Feasibility Studies
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Analysis and selection of the optimum mining methods, mine access, production planning and scheduling, personnel and material handling, mine services, financial and economic analysis. Sensitivity analysis and risk assessment, infrastructure requirements and environmental analysis. Preparation of bankable reports. |
Mine design and planning
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Selection of mining methods, stope design, mine layout, production planning and scheduling, haul roads and mine access designs, mine ventilation design, manpower requirements, drilling and blasting designs. |
Selection and optimization of mine equipment
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Selection of mining and haulage equipment and conducting simulation analysis using GPSS-H program to match and optimize the selected equipment sizes. |
Design and optimization of mine transport systems
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Analysis and design of the material transportation systems and developing simulation models in order to optimize the system. |
Open Pit Optimizations
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Detailed designs and financial optimization of open pits. |
Blasting design and optimizations
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Design of blasting rounds, selection of explosives, optimization of the designs in order to minimize surrounding rock damage while achieving optimum fragmentation. Design of explosives storage facilities.
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Rock slope stability analysis |
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Analysis of rock instability, determination of failure patterns (plane, wedge, circular and toppling failure), determination of the influence of water on stability, reinforcements, determination of the factor of safety, critical slope parameters and slope protection measures. |
Design and optimization of rock structures
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Development of excavation design to meet duty requirements, determination of stresses at boundaries and interior points, examination of the role of discontinuities, determination of extent of potential failure and design of support system. |
Selection and design of mine supports
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Analysis of the potential failure for a particular rock structure, design and select the support system. |
Rock mass stability analysis
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Analysis and definition of the stress-strain behaviour of a particular rock mass, determination of the stress levels at which yielding, fracturing or slip occurs within the rock mass and post-peak stress-strain of failed rock. |
Rock mass classification schemes
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Using the Rock Mass Classification Schemes to solve rock mechanics problems that are not amenable to classical engineering analysis. |
Subsidence Analysis
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Auditing of mining operations, review of health and safety procedures, evaluation of, past business and environmental performances, management structures and associated efficiency. |
Market Studies and Project Finance
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Identification of the cause and type of subsidence, application of limiting equilibrium analysis and other techniques to determine the span of subsidence. |
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