Reflections on narrow-reef platinum mining pillar design systems as applied to a large platinum exploration feasibility project

Platinum is a highly valuable resource, its safe and economic extraction is paramount. The success of platinum mining by the bord and pillar method depends heavily on a comprehensive and dependable pillar design method. Pillars need to be large enough to safely support the load and small enough to a...

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Main Authors: Zvarivadza, Tawanda, van der Merwe, J. N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2021
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n2a8.
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2225-62532017000200010
http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4575
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