Welcome to the world-renowned series of technical monographs, published by the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) for the practising engineer.
JKMRC publishes a unique and widely-lauded series of monographs on mining and mineral processing, designed to help practitioners do a better job in operations, consulting, engineering services and research. These books combine practical method with scientific rigour by the world-renowned expertise available at JKMRC, and its peer groups, to deliver effective solutions to problems that professionals are required to solve in the field. Because of the applied research basis of the expert knowledge captured in the monographs, the books can also be a valuable aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Each book is designed as an integrated approach to a particular topic, written by top experts in the field and including many illustrative case studies.
- Mineral Comminution Circuits is the standard work on the operation and optimisation of comminution and classification circuits, and a guide to process simulation using JKSimMet.
- Open Pit Blast Design covers the blast design and monitoring methodology developed by JKMRC researchers over many years of applied research in Australia and overseas.
- Block Caving Geomechanics makes available the knowledge gained in the first International Block Caving Study.
- Guidelines on Caving Methods builds on this knowledge based on the succeeding Mass Mining Technology research program.
- Metal Balancing and Reconciliation provides metallurgists and geologists with the information necessary to practice these essential skills and complements the Draft Code of Practice developed as part of an AMIRA project.
- Statistical Methods for Mineral Engineers is a comprehensive and practical guide to collecting and analysing data, including plant trials
- Process Mineralogy is a wide-ranging treatment of principles, methods and technologies in this vital process discipline.
Explore the series below.
6. Block Caving Geomechanics – 2ndEdition
The International Block Caving Study I (1997-2004)
Project Manager: G.P. Chitombo
Edited by Professor Ted Brown
The Block Caving Geomechanics monograph, published in 2003, was extremely well received and deservedly lauded by practitioners in both the mining and geomechanics communities. This publication seeks to build upon that knowledge base and further articulate the more recent advances in the science associated with caving methods. It also represents the first in a new series of JKMRC monographs to be progressively released, covering such diverse topics as comminution, flotation, process mineralogy, metal accounting and statistics.
Caving is increasingly the mining method of choice for massive, low grade ore deposits. The various techniques and methodologies associated with the caving are now being applied on a global basis, though mostly in competent rock masses. They are also being increasingly considered in mining environments currently outside existing practice. The future technical challenges facing the Industry in such environments are considerable. Applications are now being assessed at greater depths, associated with significantly more problematic stresses and rock mass characteristics.
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