jwaneng mine slope failure

Debswana investigations of Jwaneng mine slope failure ...

2012-12-17 · Months after the slope failure that claimed the life of an employee at Jwaneng mine, Debswana is still undertaking several technical investigations to enable them understand the geological make-up of the rock structure and how it could have interfaced with any other causes to result in the slope failure.

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Economic risk evaluation at the Jwaneng mine | SRK News

The probabilities of failure and associated impacts for each slope scenario were integrated using a probabilistic framework to define the respective economic risk maps. The risk maps were presented for annual impacts on profit and impacts on net present value during the life of mine.

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Fatal accident at Jwaneng Mine :: Mmegi Online

2012-7-3 · It is with deep regret that Debswana announces the passing away of its employee, Motshwari Raseiteo, who met his death when the Jwaneng Mine pit experienced a slope failure at Cut 6 on June 29th ...

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Design principles for optimizing an established survey ...

2014-8-19 · slope failure. In this paper, we assess the existing slope monitoring design at Jwaneng Mine and develop recommendations in order to make it optimal. Jwaneng Mine has been running a slope stability monitoring programme since 1989. In 1995, there was a proposal to upgrade the monitoring programmes at the Letlhakane, Jwaneng, and Orapa diamond ...

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Debswana improves systems to avert another Jwaneng ...

2014-1-30 · Dimbungu pointed out that the slope failure that occurred in Jwaneng in June 2012 is a similar failure which occurred in October 2013. He revealed that the latter was predicted ahead of time and the mine managed to ensure there were no injuries to employees, no damage to equipment and no disruption to production.

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Rock Slope Stability Analysis by Using Integrated Approach

2020-8-3 · a fatal slope failure left casualties at Jwaneng large diamond mine in Botswana. The incident lead the company to resort to a push back and dip slope mining solution after recognising the structural complexity of the country rock [9] [10]. The failure at the mine was apparently triggered by a planar release along a

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The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

2015-4-10 · Effective use of slope monitoring radar to predict a slope failure at Jwaneng mine, Botswana F. Ramsden, N. Coli, and P. Farina, Debswana Jwaneng Mine, Botswana and IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A, Italy Geotechnical optimisation of Southern Ridge Cutback 3 at Rio Tinto Iron Ore Tom Price Operation

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JWA-E83616: GEOTECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE CUT 8

2019-1-30 · Jwaneng Mine through Geotechnical Section is currently running Cut 8 Optimisation project for the modelling and analysis of the geotechnical data collected from the Cut 8 side of the pit. The constructed models from the data will be used as input to the dynamic Cut 8 slope design. Experienced companies within Botswana are invited to assist

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Slope Stabilization in an Open Pit Mine

2021-12-21 · The De Beers Botswana Mining Company was formed in 1969. Orapa Mine started production in 1971 whereas Letlhakane Mine started in 1976. In 1973, De Beers geologists discovered the Jwaneng pipe, which would become the richest diamond mine in the world. In 1991, the company changed its name to Debswana Diamond Company (Pty)

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The Bingham Canyon Mine slope failure - MINING.COM

2013-4-15 · Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world. It has been in production since 1906, and features a pit almost one kilometre deep and 4km wide. Ted Himebaugh, Kennecott’s ...

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Economic risk evaluation at the Jwaneng mine | SRK News

The probabilities of failure and associated impacts for each slope scenario were integrated using a probabilistic framework to define the respective economic risk maps. The risk maps were presented for annual impacts on profit and impacts on net present value during the life of mine.

Read More

Rock Slope Stability Analysis by Using Integrated Approach

2020-8-3 · a fatal slope failure left casualties at Jwaneng large diamond mine in Botswana. The incident lead the company to resort to a push back and dip slope mining solution after recognising the structural complexity of the country rock [9] [10]. The failure at the mine was apparently triggered by a planar release along a

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Fatal accident at Jwaneng Mine :: Mmegi Online

2012-7-3 · It is with deep regret that Debswana announces the passing away of its employee, Motshwari Raseiteo, who met his death when the Jwaneng Mine pit experienced a slope failure at Cut 6 on June 29th ...

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(PDF) Structural data bias assessment at Jwaneng Mine

hosted in structurally complex country rock: dip slope mining at Jwaneng Mine, Botswana’, Proceedings of the 11th International Kimberlite Conference , vol. 11, Gaborone.

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Diamonds.net - De Beers Reports Fatality at Jwaneng Mine

2012-7-8 · Motshwari Raseiteo, 34, died when the Jwaneng pit experienced a slope failure, or a sudden rock or wall collapse, at ‎the Cut 6 side of the mine at around 4 a.m. that day. The ‎rescue team reached the victim, who had been trapped inside his vehicle, on

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The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

2015-4-10 · Effective use of slope monitoring radar to predict a slope failure at Jwaneng mine, Botswana F. Ramsden, N. Coli, and P. Farina, Debswana Jwaneng Mine, Botswana and IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A, Italy Geotechnical optimisation of Southern Ridge Cutback 3 at Rio Tinto Iron Ore Tom Price Operation

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JWA-E83616: GEOTECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE CUT 8

2019-1-30 · Jwaneng Mine through Geotechnical Section is currently running Cut 8 Optimisation project for the modelling and analysis of the geotechnical data collected from the Cut 8 side of the pit. The constructed models from the data will be used as input to the dynamic Cut 8 slope design. Experienced companies within Botswana are invited to assist

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Slope Stabilization in an Open Pit Mine

2021-12-21 · The De Beers Botswana Mining Company was formed in 1969. Orapa Mine started production in 1971 whereas Letlhakane Mine started in 1976. In 1973, De Beers geologists discovered the Jwaneng pipe, which would become the richest diamond mine in the world. In 1991, the company changed its name to Debswana Diamond Company (Pty)

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Slope stability challenges and solutions for mining ...

2020-6-11 · Figure 5: Pit wall conditions before and after implementation of dip slope mining Conclusions The dip slope mining solution proved highly effective in drastically reducing the stability challenges that were experienced in the eastern Cut 8 slopes. References Contreras, L. F., 2010. Jwaneng Mine – Cut 8 Slope Geotechnical Design. SRK Report No ...

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The Bingham Canyon Mine slope failure - MINING.COM

2013-4-15 · Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world. It has been in production since 1906, and features a pit almost one kilometre deep and 4km wide. Ted Himebaugh, Kennecott’s ...

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Debswana suspends production at Jwaneng Mine after

2012-7-3 · Botswana’s leading diamond company, Debswana has suspended all production activities at its Jwaneng Mine following an accident last Friday, which claimed the life of its employee. The group public & corporate affairs manager Esther Kanaimba-Senai said Motshwari Raseiteo met his death when the mine pit experienced a slope failure at Cut 6.

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The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

2015-4-10 · Effective use of slope monitoring radar to predict a slope failure at Jwaneng mine, Botswana F. Ramsden, N. Coli, and P. Farina, Debswana Jwaneng Mine, Botswana and IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A, Italy Geotechnical optimisation of Southern Ridge Cutback 3 at Rio Tinto Iron Ore Tom Price Operation

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[PDF] Slope stability challenges and solutions for mining ...

2017-9-18 · The Jwaneng Diamond Mine diatremes have intruded the late Archean to early Proterozoic mixed siliciclastic – carbonate sediments of the Transvaal Supergroup. The structural geology of the country rock at Jwaneng Mine indicates that the area has been subjected to at least three deformational events. The first deformation (D1) is NW-SE directed compression

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Slope Stabilization in an Open Pit Mine

2021-12-21 · The De Beers Botswana Mining Company was formed in 1969. Orapa Mine started production in 1971 whereas Letlhakane Mine started in 1976. In 1973, De Beers geologists discovered the Jwaneng pipe, which would become the richest diamond mine in the world. In 1991, the company changed its name to Debswana Diamond Company (Pty)

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JWA-E83616: GEOTECHNICAL SUPPORT OF THE CUT 8

2019-1-30 · Jwaneng Mine through Geotechnical Section is currently running Cut 8 Optimisation project for the modelling and analysis of the geotechnical data collected from the Cut 8 side of the pit. The constructed models from the data will be used as input to the dynamic Cut 8 slope design. Experienced companies within Botswana are invited to assist

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Slope stability challenges and solutions for mining ...

2020-6-11 · Figure 5: Pit wall conditions before and after implementation of dip slope mining Conclusions The dip slope mining solution proved highly effective in drastically reducing the stability challenges that were experienced in the eastern Cut 8 slopes. References Contreras, L. F., 2010. Jwaneng Mine – Cut 8 Slope Geotechnical Design. SRK Report No ...

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Prediction of slope failure in open-pit mines using a ...

2020-6-18 · Slope collapse is a critical hazard in open-pit mines as it can be of any scale, small or large, and directly affect people, equipment, and production processes (Fig.

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The Bingham Canyon Mine slope failure - MINING.COM

2013-4-15 · Bingham Canyon Mine is the largest man-made excavation in the world. It has been in production since 1906, and features a pit almost one kilometre deep and 4km wide. Ted Himebaugh, Kennecott’s ...

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Slope Failure; its Types, Causes, Technical Terms.

2018-7-18 · Slope failures depend on the soil type, soil stratification, groundwater, seepage, and the slope geometry. We will introduce a few types of slope failure that are common in soils. 1. Translational Slide. Failure of a slope along a weak zone of

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Types of slope failure - Causes and Improvement of slope ...

Wedge failure. The slope failure occurred along the plane of the soil mass is known as wedge failure. It is also known as block failure or plane failure. This type of failure occurs when there are fissures, joints, or weak soil layers in slope, or when a slope is made of two different materials. Unlike translational, wedge failure can occur in ...

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