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Mining, Volume 1, Issue 2

September 2021 - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,702 Views
17 Pages

Safe Mining Assessment of Artisanal Barite Mining Activities in Nigeria

  • David Oluwasegun Afolayan,
  • Azikiwe Peter Onwualu,
  • Carrick McAfee Eggleston,
  • Adelana Rasak Adetunji,
  • Mingjiang Tao and
  • Richard Kwasi Amankwah

18 September 2021

Barite, used in mud formulation, is mined in several places to support the industry. However, there is insufficient literature on the downside of mining and associated hazards, especially in the artisanal barite mining sector. This paper contains thr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,804 Views
14 Pages

Communication of Sensor Data in Underground Mining Environments: An Evaluation of Wireless Signal Quality over Distance

  • Hajime Ikeda,
  • Oluwafemi Kolade,
  • Muhammad Ahsan Mahboob,
  • Frederick Thomas Cawood and
  • Youhei Kawamura

14 September 2021

The technologies of the fourth industrial revolution have the potential to make zero harm possible for the first time in the history of mining. In the journey toward zero harm, rock stress monitoring systems are important for the risk management proc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
12,876 Views
20 Pages

Precision Rock Excavation: Beyond Controlled Blasting and Line Drilling

  • Marilena Cardu,
  • Simone Saltarin,
  • Carmine Todaro and
  • Chiara Deangeli

9 September 2021

The strictness of the result of an excavation, whether mechanical or by means of explosives, is naturally conditioned by its objective and, therefore, by the type of technique applied to achieve it. To attain the best results in terms of rock breakag...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,943 Views
12 Pages

9 August 2021

Production scheduling determines the most beneficial mining sequence over the life of a mine. Developing a schedule that meets all mining aspects can substantially reduce mining costs and increase profitability. Among all underground mining methods,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
15,202 Views
13 Pages

2 August 2021

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...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,053 Views
12 Pages

Investigation of Backfilling Step Effects on Stope Stability

  • Huawei Xu,
  • Derek B. Apel,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Chong Wei and
  • Yashar Pourrahimian

29 July 2021

Cemented rock fill (CRF) is commonly used in cut-and-fill stoping operations in underground mining. This allows for the maximum recovery of ore. Backfilling can improve stope stability in underground workings and then improve ground stability of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,584 Views
20 Pages

Rock Fall Hazard Analysis for In-Pit Operations Potentially Impacting External Sensitive Areas

  • Renato Macciotta,
  • Frank Altamirano,
  • Lachlan Gibbins,
  • Marco Espezua,
  • Rubén Fernández and
  • Javier Maguiña

23 June 2021

Controlling rockfall-related risks is a requirement for safe pit operations and primarily mitigated through adequate bench geometry design and implementation. This paper presents a method for rockfall hazard analysis for in-pit operations potentially...

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