Assessment of Rockburst Risk in Deep Mining: An Improved

With the increasing depth of underground engineering, the risk of coal–rock dynamic disasters such as rockburst is becoming more and more serious and complex, which seriously threatens the safety of coal resource, mine production and the surface ecological environment. However, the existing risk indices and methods used for evaluating rockburst risk cannot be …

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This paper presents a review of seismic hazard assessment methods found useful at a number of gold and platinum mines in South Africa. Long terms hazard assessments are generally based on...

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Remnant Mining in South African Gold Mines

A simulated rockburst was conducted underground at Kopanang Mine, previously called Vaal Reefs No. 9 Shaft. The rockburst was simulated by means of a large blast detonated in solid rock close to a ...

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Risk Assessment Methods in Mining Industry—A …

Therefore, the purpose of this article is to develop a literature review in the area of analysis, assessment and risk management in the mining sector, published in the last decade and based on the concept of a human …

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In this paper it is suggested that, instead of the usual technical design criteria such as loads, stresses, deformations, etc, quantified risks should be used as fundamental design criteria in …

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ABSTRACT: Ongoing rock pass problems on mines within the South African region, prompted AngloGold to embark on a risk assessment of major rock passes. This commenced with the …

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Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils from

The study evaluates the health risk caused by heavy metals to the inhabitants of a gold mining area. In this study, 56 soil samples from five mine tailings and 17 from two mine villages were collected and analyzed for Asernic (As), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), Nickel (Ni), Copper (Cu) and Zinc (Zn) using ICP-MS. Measured …

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The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Second International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, M J Dunn INITIAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF ROCK PASSES IN ANGLOGOLD'S SA REGION

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Willie Cloete in South Africa after entering the risk management market for specific smaller service providers in the mining industry in South Africa. The adoption of the new name took place in 2019 after opportunities outside the borders of South Africa were explored and more specifically Namibia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Mozambique.

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The objective of the project was to develop a software tool for the assessment of rock engineering (RE) risk based on the concept proposed in GAP 608 and to evaluate the software with real …

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Guidelines, Standards and Best Practice for Seismic Hazard Assessment and Rockburst Risk Management in South African Mines

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Guidelines, Standards and Best Practice for Seismic Hazard Assessment

1 Introduction Rockbursts are a major risk of deep and high-stress mining in South Africa, causing damage to infrastructure, loss of production, and injury and death to mine workers. ... T.R., Terbrugge, P.J. and Wesseloo, J. (2006) Risk as a rock engineering design criterion. Proceedings 3rd International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining ...

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Rockbursts are a major risk of deep and high-stress mining in South Africa, causing damage to infrastructure, loss of production, and injury and death to mine workers. Mine owners and …

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Hazards identified and the Need for Health Risk Assessment in the South

Hazards from mining processes Mining involves rock drilling, related milling operations and dredging.6 These processes generate copious amounts of dust, which is mainly made up 1 Toxicology Section, National Institute for Occupational Health, Johannesburg, South Africa 2 Department of Physics and Biochemical Sciences, Malawi Polytechnic ...

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Seismic monitoring, analysis and interpretation are key components of the risk management system on rockburst-prone mines. Monitoring has been taking place on a routine basis in …

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Assessment of Rock Engineering Risk Management Frameworks …

Harare, Zimbabwe Minerals to Metals Initiative, University of Cape Town, South Africa KEYWORDS ABSTRACT Rock engineering Fall of ground Rock-mass Risk Geotechnical Over 40% percent of the accidents encountered at Unki Mines are related to ground failure and other geotechnical complications.

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Risk management in open cut coal mines

In: Proceedings of 2nd ground control conference, Sydney; 2010. p. 159–161. [3] Canbulat I, Munsamy L, Minney D. A risk assessment tool for open cast mining In South Africa, Proceedings of 23rd international conference on ground control in mining. Morgantown: University of West ia; 2004. p. 205–10. [4] AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009.

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The University of South Africa (UNISA) offers a range of short courses in Mining Engineering designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of professionals in the mining industry. These courses are ideal for individuals looking to expand their expertise, stay current with industry trends, or pursue career advancement in the field.

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(PDF) Risk assessment of blasting operations in open pit mines …

1 Department of Mining Engineering, South Tehran Branch, ... open pit mine, risk assessment, FAHP meth od, ... ment of rock engineering systems-based models fo r flyrock risk .

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Technology transfer on minimising seismic risk in the platinum mines

Increasing mining depth and the greater role of remnant extraction in ore reserves has ensured that the rockburst risk is still amongst the main threats to safe operations in the South African gold mining industry: During the period 1990-98, the Carbon Leader and Ventersdorp Contact reef horizons experienced 2-3 times as many rockburst ...

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Breaking down the legalities of blasting within 500 m of structures

A rock engineering consultant should also be consulted to for a risk assessment in support of applications to blast to 50 m of railway line and the 11 kV power line beyond. Consulting engineers should compile a report of risk compliance to blast within a 500 m radius from the identified structures.

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Principal Considerations in Rock Engineering Practice and …

Risk has been proposed as a rock engineering design criterion (Stacey et al, 2007). Steffen (Steffen, 1997; Terbrugge et al, 2006) was a strong proponent of the probability and risk approach. ... Diering's career changed from rock engineering to mine planning, and, while in South Africa, he developed a mine planning system for block caving ...

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The Crucial Role of Risk Assessments in Health and Safety

Consider, for instance, a mining operation in Mpumalanga where a risk assessment identifies the potential for rock falls. By implementing proper support systems and evacuation procedures, the organisation can significantly reduce the risk of such accidents. ... In South Africa, conducting risk assessments is not just good practice—it's ...

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Cluster Analysis of Moment Tensor Solutions and its Application …

High-magnitude events (HMEs) are commonly observed in underground mines, and they can lead to violent rock failures, such as rockbursts. While moment tensors (MTs) have been widely used to ...

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Guidelines, Standards and Best Practice for Seismic Hazard Assessment

Abstract: Seismic monitoring, analysis and interpretation are key components of the hazard assessment and risk management system on rockburst-prone mines. The Mine Health and Safety Council commissioned a task as part of the project "Minimising the rockburst risk" (SIM050302) to review current practice on South African mines and to formulate standards, guidelines, and …

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