Enhanced mining safety by rock bolt monitoring

Purpose and goal The primary aim of the project was to develop a prototype system for testing in the mining environment and to carry out lab and field tests in a mine. Secondary…

Dynamic rock bolts for the people, the environment and the economy

Idetävlingsvinnare 2015 Purpose and goal The purpose and goal of this project was to take NMP’s dynamic friction rock bolt to the market for validation that the rock bolt significantly reduced the risk…

Development of a numerical modeling method for assessing the risk of seismically induced damage in deep mines

Purpose and goal The purpose of this project is to improve mining safety, decrease damage to mine infrastructure and mining equipment, decrease production disturbances and reduce ore losses caused by dangerous rockburst events….

Estimation of the risk of rockfall and optimisation of rock reinforcement in deep underground mines

Purpose and goal The aim of this project is to improve safety and productivity, and reduce the ore losses, dilution and the amount of waste rock by improving the ground control strategy. Objectives…

Development of a test method and facility for generic rock bolt performance tests

Purpose and goal The main purpose of the project is to enable comparable tests for all kinds of rock reinforcing bolts available on the market to be performed and to be comparable. The…

Development of a new methodology for evaluating rock support performance in seismically active mines

Purpose and goal The project’s goals were met. Methods (i) that relate seismic parameters to other factors affecting damage to rock and rock reinforcement, (ii) for evaluation of the rock reinforcement function through…