Publications
Improved assurance for Mineral Resource, Ore Reserve estimates and reporting through peer review and auditing
Mark Noppe, September 2017
Category:
Project Evaluation
Letšeng Diamond Mine, Lesotho: A Variant of Kimberley-type Pyroclastic Kimberlite Emplacement
Casey Hetman, Barbara Scott Smith, Jock Robey, Teboho Nkotsi, Mohapi Mohapi, Thabang Mohapi, September 2017
Category:
Geology
Underground Mining at Ekati and Diavik Diamond Mines
Jarek Jakubec, R. Woodward, B. Boggis, L. Clark, P. Lewis, September 2017
Category:
Mining
Is the Ultra-Class Truck Dream Dead?
Jesse Morton, Anoush Ebrahimi, Tim Joseph, September 2017
Category:
Mining
Expert Witness - Mining Due Diligence
Andrew Van Zyl, Simon Hanrahan, Mark Noppe, John Pfahl, September 2017
Category:
Project Evaluation
Modelling the reactivity of multi-mineral systems – Application to prediction of copper heap leach drain-down chemistry
David Bird, Rob Bowell, Julien Declercq, August 2017
Category:
Geochemistry
Shear strength and microstructure of polydisperse packings: The effect of size span and shape of particle size distribution
Emilien Azema, Sandra Linero, Nicolas Estrada, Arcesio Lizcano, August 2017
Category:
Geotechnical
Geological and metallurgical characteristics of banded iron formation associated detrital iron mineralisation in Central West Africa
B De Waele, M Lacorde, K Bischoff, G Loveday and F Linares, July 2017
Category:
Geology
5 Ways to Increase Understanding of Permafrost at Your Project Site
Christopher Stevens, July 2017
Category:
Other
Trends in the Evolution of Particle Morphology with Size in Colluvial Deposits Overlying Channel Iron Deposits
Sandra Linero, Stephen Fityus, John Simmons, Arcesio Lizcano, Jessica Cassidy, July 2017
Category:
Geotechnical
Does modifying the particle size distribution of a granular material alter its shear strength?
Emilien Azéma, Sandra Linero, Nicolas Estrada, Arcesio Lizcano, July 2017
Category:
Geotechnical
Adding value using representative geotechnical models for mine design
James Haythornthwaite and Karl Llewelyn, July 2017
Category:
Geology, Geotechnical
Integrating Climate Change into Water Management Design
Victor Muñoz Saavedra, Tia Shapka-Fels, Maritz Rykaart, June 2017
Category:
Water Management
Tracking Nitrate Sources at a Platinum Mine - Putting the puzzle together
Sarah J.W. Skinner, June 2017
Category:
Water Management
Development of a Fire Modeling Study for the Chuquicamata Underground Mine
Brian Prosser, Jess Van Diest, June 2017
Category:
Mine Ventilation
Dynamically Representing Tailings Pool Geometry - GoldSim Webinar
Dave Hoekstra, June 2017
Category:
Water Management
Underground Ventilation System Analysis at WIPP
Nathan Wineinger, Keith Wallace, June 2017
Category:
Mine Ventilation
Thickened Tailings Deposition for Closure
Nicholas Thompson and Pepe Moreno, June 2017
Category:
Mine Waste
Lithium Brine Project Development: What does it take?
Pablo Cortegoso, Cristian Pereira, June 2017
Category:
Civil Engineering, Water Management
Mine Ventilation - Let It Flow
Ailbhe Goodbody (Mining Magazine), May 2017
Category:
Mine Ventilation
Regulations Regarding the Planning and Management of Residue Stockpiles and Residue Deposits
James Lake, May 2017
Category:
Mine Waste
10 Advantages of Using Televiewer Surveys in Geotechnical Mining Studies
Valérie Cettour Meunier, May 2017
Category:
Geotechnical, Rock Mechanics
Wolf Mountain Case Study - Strategic Mine Planning for Multiple Narrow Vein Underground Deposits
Matt Arnold, May 2017
Category:
Mining
Nemrut Bay Seawater Quality Assessment at the Planning Stage of Marine Outfall
Esin Esen, May 2017
Category:
Water Management
Subway Stations Retaining Walls: Case Histories in Soft and Hard Soils
Oscar Vardé and Alejo Sfriso, April 2017
Category:
Geotechnical
10 Things You Should Know About Mine Planning for Open Pit Stratified Deposits
Filip Orzechowski, April 2017
Category:
Mining
Dealing with uncertainty and risk in the design of deep and high stress mining excavations
William C Joughin, March 2017
Category:
Geotechnical
Modelling hard rock jointed pillars using a distinct element and discrete fracture network approach considering the effect of a clay-filled shear structure
Joseph Muaka, S Duma, P Mushangwe, L Gardner, Tafadzwa Chindedza, Jeanne Walls, William Joughin, March 2017
Category:
Rock Mechanics
Managing a Change in Rock Mass Response to Mining at the Frog's Leg Underground Mine
J Mgumbwa, A Page, L Human, MJ Dunn, March 2017
Category:
Geotechnical, Rock Mechanics
Acid Mine Water Treatment With Recovery Of By-Products Of Economic Value
Osvaldo Aduvire, March 2017
Category:
Water Management
New Mining Projects: Developing Early Stage Projects: Guinea Case Study
Mark Campodonic, March 2017
Category:
Geology
Optimising processing costs through the assessment of geological and mining cut-off grades
Tim Lucks, March 2017
Category:
Geology
Mine Water Liability: Evaluating the Risks and Potential Costs
Stephen Day, Tom Sharp, March 2017
Category:
Water Management
Liquid Assets: Water Footprint and Access to Capital
Maureen Upton, March 2017
Category:
Mining, Environmental/Social
Financial Assurance, Closure Cost Estimates and ARO for Mining Projects - Different Numbers for Different Reasons
Terry Braun, February 2017
Category:
Mining, Environmental/Social
Clash of the Titans - Father Time, Mother Nature and the Mine Waste Cover
Maritz Rykaart, February 2017
Category:
Mine Waste
Reviewing Historical Trends of Geological Training in the Mining Sector
Erik Ronald, February 2017
Category:
Geology
10 things you should know about Strategic Mine Planning for Open Pits
Fraser McQueen, January 2017
Category:
Mining, Project Evaluation
Ventilation Study Focuses Efforts in Right Direction
Jess Van Diest, Keith Wallace, January 2017
Category:
Mine Ventilation
Ventilation Design and Technical Support Play Key Role in Nuclear Waste Repository’s Recovery
John Bowling, Keith Wallace, January 2017
Category:
Mine Ventilation
Judging the Risk of Investing in THAT Mining Project
Andrew van Zyl, Darryll Kilian, Roger Dixon, Mark Noppe, January 2017
Category:
Mining
A Comparison of Traditional, Step-Path, and Geostatistical Techniques in the Stability Analysis of a Large Open Pit
John Mayer, D. Stead, December 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
Landslide stability analysis using the sliding block method
E. Lino, R. Norabuena, M. Villanueva & O. Felix, November 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
SRK’s Technical Assistance Program to the Mining Industry. A Case Study on the Aitik Mine, Sweden
Peter Gleeson and Oliver Jones, November 2016
Category:
Geology
Thermal Cover Design and Performance for Closure of Mine Waste Facilities
Christopher Stevens, November 2016
Category:
Mine Waste
Factor of safety by the strength-reduction technique applied to the Hoek–Brown model
Osvaldo Ledesma, Iñaki García Mendive and Alejo Sfriso, November 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
Tailings Dams: When We Start Worrying
Clara Balasko, October 2016
Category:
Geotechnical, Civil Engineering
Mine Water Footprint as a Primary Tool for Water Stewardship
David Hoekstra, Stephen Northey, Maureen Upton, Patrick Williamson, October 2016
Category:
Water Management, Environmental/Social
Tailings Facility Expansion and Operation Plan "Overcoming Weak Foundation Challenges"
Trevor Podaima, Maritz Rykaart, October 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
Climate Change for the Engineer: Standardized Procedure for Climate Change Integration into Engineering Design
Maritz Rykaart, Victor Munoz, Christopher Stevens, October 2016
Category:
Environmental/Social
Frozen Core Dam Performance: Four Years Post Construction
Megan Miller, Maritz Rykaart, October 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
Exploration into the causes of uncertainty in UDEC grain boundary models
John Mayer, D Stead, October 2016
Category:
Geology
Backfilled Pits – Laboratory-scale Tests for Assessing Impacts on Groundwater Quality
Alex Watson, Claire Linklater and John Chapman, October 2016
Category:
Geochemistry, Water Management
Geostatistics and Sample Numbers from an Acid and Metalliferous Drainage Perspective
Danny Kentwell, Andrew Garvie and Claire Linklater, October 2016
Category:
Geochemistry
Discontinuity survey and brittle fracture characterisation in open pit slopes using photogrammetry
Zack Tuckey, Justine Paul and Jeff Price, October 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
Implications of groundwater behaviour on the geomechanics of rock slope stability
Jeff Price, October 2016
Category:
Geotechnical, Water Management
Slope stability analysis at Fenix open pit mine using SFEM
Alejandro Kerguelen Argumedo, Iñaki García Mendive and Alejo Sfriso, October 2016
Category:
Rock Mechanics
Geochemistry of Tailings from the Mount Polley Mine, British Columbia
Chris Kennedy, Stephen Day, C.D. Anglin, October 2016
Category:
Mine Waste
Just Add Water: The Importance of Groundwater in Your Mine Feasibility Study
Paul Williams, Vladimir Ugorets, Geoff Baldwin, October 2016
Category:
Water Management
Developing Bauxite Projects – Planning for a Quality Product
Filip Orzechowski, October 2016
Category:
Project Evaluation, Geology, Mining, Metallurgical
Numerical Simulation of the Scale Effect on particle Breakage in Rockfill Dams
B. Kolev, M. Taiebat, A. Lizcano, A. Pak, October 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
Conditional Bias in Kriging – Let’s Keep It
Marek Nowak, Oy Leuangthong, September 2016
Category:
Geology
Regional Integrated Structural and Alteration Analysis of Magnetic and Infrared Remote Sensing Data from the Kerman Belt, Iran
Anna Fonseca, A Miscovic, James Siddorn, S. Monoury, M. Rahimi, September 2016
Category:
Geology
Structural control of hydrothermal alteration of BIF and formation of goethite-dominant mineralisation in the northern Mauritanide Belt
Bert De Waele, September 2016
Category:
Geology
Geochemical characterisation of Pb‐Zn‐Cu and Ba mineralisation in the Lower Cretaceous sediments of the Coastal Basin, Gabon, Central Africa
Mathieu Lacorde, Cherie Leeden and Regina Molloy, September 2016
Category:
Geology, Geochemistry
Regional GIS based exploration targeting studies in data poor environments
Matthew Greentree, Mathieu Lacorde and Bert De Waele, September 2016
Category:
Geology
Protecting Mineral Reserves by Managing Social and Environmental Risk
Roger Dixon, Andrew van Zyl, Matthew Law, Paul Jorgensen, September 2016
Category:
Environmental/Social
Application of numerical methods to underground excavations
Iñaki García Mendive and Alejo Sfriso, August 2016
Category:
Rock Mechanics
Cerro Vanguardia open pit mining: Database management for stability analyses
Iñaki García Mendive and Alejo Sfriso, August 2016
Category:
Rock Mechanics
Staying in the game – the importance of engineering based decisions
Peter Fairfield, August 2016
Category:
Mining
Arenal Deeps: application of numerical methods to 2D and 3D stability analyses of underground excavations
Iñaki García Mendive, Uriel Sterin, Gonzalo Rellán and Alejo Sfriso, August 2016
Category:
Rock Mechanics
Geotechnical data collection and presentation - it starts and ends with a vision
Louie Human and Ben Jupp, August 2016
Category:
Geotechnical
Successfully Implementing Technology-Driven Change in the Mining Environment
Bob McCarthy, August 2016
Category:
Mining
An Overview of Lithium Brine Exploration for Resource Estimation
Camilo de los Hoyos, August 2016
Category:
Geology
Design and development of a decline shaft through poorly consolidated Kalahari deposits at Ghaghoo Diamond Mine.
Alan Naismith, Dr Graham Howell, Howard Marsden, July 2016
Category:
Geology, Mining, Geotechnical
Tailings central thickened discharge; challenges faced and lessons learned from design to operation
Pepe Moreno and Nicholas Thompson, July 2016
Category:
Mine Waste
A methodology to select valid results from Lab tests to estimate properties of intact rock with microdefects
Andrea Russo, Esteban Hormazabal, June 2016
Category:
Rock Mechanics
Sustainable Development through Mining - Value of a Social License to Operate
Cathryn MacCallum, June 2016
Category:
Environmental/Social
PDAC Volunteers - The Lifeblood of An Association
Interview with James Siddorn, June 2016
Category:
Other
Assessment of feasibility dewatering for Star and Orion South pits and hydrogeological impacts
Vladimir Ugorets, Cristian Pereira, May 2016
Category:
Hydrogeology, Water Management
Acid Mine Drainage Risk Assessment To Inform Mine And Closure Planning
Alison Hendry, Claire Linklater, Russell Staines and John Chapman, May 2016
Category:
Geochemistry
Interpretation and application of hydrogeological concepts to commercial-scale brine extraction projects
Pablo Cortegoso, Terry Braun, Vladimir Ugorets, Cristian Pereira, May 2016
Category:
Civil Engineering, Water Management
