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READ MOREHow Predictive and Reactive Monitoring Can Ensure Ongoing Mine Safety
When it comes to ensuring ongoing safety performance of mining and civil operations, understanding the difference between predictive and reactive monitoring, as part of a risk management plan, is key. What is Predictive Monitoring? Predictive monitoring anticipates future exposure based on past performance data. The predictive technologies and software solutions currently used within the industry […]
READ MOREMonitoring and Measuring Squeezing Ground Conditions at Gosowong Gold Operation
MONITORING WEAK ROCKMASS OVERVIEW 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 cut-and-fill and long hole open stoping (LHOS) mining methods. Currently, PT. Nusa Halmahera Minerals operates two […]
READ MOREPrism and Prismless Monitoring in an Open-Cut Gold Operation
PRISM AND PRISMLESS MONITORING OVERVIEW Due to the loss of a significant number of physical prisms through vandalism, the on-site geotechnical team from Filminera Resources Corporation’s Masbate Gold Project, an open-cut gold mine in the Philippines, required a solution to effectively manage the mine’s safety, including their ability to detect and measure deformation. CHALLENGE GroundProbe’s […]
READ MOREBrazilian Mine Demonstrates the Importance of Radar to Guarantee Safety
RAPID RESPONSE TIME OVERVIEW On 10 September 2014, the Retiro do Sapecado tailings dam, owned by Herculano Mineração (Herculano Mining), failed, resulting in three fatalities and damage to three mine trucks and two excavators. Preliminary investigations indicated the accident was caused by a geological phenomenon (inversion of relief) caused by underground channels. CHALLENGE Following the […]
READ MOREData Management in Rapidly Changing Atmospheric Conditions at Huckleberry Mine
DATA MANAGEMENT IN RAPIDLY CHANGING ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS “The SSR has proven to consistently offer the information we require in all weather conditions, where other means of data collection are affected.” – Kent T. Christensen, P.Eng., Manager of Mine Engineering and New Projects, Huckleberry Mine Huckleberry Mine is an open-pit copper/molybdenum mine located in central British […]
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