2019-2-11 Block cave mining is a widely employed mining method around the world due to its low operating cost. One of the key factors that affects block caving mine’s productivity is fragmentation; accordingly, significant efforts have been made and are currently being made to study
2014-5-16 Phd Thesis: Numerical modelling of surface subsidence associated with block caving mining using FEM/DEM modelling approach 1. NUMERICAL MODELLING OF SURFACE SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH BLOCK CAVE MINING USING A FINITE ELEMENT / DISCRETE ELEMENT APPROACH by Alexander Vyazmensky Master of Applied Science, University of British Columbia, 2005 THESIS
Richardson, MP 1981, ‘Area of draw influence and drawpoint spacing for block caving mines’, D R Stewart (ed.), Design and Operation of Caving and Sublevel Stoping Mines, Society of Mining Engineers, AIME: New York, pp 149-156.
2017-12-8 Block caving methods, when operated under favourable rock mass conditions, can achieve higher production rates and lower operating costs than other various existing underground mining
2017-8-22 Over the last 10 years, the trend toward the mining of deeper, higher tonnage deposits, and lower grade orebodies have made caving mining methods (Block and Sublevel) increasingly attractive to the global mining industry. This is due to their low mining cost. During this period the scale of these caving operations has increased significantly.
2012-12-21 Block caving is an underground hard rock mining method that involves undermining an ore body, allowing it to progressively collapse under its own weight. It is the underground version of open pit mining. In block caving, a large section of rock is
Abstract: With increasing mining depths and excavation volumes comes not only increased rock stresses and more difficult underground mining conditions, but also increased surface effects, in particular from cave mining. The surface effects of deep sublevel cave mining are not well understood and are further explored in this paper, through a case study of the LKAB Kiirunavaara Mine.
The Laubscher’s caveability chart has been considered a reference in block caving mine design given the limited experience in cave mining when it was first proposed. This approach uses the Mining Rock Mass Rating (MRMR) to describe the rock mass quality (Laubscher & Taylor 1976), which is
The mining industry globally is moving towards exploiting more mineral deposits by underground methods for several reasons. Large scale underground block/panel caving mining methods are becoming more popular due to the low operating costs associated with economies of scale. However, the planning for a caving mine is very challenging.
2021-10-24 Caving (i.e., Sublevel and Block) mining methods are v aried and versatile an d involve ca ving the ore and/ or the overlying rock. Sub sidence of the surface normally occu rs afterwar d.
2019-2-11 Block cave mining is a widely employed mining method around the world due to its low operating cost. One of the key factors that affects block caving mine’s productivity is fragmentation; accordingly, significant efforts have been made and are currently being made to study
2020-4-2 mined by block caving. If an orebody is suitable for mining by block caving, the fragmentation characteristics will have a bearing on the method of ore extraction. Suitability of an Orebody to Block Caving Ideally the orebody should be such that the rock within the stope fails readily and the area outside the stope remains intact.
Richardson, MP 1981, ‘Area of draw influence and drawpoint spacing for block caving mines’, D R Stewart (ed.), Design and Operation of Caving and Sublevel Stoping Mines, Society of Mining Engineers, AIME: New York, pp 149-156.
Block caving is a new alternative method of developing new mines or extending the operation of open pits. Block caving is an underground hard rock mining method that involves undermining an ore body, allowing it to progressively collapse under its own weight. It is the underground version of open pit mining.
2019-10-14 Development blasting operations in Sub-level and block caving mines play a significant role in the mine development cost and efficiency. Development at Ernest Henry mine accounts for a significant portion of the mine budget with the possibility of potential savings by the optimisation of the blasting and implementation practices.
The modeling with the finite element method was employed to study the block caving process for mining the Milas diasporite deposit in Western Turkey. The stress distribution in the vicinity of production and haulage levels is evaluated applying an elasto-plastic rock mass model.
An Extended Conceptual Model of Caving Mechanics. PhD thesis, The University of Western Australia. Cumming-Potvin, D. and Wesseloo, J. (2014). Assessing the state of the rock mass in operating block caving mines: A review. 3rd International Symposium on Block and Sublevel Caving, Castro, R. Santiago, Universidad de Chile: 118-127.
2010-11-16 Progress of subsurface subsidence induced by the block caving mining method. Caving is initiated by removing support (a) and exceeding the span (b). Removing ore creates void into which additional rock can fall (c) and if unchecked the broken zone can breach the surface (d). (Modified from Obert and Duvall,1967.)
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2021-7-21 Block Caving. Tambang DMLZ berada di dalam satu bagian badan bijih dengan area tambang GBT 1 & 2, IOZ, dan DOZ, lokasinya terletak pada sistem deposit East Ertsberg Skarn Sistem (EESS) (Gambar 1), dimana terletak 410m dibawah tambang
2020-4-2 mined by block caving. If an orebody is suitable for mining by block caving, the fragmentation characteristics will have a bearing on the method of ore extraction. Suitability of an Orebody to Block Caving Ideally the orebody should be such that the rock within the stope fails readily and the area outside the stope remains intact.
2010-11-16 Progress of subsurface subsidence induced by the block caving mining method. Caving is initiated by removing support (a) and exceeding the span (b). Removing ore creates void into which additional rock can fall (c) and if unchecked the broken zone can breach the surface (d). (Modified from Obert and Duvall,1967.)
2019-10-14 Development blasting operations in Sub-level and block caving mines play a significant role in the mine development cost and efficiency. Development at Ernest Henry mine accounts for a significant portion of the mine budget with the possibility of potential savings by the optimisation of the blasting and implementation practices.
The modeling with the finite element method was employed to study the block caving process for mining the Milas diasporite deposit in Western Turkey. The stress distribution in the vicinity of production and haulage levels is evaluated applying an elasto-plastic rock mass model.
2018-7-1 Airblast in block caving situations is a very dangerous situation with potential loss of life for operators and damage to mining equipment. 1 Airblasts occur when air pockets are present within the material that is currently being extracted through the drawpoints (). 2 As the material close to the drawpoints (defined as the muck-pile) becomes stagnant, the block falling at the top of the air
2017-10-19 caving mining method, it is made basic model (block diagram) for the methodology, which is shown in Figure 1. Because this science paper considers the method of ore exploitation with sublevel caving mining, in which the coefficients of recovery/losses and ore dilution are in mutual
An Extended Conceptual Model of Caving Mechanics. PhD thesis, The University of Western Australia. Cumming-Potvin, D. and Wesseloo, J. (2014). Assessing the state of the rock mass in operating block caving mines: A review. 3rd International Symposium on Block and Sublevel Caving, Castro, R. Santiago, Universidad de Chile: 118-127.
2017-4-28 (2017). Evaluation of intensive preconditioning in block and panel caving part II, quantifying the effect on seismicity and draw rates. Mining Technology: Vol. 126, No. 4, pp. 221-239.
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The block caving mining process limits access to the orebody, in turn limiting opportunities to gauge the state of the rock mass once the rock mass degradation and caving process has initiated.