Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1998 (Hardcover, 1998)

Foreword, Organization

1 Design and planning of surface and underground mines

The selection of surface mining technology using a decision-making system; Open pit to underground mining; Integration of equipment design software into a comprehensive computerised mine planning system; Planning to ensure a viable future in the coal fields of Virginia, USA; New technology positions Smoky River Coal for the future; Mine optimization and production planing in the Los Pijiguaos bauxite deposit, Venezuala: A case history; Energy consumption control in opencast coal mining; Optimization of the borehole grid in mineral exploration; Numerical modeling of mining sequences for steep orebodie; Hole deviation analysis and application of borehole surveying; The graph-analytic imitation systems of the quarry’s load-streams; Design of final pit limits of Sungun Copper deposit of Iran; Application of a long term excavation scheduling software in an opencast iron ore mine using operations research techniques; The nature of dilution in narrow vein mining operations; Basic assessment of coal preparation layout project; Shrinkage stoping of narrow veins - Problem or profit?

2 Geotechnical stability in surface and underground mines

Stability study of open pit slope at Highland Valley Copper Mine; A new push back design algorithm in open pit mining; Highwall stability consideration in design of small scale surface mines - Case studies; Back-analysis of the Patrimonio slope failure; Post-mining pit lakes and slope stability - The Aguas Claras Mine example; Geotechnical design for dilution control in underground mining; Rock fall detection system using cable sensor and mobile multimedia network; Advanced blast modeling for mining steeply dipping coal seams; Blasting index for exploitation of aggregates; Drill and blast optimisation - Economical and environmental submissions; Technological enhancements in the drilling and blasting procedures for removing hard formations at the South Field Lignite Mine, Ptolemaes, Greece; A probabilistic design approach for rock slopes; The effectiveness of spray-on Mineguard™ linings for post-yield failure stabilization in soft and hard rock mine environments; Methodology for underground excavation risk analysis using the Canadian Stability Graph Method; Geomaterial dislodgement aspects of rock chipping modelling; The effects on mine planning of an unprecedented outburst underground; Numerical modelling of rockbursts in deep coal mines; Monitoring indices and control of the intermediate roof caving in longwall coal face; Room-and-pillar mine workings subjected to high level horizontal stress; Copper ore exploitation in bump hazard conditions; Exploitation by the cemented backfilling method of the talc orebody at the Fontane Mine, Italy: A research on filling mix optimisation; Modeling of groundwater flow through rock and soil masses; Deterioration of mechanical properties of coal measure rocks due to water; Comparison of laboratory and field modulus of elasticity of rocks; Canadian crustal stresses and their application in mine design; Blast design in selective extraction of dimensional stock blocks; A practical application of a 3-D numerical model at the Copper Mine, Mount Isa; Development of the camera with scale for geological survey and its applicability; Quarrying of dimension stone in different geological conditions; The control of an intense condition of coalface area of file with the help of acoustic sounding; Development and adoption of the ways and technologies for geological environment preservation and full effective energy saving coal extraction in the Western Donbass; Discontinuous subsidence analysis by numerical modelling in Acquarasi Mine, Sardinia, Italy;

3 Mine evaluation, financial and management planning

Valuation model and equivalence factors for base metal ores; Reflections about a management model for the optimization of ore reserves in iron ore mines according to the customers’ needs; Mine evaluation constraints of gemstone mining; Influence of high gold assays on variogram modeling and kriging in the gold bearing quartz veins of the Cachoeiras de Minas region, Paraiba, Brazil; Valuing ore reserves and projecting mining works in the deposit of Rozna; Risk analysis - An aid in selecting an underground mining method; Optimising the mining process according to external performance requirements; Directional control of exploration boreholes and its importance in mining design; Aggregate mining sites in the Sao Paulo City urban area, Brazil; Management of underground mine economics in the period of production decrease; Monitoring as a new system for mining corporation stability and effectiveness; Forecasting of stope performance at depth using risk models; Sources, implications and control of blasthole deviation; Mineral resources of Cuba - General overview; Selection of coal extraction equipment set and setting coal quality standards in surface mining 509 of coal deposits of complicated geological structures;Understanding hydrotransport: The key to Syncrude’s success; Diesel-powered drive systems compatible with standard mining locomotives; Flameproof converter drives for cable railway engines; Influence of operation time of fire resistant conveyor belts on their rheological properties; Problems associated with operation of belt conveyor system in Polish copper ore mines; Suction-wheel dredging model; Assessment on the performance of continuous surface miners; Utilization of bucketwheel excavators at opencast mines in Yugoslavia; Syncrude DRC6 crusher; The Los Angeles Export Terminal; A model to predict the cutting performance of rapid excavation systems; Specific energy in aspect of the correctness of a shearer application; Application of measurements results to improve a shearer’s performance; Breaking hard compact materials with a radial-axial splitter; Dragline bucket maintenance prediction; Maintenance practices of mining machinery - A Western Australian perspective; MMEMMS - A computerised maintenance management system; Conception of mining of gently-inclined and steeply-dipping ore deposits by robotized complex of flow excavation with cylindrical cavities forming in filling massif; Program and functional complex of optimisation of parameters of open-pit’s mining transport Systems; Power pack characteristic selection for rotary blasthole drill rig with advanced hydro-static Drive; Raising the longevity of mining machines parts by means of the shock-wave method of machining; Blasthole charges of optimum configuration in quarries; Risk based maintenance strategies for mechanized and automated systems; Modelling the discontinuous transport systems; Selection of driving technologies for robotization;

5 Mining and the environment;

Environmental issues in opencast mining; A long term plan for the processing of the waste piles in French potash mines; Resource orientated view on bauxite mining by means of a process chain analysis; Mining or the environment - A difficult choice; Environmental impact evaluation of pegmatites mines in the northwest of Argentina; Pony mill site closure: Healing a black eye of the mining industry; Use of zeolites and tuffs for agriculture and environmental protection; Liability for mining damage under German law; Mining and the environment in southeastern Peru, Bolivia, Andean endoreic and Amazon and River Plate Watersheds (metals, fish and biodiversity); Use of alternatives analysis to determine the reclamation approach for heap leach pads; Options to revegetate neutralized heap leach material; Chemical examination of coal waste for their application as the element of environmental Monitoring; Environmental simulations on the base of the GIS technology; Exploration disturbances in semi arid Western Australia: A cost effective and proactive approach to rehabilitation; Closure plan for the proposed millennium project; Principle and method of soil reconstruction for coal mine land reclamation; Revegetation of a mine tailings impoundment using municipal biosolids in a semi-arid environment, Utah, USA, two years of results; Green and economic mine ventilation with an integrated air management system; Mine ventilation planning with EOLAVAL; Parametric analysis of heat and mass transfer process in Arctic mine ventilation;

Author Index.