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SME Arizona Conference 2023

Attendees will hear about the latest developments and innovations on local projects and technology from the professionals actually doing the work. The SME Arizona Conference is an unbelievable networking event with a critical mass of mining professionals in attendance. There is great synergy with the Mining Hall of Fame of the Southwest and its Annual Awards Banquet.

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Operational Control and Trigger Action Response Plan (TARP) for a Tailings Storage Facility (TSF)
Vancouver, Canada
November 05 - 08, 2023

This document presents a brief introduction of TARP methodology, and the recommended operating parameters for a tailings storage facility (TSF) that was built in the 1980s and recently reinforced with a buttress. The TSF is instrumented with 13 piezometers in 12 locations and 13 survey monuments with one control point. The recommended operating parameters ware based on historical data, current instrumentation readings, and model analysis.

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Limitations and Possible Improvement of Dam Breach Studies

Vancouver, Canada
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Tailings dam breach models are commonly used for both dam classification and emergency response planning. This presentation summarizes the limitations observed in a review of 18 dam breach studies from 23 high or extreme risk tailings facilities. The review included studies by 5 consulting companies, from sites on 3 continents with widely different climate and topography, and models spanning the range of behaviors from thin slurry flows to non-Newtonian “mud-flows” to frictional flow “runouts”.

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International Slope Stability in Mining Conference
Perth
November 14 - 16, 2023

SRK is a proud presenter and networking sponsor at the International Slope Stability in Mining Conference (SSIM 2023).

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