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Rock Engineering And Slope Stability

International Slope Stability Research
Jarek Jakubec

The never-ending quest to go further, faster and higher not only applies to professional sports and space science, but is also a trend reflected in the mining industry.

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Geotechnical Characterisation
Jarek Jakubec

The geological and geotechnical models are foundations of any mine design.

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Risk Aware!!!
Oskar Steffen

The word “risk” is widely used when people perceive a hazardous event, resulting in widely different perceptions of risk. The technical definition of risk as used in geotechnical engineering is:

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3D Modelling Structurally Controlled Weak Rock Masses Using Blockiness
Jeff Price

Design of deep open pits in structurally complex, weak deformable rock masses is a challenge.

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Estimating Rock Mass Strength
Jarek Jakubec

Estimating rock mass strength (RMS) remains one of the challenges facing rock mechanics practitioners.

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Itabirite Iron Ore Bodies: Generic Geotechnical Models
Alice Jack

SRK has recently been involved at the feasibility and pre-feasibility level studies on a number of large-scale iron ore projects in west and central Africa and Brazil.

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Safe And Rapid Development For Major Underground Mines: Trends For The Future
Kobus du Plooy, Tim McGurk

Rapid development techniques maximise activity at the tunnel face and advance completion rates without compromising safety.

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Mining Challenges In Permafrost Environments
Bruce Murphy

The Kumtor gold project is located in the mountainous terrain of the Tien Shan Mountains in the Kyrgyz Republic, at an altitude of around 4000m.

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Shea Creek Uranium Project
James Siddorn

The Shea Creek Project, owned jointly by AREVA Resources Canada Inc. and UEX Corporation, with AREVA acting as project operator, is an advanced uranium project located approximately 700km NNW of Saskatoon and approximately 30km east of the Alberta border, within the western Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan.

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Integrating Structural Geology And Geotechnics, Los Caracoles Dam
Alejo Sfriso

The Los Caracoles is a 140m high hydropower water dam, located in San Juan Province, Argentina, in an arid region of high seismic activity.

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Use Of Photogrammetric Mapping Techniques For Slope Stability
Xander Gwynn

For pit slope design, geotechnical data is typically collected by mapping the benches to supplement data collected from boreholes.

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Assessing Geotechnical Management Using The Ground Blockiness Index (GBI)
Jeff Price

Risk management and risk assessment are important processes, and should be applied to both the development of mining studies and the implementation of designs.

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UDEC Modelling
Yonglian Sun

The Universal Distinct Element Code (UDEC), developed by the ITASCA Consulting Group, is a “distinctive element program for discontinuum modelling”.

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Antamina Geological Modelling, Peru
Sally Goodman

The Antamina Cu-Zn mine which lies in the high Andes of Peru, 270km north of Lima, is operated by Compañía Minera Antamina S.A., for a consortium of owners including BHP Billiton, Xstrata, Teck Resources, and Mitsubishi Ltd.

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Koidu Vertical Pit, Sierra Leone
Peter Terbrugge

The Koidu Kimberlite Project is situated in the Kono District of Sierra Leone, approximately 330 km east of the capital city, Freetown.

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Numerical Analyses For Evaluating Pit Wall And Underground Stability At Ok Tedi
Ian de Bruyn

A staged numerical analysis program was conducted for the final pit and proposed underground mining excavations at Ok Tedi Mine in Papua, New Guinea.

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Blasting Program Optimises Pit Slope Performance
Jim Cremeens

Barton Mines, a garnet mining operation in upstate New York, contracted SRK to conduct a slope stability evaluation of the active Ruby Mountain pit.

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Economic Success In Underground Soft Rock Mining
Tim Coleman

The economic success of industrial mineral projects,such as potash, often depends on recovering high tonnages at low cost.

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Probabilistic Stability Analysis For Pit Slope Optimisation At Jwaneng Diamond Mine, Botswana
Luis-Fernando Contreras

The Jwaneng Mine is situated in the Republic of Botswana, approximately 160 km west of Gaborone.

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Geotechnical Design Considerations For Mine Shafts
William Joughin

The design, development and operation of a shaft system is a critically important element in mining, and needs specialised technical input.

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Geotechnical Investigation For Kwatebala Copper Open Pit, DRC
Noel Smith

Kwatebala is located 12km west-northwest of Fungurume in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Auditing The Ground Control Management Plan
Kobus du Plooy

SRK has developed an audit procedure for Ground Control Management Plans (GCMP) designed for open pit and underground operations.

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Rapid Characterisation Of Slope Instability Using LiDAR
Michael Levy

Following a multi-bench structural instability along the primary haul road for an operating open-pit copper mine, SRK was tasked with rapidly evaluating geologic structure in the area and subsequently assessing pit slope stability.

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Slope Stability – Fundamental Concepts
Graham Howell

Despite the widespread availability of software programs using sophisticated numerical methods, the physical principles of slope engineering should not be forgotten.

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Weathered Rock Masses
Ryan Campbell

SRK’s rock mechanics engineers have recently undertaken open-pit design studies for rock masses hosted within saprolites and highly weathered bedrock.

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Slope Design In Challenging Conditions At El Teniente, Chile
Esteban Hormazabal

The El Teniente mine complex, owned and operated by the National Copper Corporation of Chile (CODELCO), is located about 80 km south of Santiago, Chile in the Andes Mountains, at 2,500 meters above sea level.

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Integrating Structural Geology And Geotechnics At Venetia Diamond Mine
Wayne Barnett

At the Venetia diamond mine in northern South Africa, owned by De Beers, the country rock structural geology has been under investigation since before the mine was opened in 1994.

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