The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) hosts a valuable deposit of polymetallic nodules. Understanding the geology this is key to its effective exploration and future mining. Interpretation satellite derived bathymetry elucidates large scale geomorphological units structural that characterize area. Main Map includes distinct plains, rises, lows abyssal hills, steps trough along parts bounding fractu...

Geology and the detailed understanding of its properties are fundamental to the optimal design and successful operation of any mine. To that end, extensive fieldwork was conducted at Sandsloot open pit (PPRust— Anglo Platinum) to collect geotechnical information both from exploration boreholes and in-pit mining faces. Over a fie-year period, geotechnical data were collected from 29, 213 m of ex...

Mining tailings represent a generating source of rich heavy metal material with a potential danger the public health and the environment, since these metals, under certain conditions, can leach and contaminate aqueous systems that serve like supplying potable water sources. The strategy for this work is based on the observation, experimentation and the simulation that can be obtained by binding...

In the present study, we describe a method for estimating the reserve in an ornamental granite deposit. The method is adapted to the existing optimised mining method and provides a more realistic estimate of commercial quality than conventional methods. Using a batholith geology-mining map, a description of fracturing in the mining area, and underground information provided by continuous-core b...

This paper introduces several notions and a collection of manuscripts compiled for special section The Extractive Industries Society on the temporal spatial trajectories mining territories. These papers were developed from presentations delivered at two international conferences held in 2018: TRAMIN (“Socio-environmental Trajectories Mining Territories”) conference Social Geology session RFG (“...

The selection of the most appropriate underground mining technology is not a simple process because it involves handling large amount information about several potential methods. Multicriteria optimization approaches are proven useful tools for ranking alternatives, especially in cases where multiple complex criteria have to be considered simultaneously. An ore deposit system its geology, physi...