and proper evaluation practices. The information required for mine planning decisions goes beyond
May 24, 2012
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Exploration Value Drivers and MethodologiesBy P Guj, J A. Bell
The valuation of early-stage exploration projects requires a valuer to take into account a large number of uncertain value drivers, the interplay among which may be non-linear. This paper examines som
May 24, 2012
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Project Selection and Process Development for Mining JuniorsBy L Lorenzen, H Muller
"Every year a large number of projects are evaluated by small listed and unlisted mining companies that are hoping to find the ideal project, which will catapult them from a mining junior status to th
May 24, 2012
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Decision Support for an Underground Gold Mining Operation - A Case Study using the Schedule Optimisation ToolBy B Maybee, L Fava, D Millar
In the context of a case study for an underground gold mine, the value generated by a schedule optimisation tool (SOT) is assessed. SOT is a software tool for underground mine planning that maximises
May 24, 2012
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Uncertainty - An Important Source of (Additional) Value for Mine ProjectsBy S Watson, L Martinez
Mine projects are complex opportunities that demand a constant assessment of uncertainty, ie risk and upside potential. This is because the value of a mine project is typically influenced by many unde
May 24, 2012
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Real Option Valuation of Mineral Exploration/Mining Projects using Decision Trees - Differentiating Market Risk from Private RiskBy A Chandra, P Guj
Only a few complex real options can be valued using closed-form equations, such as the Black and Scholes formula, because these algorithms are restrictive and prevent the construction of practical pro
May 24, 2012
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Making Sure that the Amount of Grade Variation is a Known KnownBy G K. Robinson
Variations in many aspects of physical and chemical grade are often of concern to mining operations and mineral processing plants. In most circumstances these amounts of variation are predictable. At
May 24, 2012
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Mine Project Risk ManagementRisk management has become an essential tool for mining companies to ensure their projects are well-managed and profit expectations are achieved. Risk management has also become a mandatory corporate
May 24, 2012
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A Great Project Team - Bringing Together Location and CultureBy A M. Ebbels, D Pratt
The current commodities super-cycle has seen an explosion in the number of mining projects demanding human resources throughout the world. The demand for key personnel currently far outweighs the inte
May 24, 2012
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What Project Managers must Demand from an Economic Evaluation!By P Card
Some project managers accept unsatisfactory economic evaluation modelling because they are unaware of what constitutes good practice. They tend to leave it to the evaluation specialist or others to de
May 24, 2012