The stability of stopes and pillars is a critical concern in deep underground metal mining due
to the potential for stress concentration and relaxation that can cause the dynamic failure of …

Near‐fault severe seismic activity is frequently observed when excavating deep
underground during various engineering projects. The present study elaborates a method to …

Sub-level open stopes with delayed backfill are being used to extract massive, tabular, and
steeply dipping ore bodies for increased productivity. Crown pillars in the orebody divide …

Numerical modelling is a vital tool in the mining industry and is widely used for planning
purposes as well as for examining phenomena on a mine-wide scale. In this paper, a …

Mining activities in underground mines could induce fault-slip that inflicts devastating
damage to mine openings. Thus, enhancing current knowledge about fault-slip taking place …

Variations in rock mass properties are well-established in rock mechanics and underground
mining. The literature is replete with methods of assessing them and determining values that …

Seismic moment is a predominantly utilized parameter for assessing fault-slip potential
when the numerical modelling of fault-slip is carried out. However, relying on seismic …

To elucidate the mechanism of seismic activity taking place away from extracted stopes in
underground mines, this study focuses on the influence of a fracture network on the intensity …

Haulage networks are vital to underground mining operations as they constitute the arteries
through which blasted ore is transported to surface. In the sublevel stoping method and its …

Destressing in underground hard-rock mines has been practiced for at least 70 years. It is
conducted by specialized blasting in areas under high-stress regimes (destressing), or …