The presentation by mining geotechnical engineer Fungai Kwangwari of SRK Consulting recently earned the Best Technical Presentation award at the Zimbabwe National Institute of Rock Engineering (ZINIRE) symposium in Bulawayo.
In an event held at the Zimbabwe School of Mines, in July 2024, Kwangwari presented on ‘A Stability Assessment and Support Design of Drift and Fill Layouts for an Underground Operation’.
“An assessment was carried out to determine the stability of different drift sizes and their extraction sequences, identifying any potential safety risk posed by each of the proposed sequences and recommend on secondary support requirements
for final drifts,” she explained.
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