The name of the esub or epsub program must be a valid file name. It is the best video for understanding how to do sublevel stoping mining method. It is defined as a concentration of minerals that can be exploited and turned into a saleable product to generate a financially acceptable profit under existing economic conditions. It is a versatile and productive method that is primarily used for large ore bodies with a steep dip, regular shape, and defined ore bodies. Shortwall stoping versus sublevel longwall cavingretreat in eli coal fieds drawback of the clay, vehicles face the danger of sinking into the floor. Longhole sublevel stoping, often referred to as sublevel open stoping and blast hole stoping is a commonly used method in large scale mining. The cerro lindo mine is the largest underground mine in peru, currently mining more than 20,000 tonnes day.
Mining method evaluation and dilution control in kittila mine core. Shrinkage stoping is a shorthole mining method which is suitable for steeply dipping orebodies. Optimising sublevel stoping dimensions in orebodies. About copper mining and mining photo from copper mines in india by n g nair manager mines malanjkhand copper project. Sub level open stoping how is sub level open stoping. It sometimes is referred to as longhole or blasthole stoping. The first comprehensive work on one of the most important underground mining methods worldwide, geotechnical design for sublevel open stoping presents topics according to the conventional sublevel stoping process used by most mining houses, in which a sublevel stoping geometry is chosen for a particular mining method, equipment availability, and work force experience. Design and operation of caving and sublevel stoping mines. Main horizontal course or direction of a mineral deposit. Sublevel stoping mining methods are generally employed to extract steeply dipping tabular ore deposits characterized by relatively long strikes and having various thicknesses. Underground excavation made by removing ore from surrounding rock.
The second section describes underground mining equipment, with particular focus on excavation machinery such as boomheaders, coal cutters, continuous miners and shearers. Structural design of offshore units wsd method dnv gl as changes current changes current general this document supersedes dnvosc201, october 2014. Figure 3 sublevel open stoping method atlas copco, 2007 3. Shrinkage stoping article about shrinkage stoping by the. In chemistry, sublevels refer to energies associated with electrons. The subgradient method is a very simple algorithm for minimizing a nondi.
Ore is recovered from each sublevel in a planned sequence of primary and secondary stopes with delayed backfill in a manner to create a stress shadow to avoid high stress. So a level curve is the set of all realvalued solutions of an equation in two. This is a highly specialized me thod of stoping requiring expert input. Sublevel open stoping originated in the early 1900s in iron ore mines in michigan, usa. Igag cnr, torino italy 2 nitrex srl, sirmione bs, italy 3 politecnico di torino ditag, italy 4 unicalce, sedrina bg, italy. Im wondering if there are any really fast speed solvers using waterman. The sublevel stoping method was used with paste backfill, which had been experiencing overexcavation issues at the hangingwall and the front wall of the stopes. The fast marc hing method use the fact that the front propagates outward tag known values and update neighboring t values using the difference approximation pick unknown with smallest t will not be affected by other unknowns update new neighbors and repeat until all nodes are known store unknowns in priority queue, onlogn performance for n nodes. The substitution method for solving recurrences is famously described using two steps. Recall that a subgradient of f at x is any vector g that satis. Sub level stoping by jose cifuentes orellana on prezi. Being classified into sublevel open stoping and stage open stoping according to the stage height, sublevel open stoping with subsequent backfilling is being more and more widely used because of its safety and efficiency.
For sublevel stoping the ore body and walls should be strong enough to support open stoping. Sublevel stoping generally is a largescale open stoping method. Backfill practices for sublevel stoping system springerlink. This method is especially powerful when we encounter recurrences that are nontrivial and unreadable via the master theorem. Substruction is a strategy to critique the theory and methodology of research. Shrinkage stoping ascending method of mining advantages and disadvantages vertical crater retreat stoping introduction application developmental sequence of stopes production how cratering works. Capsula sub level stoping mem nube minera duration. It was developed over the years from a method originally known as short hole bench and train mining. The second half of the name derives from the caving of the hanging wall and. Mining method design, presented in this paper, is the result of long year investigation in the area of sublevel caving and sublevel stopping mining methods. Solve this linear system of equations by the substitution method. The design examples used in this dissertation is based on the o640, l651 and n659 stopes in the 3000 orebody of xstrata copper operations mount isa mine, located in. All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only.
Shortwall stoping versus sublevel longwall cavingretreat. This method is similar to cut and fill mining with the exception that after being blasted, broken ore is left in the stope where it is used to support the surrounding rock and as a platform from which to work. Economic comparison of drilling systems in sublevel stoping method. Other articles where sublevel stoping is discussed. Mechanized under ground mines, mechanized open pit mines. Here xk is the kth iterate, gk is any subgradient of f at xk, and. Sublevel stoping mining method black diamond drilling services australia pty ltd. The uniaxial compressive strength of the hangingwall is around 1 100 kgcm2. You must estimate or obtain binary parameters from experimental data, such as phase equilibrium data. In mathematics, a level set of a realvalued function f of n real variables is a set of the form. Plug this into either of the original given equations. However, if the changes on 12 september 20, dnv and gl merged to form dnv gl group. Theory, algorithms, and applications level set methods for. Bighole stoping method bighole stoping is an upscaled variant of sublevel open stoping, using longer, largerdiameter dth blastholes, ranging from 140 mm to 165 mm.
This method usually is applied to strong ore bodies that require minimal support and are surrounded by strong country rock. Generally a large scale open stoping method, it is often referred to as long hole or blast hole stoping. Sublevel stoping is one of the most useful underground mining methods in steeply dipping hardrock ore bodies. In vertical retreat mining the stope does not take the shape of a vertical slot. When we change the variable, we also change the limits of integration. The field data from sublevel caving method, applied in the ore bodies tilva ros and p 2a of jama bor, were very helpful. Dilution, narrowvein stoping, underground mining, electronic. Blast patterns are similar to sublevel open stoping, but with holes up to 100 m long. Pdf economic comparison of drilling systems in sublevel. Introduction the sublevel stoping mining method is usually applied to a relatively steeply dipping, competent ore body, surrounded by competent wall rock. The shrinkage stoping method is most suitable for lode deposits 0. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Theory, algorithms, and applications of level set methods for propagating interfaces. The ore body should be fairly regular in shape and welldefined.
The method looks very much like the ordinary gradient method for di. A sublevel is an energy level defined by quantum theory. Underground mining methods and applications production headframe hans hamrin 1. Sublevel stoping is a mining method in which ore is blasted from different levels of elevation but is removed from one level at the bottom of the mine. Design and operation of caving and sublevel stoping mines stewart, daniel r. Text affected by the main changes in this edition is highlighted in red colour.
I usually do 2x2, so im looking for a corners first method. Spring 2009 for information about citing these materials. What is the difference between sublevel stopping and. In physics, sublevels may also refer to energies associated with the nucleus. In sublevel stoping, shorter blastholes are drilled from sublevels located at shorter vertical intervals along the vertical stope. This high strength causes the occurrence of big blocks4. Thus, at each iteration of the subgradient method, we take a step in the direction of a negative subgradient. We can use the substitution method to establish both upper and lower bounds on recurrences. Activity coefficient method 6 advantages and disadvantages the activity coefficient method is the best way to represent highly nonideal liquid mixtures at low pressures. This method owes the first part of its name to the fact that work is carried out on many intermediate levels that is, sublevels between the main levels. Niels bohrs earliest quantum theory said that electrons occupy spherical shells centered on the atomic nucleus, such as the two electron. Development of the infrastructure for both these stoping methods is.