Ground control products and technologies mitigate issues at depth

By Steve Fiscor, Editor

Rock mechanics is one of the areas that separates mining engineers from the other disciplines. Understanding the compressive strength of rock and the influence of stress and strain, they can safely determine the unsupported span for a development heading. Those ground support decisions are based on several factors including among others depth, ambient conditions and how long that area of the mine will be in use.
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