Surface and Underground Excavations : Methods, Techniques and Equipment (2nd edition) covers the latest technologies and developments in the excavation arena at any locale: surface or underground. In the first few chapters, unit operations are discussed and subsequently, excavation techniques are described for various operations: tunnelling, drifting, raising, sinking, stoping, quarrying, surface mining, liquidation and mass blasting as well as construction of large subsurface excavations such as caverns and underground chambers. The design, planning and development of excavations are treated in a separate chapter. Especially featured are methodologies to select stoping methods through incremental analysis.
Furthermore, this edition encompasses comprehensive sections on mining at ‘ultra depths’, mining difficult deposits using non-conventional technologies, mineral inventory evaluation (ore – reserves estimation) and mine closure. Concerns over Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), environment and loss prevention, and sustainable development are also addressed in advocating a solution to succeed within a scenario of global competition and recession.
This expanded second edition has been wholly revised, brought fully up-to-date and includes (wherever feasible) the latest trends and best practices, case studies, global surveys and toolkits as well as questions at the end of each chapter. This volume will now be even more appealing to students in earth sciences, geology, and in civil, mining and construction engineering, to practicing engineers and professionals in these disciplines as well as to all with a general or professional interest in surface and underground excavations.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : Rocks, Minerals and Mineral Inventory Evaluation Chapter 3 : Prospecting, Exploration & Site Investigations Chapter 4 : Drilling Chapter 5 : Explosives and Blasting Chapter 6 : Mucking, Casting and Excavation Chapter 7 : Transportation – Haulage and Hoisting Chapter 8 : Supports Chapter 9 : Drives and Tunnels (Conventional Methods) Chapter 10 : Tunneling by Roadheaders and Impact Hammers Chapter 11 : Full-Face Tunnel Borers (Tbms) & Special Methods Chapter 12 : Planning Chapter 13 : Excavations in Upward Direction – Raising Chapter 14 : Shaft Sinking Chapter 15 : Large Sub-Surface Excavations Chapter 16 : Underground Mining/Stoping Methods & Mine Closure Chapter 17 : Surface Excavations Chapter 18 : Hazards, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), Environment and Loss Prevention Chapter 19 : Sustainable Development