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The Australasian Ground Control Conference An ISRM Regional Symposium (AusRock Conference) 2022

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The Australasian Ground Control Conference An ISRM Regional Symposium (AusRock Conference) 2022

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A global review of geotechnical challenges and ground support practices in sublevel caving mines

Sublevel caving (SLC) is a mining method adopted in a wide range of mining depths and ground conditions with various layouts adopted to suit orebody geometry. Sublevel caving offers more flexibility and versatility compared to other cave mining methods and is a low cost alternative to open stoping. SLC also has the advantage that stopes are not required to remain stable during production, and no backfill is required. This flexibility combined with increasing pressure on mines to target deeper and lower grade mineralisation has led to increased uptake of the method. The implementation of SLC mining methods across a wide range of mining depths and rock mass conditions has led to ground control practices which vary globally from mine to mine. To date, there has been limited documentation of ground control practices in SLC mining and few benchmarks available in the literature.
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  • Published: 2022
  • Pages: 14
  • PDF Size: 0.946 Mb.
  • Unique ID: P-02396-Z9Q3K4

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