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  • SAIMM
    Comparison of different systems for rock mass characterisation and lessons from the Äspö Test Case, Sweden

    By F. Lanaro, K. Röshoff, R. Christiansson, L. Jing

    This paper presents the results of a project for developing a methodology for empirically determining some of the mechanical properties of the rock mass at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory, Southern Swed

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Keynote Address: The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002: Likely impact on black economic empowerment in South Africa

    By F. T. Cawood

    Inauguration of the new political dispensation in South Africa in 1994 initiated a dynamic shift in the ownership, management and development of the country’s affluent mineral heritage. The process of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Mechanical Behaviour of Surrounding Rock Mass and New Lining Structure of Air-tight Pressure Cavern

    By M .. Hori, H. Onishi, Y. Goda

    The split-lining structure was newly developed for the air-tight lining of the underground compressed air storage cavern. This structure consists of separated reinforced concrete (RC) segments and air

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Use of the DRA technique, porosimetry and numerical modelling for estimating the maximum in situ stress in rock from core

    By K. J. Oliver, A. G. Meyers, S. P. Hunt

    Deformation Rate Analysis (DRA) and porosimetry have been used to demonstrate the “stress memory” effect in rock and to estimate the vertical in-situ stress in samples of fine-coarse grained sandstone

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Numerical Solution for the Deformations of Tunnels in Rock Masses and its Application to Estimate In Situ Stress Ratio K0

    By M. Arlandi, J. C. Monge

    In this paper, the finite element method is used to obtain deformations of a rock tunnel. More than 3,000 numerical simulations and calculations were carried out. The analysis of this results has all

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Electrokinetic And Flotation Studies Of Hematite Using Di(2-Ethyl Hexyl) Phosphoric Acid

    By B. Das

    he flotation studies on hematite were carried out using di (2-ethylhexyl) Phosphoric acid (D2EHPA) as the collector. The possible mineral reagent interaction was studied through electrokinetic and dis

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Modelling Effects of Accidental Explosions in Rock Tunnels

    By P. Lundman, L. Rosengren, T. Brandshaug

    Tunnel 99’, the Swedish National Road Administration´s (SNRA) general technical specification for road tunnels requires that the load bearing system must be designed to withstand specified design expl

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Hard rock tunnel boring, cutting, drilling and blasting: rock parameters for excavatability

    By K. Thuro, R. J. Plinninger

    ABSTRACT: Determining tunnel stability is a key issue during preliminary site investigation. In contrast, problems of excavatability have been largely ignored. While the choice of an economic tunnelli

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Development and evaluation of technology for quantifying the mineral composition of process streams in the typical Dry Mill in the heavy mineral industry

    By G. van der Westhuizen, F. E. du Plessis

    Ticor South Africa operates a dry mill at the town of Empangeni in the province of KwaZulu-Natal on the east coast of South Africa. The dry mill processes a non-magnetic mineral stream constituting ru

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A study on the partially saturated mechanical behavior of iron ore of Lorraine (France)

    By D. Grgic, A. Giraud, F. Homand

    RESUME : Le comportement mécanique partiellement saturé du minerai de fer a été étudié à partir d’essais de compression simple sur des éprouvettes à pression capillaire imposée par les solutions salin

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Large-scale 3D characterisation of in-situ stress field in a complex mining district prone to rockbursting

    By J. P. Josien, J. F. Noirel, F. Lahaie, P. Bigarre, M. Al Heib

    ABSTRACT: In June 2001, a fatal rockburst affected a longwall face in the Houillères du Bassin de Lorraine (HBL), France. Subsequently, a large operation of in situ stress measurements by overcoring w

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Study of the effects of shaft pillar extraction on a vertical shaft located in highly stratified and poor quality rock masses

    By G. du T. Judeel

    An investigation was carried out to determine whether a numerical model could be constructed that would produce results that realistically represent actual ground deformations in and around a vertical

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Methods for safe disposal of zircon flour assessment of potential radiological exposure from cement aggregates and mixes containing zircon flour

    By R. Strydom, J. H. Selby

    Published information is available on the radiological impacts of disposing of zircon sand in a landfill. Zircon flour by virtue of its finer particle size presents a different set of issues during di

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Applicability of the Hoek-Brown failure criterion and the effect of the anisotropy on intact rock samples from “Athens Schist”

    By P. Marinos, G. Tsiambaos, H. Saroglou

    The anisotropic behaviour of “Athens Schist” has been brought out through the testing of specimens with varying orientation of schistosity with respect to the major principal stress under uniaxial, tr

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Stiffness controlled shear behaviour of rock

    By M. Pötsch, M. Blümel, E. A. Button

    ABSTRACT: Stiffness controlled test procedures performed with servo-controlled shear systems are the most versatile for simulating the wide range of boundary conditions expected in nature. Examples of

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    A study of internal overburden dump design and stability analysis for Hazelwood Power Mine, Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia

    By D. Nag, J. Fernando

    Hazelwood Power Mine is one of the largest open pit brown coal mines in Australia. The removal of overburden is the first step in coal winning operation. The primary aim of construction of overburden

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Study of variation in strength parameters before slope stability analysis

    Abstract A new approach is introduced for study of the behaviour of geotechnical strength parameter prior to slope analysis to ascertain whether strength parameters of slope materials are homogenous

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Investigations and assessment of the dust hazard state after the coal dust explosions on 2002 in the ‘Jas-mos’ and in the ‘Rudul/towy’ collieries

    By K. Cybulski

    In 2002 a coal dust explosions occurred in the Polish collieries “Jas-Mos” and “Rydultowy” in the Upper Silesia coal basin. In the “Jas-Mos” colliery the coal dust explosion was initiated in the face

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Dynamic events in roof strata—Occurance and prevention

    By J. Drzewiecki, J. Kabiesz

    Coal mining using longwall methods of mining can lead to intense disturbances of undermined roof strata. The disturbances may extend beyond the extraction area and the resulted rock mass deformations

    Jan 1, 2003

  • SAIMM
    Service delivery strategy for mining systems

    By U. Kumar

    Product designed characteristics like reliability and maintainability affect maintenance cost, service performance, and therefore product support strategy must be defined during design stage in terms

    Jan 1, 2003