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Rock Mass Classification Systems: A Global Review of Use and Dominant Approaches

Rock mass classification systems (RMCS) have been a cornerstone of geotechnical engineering practice since the mid-20th century. Designed to provide a structured way of categorizing geological format...

Over the River and Through the Rock: India Inaugurates the Chenab World's Tallest Single-Arch Railway Bridge

The Chenab Railway Bridge, now the world’s tallest single-arch railway bridge which stands 359 meters above the Chenab River in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir was officially inaugurated by...

Glacier Collapse Submerges 90% of Swiss Alpine Village in Mud and Debris

A significant glacial collapse occurred above the village of Blatten in the Lötschental valley of southern Switzerland on May 28, 2025. The incident originated from a large section of the Birch Glaci...

Geotechnical Slope Design for Lithium Deposits in a Shifting Market Landscape

As the demand for lithium continues to rise, particularly from the electric vehicle and renewable energy storage sectors, hard rock lithium deposits—primarily hosted in spodumene-rich pegmatites—are...

The $5.7 Trillion Rock: Inside Earth’s Biggest Iron Recent Find

A seismic shift has shaken the world of geology—figuratively, this time. In the Hamersley region of Western Australia, geologists have uncovered the largest iron ore deposit ever recorded. Clocking i...

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Advancing the Frontiers of Blocky Rock Mass Modelling with Discrete Fracture Networks | Rocscience

This article describes the importance of Discrete Fracture Networks (DFNs) in rock mechanics modelling. It outlines capabilities in Rocscience programs RS3 (and RocSlope) to analyze discontinuous (...

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Solving complex underground challenges in Laohutai mine with PLAXIS

PLAXIS 3D enabled CCTEG Chief Scientist Wang Yong, and his research team, to successfully compute the complex interplay of soil and rock at the Laohutai mine, in China. We spoke with Seequent’s Mique...

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Rocscience | Christmas is Coming Early for RocFall2 and RocFall3 users

In April 2022, RocFall3 was introduced to the software suite adding more capabilities to your rockfall analysis with 3D simulation. As a year-end gift, RocFall2 and RocFall3 are set to release a numb...

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Principal Considerations in Rock Engineering Practice and Contributions from Africa

In the Introduction to this paper, many names are mentioned of those with African origins or associations, who have made significant contributions to the field of rock engineering. Then important con...

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Rocscience | Efficient Jointed Rock Slope Analysis using XFEM

An overview of the application of XFEM in jointed rock slopes for discontinuities Introduction: Modeling jointed rock slopes is one of the more challenging problems in rock mechanics. The position an...

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