Underground mining of unexploited coal reserves is on the rise in Greece, due to its heavy dependency on lignite resources for electricity. The room and pillar approach for underground mining is a co...
Read MoreAn open-pit coal mine collapsed in Alxa League in Inner Mongolia, China, on Wednesday the 22nd of February. A 180-meter-tall slope failure caused the mine to be buried under a very large volume of...
Read MoreI’m sure in recent weeks you’ve opened your favourite news source and seen a headline mentioning Electric or Hybrid cars. Whether it’s news about Tesla’s latest factory or governmental policies aimed...
Read MoreIn the latest GeoStudio version, you’ll notice improvements to speed up your geotechnical 3D workflow. Key features and functionality are implemented to improve your 3D modelling experience and to en...
Read MoreThe Methodology Step 2 – Iterative calibration of the base case model reproduced the observed failure characteristics. Several data sources and assumptions were used in the preparation of the base (...
Read MoreSurface mining, whether you call it open pit, opencast, or open cut is a common method of extracting minerals like coal, iron, gold, and copper from shallow depths below the ground. Slope stability a...
Read MoreBy Thiago Bretas and Felipe Vilela, BVP Engenharia. Two-dimensional (2D) limit equilibrium analysis is the most common method of slope stability analysis in geotechnical engineering practice. That’s...
Read More2021 has been a spectacular year for Rocscience! Read the annual review below and get a sneak peek into what is coming in 2022! Q1...
Read MoreIn this paper, Bentley Systems specialists Marina Trevizolli, Murray Fredlund, and Hai Hua Lu illustrate the importance of using 3D limit equilibrium (LE) analysis for complex open pit sidewalls, w...
Read More39 workers were trapped in an underground mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada but all of them were eventually rescued. The Totten mine, owned and operated by Vale, a multinational firm from Brazil, op...
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