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AziSA: An architecture for underground measurement and control networks - 2nd CSIR Biennial Conference

Author: Stewart, R ; Donovan, SJ ; Haarhoff, J ; Brink, V ; Vogt, D Date: Nov 2008 Labour-intensive drill-and-blast mining, as conducted on the major South African gold and platinum mines, is often not tightly managed due to the lack of good information about what is going on underground. As a result, mining operations tend ... Read more
AziSA: an architecture for underground measurement and control networks - 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communications...

Author: Stewart, R ; Donovan, SJ ; Haarhoff, J ; Vogt, DR Date: Aug 2008 AziSA is an architecture for measurement and control networks that can be used to collect, store and facilitate the analysis of data from challenging underground environments. AziSA defines four node classes, two (Classes Four and Three) for ... Read more
AziSA: improving mining decisions with real time data

Author: Vogt, D ; Brink, AVZ ; Stewart, R ; Donovan, SJ ; Haarhoff, J Date: Oct 2008 South African underground hard rock mines are typically managed using measurements made daily, weekly or even monthly of key parameters face advance, readiness to blast, blast success, temperature or dust levels. Health, safety and productivity ... Read more
Further validation of bracket pillar design methodology

Author: Vieira, F ; Dede, T ; Stewart, R ; Ruskovich, A Date: Jul 1998 Design charts for bracket pillar design were developed under a previous SIMRAC project GAP 223 to provide rock mechanics engineers with an initial estimate of bracket pillar sizes for clearly identified geological discontinuities, based on ... Read more
Investigate the rock mechanics aspects of potholes in the platinum mines, their contribution to poor ground conditions, and if proactive identification is possible

Author: Urcan, H ; Grodner, M ; Watson, B ; Lamos, RA ; Roberts, MKC ; Stewart, R ; Squelch, AP ; Le Grange, R ; Xaba, D Date: Jul 2003 The main aim of this project was to define and quantify the effect of potholes on ground conditions in platinum stopes, and assess whether these changes could be used to predict the occurrence of potholes ahead of stope faces. In order to ... Read more
Mining research for enhanced competitiveness

Author: Vogt, D ; Brink, VZ ; Donovan, S ; Ferreira, G ; Haarhoff, J ; Harper, G ; Stewart, R ; Van Schoor, Michael Date: Nov 2008 Mining is very important to South Africa, contributing 7% of GDP directly, and 15% indirectly and employing more than 450 000 people. With the world’s largest resources of gold, platinum and ferrochrome, and major coal resources, mining will ... Read more

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