Mine Design

In April 2017, SRK completed a scoping study on the mining and geotechnical aspects of the Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria, including the initial mine design and schedule for European Lithium Limited ("ECM"). This scoping study demonstrated the technical and economic feasibility of the Read more... about Wolfsberg lithium project

A geotechnical model is the fundamental basis for the design of open pit and quarry excavations. A fully understood and representative geotechnical model will provide information on the engineering characteristics of the rock mass, defining how it is going to behave during and after excavation Read more... about Adding value using representative geotechnical models for mine design

The Chuquicamata Underground Mine project in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the largest planned mining projects in the world to use the method of block caving with macro-blocks option to mine copper ore.

VP-CODELCO (Vice-President Projects Office of the National Copper Read more... about Estimation of support requirement for large diameter ventilation shaft at Chuquicamata underground mine in Chile

This document provides guidelines for:

• Conceptual closure planning and design;
• Closure site characterization, analysis and evaluation, and
• Detailed closure design.

The guidelines incorporate key requirements of different corporate closure Read more... about An Approach to Closure Planning and Design

Purpose of Risk Based Design

• Cater for the inherent variability in rock mass conditions
• To address uncertainty
• To apply engineering judgement
• To enable decisions to made based on the level of risk to the operation
• Risk =

This presentation summarizes a talk given during the inaugural workshop of the Cave Mining Forum.

Presentation will focus on an overview of the initial mine design, successes, and challenges of the New Afton Block Cave.

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This presentation summarizes a talk given during the inaugural workshop of the Cave Mining Forum.

For caving studies, the approach to geotechnical characterization differs from other mining methods and must address a number of Read more... about Characterization for Cave Mine Design

The past decade has seen mining costs spiral and in the last two years the commodity prices have been volatile. The mining industry is once again focusing on costs and gone are the days that any ore is good ore. Read more... about Quality or Quantity? Do you understand your orebody?

Dilution increases the operating costs in the mill by increasing the tonnage of material to be milled. By better understanding the root causes of the dilution, quanitiying it, and planning accordingly, it can be reduced. Read more... about The Importance of Dilution Factor for Open Pit Mining Projects