Ore dilution has an important influence on mining costs and hence on the viability of a mining operation. Costs associated with ore dilution with barren waste or material below the cut-off grade are linked to all mining and milling stages. Several research efforts were made in the past to help better understand the causes of ore dilution, and some of these led to the development of empirical formulae for the estimation of ore dilution in different mining environments. Stope geometry was identified as one of the principal factors influencing ore dilution attributed to stope wall overbreak. This thesis examines the effects of stope geometric parameters on ore dilution – namely the stope width and strike length, as well as stope undercutting a...
The open stoping mining method is considered as one of the most common mining methods for steep oreb...
Zletovo mines have a tradition of exploration and exploitation of vein lead-zinc ores for almost a c...
The failure of waste rock from the hangingwall and footwall of open panels dilutes ore grades, creat...
Limiting the amount of ore dilution prior to entering the process stream is the goal of any mining o...
Unplanned ore dilution or stope overbreak, which has a direct and large influence on the cost of a s...
The steeply dipping vein orebody of Bousquet 2 mine is extracted by sublevel open stope method. The ...
This thesis presents the results of open stope stability and dilution research which focused on eval...
This thesis evaluates the factors that influence the stability of large, open stopes for an existing...
The stoping performance has a paramount effect on the economic viability of underground mining opera...
This thesis presents the results of three years of research which focused on minimizing dilution in...
Zletovo mines have a tradition of exploration and exploitation of vein lead-zinc ores for almost a c...
Unplanned dilution has the potential to seriously undermine the economic viability of a mine, and in...
Unplanned dilution has the potential to seriously undermine the economic viability of a mine, and in...
The objective of this thesis is to present a reliable estimate of dilution that can be readily appl...
Mining worldwide and definitely in South Africa, is constantly under pressure to reduce its cost str...
The open stoping mining method is considered as one of the most common mining methods for steep oreb...
Zletovo mines have a tradition of exploration and exploitation of vein lead-zinc ores for almost a c...
The failure of waste rock from the hangingwall and footwall of open panels dilutes ore grades, creat...
Limiting the amount of ore dilution prior to entering the process stream is the goal of any mining o...
Unplanned ore dilution or stope overbreak, which has a direct and large influence on the cost of a s...
The steeply dipping vein orebody of Bousquet 2 mine is extracted by sublevel open stope method. The ...
This thesis presents the results of open stope stability and dilution research which focused on eval...
This thesis evaluates the factors that influence the stability of large, open stopes for an existing...
The stoping performance has a paramount effect on the economic viability of underground mining opera...
This thesis presents the results of three years of research which focused on minimizing dilution in...
Zletovo mines have a tradition of exploration and exploitation of vein lead-zinc ores for almost a c...
Unplanned dilution has the potential to seriously undermine the economic viability of a mine, and in...
Unplanned dilution has the potential to seriously undermine the economic viability of a mine, and in...
The objective of this thesis is to present a reliable estimate of dilution that can be readily appl...
Mining worldwide and definitely in South Africa, is constantly under pressure to reduce its cost str...
The open stoping mining method is considered as one of the most common mining methods for steep oreb...
Zletovo mines have a tradition of exploration and exploitation of vein lead-zinc ores for almost a c...
The failure of waste rock from the hangingwall and footwall of open panels dilutes ore grades, creat...