We are pleased to provide the session, title and corresponding author information for all approved papers that have been accepted by the Slope Stability 2011 Technical Committee. The detailed technical program will be posted as it becomes available this summer.
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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 and berm design – is it realistic? |
| Colin Jermy |
| Golder Associates |
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| Rock mass characterization and stability analyses of slopes abutting the Barrage of Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project, Uttarakhand Himalaya, India |
| Yoginder Raj Dhar |
| Indian School of Mines |
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| Uncertainty propagation in structural modeling |
| Marc Elmouttie |
| CSIRO |
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| Ground water and in-situ stress |
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| Integrated geotechnical-hydrogeological field programs in open-pit mining – 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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| A Correlation of slope velocity and Factor of Safety at Mt Owen Mine |
| 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 Failure of Bedded Rock Slopes |
| John V Simmons |
| Sherwood Geotechnical and Research Services |
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| Geotechnical Risk Management and Mitigation at Grasberg Open Pit, PT Freeport Indonesia |
| Michal Janusz Stawski |
| PT Freeport Indonesia |
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| Cedar Pit 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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| Towards a low cost 3D early warning system for unstable Alpine 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 of rock excavations, Interstate 90, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington |
| Thomas C Badger |
| Washington State Department of Transportation |
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| Investigating the effects of mining-induced strain in open pit slopes |
| Nick D. Rose |
| Piteau Associates Engineering Ltd. |
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| Slope Stability radar monitoring of a drape meshed pit slope at Mogalakwena mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
| David van Rensburg |
| AngloAmerican PLATINUM |
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| Slope monitoring 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 acquired monitoring data |
| Judith Festl |
| Technische Universität München |
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| Test: A compelling cae to test |
| Erik Eberhardt |
| University of British Columbia |
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| Use of ground-based synthetic aperture radar to investigate complex 3-D pit slope kinematics |
| Jordan Severin |
| UBC |
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| Numerical analysis and design methods |
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| Distinct element modeling of the fracture plane control 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 |
| Ian de Bruyn |
| SRK Consulting |
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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 International 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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| Numerical simulations of potential rock bridge failure within a naturally fractured rock mass |
| Davide Elmo |
| Golder Associates |
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| Slope Stability Study of the Main Pit Footwall, Koolan Island, Mount 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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| An Introduction to the Christensen Criterion – An Answer to True, Representative Modelling of Intact Rock Yielding/Failure? |
| 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 distinct element numerical modelling to determine ultimate pit slope stability in areas of highly dense relict underground op |
| 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 mining applications |
| 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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| Risk management of rockfall/rockslide hazard based on remote sensing techniques: The example of 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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| 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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| Rock mass characterization for large rock slopes |
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| Geotechnical Characteristics of the African Copperbelt 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’s Williams pit |
| James Mathis |
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| Photogrammetric mapping and survey assessment of complex structural geology in the design 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 the Weld Range Iron Ore |
| Diane Walker |
| SRK Consulting |
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| Rockfalls - analysis and control |
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| The Assessment of the Cover Requirement for a Buried Penstock affected by a Rockfall Hazard |
| James Edward Haley |
| Knight Piesold Ltd |
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| In situ experiments of rockfall in open pit coal mine |
| Anna Giacomini |
| The University of Newcastle |
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| Back-calculation of medium-scale rockfalls using an empirical GIS model |
| Christian Zangerl |
| alpS |
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| Possibilities and limitations of 2D and 3D rockfall modeling – finding an optimal way for the integration of protection systems |
| Bettina Sellmeier |
| Technical University of Munich |
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| Combining geology, morphology and 3D modelling to understand the rock fall distribution along the railways in the Fraser River Valley, between Hope an |
| Renato Macciotta |
| University of Alberta |
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| Rockfall Hazard Analyses and Rockfall Protection along the Adriatic Coast of Croatia |
| Zeljko Arbanas |
| Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Rijeka |
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| Three–dimensional rock fall 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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| Small scale open pit design with limited geotechnical knowledge and resources |
| Alan Thompson |
| WA School 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: A Case Study at Ok Tedi Mine |
| 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 Valley pit Big Bear pushback 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 hydrogeology 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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| Application of blasting fundamentals to argue a case for 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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| Analysis of natural rock slope deformations under temperature variation: a case study from Japan |
| Azania Mufundirwa |
| Hokkaido University |
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| Back analysis of landslides triggered by earthquakes – some implications for future practice. |
| 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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| A Review of Key Factors Effecting Mine Dewatering and Slope Depressurization |
| Jeremy Dowling |
| Schlumberger Water Services |
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| Large-scale Slope Instability at the Gold Quarry Mine, Nevada |
| Daniel Yi Yang |
| Knight Piesold Ltd. |
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| Large landslide at CH 24000 Simpang Pulai - Lojing Higway, Malaysia - A Case History |
| KAMAL BAHRIN JAAFAR |
| PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MALAYSIA |
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| Slope instability in jointed rock and design of ground support |
| Alan Thompson |
| WA School of Mines |
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| Progressive failure mechanisms in a slope prone to toppling |
| Derek Martin |
| University of Alberta |
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| Sandbox simulation of slope failure mechanisms with 3D digitizer |
| Michel Jaboyedoff |
| IGAR - University of Lausanne |
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| Limit analysis of seismic slope stability based on tension-shear failure mechanism |
| zhang yingbin |
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| Stochastic mechanical stability analysis of a high slope for a hydropower station |
| Weishen ZHU |
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| testing 2 - update3 |
| Daniel Louwe |
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| The influence of horizontal stresses on the failure mechanisms and slope stability assessments in Chador-Malu iron open pit mine |
| Reza Noorani |
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| Slope performance, optimization and risk |
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| Assessment, monitoring and ground control management of rock slope stability at the Red Dog open pit mine |
| Sonia D'Ambra |
| Golder Associates Ltd. |
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| Load Increasing Method for Analysis of Slope Earthquake Stability |
| Hardy Jinzhong Sun |
| China University of Geosciences |
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| De Beers Venetia 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 eastern pit wall of the Superpit; an example of a staged capital-delivered geotechnical design to increase 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 Maricunga Mine in 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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| Open Pit Mining through a River Sand in a Subarctic Climate using a Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall |
| 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, W. Australia |
| 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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| Test 2 |
| Wayne Gibson |
| Gibson Group Association Management |
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| Optimal Dip Angle for Cablebolting in Open Pits |
| Pedro Javier Valenzuela |
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| Remedial 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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