The Gosowong Gold Operation is located on Halmahera Island, about 2,450 kilometres northeast of the national capital, Jakarta. It is an epithermal gold deposit with additional occurrences of silver. The mine uses a combination of both cut-and-fill and long hole open stoping (LHOS) mining methods. Currently, PT. Nusa Halmahera Minerals operates two underground mines within […]
READ MORECase Study: Prism and Prismless Monitoring at Masbate Gold Project
RELIABLE PRISM AND PRISMLESS MONITORING IN AN OPEN-CUT GOLD OPERATION Providing total monitoring flexibility, GroundProbe’s GMS-Dual (Geotech Monitoring Station) can monitor using both prism points – which are paired with physical prisms installed on the pit wall – and virtual points – which are virtual prisms that can be placed digitally on the wall in […]
READ MORECase Study: Targeted Ground Support
GML MONITORS REAR WALL OF SHAFT TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL TARGETED GROUND SUPPORT Underground environments are very dynamic by nature, with the effectiveness of ground support always changing. Through monitoring, areas of high risk can be identified and rehabilitated in a targeted way. At a large, well-known, hard rock mine in Queensland, Australia, visual inspections on […]
READ MORECase Study: Broad-Area Monitoring at Kolomela Mine
BROAD-AREA COVERAGE ACROSS MULTIPLE LARGE OPEN-PIT MINES The Kolomela Mine is located 22km from Postmasburg in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The mine produces direct shipping iron ore and is operated by Anglo American. Kolomela Mine consists of three open-pits: Leeuwfontein, Kapstevel and Klipbankfontein. Kolomela Mine has undergone multiple ramp-ups and is currently […]
READ MORECase Study: Extreme Cold Temperature Success at Chernigovets Coal Mine and Zarechnaya Coal Mine
EXTREME WEATHER SUCCESS – DEPLOYMENT IN RUSSIA’S EXTREME COLD TEMPERATURES Two sites in South Western Siberia – Chernigovets Coal Mine and Zarechnaya Coal Mine – trialled our SSR-XT radar system throughout an extremely harsh winter, which saw the system functioning at -40°C temperatures autonomously without a shelter. Siberia’s climate and weather is very extreme. The […]
READ MORECase Study: Risk Reduction Strategy Incorporates Tailings Dam Monitoring at Samarco Mine
RISK REDUCTION STRATEGY INCORPORATES TAILINGS DAM MONITORING AT SAMARCO MINE Tailings storage facilities or dams can represent a significant environmental and financial liability for mining operations as a breach or failure of a dam can have catastrophic physical, social and economic impacts. Following a tailings dam failure in November 2015, the Samarco Mineração S.A owned […]
READ MORECase Study: Retiro do Sapecado Mine Demonstrates the Importance of Radar to Guarantee Safety
RAPID RESPONSE TIME – BRAZILIAN MINE DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF RADAR TO GUARANTEE SAFETY Herculano Mining has acquired an SSR-XT to assess further risks and ensure a safer tale dump for continued operations. On September 10, 2014, a tailings dam failure occurred in Retiro do Sapecado open-pit mine, resulting in three fatalities, and damage to […]
READ MORECase Study: Optimising Coal Recovery in a Time of Declining Coal Prices at PT Bayan Resources Tbk
OPTIMISING COAL RECOVERY IN A TIME OF DECLINING COAL PRICES “The deployment of the slope stability systems at our key mine sites has empowered our geotechnical staff to be proactive in the communication of timely, accurate and reliable slide movement information to our mine safety, operations and production teams.” – Warren Tamblyn, Manager Mine Geotechnical […]
READ MORECase Study: Outsourced Solutions for Slope Monitoring at CODELCO’s Andina Mine
OUTSOURCED SOLUTIONS FOR SLOPE MONITORING, SANTIAGO, CHILE In December 2011, GroundProbe signed a five-year agreement to provide Codelco with a fully outsourced slope monitoring service for its Andina Mine in Chile. Using data from two GroundProbe Slope Stability Radars (SSR-XT), and the expertise of a full time, on-site support team comprising of a Geotechnical Engineer, […]
READ MORECase Study: Achieving Huge Production Gains Using SSR-XT at Leigh Creek Coal Mine
ACHIEVING HUGE PRODUCTION GAINS USING SSR “The proven benefits of the SSR give us confidence that we are maximising production potential and improving safety on site.” – Ben Ploughman, Geotechnical Engineer, Leigh Creek Coal Mine Leigh Creek is a coal-mining town in the north of South Australia. On the edge of the desert, to the […]
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