Southern Africa (SA) is among the world's richest mineral-rich regions, yet many of its
citizens wallow in untold socio-economic distress. This puzzling reality bids the question: Is …

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the performance of pillars located on level# 3 at
Nohyun limestone mine that uses the room-and-pillar method. The mine is located at South …

Improving Workers' Safety and Health in the Zimbabwean Mining and Quarrying Industry
Page 1 Walden University ScholarWorks Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Walden …

Application of robotics in mining operations particularly in deep mining is considered to be
challenging when factoring the impact of health and safety in day to day operations. Majority …

The use of joint properties and joint map** techniques are key for fall of ground
management in underground mining. This paper outlines the use of probabilistic design …

Historically, secondary pillar extraction has been successful in the soft rock mining
environment. Several hard rock platinum mines have conducted selective remnant …

Pillars are critical to the stability and profitability of mining operations and their proper design
is essential in ensuring that these objectives are met. A number of tools are available in …

Lack of effective occupational safety and health (OSH) strategies is a reason that workplace
accidents in the mining and quarrying industry remain high, making the industry one of the …

This paper reviews mining practices for surface support and identifies four key areas that
need attention. An international survey was conducted as part of the Mining Initiative on …

In bord and pillar mining, pillar stability is a key element of the mining process. This is
usually underpinned by successful adherence to planned mining stope width. Stope width …