Damage mapping and monitoring in sublevel caving crosscuts at the Malmberget mine

• Published in: Caving 2022: Fifth International Conference on Block and Sublevel Caving
• Main Authors: Jones, TH, Saiang, David
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Luleå tekniska universitet, Geoteknologi 2022
• Subjects: stress; deformation; instrumentation; condition ratings; Mineral and Mine Engineering; Mineral- och gruvteknik; Geophysics; Geofysik; Luossavaara; Malmberget
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-93520; https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_repo/2205_70

The LKAB’s Malmberget mine in Sweden is one of the largest sublevel caving mines in the world, with an annual production rate averaging 18 million tons. This high rate of production at depth (>1,000 m) creates significant mining-induced stress redistribution on a global scale. At a production-lev...