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Evolution of Financial Modelling Related to Mine Closure

Terry Braun

Financial models inform decision making related to mine development, changes in mine planning and selecting the final mine closure design.

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Review of Historical and New Monitoring Data for Geotechnical Subsidence Assessment at San Manuel and Kalamazoo Block Cave Mines

Edward Saunders, Ashley Yoon, Erick Cernik, Mike Martin

Case study evaluation of the subsidence features and their possible long-term behaviour using historical and new monitoring data at the San Manuel and Kalamazoo historical mine operations in Arizona, United States.

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Including Fault Structures in Your Slope Stability Analyses – A Practical Implementation Approach

Bruce Murphy, Wayne Barnett, Adrienne Joaquim

This presentation shows how critical is to include the structural geology into the geotechnical stability analyses and ultimately in the design of the pit.

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A Suggested Methodology for Pore Pressure Model Reliability Check - Two Case Studies

Göktuğ Evin, Mark Raynor, Lukas Radmann, James Bu, Alessandro Greggio

The article describes a proposed methodology to interrogate the reliability of previously constructed 3D numerical models before commissioning slope depressurization plans.

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The Use of Ventilation to Assist in the Mitigation of Dust in the Mining Environment

Brian Prosser

This presentation reinforces existing strategies that utilize the principal ventilation system as the primary means to mitigate dust concentrations.

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Self-Checking the Reliability of Engineering Geological Models

Wayne Barnett, Antonio Dematteis, Trevor G. Carter

This paper comments on the literature relating to the evaluation of EGM uncertainty in general and proposes a process of self-checking the reliability of the conceptual components of an EGM, specifically targeted at practitioners involved in engineering projects.

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