scholarly journals Prospects of Shotcrete Shaft Lining for Underground Sustainable Mining

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binay Kumar Samanta ◽  
Upendra Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Underground Mining ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Mine Shaft ◽  
Technical Data ◽  
Shaft Sinking ◽  
Actual Field ◽  
Mining Projects ◽  
Shotcrete Lining ◽  
Model Programs

Abstract Investment in underground mining is coming down all over the world, but deep reserves are available for extraction. Conventional sinking and lining of mine shaft projets or pits for winding men and materials from deep underground mines are getting very costly and being deferred. We found Polish technology of Shaft sinking with monolithic mining very efficient in Sudamdih, Monidih and Satgram projects in India. Russian collaboration for Jhanjra for shaft sinking and mine construction for large mine has been successful. Underground production is declining world over, while remaining reserves are at greater depths. Designing and coding original model programs by collecting actual field data to run the programs to determine cost benefit at different depths with standard diameters has been done. Most companies are avoiding deep mining projects, because of exorbitant cost of shaft sinking. As per experience of the researcher, pre-split blasting and shotcrete lining can be much faster and cheaper. So model programs have been designed and run with practical field cost and technical data, as exemplified in this paper. Future of deep pit mining will be assured with successful adoption of the method in projects, especially through hard rock strata

Rapid Mechanized Shaft Sinking

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
D.A. Igolka ◽  
F Otten
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Mine Shaft ◽  
Freezing Method ◽  
Innovative Method ◽  
Geological Conditions ◽  
Shaft Sinking ◽  
The Republic

REDPATH DEILMANN GmbH from Germany has been sinking and lining two shafts and initial underground development since 2017 on the territory of the Republic of Belarus (Starobinskoe potassium salt deposit, Luban) by request of Slavkaliy LLC. Shaft sinking is one of the most complicated and time-consuming stages in renovation and construction of new underground mines. In the absolute majority of cases, shaft sinking and lining are at the critical path for implementation of such projects. Rapid rates of shaft construction ensure high technical and economic performance during the commissioning phase and earlier supply of end products to the market. The article introduces an innovative method of mechanized mine shaft sinking that provides rapid parallel sinking and lining of the mine shafts. Unique mechanized shaft boring roadheaders (SBR) manufactured by Herrenknecht are employed. Shaft sinking is done in complicate geotechnical and geological conditions intensified by a very low stability of the rocks using a dedicated rock freezing method. Modern materials are used for additional hydrosealing of the tubing liner. Workings in the near shaft insets are driven with roadheaders. A combination of all these solutions makes it possible to accelerate shaft sinking in a safe way without blasting operations and with high technical and economic performance both for the shaft sinking project and the overall construction of the mining and processing plant.

scholarly journals Geological CO2 quantified by high-temporal resolution stable isotope monitoring in a salt mine

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander H. Frank ◽  
Robert van Geldern ◽  
Anssi Myrttinen ◽  
Martin Zimmer ◽  
Johannes A. C. Barth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Resolution ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Stable Carbon Isotope ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Background Concentration ◽  
High Temporal Resolution ◽  
Salt Mine ◽  
Gas Migration ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Anthropogenic Contributions

AbstractThe relevance of CO2 emissions from geological sources to the atmospheric carbon budget is becoming increasingly recognized. Although geogenic gas migration along faults and in volcanic zones is generally well studied, short-term dynamics of diffusive geogenic CO2 emissions are mostly unknown. While geogenic CO2 is considered a challenging threat for underground mining operations, mines provide an extraordinary opportunity to observe geogenic degassing and dynamics close to its source. Stable carbon isotope monitoring of CO2 allows partitioning geogenic from anthropogenic contributions. High temporal-resolution enables the recognition of temporal and interdependent dynamics, easily missed by discrete sampling. Here, data is presented from an active underground salt mine in central Germany, collected on-site utilizing a field-deployed laser isotope spectrometer. Throughout the 34-day measurement period, total CO2 concentrations varied between 805 ppmV (5th percentile) and 1370 ppmV (95th percentile). With a 400-ppm atmospheric background concentration, an isotope mixing model allows the separation of geogenic (16–27%) from highly dynamic anthropogenic combustion-related contributions (21–54%). The geogenic fraction is inversely correlated to established CO2 concentrations that were driven by anthropogenic CO2 emissions within the mine. The described approach is applicable to other environments, including different types of underground mines, natural caves, and soils.

Wireless Sensor Network for Underground Mining Services Applications

2017 ◽  
pp. 504-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Kumar Mishra ◽  
Subhash Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Central Processing ◽  
Underground Coal Mines ◽  
Logical Topology

Underground mines include a number of challenges due to their hostile milieu. Therefore, geotechnical and environmental monitoring mainly in underground coal mines have always been a critical task to ensure safe working conditions. If the monitoring device is cable based, then it requires an huge amount of cable deployment which can pose not only the high maintenance cost but difficulty in laying out the cable throughout the underground galleries. on the other hand, if it is direct wireless communication between sensing devices and the central processing unit, it is also not so feasible due to the crisscross, uneven and incline path. Therefore, Wireless Sensor Networks grab an opportunity to be deployed in such a hostile environment. Keeping in view, in the present chapter, attempts have been made to discuss the different aspects of wireless sensor network for underground coal mining services applications to overcome the various threats. Further, the best suited logical topology has been identified for the same.

scholarly journals Study of the Dynamic Loading Impact on the Design of Pentices when Sinking Vertical Mine Shafts

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 01016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Pershin ◽  
Aleksandr Kopytov ◽  
Fadeev Yuriy ◽  
Wetti Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Loading ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
State Technical ◽  
Mine Shaft ◽  
Shaft Sinking ◽  
Reconstruction Project ◽  
Reconstruction Period ◽  
The Impact

Based on the reconstruction project for Gorno-Shorsky branch of JSC “Evrazruda” developed by JSC “Giproruda” to maintain the enterprise’s production capacity of 6 million tons per year, the shaft “Skipovoy” should be sunk from the level of 115 m to the level of 85 m. Due to the fact that the reconstruction period was to be shortened, the employees of LLC “SibGorComplex Engineering” together with the Underground and Mine Construction Department of T.F. Gorbachev Kuzbass State Technical University developed several variants of new design of wedge pentices for vertical mine shaft sinking under hoisting operations. The results of studies of the dynamic loading impact on the design of safety devices in skip shaft sinking are presented in the article. Based on the method of designing the force action essentials for the emergency skip dumping, the functions allowing determining the value of the impact on the main structural elements of pentices completely bridging over the shaft cross-section that can be used to substantiate the design parameters of new wedge pentices.

scholarly journals Sublevel stoping with applying artificial hardening stowing pillars for extraction of veins in complicated geotechnical conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-258
Author(s):  
Sh. I. Khakimov ◽  
Sh. R. Urinov
Keyword(s):  
Rock Pressure ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Mining Machinery ◽  
Mining Methods ◽  
Mining Works ◽  
Sublevel Stoping

In the process of underground mining of deep levels rock pressure can appear in any form, creating a serious threat to the lives of miners, disrupting the normal course of mining works and reducing the efficiency of mining production. The solution of the problem of rock pressure control becomes very urgent for underground mines developing vein deposits at a depth of more than 250 m. The aim of the study is the development and justification of mining methods to provide safe and efficient mining of deposits in complicated mining and mechanical conditions. In this paper, the factors of redistribution and dangerous concentration of stresses in the mined ore mass were identified, the methods of rock mass management in complicated geotechnical conditions were studied, and their advantages and disadvantages were revealed. It was determined that the sublevel stoping with the combined use of existing methods of rock pressure control and applying selfpropelled mining machinery is currently one of the most promising method finding widening application scope. In the context of Zarmitan gold ore zone the options of technological schemes of the sublevel stoping method were considered, providing for a combination of different methods of rock pressure control, allowing to minimize the disadvantages of one method through using the advantages of other ones. We proposed sublevel stoping options with artificial polygonal pillars and with artificial columnar pillars, which allowed to reduce ore losses in inter-stope pillars, arch pillars, and secondary dilution. In addition, artificial pillars, taking compressive/tensile stresses, prevent their concentration and create safe conditions for extraction at adjacent and underlying levels.

scholarly journals A Bayesian network approach for geotechnical risk assessment in underground mines

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Mishra ◽  
L. Uotinen ◽  
M. Rinne
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Bayesian Network ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Underground Mining ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Parameter Learning ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
Roof Fall ◽  
Geotechnical Risk

SYNOPSIS Underground mining gives rise to geotechnical hazards. A formal geotechnical risk assessment can help to forecast and mitigate these hazards. Frequentist probability methods can be used when the hazard does not have many variables and a lot of data is available. However, often there is not enough data for probability distributions, such as in the case of new projects. The risk assessment is often subjective and qualitative, based on expert judgement. The purpose of this research is to present the use of Bayesian networks (BNs) as an alternative to existing risk assessment methods in underground mines by combining expert knowledge with data as it becomes available. Roof fall frequency forecasting using parameter learning is demonstrated with 1141 sets of roof fall data across 12 coal mines in the USA. The prediction is nearly identical for individual mines, but when multiple mines are evaluated it is difficult to find a single best fit distribution for annual roof fall frequency. The BN approach with TNormal distribution was twice as likely to fit the observed data compared to the Poisson distribution assumed in the past. A hybrid approach using BN combining multiple probability distribution curves from historical data to predict annual roof fall is proposed. The BN models can account for variability for multiple parameters without increasing the complexity of the calculation. BNs can work with varying amounts of data, which makes them a good tool for real-time risk assessment in mines. Keywords: Bayesian network; expert opinion models; geotechnical risk; incident forecasting; parameter learning; roof fall risk.

scholarly journals Allocation of a deep-lying brine aquifer in the rocks of a chemogenic section based on the data of geophysical well logging and 2D seismic exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 501-511
Author(s):  
Natalia Danileva ◽  
Sergei Danilev ◽  
Natalia Bolshakova
Keyword(s):  
Underground Mining ◽  
Well Logging ◽  
Operational Reliability ◽  
Seismic Exploration ◽  
Salt Deposit ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Mine Shaft ◽  
Water Blocking ◽  
Magnesium Salts ◽  
Potassium Magnesium

Advancement in the production of potassium fertilizers is an important strategic task of Russian agricultural industry. Given annually growing production rates, the reserves of discovered potassium-magnesium salt deposits are noticeably decreasing, which creates the need to ensure stable replenishment of the resource base through both the discovery of new deposits and the exploitation of deep-lying production horizons of the deposits that are already under development. In most cases, deposits of potassium-magnesium salts are developed by underground mining. The main problem for any salt deposit is water. Dry salt workings do not require any additional reinforcement and can easily withstand rock pressure, but with an inflow of water they begin to collapse intensively – hence, special attention is paid to mine waterproofing. Determination of spatial location, physical and mechanical properties of the aquifer and water-blocking stratum in the geological section represent an important stage in the exploration of a salt deposit. The results of these studies allow to validate an optimal system of deposit development that will minimize environmental and economic risks. On the territory of Russia, there is a deposit of potassium-magnesium salts with a unique geological structure – its production horizon lies at a considerable depth and is capped by a regional aquifer, which imposes significant limitations on the development process. To estimate parameters of the studied object, we analyzed the data from CDP seismic reflection survey and a suite of methods of radioactive and acoustic well logging, supplemented with high-frequency induction logging isoparametric sounding (VIKIZ) data. As a result of performed analysis, we identified location of the water-bearing stratum, estimated average thickness of the aquifers and possible water-blocking strata. Based on research results, we proposed methods for increasing operational reliability of the main shaft in the designed mine that will minimize the risks of water breakthrough into the mine shaft.

scholarly journals The medical perspective on mining incidents

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Karlsson ◽  
Britt-Inger Saveman ◽  
Lina Gyllencreutz
Keyword(s):  
Underground Mining ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Prehospital Care ◽  
Extreme Environment ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Underground Mines ◽  
Major Incident ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rescue Service ◽  
Mining Environment

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine emergency medical service (EMS) personnel’s perceptions and experiences of managing underground mining injury incidents. Design/methodology/approach In total, 13 EMS personnel were interviewed according to a semi-structured interview guide. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Findings An underground mining environment was described as unfamiliar and unsafe and, with no guidelines for operational actions in an extreme environment, such as underground mines, the EMS personnel were uncertain of their role. They therefore became passive and relied on the rescue service and mining company during a major incident. However, the medical care was not considered to be different from any other prehospital care, although a mining environment would make the situation more difficult and it would take longer for the mine workers to be placed under definitive care. Originality/value This study complements earlier studies by examining the EMS personnel’s perceptions and experiences of major incidents.

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