We are pleased to provide the title and corresponding author information for all approved abstracts that were submitted to Slope Stability 2011. Of 185 abstracts submitted, 150 abstracts were accepted to move on to the paper submission stage – our thanks go out to all submitters.
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| Assessment and implications of uncertainty |
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| Comparison of Borehole Discontinuity Data Collection Methods – Uncertainty and Quality Concerns |
| Colin Jermy |
| Golder Associates |
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| Error Quantification in Oriented-Core Data and its Influence on Rock Slope Design |
| Scott D Cylwik |
| Call & Nicholas, Inc. |
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| Open Pit Bench Failure Volume Analysis – How Realistic Is It? |
| Colin Jermy |
| Golder Associates |
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| Rock Characterization and Stability analyses of slopes abutting Barrage site at Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydropower Project, Uttarakhand Himalaya, India |
| Yoginder Raj Dhar |
| Indian School of Mines |
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| Uncertainty propagation in structural modelling |
| Marc Elmouttie |
| CSIRO |
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| Ground water and in-situ stress |
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| Development of an approach to characterize and model pore pressures in open pit slopes |
| Geoff Beale |
| Schlumberger Water Services |
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| Integrated geotechnical-hydrogeological field programs – a win-win situation? |
| Anthony Rex |
| SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd. |
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| Monitoring and managing slope movements |
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| A new and easy-to-use slope radar tool for mine production crews |
| David Noon |
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| Application of Time Series Modelling to Prism Monitoring Data as a Predictive and Analytical Tool |
| Brigette Danica Hendersonhall |
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| Controlled Failure |
| Wayne Bartlett |
| Thiess Pty Ltd |
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| EFFECTIVE USE OF THE SLOPE STABILITY RADAR FOR MINE SLOPE MONITORING – Reference to the Movement and Surveying Radar (MSR) |
| kayode stephen osasan |
| university of the witwatersrand |
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| Extensional Deformation Triggers for Potential Composite Slope Failure of Bedded Rock Masses |
| John V Simmons |
| Sherwood Geotechnical and Research Services |
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| Geotechnical Risk Management and Mitigation at Grasberg Open Pit |
| Michal Janusz Stawski |
| PT Freeport Indonesia |
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| Highwall and fault monitoring with photogrammetry at Elkview Mine |
| Elham Shamekhi |
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| IBIS-M, an innovative radar for monitoring slopes in open-pit mines |
| Paolo Farina |
| IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi SpA |
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| Low cost 3D early warning system for alpine instable slopes – the Aggenalm Landslide monitoring system |
| Kurosch Thuro |
| Technische Universität München |
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| Managing Pit Slope Stability at the Kemess South Mine - Changes Over Time |
| Robert Mercer |
| Knight Piesold |
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| Monitoring Underground Landslide Displacement: A new MMES based device |
| Andrea Segalini |
| DICATeA - University of Parma |
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| Ramp Failure - A Case Study of Monitoring and Management for Controlled Instability |
| Shonagh Walker |
| Oz Minerals |
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| Slope deformation monitoring for rock excavations, Interstate 90, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington |
| Thomas C Badger |
| Washington State Department of Transportation |
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| Slope Stability Hazard Zoning and Selection of Threshold Movement Rate Criteria Based on Inverse-velocity Trends and Forecasts of Debris Runout Potent |
| Nick D. Rose |
| Piteau Associates Engineering Ltd. |
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| Slope stability radar monitoring of a drape meshed pit slope at Mogalakwena Platinum Mine,Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| David van Rensburg |
| AngloAmerican PLATINUM |
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| Successful Monitoring for Risk Reduction and Back Analysis of the East Fault Failure, Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah |
| Jessica Bronson Doyle |
| Rio Tinto |
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| The Aggenalm Landslide - first findings of the aquired monitoring data |
| Judith Festl |
| Technische Universität München |
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| USE OF GROUND-BASED RADAR TO INVESTIGATE THE COMPLEX 3-D KINEMATICS OF A LARGE OPEN PIT SLOPE |
| Erik Eberhardt |
| University of British Columbia |
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| Use of ground-based synthetic aperture radar to investigate the complex 3-D kinematics of a large open pit slope |
| Jordan Severin |
| UBC |
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| Numerical analysis and design methods |
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| A numerical analysis of the presplitting controlled blasting method in bench blasting |
| Mansour Sharafisafa |
| Amirkabir university of technology |
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| A Phased Modelling Approach to Identify Passive Drainage Requirements for Ensuring Stability of the Proposed West Wall Cutback at Ok Tedi Mine, PNG |
| Ian de Bruyn |
| SRK Consulting |
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| Anisotropy models for slope design – an approach based on experiences with bedded iron ore deposits |
| Arturo F Maldonado |
| Rio Tinto Iron Ore |
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| Application of Numerical Modelling in Optimization of Jointed Rock Slope |
| Ganesh W. Rathod |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, |
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| Comparison between Russian Code of Practice and Western Style Slope Stability Analysis |
| Xander Peter Gwynn |
| SRK Consulting (UK) |
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| Determination of Shear Strength Parameters for Foliated Rock Masses |
| Sanjive Narendranathan |
| Coffey Mining Pty Ltd |
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| Distinct Element Analyses for Calibration of Rock Slope Properties |
| Jayanathan Mylvaganam |
| SRK Consulting |
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| Guidelines for groundwater modelling in large open pit mine design |
| Jim Hazzard |
| Itasca Consulting Group |
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| Integrated DFN-Numerical simulations of potential rock bridge failure within a naturally fractured rock mass |
| Davide Elmo |
| Golder Associates |
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| SLOPE STABILITY OF THE MAIN PIT FOOTWALL, KOOLAN ISLAND, MT GIBSON IRON |
| jin jun jiang |
| Mt Gibson Iron |
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| Stability analysis and fracture path simulation of jointed rock slopes subjected to combined opening-sliding deformations |
| Mohammad Reza Mohammad Aliha |
| iran university of science and technology (IUST) |
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| The Christensen failure criterion and the modelling of large open pit slopes |
| Reginald Hammah |
| Golder Associates |
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| THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM SLOPE STABILITY BENCHMARKING |
| Murray Fredlund |
| SoilVision Systems Ltd. |
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| Use of Three-dimensional Discrete Element Numerical Modelling to Determine Ultimate Pit Slope Stability in areas of undergound openings; Superpit, Kal |
| David Wines |
| Itasca Australia Pty Ltd |
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| Open pit-underground mining interactions |
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| Mining Open Pit through the Sishen Cave |
| Marnus BESTER |
| Anglo American Kumba Iron Ore |
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| Pit closure and decommissioning |
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| Remote sensing applications |
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| A GIS tool for objective suitability evaluation of the differential radar interferometry method for deformation monitoring of landslides |
| Simon Plank |
| Technical University of Munich (TUM), Chair for Engineering Geology |
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| Accurate LIDAR Change Detection For Slope Stability and Rockfall Monitoring |
| John Kemeny |
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| Advanced InSAR techniques for monitoring slope stability and ground movement |
| Giacomo Falorni |
| TRE Canada Inc. |
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| Applications of Advanced Laser Scanning Technology in Geology |
| Ananda Fowler |
| Riegl USA |
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| Assessment of rockfalls hazard in an active quarry and adjacent areas based on remote sensing techniques: Arvel quarry (Switzerland) |
| Michel Jaboyedoff |
| IGAR - University of Lausanne |
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| Assessment of Surface Roughness of Exposed Discontinuities |
| George Poropat |
| CSIRO |
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| Experience in the characterisation of large natural rockslides using terrestrial photogrammetry: Implications for large open pit slopes |
| Andrea Wolter |
| Simon Fraser University |
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| Integrated Numerical modelling and InSAR monitoring of a slow moving slope instability at Bingham Canyon Mine |
| Thomas Daniel Styles |
| AMC Consultants (UK) |
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| Probabilistic Rock Slope Analysis via 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanning |
| MArk Anthony Espinosa Pernito |
| AECOM |
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| Rock mass characterization for large rock slopes |
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| Geotechnical Characteristics of Central Africa Copper Belt Saprolites and their influence on Pit Slopes |
| Colin Jermy |
| Golder Associates |
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| Photogrammetric discontinuity mapping as applied to structural interpretation and drillhole planning at Barrick Hemlo |
| James Mathis |
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| Photogrammetric Mapping and Survey Assessment of Complex Structural Geology in the Design Analysis of Pit Walls; Superpit, Kalgoorlie. |
| Simon Andrew John Hewson |
| Kalgoorlie Consilidated Gold Mines |
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| Stability analysis of a large fractured rock slope using a DFN-based mass strength approach |
| Thomas Daniel Styles |
| AMC Consultants (UK) |
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| The Value of Comprehensive Geotechnical Information: A comparison of Pre-feasibility and Feasibility Study Design Outcomes at Weld Range Iron |
| Diane Walker |
| SRK Consulting |
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| Towards a methodology for characterising intact rock bridges and discontinuity persistence in large open pits. |
| Doug Stead |
| Simon Fraser University |
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| Rockfalls - analysis and control |
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| Assessment of the cover requirements for buried penstocks and pipelines affected by rock falls |
| James Edward Haley |
| Knight Piesold Ltd |
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| In situ experiments of rockfall in open pit coal mine and residual hazard assessment |
| Anna Giacomini |
| The University of Newcastle |
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| Internal deformation mechanisms of slowly creeping rock slides in crystalline rock masses |
| Christian Zangerl |
| alpS |
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| POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF 2D AND 3D ROCKFALL-SIMULATIONS CONCERNING THE DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL (DTM) |
| Bettina Sellmeier |
| Technical University of Munich |
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| ROCK FALLS ALONG THE FRASER RIVER VALLEY, BETWEEN HOPE AND BOSTON BAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA - PROCESSES AND FACTORS AFECTING THEIR DISTRIBUTION |
| Renato Macciotta |
| University of Alberta |
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| Rockfall Hazard Analyses and Rockfall Protection along Adriatic Coast, Croatia |
| Zeljko Arbanas |
| Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Rijeka |
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| Three–dimensional rockfall simulation in the mining environment using Hy_Stone |
| Joergen Pilz |
| Rio Tinto Technology & Innovation |
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| Slope design and acceptance criteria |
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| Application of GeoHazmap to the Pit Slope Design for the Detour Lake Project |
| Luiz Castro |
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| Batu Hijau Open Pit Slope Design Based on Geotechnical Models and Past Performance |
| Raimundo Almenara |
| PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara |
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| Design of small scale open pits with limited geotechnical information and resources |
| Alan Thompson |
| WA School of Mines |
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| Empirical slope design for mining friable ore bodies: Case study of Goan Iron ore Mines, India. |
| adibhatla Santha Ram |
| Indian Bureau of Mines |
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| Geotechnical Design of the Jwaneng Mine Cut 8 |
| Marc Ruest |
| De Beers Group Services |
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| High Rock Slope Cutback Geotechnics |
| Norbert Richard Baczynski |
| Ok Tedi Mining Limited |
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| Integrated Geotechnical Feasibility Analysis for an Open Pit Mine In the Canadian Arctic |
| Martin Grenon |
| Université Laval |
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| Investigation, Design and Development of the Big Bear Pushback on the East Wall of the Valley Pit at the Teck Highland Valley Copper Mine |
| Sebastien Fortin |
| Teck Resources Ltd. |
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| Slope Design in Large Open Pit Mines |
| Martyn Robotham |
| Rio Tinto |
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| SLOPE OPTIMIZATION FOR THE HYPOGENE PROJECT AT CARMEN DE ANDACOLLO PIT, CHILE. |
| Esteban Eduardo Hormazabal |
| SRK CONSULTING CHILE |
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| The role of bedding planes in Guadalquivir Blue Marls on the slope stability in Cobre Las Cruces open pit |
| Jose Miguel Galera |
| SUBTERRA Ingenieria |
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| Slope design in arctic conditions and extreme climates |
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| Fully coupled 3d deformation and hydrology simulation of an open pit slope in arctic conditions |
| David Alexander Beck |
| Beck Arndt Engineering |
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| Measuring Discontinuity Orientation in High Temperature Boreholes |
| Jerry Szymakowski |
| Newcrest Mining Limited |
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| Slope excavation, blasting techniques and quality control |
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| Returning to the Observational Method for optimising extraction in open pits through practical limit blasting. |
| Emirch Hamman |
| AngloGold-Ashanti |
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| Slope failure mechanisms |
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| A new approach to assess open pit slope stability |
| Gary Dennis Dempers |
| Dempers & Seymour Ptry Ltd |
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| Azania_2011 |
| Azania Mufundirwa |
| Hokkaido University |
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| Earthquake induced rock slope failures |
| William Murphy |
| University of Leeds |
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| Failure mechanisms and rock mass damage of high rock slopes in open pit mine |
| Enrique Zea |
| Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde S.A.A. |
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| Geotechnical and Hydrogeologic Controls on the South Wall O-Slide Domain at Bingham Canyon. |
| Jeremy Dowling |
| Schlumberger Water Services |
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| Geotechnical Characterization and Analysis of a Large-scale Slope Instability at the Gold Quarry Mine |
| Daniel Yi Yang |
| Knight Piesold Ltd. |
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| Large landslide at CH 24000 Simpang Pulai – Lojing Highway, Malaysia - Case History |
| KAMAL BAHRIN JAAFAR |
| PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MALAYSIA |
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| Prediction of slope instability in jointed rock and design of ground support |
| Alan Thompson |
| WA School of Mines |
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| Progressive failure mechanisms in slopes prone to toppling |
| Derek Martin |
| University of Alberta |
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| Sand box simulation of slope failure mechanisms with microLiDAR |
| Michel Jaboyedoff |
| IGAR - University of Lausanne |
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| Seismic Slope Stability Analysis Based on Tension-shear Failure Mechanism |
| zhang yingbin |
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| Stochastic mechanical analysis on stability of high and steep slopes in dam area for a hydropower station |
| Weishen ZHU |
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| Daniel Louwe |
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| The influence of horizontal stresses on the failure mechanisms and hazards of instability in Chador-Malu iron open pit mine |
| Reza Noorani |
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| Slope performance, optimization and risk |
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| A case study on rock slope stability of open pit mine: Red Dog Mine |
| Sonia D'Ambra |
| Golder Associates Ltd. |
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| Analysis of Slope Dynamic Overloading Earthquake Stability |
| Hardy Jinzhong Sun |
| China University of Geosciences |
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| De Beers Venetia Mine Cut 4 Slope Optimization |
| Josef Ekkerd |
| De Beers Venetia Mine |
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| Geotechnical implications of tropical weathering profiles in Iron Ore |
| alice geraldine jack |
| SRK Consulting |
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| Highwall Slope Stabilisation by the Softwall Method |
| Ian Kelso |
| Thiess Pty Ltd Australian Mining |
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| Optimisation of the Life of Mine Eastern Wall at the Superpit; an Example of a Staged Capital-delivered Geotechnical Design to Improve Project Value |
| Simon Andrew John Hewson |
| Kalgoorlie Consilidated Gold Mines |
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| Risk Based Geotechnical Slope Reconciliation at Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Pilbara Operations |
| Rebecca Anne Dixon |
| Rio Tinto Iron Ore |
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| SLOPE DESIGN FOR LOBO-MARTE PROJECT, CHILE. |
| Esteban Eduardo Hormazabal |
| SRK CONSULTING CHILE |
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| The Wallaby Mine: Maintaining Pit Wall Stability for Continued Underground Mining |
| Emma Kate Jones |
| Barrick Australia |
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| Wall Stability Implications of Open Pit Mining through Transported Soils in a Subarctic Climate |
| Marc Rougier |
| Golder Associates Limited |
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| Support, drainage and stabilisation of slopes |
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| Applicability of the "Observational Method" to Manage Slope Depressurisation in a Large Open-Cut Mine, South East Prongs Pit, Tom Price, Western Austr |
| Christopher New |
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| Design, implementation and monitoring of novel rehabilitation measures in an open pit gold mine |
| Alan Thompson |
| WA School of Mines |
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| Jan 6 test - WSG |
| Wayne Gibson |
| Gibson Group Association Management |
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| Optimal Dip angles for Cablebolts in Open Pits |
| Pedro Javier Valenzuela |
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| Retaining measures for the restoration of an extensive rock slope failure at the right abutment of the Thisavros Dam, Nestos River, Greece |
| Constantions Loupasakis |
| National Technical University of Athens |
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| The role of depressurization in stabilizing a large pit slope in northern Peru |
| VICTOR PEREZ |
| MINERA YANACOCHA |
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