Wednesday (May 13) Morning

SESSION 13: HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT (8:30-10:00)

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Investigating Factors Influencing Fault-Slip in Seismically Active Structures

L.A.M. Castro, T.G. Carter & N. Lightfoot Golder Associates Ltd., Mississauga, ON, Canada

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4026

Research To Reality: Application Of Mining-Induced Seismic Hazard Maps

P. Vasak MIRARCO, Geomechanics Research Centre, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
A. Dasys MIRARCO, Engineering Visualisation and Optimisation, Sudbury, Canada

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4028

Re-entry Protocols for Seismically Active Mines Using Statistical Analysis of Aftershock Sequences

J.A. Vallejos & S.M. McKinnon Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

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4275

Characteristics Of Wenchuan Earthquake And Its Geological Hazard Effects

Wei Yun-Jie,Tao Lian-Jin,Wang Wen-pei Key Laboratory of Urban Security and Disaster Engineering, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing ,China

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SESSION 14: ROCKMASS CHARACTERIZATION AND SITE INVESTIGATION II (8:30-10:00)

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Stress Measurements At Great Depth At Craig-Onaping Mines, Sudbury Canada

E. Villaescusa, L. Machuca & C. Windsor CRC Mining, Western Australian School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia
B. Simser & S. Carlisle Xstrata Nickel, Onaping Ontario Canada

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4034

Statistical Multi-Scale Method Of Mechanics Parameter Prediction For Rock Mass1

J.Z. Cui 1,2 & F. Han 1 & Y.J. Shan 2
1 Department of Applied Mathematics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
2 Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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4035

Geomechanical Studies Of An Alpine Rock Mass

Tiziana Apuani , Gianpaolo Giani, Andrea Merri University of Milan - Dept. of Earth Science

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4169

A New Tool For The Field Characterization Of Joint Surfaces

D. Milne, C. Hawkes and C. Hamilton University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

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SESSION 15: USE OF LIDAR AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAM-METRY IN ROCK ENGINEERING II (8:30-10:00)

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Investigation Of Block Geometrical Properties Of The Shale-Limestone Chaotic Complex Bimrock Of The Santa Barbara Open Pit Mine (Italy)

N. Coli, P. Berry, D. Boldini & R. Bruno Department of Chemical, Mining and Environmental Engineering (DICMA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

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4015

Enhancing the Collection of Rock Mass Fabric Data for Open Pit Mines

C. Poon, A. Neufeld, F. El Madani & L. Castro Golder Associates Ltd., Mississauga, ON, Canada

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4145

Use of a stereo-topometric measurement system for the characterization of rock joint roughness in-situ and in the laboratory

B.S.A. Tatone & G. Grasselli Lassonde Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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4343

An in-Shovel Camera-based Technology for Automatic Rock Size Sensing and Analysis in Open Pit Mining

Shahram Tafazoli & Nima Ziraknejad Motion Metrics International Corp., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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SESSION 16: DEEP MINING II (10:20-12:00)

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Difficult mining conditions in 153 Orebody at a depth of 4550 ft at Vale Inco’s Coleman Mine

Z. Hosseini, R. Lewis Vale Inco Limited, Sudbury, Canada

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3994

Global Approach to Managing Deep Mining Hazards

R.P. Bewick, P.Eng. Golder Associates Ltd. Sudbury, ON, Canada
B. Valley, Ph.D. MIRARCO, Sudbury, ON, Canada
S. Runnalls, P.Eng., J. Whitney, P.Eng., & Y. Krynicki, P.Eng. Vale Inco Garson Mine, Sudbury, ON, Canada

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4002

Modeling of mining-induced seismicity migration

G. Wang a, P.K. Kaiser b & P. Vasak a
a Geomechanics Research Centre, MIRARCO, Laurentian Univ., Sudbury, Ont.,Canada
b Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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4010

Prevention and Control of Rockbursts in Dongguashan Copper Mine

L. Tang Central South University, Changsha, P. R. China
K. Xia University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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3986

Weak Rock Mass Span Design – Best Practices

A. Ouchi & R. Pakalnis University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
T. Brady NIOSH, Spokane, USA

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SESSION 17: HIGH SLOPES AND OPEN PITS (10:20-12:00)

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Importance Of Understanding 3-D Kinematic Controls In The Review Of Displacement Monitoring Of Deep Open Pits Above Underground Mass Mining Operations

J. Severin & E. Eberhardt University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
S. Ngidi Palabora Mining Company, Phalaborwa, South Africa
A. Stewart Piteau Associates Engineering Ltd., Vancouver, Canada

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3960

Numerical Modeling of Shear Stress and Displacement Reversals as a Pit Floor Passes a High Wall and Implications for Progressive Shear Strength Degradation

Navid Bahrani Geomechanics Research Centre, MIRARCO - Mining Innovation, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
Dwayne D. Tannant School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada

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3974

Influence of Shear Surface Geometry on Deformation Processes in Massive Landslides

K.S. Kalenchuk, D.J. Hutchinson & M.S Diederichs Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada

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4043

Selective Highwall Mining At The Dome Open Pit Mine

J.G. Henning Porcupine Gold Mines, South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada

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4420

A New Design Approach For Highway Rock Slope Cuts Based On Ecological Environment Protection

T. Lian-jin, Z. Li, W. Yunjie, W. Guang-yuan & Z. Yin-tao College of Architecture and Civil Eng, Beijing Univy of Technology, Beijing, China
S. Zhihui Zhong Zi Hua Ke Traffic Construction Techonolgy Co.Ltd.

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SESSION 18: INNOVATION IN GROUND SUPPORT AND INSTRUMENTATION II (10:20-12:00)

4030

Dynamic Testing Of Threadbar Used For Rock Reinforcement

J.R. Player, A.G. Thompson & E. Villasescusa CRC Mining, Western Australia School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, Australia

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4031

Quantifying The Rate Of Corrosion In Selected Underground Mines

J.F. Dorion, J. Hadjigeorgiou & E. Ghali Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada

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4061

In-Situ Measurements Of Cemented Paste Backfill In Long-Hole Stopes

B.D. Thompson, M.W. Grabinsky, & W.F. Bawden University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
D.B. Counter Xstrata Copper Kidd Mine, Timmins, ON, Canada

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4136

Dynamic Tests Of A New Type Of Energy Absorbing Rock Bolt – The D Bolt

C.C. Li The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
C. Doucet CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories, Ottawa, Canada
S. Carlisle Xstrata Nickel, Sudbury, Canada

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4127

Back-Analysis Of The Extreme Squeezing Conditions In The Exploratory Adit To The Lyon-Turin Base Tunnel

G. Russo & L. Repetto Geodata, Turin, Italy
J. Piraud & R. Laviguerie Antea, Orleans, France

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