Risk assessment in strategic and tactical geomechanical underground mine design

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 263-271

  Bawden, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; HAZARDS; MINE FLOODING; MINES; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SLOPE STABILITY;

CASE STUDIES; CONVENTIONAL DESIGNS; EQUIPMENT DAMAGES; FACTORS CONTROLLING; LIMITED DATUMS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; MINE DESIGNS; MINE DEVELOPMENTS; MINE OPERATIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRODUCTION RULES; RANDOM EVENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; RISK FACTORS; ROCK ENGINEERINGS; SLOPE FAILURES; UNDERGROUND MINE DESIGNS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58049151717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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