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Flooding of Open Pit and Underground Mines in the Chelyabinsk Coal Field: Consequences, Problems and Solutions
AbstractThe authors examine the present-day hydrogeological situation and its post-mining phase forecast in the Chelyabinsk Coal Field. Geotechnical...
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Groundwater-level recovery following closure of open-pit mines
Open-pit mining has increased substantially over the past two decades. Many currently operating open-pit mines are facing the end of mine-life over...
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Unloading damage patterns of rock slopes in open pit mines and analyses of their mechanisms
The stability of slopes is essential for ensuring safe production in open-pit mines. Analyzing and managing the deformation and failure of the slope...
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Open Pit Mine Slope Stability: Methodological Framework
AbstractThe article describes the development stages of an adequate regulatory structure for the slope stability in open pit mines. Some...
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Investigation of wedge sliding potential using different methods in two open pit albite mines excavated in gneiss in western Türkiye
The wedge failures in open pit mines are of great importance for bench configuration in jointed rock masses. This study initially determined 14...
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Reliability analysis of prestressed anchors in rock slopes of open-pit mines
Prestressed anchor cables are widely used for slope reinforcement, but the loss of prestress makes it difficult to guarantee the reinforcement...
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Enhanced Prediction Model for Blast-Induced Air Over-Pressure in Open-Pit Mines Using Data Enrichment and Random Walk-Based Grey Wolf Optimization–Two-Layer ANN Model
In this study, two innovative techniques were introduced, including data enrichment and optimization, with the aim of significantly improving the...
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Mining Complexity Assessment to Substantiate Deformation Monitoring at Open Pit Mines
AbstractThe authors substantiate applicability of type-design practice of geotechnical facilities by their complexity with a view to determining...
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Dynamics of Fine Particle Emissions in Open Pit Mines
Abstract —Mass industrial explosions on extended benches of open pits are the most effective way to crush rock. Such explosions are accompanied by the...
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Slope geometry optimization considering groundwater drawdown scenarios at an open-pit phosphate mine, southeastern Brazil
The design of open-pit mines should balance safety and economy. However, safe geotechnical conditions generally involve redesigning the geometry of...
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Modeling Study on Cumulative Damage Effects and Safety Control Criterion of Open-Pit Final Slope Under Blasting
Drilling and blasting method used for excavation causes damage to surrounding rock mass, and frequent blasting often leads to cumulative damage...
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Experimental study on the influence of sandstone gradation on the water storage capacity of a pore-space reservoir in a waste dump of an open-pit coal mine
Poor water management can result in water shortages that greatly impact the production capacity of open-pit coal mines in arid and semiarid areas....
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A new approach for evaluation of slope stability in large open-pit mines: a case study at the Dexing Copper Mine, China
The slope stability has already become one of the most important factors directly related to the safety production and development of a mine, which...
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Engineering geology and mechanism of multiple landslides in a large open-pit mine: the case of the Copper Mine in Qinghai Province, China
Landslides are a commonly occurring hazard in open-pit mines. Despite extensive research on this phenomenon, there is still a lack of understanding...
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Challenges and potential approaches for soil recovery in iron open pit mines and waste piles
The revegetation of areas impacted by iron mining may be hampered by a series of chemical and physical impediments exhibited by those areas. Physical...
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An effective MIP model based on grey wolf optimizer for lot-sizing LTPSOP in open-pit mines under uncertainty
The design and scheduling of open-pit mines are considered as an important and intricate problem in mines planning. The optimal extraction sequence...
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A Path Search Algorithm for Optimizing Ultimate Limit of Open Pit Mines with Geomechanical Constraints
AbstractIn this study, a path search algorithm is introduced for exploring the ultimate pit limit using the Lerchs–Grossmann method. In an iteration...
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Combining InSAR and infrared thermography with numerical simulation to identify the unstable slope of open-pit: Qidashan case study, China
Slope failures frequently occur in open-pit mines, resulting in significant losses. Identifying the precursory displacements and triggering factors...
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Optimization of the production scheduling problem in open-pit mines to maximize the net present value using the human mental search algorithm
The long-term production scheduling optimization problem (LTPSOP) in open-pit mining is a lot-sizing problem containing big data sets, constraints,...
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A Multilayer Dig-Limit Approach for Reducing Ore and Profit Losses in an Open-Pit Mine Having Complex Orebody
Rock fragment movement during blasting operations is a major cause of ore and profit losses in hard rock open-pit mines having a complex-orebody. To...
