New Publication coming..

Comprehensive Handbook on Mine Fill

About

Background

Co-editors Professor Yves Potvin, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, and Dr Ryan Veenstra, Newmont Corporation, together with world-wide mine fill experts, have written a new and comprehensive technical publication to examine the evolution of mine fill practice over the last two decades. This handbook’s aim is to advance the safe, efficient, and economic application of fill within the mining community.

This publication is a valuable reference for mining practitioners, early career geotechnical engineers, operating and regulatory professionals, consultants, academics, researchers and other mine fill peers.

Content

This comprehensive publication explores both the theoretical and practical aspects of mine fill application with a range of examples and themes to be explored such as:

Overarching theme: Mine fill within the mining and tailings life cycle
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Fundamentals
Mine fill constitutive materials
Classification and dewatering of tailings
Fluid mechanics of mine fill
Geomechanics of mine fill
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Operation
Mine fill management
Mine fill placement and risk mitigation
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Design
Mine fill exposure stability
Cemented rockfill systems
Hydraulic fill systems
Cemented paste mine fill systems
Underground distribution system
Early age behaviour of hydraulic and paste fill and their containment

The Comprehensive Handbook on Mine Fill is now available to purchase!

Handbook Co-Editors

Professor Yves Potvin
Professor of Mining Geomechanics
Australian Centre for Geomechics

Dr Ryan Veenstra
Principal Specialist Backfill
Gold Fields

Bronze Sponsors

Sponsorship

The ACG seeks sponsorship to assist with the production of their Comprehensive Handbook on Mine Fill. Due to the evolving nature of the underground geotechnical mining industry and the necessity to have the most current information, the need for this handbook is long overdue.

Email josephine.ruddle@uwa.edu.au for more information regarding book sponsorship and contributions.