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Cerro Lindo

Underground Sublevel Stope Optimization

Project - Chincha, Peru

Designed openings and dilution control for stopes without personnel entry.

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Los Bronces Exploration Tunnel

Conceptual and Basic Engineering Design

Project - Andes Mountains, Chile

TBM construction of an 8 km exploration tunnel with a 4.5 m excavation diameter

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Assessment Of Feasibility Dewatering For Star And Orion South Pits And Hydrogeological Impacts

Vladimir Ugorets, Cristian Pereira - May 2016

Publication

The hydrogeology of the project area is comprised of two water-bearing systems.

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Slope Stability Analysis At Fenix Open Pit Mine Using SFEM

Alejandro Kerguelén, Iñaki Garcia, Alejo Sfriso - October 2016

Publication - Published Paper

Residual soils and saprolites are common in lateritic nickel deposits and notorious for their heterogeneity in configuration and mechanical properties, mostly due to bedrock genesis and highly variable weathering stages.

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COVID-19 Pandemic May Give Fresh Impetus to Just Transition in SA’s Coal Mining Regions

Andrew van Zyl, Norman McGeorge - June 2020

Publication - Article

On South Africa’s energy landscape, a vision is taking shape – to not just a move away from burning coal for power, but to do so in a way that creates opportunities for those with the most to lose.

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Transitioning Away From Coal

Andrew van Zyl, Norman McGeorge, Lisl Fair, Jessica Edwards - July 2020

Publication - Article

Eskom’s announcement was generally welcomed as one of the necessary steps on the road towards meeting the country's environmental commitments as a signatory to the Paris Accord.

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DESIGN: Flexibility Key in Project Design – SRK

Andrew van Zyl, Marcin Wertz - February 2020

Publication - Article

Volatile commodity markets unsettled by fast-moving technologies and geopolitical instability are demanding that new mineral projects adopt a flexible approach based on high-quality technical studies.

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Climate Change Serious Challenge for Mining Industry

Andrew van Zyl, Marcin Wertz, Lisl Fair, Jessica Edwards - November 2019

Publication - Article

Climate change and population growth have significant potential to be destabilising factors in Africa and can affect water sources, agricultural land and subsistence farming adversely, resulting in population displacement.

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Do Stopes Contribute To The Seismic Source?

Lindsay Linzer, M.W. Hildyard, S.M. Spottiswoode, J. Wesseloo - January 2020

Publication - Published Paper

It is widely accepted that the majority of mining-induced seismic events are shear-type events. As a result, the classical shear-slip model has been used to explain mining-induced seismicity worldwide since 1975 (Spottiswoode and McGarr, 1975).

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Corruption-Free Supply Chains Vital for Shared Value

Andrew van Zyl, Lisl Fair, Jeff Geipel - March 2021

Publication - Article

Mines are increasingly required to implement programmes showing good practice in local procurement. International standards – as well as local policy and regulation – provide requirements and guidelines, but what really works in the field?

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