Rock engineering research makes underground mining safer

Posted on August 20, 2018

The South African gold mining industry has recently experienced a number of rock burst accidents. This has resulted in renewed focus on methods that can be used to mitigate this risk.

The South African gold mines are the deepest in the world and a large number of seismic events are recorded on a routine basis.

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- Author Professor Francois Malan

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