Vipiteno mine, Italy - Underground mining for marble

Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Transactions. Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Pine, R J ^a   Berger, E ^b   Hammett, R D ^b   Artigiani, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hanging wall stability; Marble; Underground mining; Vipiteno mine

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; INSTALLATION; MARBLE; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

BULK MINING METHODS; HANGING-WALL STABILITY; PRODUCTION STRATEGIES; UNDERGROUND MINING;

MINING;

EID: 9144241260     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037178404225006146     Document Type: Article

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