Guidelines for Safe Design and Monitoring of Open Pit Highwalls in India

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Authors

  • Inumula Satyanarayana
     Deputy Director of Mines Safety (Mines), DGMS, Dhanbad, 826001 ,IN
  • Arpan Nandy
     PG students, Dept. of Applied Geology, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, 826004 ,IN
  • Atulya Kumar
     PG students, Dept. of Applied Geology, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, 826004 ,IN
  • Abhinav Vats Raj
     PG students, Dept. of Applied Geology, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, 826004 ,IN

Keywords:

Slope stability, opencast mine, numerical modelling, slope monitoring, factor of safety

Abstract

The geotechnical assessment, safe design and monitoring of highwalls is one of the major challenges in Indian open pit mines. The aim of opencast mines should be to attain steepest possible slope angle without compromising safety in order to maximize profits. Highwall stability is essential for economical and safe exploitation of mineral during open pit mining. Geotechnical investigations are required to quantify the properties of soils and rocks within the mining horizons. The required minimum safety factor for highwalls is 1.2. Highwall should be monitored during open pit operations. This paper addresses the main elements of pit slope failure, accident statistics, design, and monitoring and pit slope management and also the guidelines for safe design and monitoring of open pit highwalls in India,

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2022-10-20

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Satyanarayana, I., Nandy, A., Kumar, A., & Raj, A. V. (2022). Guidelines for Safe Design and Monitoring of Open Pit Highwalls in India. Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels, 67(5), 265–268. Retrieved from http://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jmmf/article/view/31550

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Volume 67, Issue 5, May 2019

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