Some Challenges of Deep Mining † †This paper was written shortly after this author had presented a video lecture titled “Why rock mechanics and rock engineering?” at the invitation of the ISRM. The lecture addressed the more general topic of the importance of rock engineering in the 21st century, and may be of interest as complementary to this article. The lecture (~ 45min) may be heard at https://www.isrm.net/gca/?id=1309.

Title

Some Challenges of Deep Mining † †This paper was written shortly after this author had presented a video lecture titled “Why rock mechanics and rock engineering?” at the invitation of the ISRM. The lecture addressed the more general topic of the importance of rock engineering in the 21st century, and may be of interest as complementary to this article. The lecture (~ 45min) may be heard at https://www.isrm.net/gca/?id=1309.

Authors

Keywords

Deep mining, Rock discontinuities, Synthetic rock mass, Mineral resources, Rock mechanics

Journal

Engineering

Volume 3, Issue 4, Pages 527-537

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Online

2017-10-17

DOI

10.1016/j.eng.2017.04.017