Identification and categorization of hazards in the mining industry: …

Abstract Control of OHS risks in the mining industry has been attracting increasing attention in recent years. Because of their great diversity in a complex system, hazards can be difficult to identify and classify, especially when system components interact. ... Type of mine: surface, open-pit, open-cast, underground, small-scale mining ...

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Large scale slope stability in open pit mining

Design of open pit slope angles is becoming more and more important as the mining depths of open pits continuously increase, and small changes in the overall pit slope angle have large consequences on mining productivity. Design of open pit slope angles is becoming more and more important as the mining depths of open pits continuously increase. Small changes in the …

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Advanced bench design and technical challenges in open pit mining…

In a global context, mining is the second-oldest industry, following agriculture (Benndorf et al. 2022; Eklund 2015).The open pit mining operation is one of the most widely used surface mining methods, offering economic advantages for extracting valuable ore deposits from shallow depths (Elbeblawi et al. 2022; Kennedy 1990).As outlined by Ritson (), and Haldar (), …

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Low-cost internet of things (IoT) for monitoring and optimising mining

The Fleet Information System and the case study carried out at Altos de Punitaqui Mining Company in Fusionada Open Pit mine, lead to the conclusion that a low-cost IoT including Connected Devices, a Cloud Storage System and an Application System can replicate some of the functions of commercial FMSs such as calculations of the number of truck ...

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Deformation and failure characteristic of open-pit slope subjected …

Notably, open pit mines are characterized by large scale and high mining intensity; thus, it is impractical to set up deformation monitoring points on each slope. Therefore, InSAR technique was utilized to characterize the surface deformation field and thereby identify the location of unstable slopes as a monitoring point for real-time early ...

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Advanced bench design and technical challenges in open pit …

Advanced mining equipment and technology are transforming open pit mining, enabling faster and larger-scale resource extraction. Equipment selection plays a crucial role …

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A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining …

The idea that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is actually not small is the theme of a recent commentary in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (Burki, 2019). It cites commonly reported global estimates of 40 million people in 80 countries (IISD, 2017 ), as compared to the approximately 7 million people in "industrial mining."

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(PDF) Insights on Open Pit Mining Methods

Open pit mining method is one of the surface mining methods that has a traditional cone-shaped excavation and is usually employed to exploit a near-surface, nonselective and low-grade zones deposits. ... to production problems encountered in a rapidly developing open pit are best formulated once some geotechnical control at the pit has been ...

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Slope Monitoring and Failure Prediction Techniques in Mines: A …

The major slope stability concern at PPRust is rapid, small-scale brittle failure on the west wall of Sandsloot open pit. In order to improve safety and mine more economically, a comprehensive ...

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Mechanization of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Guinea: …

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the gold mining industry in Guinea has expanded immensely, from small-scale artisanal to industrial operations. 1 Industrial mining has been largely stimulated by significant foreign investment, made possible by successive reforms of the Mining Code, the latest dating from 2011 and amended in 2013, initiated under the aegis of …

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9.2 Open Pit Mines – Hydrogeology and Mineral Resource …

Figure 20 – Schematic of the water balance for a closed open pit.From Linklater, C., et al., (2017), published by Sustainable Mineral Institute, University of Queensland Brisbane. It often takes many decades or more for a pit lake to approach a dynamic equilibrium level if the controlling factor on the rate of rise of the lake level is the rate of groundwater inflow to the pit rather than ...

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Open-Pit Mining | Method and Process | Epiroc

However, the introduction of flotation technology for recovering base metal minerals, and the cyanidation of gold (particularly heap-leaching) changed all that, and large-scale open-pit mining has developed steadily since the latter part of the 19th century. While the scale of open-pit operations may have changed, the fundamental concepts have not.

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LARGE SCALE SLOPE STABILITY IN OPEN PIT MINING A …

open pits continuously increase. Small changes in the overall pit slope angle have large consequences on the overall economy of the mining operation. A case in particular is the Aitik open pit mine in northern Sweden, which currently faces the design of the overall slope angles for continued mining toward a depth of around 500 meters.

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Calculating ultimate pit limits and determining pushbacks in open …

A critical component to any feasibility study of an open-pit mining project is determining the ultimate pit limits and the optimal mining phases (pushbacks).

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Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …

Abstract. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place under extreme conditions with a lack of occupational health and safety. As the demand for metals is increasing due in part to their extensive use in 'green technologies' for climate change mitigation, the negative environmental and occupational consequences of mining practices are disproportionately felt in low- and …

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Optimizing blast design and bench geometry for stability and

Open-pit mining is essential for extracting minerals and plays a crucial role in industries such as mining and construction. The technique's success hinges on the stability of …

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Open Pit Mining

Open pit mining method is one of the surface mining methods that has a traditional cone-shaped excavation and is usually employed to exploit a near-surface, nonselective and low-grade zones deposits. It often results in high productivity and requires large capital investments, low operating costs, and good safety conditions. The main topics that will be discussed in this …

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(PDF) Geo-Environmental Problems of Open Pit Mining

Surface mining and open pits engineering affect the environment in a very negative way. Among other pollutions that open pits make during mineral deposits exploiting, particular problem is the ...

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A Hybrid Model for Risk-Based Strategic Planning in Open-Pit …

The strategic planning of open-pit mining projects is highly influenced by geological variability, economic fluctuations, and operational uncertainties. Traditional deterministic …

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Optimising Productivity and Safety of the Open Pit Loading and

The open pit mining load and haul system has been a mainstay of the mining industry for many years. While machines have increased in size and scale and automation has become an important development, there have been few innovations to the actual load and haul process itself in recent times. This research highlights some of the potential productivity and safety benefits …

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Low-cost internet of things (IoT) for monitoring and optimising mining

This paper discusses the design and deployment of low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) in medium-scale open pit mines to optimise the performance of their mining small-scale trucks and surface mining shovels. Low-cost IoT can be implemented in medium-scale operations to automate the collection of process management information that is currently measured …

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Environmental impact of open-pit mining and corresponding …

Keywords: Open-pit mining; geological environment; control countermeasures. 1. Impact of open-pit mining on the geological environment 1.1 Occupancy and destruction of land and vegetation resources Open-pit mining causes a certain degree of damage to the surface plants, which then leads to soil erosion.

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Relationship between small-scale gold mining activities and water …

Open-pit mining: This is a method of mining where large open pits are created to extract minerals or other materials from the earth. Open-pit mining is used to extract minerals such as copper, gold, silver, and iron. It is still widely used today for mining minerals and other materials (Whittle et al., 2018). ·

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Optimal grade control sampling practice in open-pit …

The most common methods used for short-term planning in open-pit production are manual sampling of blast holes ( sampling) and Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling with an automated sampling system (RC sampling).

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Open Pit Mining

Mining and milling. Markus H.A. Piro, Ksenia Lipkina, in Advances in Nuclear Fuel Chemistry, 2020 8.2.3.1 Open pit mining. Open pit mining refers to mining directly on the ground surface, thereby producing an open pit. This method is practical and cost-effective when the uranium ore is located near the surface (e.g., within 100 m). Underground mining and ISL methods may be …

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(PDF) Perception of Small-Scale Miners on …

The proliferation of illegal mining in Ghana, coupled with its environmental impacts, especially on water bodies has compelled the government to ban all artisanal small-scale mining (ASM ...

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A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining Worldwide

Abstract. Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds, tin, lithium, rare earth elements, tantalum, and cobalt, and any other usable commodity, for example, sand, coal, or mica.

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Evaluating the impact of small-scale mining on the achievement …

The artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Guyana has, over the last decade, become the main engine for economic growth, the key source of foreign exchange and a vital source of employment across the country. ... highlighted that 90 % of deforestation in Guyana was caused by ASM. Miners clear forested areas to construct mine pits ...

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Mining Methods-Part II: Surface Mining-Planning and Design of …

Many factors govern the size and shape of an open pit. These must be properly understood and used in the planning of any open pit operation. 16) Strip Ratios (SR). Mine …

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Procedure and Example of Grade Control in Open Pit Mining

This paper tries to show, through a small example, how simple geostatistical techniques (variography, and moving average or kriging), can help in accurately defining these limits in a …

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