PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MINE PLANNINGAND EQUIPMENT SELECTION/CALGARY/CANADA/31 OCTOBER-3 NOVEMBER 1995

Mine Planning andEquipment Selection 1995Edited by

RAJK.SINGHALUniversite Laval, Quebec I Federal Government of CanadaInternational Journal of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment, Canada

ANILK.MEHROTRAThe University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

JOHN HADJIGEORGIOUUniversite Laval, Quebec, Canada

RICHARD POULINThe University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Associate editors

KOSTAS FYTAS & JEAN-LUC COLLINSUniversite Laval, Quebec, Canada

E.M.DESOUZAQueen's University, Kingston, Canada

A. A. B ALKEM A / ROTTERDAM / BROOKFIELD /1995

Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1995, Singhaletal. (eds)& 1995Balkema, Rotterdam. ISBN 90 5410 5690

Table of contents

Foreword xvn

Organization xix

1 Design and planning of surface and underground mines

Economic evaluation; Mine production; Mine simulation; Production scheduling;Computerized mine planning

Pit optimization of Sapan Dalam multi-seam coal deposit of Indonesia 3EY.Baafi, EMilawarma & CCusack

A dragline simulation model for complex multi-seam operations 9KY.Baafi, H.Mirabediny & K.Whitchurch

Planning of ore recovery parameters based on economical and mathematical modelling 15of ore drawingV.S.Bolkisev, V.N.Shashkin & KAAmiralin

A rational approach to the design of underground marble quarries 19M.Bosu, R.Ciccu & P.P.Manca

'INFRA' - Computer-aided planning of mine transportation systems 29C Buhrow

Managerial aspects of mining projects in remote sites 39AP.Chaves

Optimum open pit limit of Hekimhan-Deveci iron mine: Determination by the moving cone 45optimising techniqueADag&U.Ozer

Planning for safety: The use of risk assessment 49P.J. Foster & J. S. Edwards

Development of a short term planning tool at the Compagnie Miniere des Guemassa, 57ONA, MoroccoD.Goetz, P.Masurel, S.M.AitRahou & M.Sellami

Numerical methods and their user-friendly applications 65M.K.G6kay

Prediction of gas-geomechanic situation of coal-gas deposit during underground mining 71in panelG.I.Gritsko, B.VVlasenko & V.AFedorin

Top coal caving technology in dip thick coal seams 77Yu Haiyong, Wu Fengdong, Li Chongxun, Zhang Yongjiu, Zhang Yuliang & Yan Zhongyang

Meaningful rates of return for project evaluation 81M. M. Hajdasihski

Precision drilling extends the range of long hole blasting 89H.Hamrin

Peculiarities of recultivation by placer deposit mining 97V.F.Hnykin

Short-term production scheduling for open pit mines by PERT network with resource 103constraintsQinghuai Hu, Wei Wei & Shihong Fang

The study of rational bench height of deep open pit mines based on haulage cost 109Wang Jiachen & Liu Qi

The forecasting report of the moment of the mine retirement from the coal area mine fund 113/. G. Kondratova & N. S. Bulychev

Three dimensional modeling in planning ornamental stone quarries 117J.C. Koppe, AC.Zingano &J.F.C.L.Costa

Study and analysis of problems and disturbances caused by oversize boulders in a mine 121production system: A case studyU.Kumar

An intelligent system of optimizing the mine production planning of underground mine 127Yinglong Li, Xiaohua Chen & Guangxu Tong

Intellectual supporting system of VACS operator based on the fuzzy diagnostic model 131I.V.Lockshina

Computerized mine planning at Brunswick Mining & Smelting 137G.EMacPherson, P.G.Stothart & J.G.Torrance

Hydrotransport system simulation modeling for Syncrude's North Mine 143J.McTurk, P.Batty & D.W.Ellis

Hard dimension stone production by splitting and cutting methods in Italian quarries 151R. Mancini, M. Cardu & M. Fornaro

Layout and equipment of a modern high productive mine operation at great depths: 157The Ensdorf MineA Meyer & D.Gessner

UBC mining method selection 163L Miller-Tait, R. Pakalnis & R. Poulin

An expert system controlling ore flow in large scale orepass systems 169GMogi, J.Yamatomi & T.Adachi

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Block modelling and long range mine planning using SURPAC 177J.Nachmias & Y.Pavlov

Technogenic potash seams and their mining prospects 183M.P.Nesterov & V.Y.Marakov

Safety during filling of underground cavern gas storage 189AOtdhal&LHdjek

Underground hard-rock mining strategy development 193LD.Pareja & CW.Pelley

Re-examination of a century old mining area: Boleo, Baja California, Mexico 199D.M.Parkes

Exploitation planning in slate quarries by merging the recovery and quality indices 205H.G.Pereira, AJ.Sousa, T.Albuquerque, J. Ribeiro ScJ.Taboada

Coal mine pollution flows monitoring 209LAPuchkov, V.D.Ayurov &N.O.Kaledina

The mathematical model of interaction of mining and transport equipment at the quarry' s 215working zoneB.Rakishev, U.Djarlkaganov & J.Marat

Turning mining enterprises in Russia into private and joint-stock companies 221M.Revazov & S.Likhterman

Short term mining operation sequencing and control: The B2 approach as a case study 227J. Schleifer, M. Ismail & E. Caumartin

Application of deposit simulation model in mine design 231Hang Shu, Peng Yang & Guangxu Tong

Discussion on the mechanism of cut pulling in underground mines 235S. P. Singh

A field study of sources of hole alignment deviations 243T.Sinkala

On the issues of the solution of dynamics simulation of coal production within the coal 249mining process in coal facesP.Snapka

Fundamental considerations on a mining technology beyond continuous and longwall mining 255K. Spies

Contribution to ventilation of shafts during their closing 261V.Strakos&V.Kebo

Long term open pit scheduler 265B.Tolwinski & T.SGolosinski

Simulation for design, planning and control in the automated mine 271N.Vagenas, M.Scoble & G.Baiden

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An integrated approach to the extraction of the Rio Grande silver/ lead/ zinc orebodies 277at Mount IsaEMillaescusa, G.Karunatillake & T.Li

An interactive multiple criteria decision support system for production sequencing 285in an underground longwall hard coal mineF.LWilke & B.M.Winkler

Mine planning, pit design and production scheduling for Eshidiya phosphate mines 291J.Woreikat & F.Hayek

BEGS - A simulation model for assessing risks in mineral resources estimation 297EAWright

Mining's new frontier: The Fording Coal g.p.s. experience 303E.Wusaty&LPaulhus

Self-adaptive control of productional operations for surface mining 313Q.X.Yun & G.Q.Huang

Analysis of stability of gate entries in retreating longwall mining 319M. Zhang & A K. Bhattacharyya

Oil content estimation in sedimentary rock assisted by geostatistics 327AC.Zingano, J.F.C.L.Costa & J.C.Koppe

2 Mine equipment, materials handling and equipment maintenanceEquipment selection procedures; Pipeline transportation; Continuing mining systems;Drilling and blasting equipment; Change over to continuous mining systems; Dredging;Truck/shovel, draglines, conveyors, etc.; Mine maintenance; In-pit crushing!conveying

A detailed classification of rotating excavators 339LAdler & S.D.Thompson

Determination of equipment downtime/ breakdown and availability coefficients 343for continuous surface mining systemsZ.G.Agioutantis & CKavouridis

The economics and logistics of moving car bunker systems applied to modem underground 351coal minesP.M. Barlow

Equipment selection in the Iranian marble quarries (dimension-stone industry): Procedures 357and problemsS.H.Bassir

Conversion from bucketwheel to truck-shovel operation at Suncor, Oil Sands Group 363ABlazo

A systematic decision making model for optimum surface mining equipment selection 369T.Cebesoy, M.Go'zen & S.Yahsi

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Equipment selection for small scale mining 379M.W.Chanda

Estimation of the air quality index in the case of operation of numerous diesel-powered units 385in Greek underground bauxite minesJ.N.Economopoulos & P.T.Kontothanassis

Intelligent dispatch system for technological monitoring 391N.I.Fedunec, O. E. Fomicheva & D.G. Lasht

Research on the interval between equipment examinations 395Liu Fengtai, Gao Hongwei, Ma Yundong & Hu Mingdong

Diagnosis of machines running at unstable speeds of revolution 399B.Geropp, H.-W.Kefiler & P.Burgwinkel

Application of high angle conveyor at Majdanpek open pit copper mine 403M.Grujic & Z Stanisic

Selection of opencast mine equipment using knowledge base and genetic algorithm 409A Haidar & S. Naoum

Selection of drill rigs for development drifting in underground mines 415H.Hamrin & LGustafsson

Conveyor belt selection criteria 419M. Hardygora

Current collectors for trolley mine locomotives 423AB.Ivanov

Determination of the distribution function of conveyor belt operating time based on the belt 427modelL.Jurdziak & M. Hardygora

On-line fault diagnosis of a bucket wheel gear box in a German open cast coal mine 431H.-W.Kefiler, B.van den Heuvel, B.Bauer & B.Geropp

Double roll crusher - Tooth base and bimetallic cap developments 437A Khan, D. Reid, K. Obaia & D.Adamic

Modern mine maintenance: Toolbox, blackbox, or tribo-technology? 445R.LKincaid

The pipeline transportation of grinded copper ore at Cerovo mine - From concept 457to implementationD. Knezevic, Z Markovic, S Stupar, D. Dragic & D. Dumitrasknvic

Planning and keeping in operation of coal-cavings 463T.Kovacs & LNemeth

On the property of hydraulic coupling 469Li Guang Bu

Design of an economic mobile slasher for underground coal extraction 4755. N. Maity, S. K. Chaulya & B. B. Dhar

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BEdisp - A computer-based truck dispatching system for small-medium scale mining 481operationsG.N.Panagiotou & T.N.Michalakopoulos

Magnetic defectoscopy of steel ropes 487J.Pistora, M.Leshdk, D.Ciprian & V.Mddr

The problems of control of power consumption in the mining enterprises 493G. Pivnyak

The development of welded structures for mining equipment 497B. Powers

Maintenance characteristics of mobile mine equipment at Falconbridge Strathcona mine 505N. Runciman, N. Vagenas & R.A Howes

Simple and exact mining using surface miners 511B. Schimm

Measurement and analysis of dragline operating parameters for block excavation 517G.B. Sharrock, T.O.Aspinall & A Scott

Estimation of applicability of a drilling machine in Japanese open pit limestone quarry 523H.Shimada & KMatsui

An introduction of a continuous mining system in hard rock open pit mines using a modified 529surface minerEX. Spachtholz & F.LWilke

The use of off-the-road tyres in a Turkish opencast lignite mine and its importance in mine 535economicsM.ZSunu &AO.Yilmaz

Appropriate technology for the cleaner mining of coal by smaller operators 541LWade & T.T.H.Woodyatt

Performance analysis of PDC pin and hybrid core bits in rock drilling 547M. D. Waller & A Ersoy

Automatic selection of aggregate images from a moving conveyor belt 553W.Wang

Availability control and equipment monitoring on large hydraulic shovels with the aid 559of on-board computersU.Wulfert

Experimental study on estimation of leakage discharge through concrete crack 565H.Yanagi, S.Matuoka & T.Fukuhara

Semi-continuous coal haulage system in Chinese surface mines 571Y.D.Zhang, D.X.Zhang, X.C.Li, S.C.Yang & X.F.Wang

3 Innovative mining systemsMachine automation and control; Mine-wide data gathering and monitoring; Expertsystems; Automation in surface and underground mining; Equipment health andperformance monitoring systems

Research on the global optimization theory for mining engineering systems 579Jianshe Chai, Xianping Xie & Guangxu Tong

Fully automated laser system for surveying a stockpile from a tripper car 585B. Clifford

Integrating communications and applications in the automated underground mine 591J. Hackwood & R. Poole

Intelligence decision-making system for selecting tunnelling equipment 597Gao Hongwei, Zhang Youxiang, Liu Fengtai, Ma Yundong & Hu Mingdong

The system design principles of mining machines with the combined main parts 601Y.I.Klimov

Applications of a flexible automation and robotics in mining: Database for designers 605V.Konyukh

TMS™ - Total Mining Systems: An intelligent management, production control 611and planning facilityJ.Peck&CHendricks

Power- and resources saving technology of rockmass destruction 619AV.Rashkin, V.F.Kuzin & V.P.Myazin

Integrated computer system for planning and controlling mining 623P.Stepanov & G.Piven

Simulation and animation of surface mines in the Western United States 627J.R.SturgulJ.Tiedemann, CRitter & T.Fliess

Apparatus and programme providing microprocessory means of mining automation 635V.V.Tkachov & G.G.Pivniak

4 Surface mining and the environmentOff-site impacts of surface mining operations on reclaimed land; Self-sustainablereclamation and recultivation; Minesite closure decommissioning and reclamation ofcontaminated sites; Acid mine drainage

Methods and results of the field measuring of geotechnical rock properties on spoil banks 639of brown-coal minesJ.Aldorf

Ethics, surface mining and the environment 645W.Cragg, D. Pearson & J.Cooney

Monitoring systems in mining environmental management and control 651Lde SallesLeal Filho, W.T.Hennies, D.Owen & S.Durucan

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Integrated reclamation planning of disconfigured landscape after surface mining operations 657at Ghana Consolidated Diamonds limited (GCD), Akwatia, GhanaJ.AF.Fenteng, R.K.Asabere & G.B. Solomon

Ferric phosphate coating to prevent pyrrhotite oxidation 667Z Georgopoulou, K. Fytas, H. Soto & B. Evangelou

Surface coal mining in the South Wales environment 675M.J.Haigh

Opencast mine planning creates the prerequisite for environmental compatibility 683M.Hartung

Underground limestone mining in Brazil as an economic environmental issue 691W.T.Hennies, A Stellin Jr &LC. Ghizzi

The social and environmental effects of surface coal mining 699S Hey cock

Mine rehabilitation close to urban areas: The case of Itaquera Quarry, Sao Paulo, Brazil 705M. M. Ibrahim, S. M. Eston &L.E. Sanchez

Study on biochemical treatment of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and comprehensive 709utilization of its sludgeZhu Jianwei

Environmental approach and the future of mining in the Urals region of Russia 715AV.Khokhryakov, I.V.Dementyev & V.G.Albrecht

Modelling rainfall/runoff on reclaimed land 717M.P.Kilmartin

Classification of waste rock at Island Copper Mine for acid rock drainage potential 723D.Lister & G.W.Poling

Geotechnical stability of slope of the opencast mine of Czechoslovak army at the foot 729of the Ore MountainsO.Lost'dk

Tracking of heavy metals in drainage from abandoned mines, Big Cottonwood Creek, Utah 733R.LMcNearny

Principles and practises of sustainable development - With TransAlta examples 737D.AMikalson

The identification, location and assessment of abandoned mine hazards - The first step 747toward rehabilitationA Mitchell & W.O.Mackasey

Paniculate emissions from some sources in surface mining 759M.A -K. Mohamed

Lithological and mineralogical influences on pyrite oxidation during the generation of acidic 765drainageKJ.Mountjoy & G.W.Poling

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Environmental problems associated with blasting operations and their remedies 773C.B.Navalkar

Saline gold mine wastes in arid Western Australia: Revegetation establishment in the absence 779of topsoilJ.M.Osborne

Self-sustainable reclamation: Shrub and tree establishment on saline mine wastes 787J.M.Osbome

Environmental issues of energy use in mines 793G. G. Pivniak &AB. Ivanov

Risk management for mine waste and tailings 797R.Poulin

Environmental problems associated with mining of bentonite clay deposits at Boa Vista, 803Paraiba, BrazilC. M. M. Silva, S. M. Eston & E. C. Damasceno

Surface mining and the responsibility for environmental impacts: New situations 807and challenges for the Czech coal industry/. Svoboda & M. Vrbovd

Areal dubbing of mining activity in the largest mining company in the Czech Republic: 811Most Coal Joint Stock Company (JSC MUS)J.Tfiska

5 Geotechnical stability in surface and underground miningPre-mining investigation; Blasting and controlled blasting; Slope stability prediction andmonitoring techniques; Haulroad design and construction; In-situ instrumentation;Design and construction of waste dumps; Liquid storage and tailing ponds; Groundwater;Application ofgeotextiles; Slope stability analysis; Remote sensing; Pit slope stabilizationtechniques

Parameter optimization and control in blasting works for ore and coal mines 819V.Arad & SArad

The stability and reliability analysis of development openings in the Valea Jiului 825V.Arad & SArad

The feasibility study of waterproof and water-protection technologies on the basis 829of Ukrainian mining regions geotechnical systemsV.I.Bondarenko & LASadovenko

Buffer action in the carboniferous clays rocks located on hard coal heaps 833ZBzowski

A general stochastic methodology for rock work design 839R.Cotza & B.Grosso

Static collapse of mine waste fills 845R.F.Dawson & N. R. Morgens tern

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The objective laws of itself of landslides in the open pit mines 853AM.Demine & I.AGraur

Backfill in potash mines: Transportation and geotechnical issues 857E.De Souza

Seismicity at El Teniente mine 865R.Dunlop & SGaete

Performance tests on short length cable bolts in an underground room and pillar mine 871J.N.Economopoulos, D.H.Kotinis, N.J.Koronakis &AI.Sofianos

Stability of coal pillars in inclined coal seams 875M.H.Foroughi

Variable stress meter for monitoring rock mass structures 881F.Fujimura, W.T.Hennies & AC. Fernandes

Blastability of rocks - Studied cases 887F.Fujimura, L-Soares, W.T.Hennies & M.AResende Silva

Modelling of the underground water filtration in the drainage shaft region of Kremikovtsi 893open-pit mineDAGabeva

Rock mass as a dissipative thermodynamic system - New conception in open pit slope 899stability modellingR.AHalatchev

Selection of ground control instrumentation for potash, coal and hardrock 907G. H.Her get

Resistivity manifestations of slope deformations and subsidence basins 913LHofrichterovd, J.Mullerovd & KMiiller

Dumping patterns of coal wastes in Chinese underground mines 921ZhenqiHu & Hehe Gu

Research of general entropy in mining 927Song hualing. Sun baozeng, Yu bo, Liu lijuan & B.Lambrecht

The prediction of rock quality parameters by using neural network models 933YiHuang & P.-ALindqvist

Truck road slope design by using coefficient of equivalent haulage distance in the Yongping 939copper mineHuaJinyao, Zhoupuhe & Cai Sijing

Model of fines generation in coal blasting 945KKKabongo

Continuum and discontinuum modelling of mine pillars in jointed rock 953AP.Kapenis & C.E.Tsoutrelis

Geomechanical model of rock salt for stress and stability analysis of underground disposal 961cavernZ Kleczek & D. Flisiak

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A computer modelling system for three-dimensional stability assessment of slopes 967H. Kumsar & B. Denby

Codisposal of fine tails and overburden utilizing pipelining techniques 973E.R.F.Lord & W. Maciejewski

Dam construction and utility corridor relocation in-pit at Syncrude Canada Ltd 981J.MacNeil, LPiciacchia, R.Cameron & C.Ashton

Instrumentation of an advancing mine slope in the Athabasca Oil Sands 989G.T.McKenna & M.AB.Shelbourn

Large scale underground stoping of rock for aggregate production and subsequent use 999for storage or waste disposalK. Nielsen & A Myrvang

A computer program for kinematic analysis of rock slopes 1005AOcal &AOzgenoglu

A revegetation option for saline tailings in Western Australia 1011J. M. Osborne & D. R. Brearley

Performance monitoring on the excavability of dragline - A case study 1017M.Ozdogan, AG.Pasamehmetoglu, C.Karpuz, M.AHindistan & T.Bozdag

Stress-deformed state of laminated anisotropic environment with cavity or inclusion 1023N.D.Pankratova & AT.Vasilenko

Developing a mechanical hard rock splitter 1029J.Paraszczak, P.Dupont, J.Hadjigeorgiou & M.Savard

Application of geotextiles for stabilizing underground spaces 1037V.Pipiska, V.Sedlaty, J.Durove, M.Maras & J.Mihal

The application of the concept of brittle-ductile transition to slope behaviour 1041AJ. Poulsom

The effect of cutting pattern geometry on the performance of pick arrays in machine mining 1047F.F.Roxborough, ZCLiu & LChen

Design of up-building the tailing pond in the Copper Mine Majdanpek 1055P.Salatic, SDeusic, V.Salatic, M.Grbovic & M.Grujic

Geotechnical concerns with the design and application of spoil-side dragline operations 1061at the Vesta Mine, East-Central AlbertaC.Simpson & D.W.Horsfield

Bolted voussoir rock roof beds with large deflections 1069A /. Sofianos &AP. Kapenis

The influence of horizontal stresses on the stability of surface coal mine footwall slopes 1075D. Stead, E. Eberhardt & B. Benko

Sequential blasting: Problems faced by Chettinad Cements 1081KSSundar

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Integrated mine water management planning for environmental protection and mine 1091profitabilityL. F. Sawatsky, G. Beckstead & D. Long

A simple method to obtain size distribution of a rock heap 1095using its segregation characteristicsM.Ujihira, N.Takagai, KOgawa, SMizushima &N.Marutani

Reduction of environmental pollution caused by transport vehicles in quarries 1101VV.Ushakov

Industrial design and test of a backfill mining system under complex geological conditions 1103in ChinaGenxiang Yang & Jianjun Zhang

The system of geomechanical monitoring for block-layered massif of salt rock 1109M.AZhuravkov, SSAndreyko & M.D.Martunenko

Author index 1115

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