Void fill and support techniques to stabilize drift excavated through a transition zone mined by a TBM at the Stillwater mine

Stillwater Mining Company is the only U.S. producer of platinum group metals (PGMs) and the largest producer outside of South Africa and Russia. The company controls a considerable portion of the J-M reef and is currently developing the “Blitz Project,” which will provide a main haulage level, ore p...

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Main Authors: Josh Johnson, Curt Jacobs, Mark Ferster, Stephen Tadolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268616301902