GROUND SUPPORT
hazards threatening their future underground
operations. For this reason, mining companies
such as WOLFRAM, RHI Magnesita and KGHM
Cuprum have already selected this programme to
train their experts.
Felix Gaul, Mine Manager at WOLFRAM’s
Mittersill mine in Austria, explains: “Mining
engineers with a geotechnical background are
hard to find in Europe, but still very important for
underground mines, especially as they go deeper.
The program gives engineers the valuable
opportunity to update and upgrade their
knowledge after some years of underground work
experience to better understand and deal with the
effects of rock pressure.”
To tailor the training for each participants
requirements, SafeDeepMining is available in
three versions:
The stated objective of
SafeDeepMining is to
educate mining
engineers, authority
staff and personnel in
consulting and at
universities in state of
the art rock
engineering to assist
Europe's mining
industry in dealing
with rock pressure
hazards
n A two-year professional training course
“Advanced Rock Engineering Education for
Deep Mining” (running 2019-2021 and 2021-
2023)
n A four week course “Rock Engineering for Deep
Mining” (start in 2021)
n Single Education Modules (12 modules existing,
start date offered in Autumn 2020)
The course content can be broken down
between the teaching institutions as follows:
n Fundamentals of rock mechanics (Silesian
University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland),
n Numerical simulation models and techniques
(Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg,
Germany),
n Basics of geodetic, geophysical and
geotechnical monitoring concepts and
technologies (Geodata Group, Leoben, Austria),
n Rock fracturing around deep mining excavations
and the different concepts of rock reinforcement
and support (Montanuniversität Leoben,
Austria),
n Rock mechanical laboratory testing (Technische
Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany),
n Numerical tools and analytical and empirical
methods for mine design (Montanuniversität
Leoben, Austria and Technische Universität
Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany),
n Mining induced seismicity and rockburst
mitigation concepts (Silesian University of
Technology, Gliwice, Poland),
n Management of rockburst hazards in deep
mines based on practical examples from Poland
and South Africa (Silesian University of
Technology, Gliwice, Poland),
n Cavity design based on analytical solutions in
elastic and viscous ground conditions of salt
mining (Clausthal University of Technology,
Germany). IM
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