The article discusses the features of technological solutions in the development of chromite deposits at great depths in difficult mining and geological conditions. For a system with self-destruction of ore, as well as for other similar systems, the weakest point in mining is the design of the block bottom, especially for the lower horizons, where the geomechanical situation deteriorates significantly, it becomes necessary to use more powerful supports or to erect artificial bottoms that can withstand acting loads exceeding the bearing capacity of metal supports of various modifications. The most promising solution in the conditions of development of fractured massifs is the geotechnology of creating an man-made bottom at the zone of extraction and delivery of ore mass, in the areas of conjugation overstrett and interstrett pillars, reinforced with multi-support reinforced concrete platforms, as a bearing structural element of the mining system with self-destruction of ore, which can withstand extremely high rock pressure. The article presents the results of calculating the strength of an artificial bottom in a system with selfdestruction of ore using numerical 3D modeling.
The paper covers the particularities of development of Don chromite field and improvement of applied technologies of underground mining using uncontrolled caving. The weakest point of the technology of uncontrolled caving and any other similar structures is mining operations under the caved mass that considerably affects the stability of mine workings and their safety during the whole period of stoping. This issue is one of the most important and urgent, especially at the transition of mining operations to deeper levels where technological particularities of the minefield are getting more complicated. Therefore, the Project Development and Substantiation of Parameters of Combined Geotechnology for Safe and Sustainable Development of Chromite Mineral Resource Mining for underground mining will be a new technological solution ensuring the replacement of exhausted mineral resources in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the conditions of transition of mining operations to deeper levels. Further development at the combined and sequential underground mining operations using the system of uncontrolled caving and the system of horizontal layers with stowing is essential.
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