MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009

THEME: DATA GATHERING & GEOTECHNICAL MODELS

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• Keynote Lecture: Pit Slope Design Process – Peter Stacey
• Mathis JI - Bench-Inter-ramp-Overall: a guide to statistically designing a rock slope
• Ortiz R & Silva R - Probabilistic analysis of bench scale stability through diverse analytical tools

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• Elmouttie M, Poropat G & Hamman ECF - Simulations on the sensitivity of rock structure models to field mapped parameters
• Lambert C & Coll C - A DEM approach to rock joint strength estimates
• Stead D, Sturzenegger M, Elmo D & Eberhardt E - Rock slope characterization for large open pits and high mountain slopes
• Dight PM & Bogacz W - The role of a deposit Tectogenesis in pit slope design
• Gill RC - A Quick Analysis Tool to Show Cost Savings in Pit Wall Angle Changes

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• Major G, Sharon R & Yuan P - Optimizing designs of high slope in transported materials and residual soils
• Aquino TVC, Franca BP & Figuerredo RP - Strength of friable hematite and its influence on failure mechanisms – Vale iron Mines, Brazil
• Dutton A, Coll C & Nolan D - Deep seated low wall deformation at Tutupan coal mine

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009

THEME: DATA RELIABILITY & SLOPE DESIGN

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Keynote Lecture: Data Uncertainty – John Read

Keynote Lecture: Slope Design Methods – Loren Lorig

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• Contreras L, Steffen OKH & Terbrugge P - Use of data confidence categorization in the slope design process
• Harr ME - Quantifying the reliability of rock slopes
• Rogers SF, Elmo D, Beddoes RJ & Dershowitz, W - Mine scale DFN modelling and rapid upscaling in geomechanical simulations of large open pits
• Cundall P - A comprehensive 3D model for rock slopes based on micromechanics

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• Rogers SF, Chorley D, Pesendorfer M, Zawadski W & Greer S - Hydrogeological characterisation & conceptual DFN flow modelling of slope pressures within the Diavik diamond mine, NWT
• Pariseau WG - Excavation analysis of porous, jointed rock masses using equivalent coupled properties and influence functions
• Galera JM, Montero J, Pérez C, Varona & Vega L - Coupled hydromechanical stability analysis of Cobre Las Cruces open pit
• Rabus B, Eberhardt E, Stead D, Ghuman P, Nadeau, C, Woo, K, Severin, J & Gao, F - Application of InSAR to constrain 3-D numerical modelling of complex discontinuous pit slope deformations

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• Elmo D, Moffitt K, Le Bron K & Stead D - A quantitative characterisation of brittle rock fracture mechanisms in rock slope failures
• Wesseloo J & Dight P - Microseismicity and the influence of rock fracturing on deep open pits
• Rose ND & Scholz MF - Analysis of complex deformation behaviour in large open pit slopes using the Universal Distinct Element code

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009

THEME: SLOPE PERFORMANCE, MONITORING AND RISK

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Keynote Lecture: Performance Assessment – Mark Hawley

Keynote Lecture: Risk Management – Bob Sharon

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• Stacey P & Tammerik G - Rock Slope Management at Sossego Mine
• Rivera P, Poma JL & Arroyo M - Triple benches and the importance of drill & blast in achieving design results – Pit Chaquicocha, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Peru
• Carter TG, Miller PM, Palmer PG, Henning J, Cameron AR & Rougier M - Wall stability implications of large open pit mining through underground mine voids
• Hormazabal E, Walker M, Rovira F & Carranza-Torres C - Slope Design for “Rajo Sur”: an open pit mine located next to the subsidence crater of El Teniente mine, Chile

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• Lai FJ - Implementing ‘Value at Risk' in Slope Risk Evaluation
• Harries N - Rock slope hazard management associated with rapid brittle failure
• Johnson T - Slope monitoring in an active geothermal environment, Lihir gold mine, PNG
• Armstrong J & Rose ND - Mine operation and management of progressive slope deformation on the south wall of the Barrick Goldstrike Betze-Post open pit

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• Gilmore BW, Hawley PM & Pottie J- A practical rockfall hazard identification system for open pit mining slopes
• Hewson S, Bungard G, Corskie J & Yuliantoro F - Initiatives to address rockfall risk at KCGM Superpit operation
• Hamman ECF - Qualitative geotechnical hazard and risk assessment