Mines rescue teams are still searching for a miner missing in a Chilean mine accident in a copper mine. The Chilean mine accident in a copper mine claimed the life of one miner after a fall of ground...
Category - Ground Control
Mine ground control is the application of methods to eliminate or reduce (as far as reasonably practicable), the geotechnical risks associated with the movement of the ground in surface and underground mines. The practices associated with ground control can be varied according to the geotechnical structures encountered in the mining operation.
The information presented by AMSJ covers control methods both in underground and surface operations.
Ultimately the objective of ground control is to maintain safe working in strata whether it be in rock and soil (the terms strata control and slope management are also used in underground mines and surface mines, respectively). Slope stability, roof talk, roof falls, outbursts, rock bursts, scaling, ground control monitoring and ground control incidents are included in this category.
We also provide current information on geotechnical methods and the latest equipment for mitigating the effects of ground movement.
A coal miner with 12 years underground experience has died following injuries sustained in a rib fall at a US mine. According to local media, Felix North was critically injured in an incident on May...
As miners dig deeper than ever before to optimise the reserves of existing open pit mines, the geotechnical community has focused on how to best ensure spoil dump stability and reaching the...
The Beaconsfield mine disaster in Australia could have had more tragic outcomes. But the legacy of the disaster is the highly relevant lessons learned that are applied today to prevent a re...
50 mine workers are believed to have died following a mudslide at a jade mine in the northern part of Myanmar. An MP from the region has told media sources that more than “50 people are...
A roof fall at a Victorian gold mine left a worker shaken and unable to do his job three years later a court has heard. Worker installing ground support hears thump and whoosh of air behind him. The...
A coal mine that has operated for more than a century will be forced to shut down because state authorities have banned mining activities due to mine safety concerns. A number of roof falls, conveyor...
The US-based Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has released an investigation report involving the fatality of a loader operator from a highwall collapse at the Little Spring Creek Mine in...
A mines rescue team has rescued two mine workers and recovered the bodies of five others killed in a fall of ground at an artisanal diamond mine in South Kalimantan. Indonesia’s National...
Two mine workers from PT Freeport Indonesia’s (PTFI) gold and copper miner remain missing following a mining incident involving a mudflow on Wednesday afternoon at the company’s Grasberg...
Australian miners can avert catastrophic tailings dam collapses by using intelligence generated from satellite imagery and advanced processing techniques to monitor mine sites, thanks to a ground...
An operator buried the boom of an excavator while clearing material from a highwall. The incident has highlighted the need for effective ground control plans despite the working conditions. The NSW...
