Media Releases and Articles
2018
The ACG’s Online Repository – growth and opportunity
May 2018
One year on from the launch of the Online Repository of Conference Proceedings, the ACG looks at its performance, and towards opportunities for future development. Read more.
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2017
ACG celebrates 25 years of mining geomechanics excellence
June 2017
Established in June 1992, the Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) looks back in pride at the last twenty-five years and forward with enthusiasm and confidence to ACG’s future endeavours. Read more.
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2015
International Seminar on Design Methods in Underground Mining Report
December 2015
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics was delighted to welcome almost 100 delegates to Perth for the inaugural International Seminar on Design Methods in Underground Mining, held from 17-19 November 2015. Read more.
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Ninth International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics
October 2015
Following in the big footsteps of the highly acclaimed FMGM symposia, the Australian Centre for Geomechanics, with collaborating organisation Pells Sullivan Meynink, were delighted to host the Ninth International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics, during 9-11 September 2015, in Sydney – a first for Australia. Read more.
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18th International Seminar on Paste and Thickened Tailings
May 2015
Getting pasted is a street term of when one gets punched in the face or beaten up. Such was the case for mining 25+ years ago, following a number of tailings dam failures and the terrible conditions of abandoned mining sites around the world. Read more.
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2014
Are we really living and mining sustainably or are we just headed for an epic fail?
December 2014
In the global mining industry one increasingly hears of sustainability, sustainability science and sustainable mining. The focus on sustainability has arisen as a result of increasing concerns regarding the path of human socioeconomic development and environmental impacts. Read more.
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Seventh International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining
March 2014
The Seventh International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining (Deep Mining 2014), hosted by the ACG, took place in Sudbury, Canada, 16-18 September 2014. Read more.
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11th International Symposium on Mining with Backfill
March 2014
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics host the 11th International Symposium on Mining, 20–22 May 2014 in Perth, Western Australia. Read more
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Performance of dynamic support system in highly burst-prone ground conditions at Vale’s Copper Cliff Mine – a case study
January 2014
by D. Reddy Chinnasane, Dr Mike Yao, David Landry and P. Paradis-Sokoloski, Vale Canada Ltd., CanadaCopper Cliff Mine is located within the Copper Cliff Offset in the limits of the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Figure 1). The Copper Cliff Offset extends about 8 km south from the Sudbury Igneous Complex into the footwall rocks. Read more
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Seventh International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining Media Release
January 2014
The Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG) is proud to host the Seventh International Conference on Deep and High Stress Mining (Deep Mining 2014) in Sudbury, Canada. Read more
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