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Drawing light into the blind spots University of British Columbia professors Erik Eberhardt and Davide Elmo explain why miners need to shift their traditional ways of thinking before engaging in block caving

University of British Columbia professors Erik Eberhardt and Davide Elmo explain why miners need to shift their traditional ways of thinking before engaging in block caving

By Carolyn Gruske

March 24, 2022

Erik Eberhardt, director of geological engineering, UBC, and Davide Elmo, associate professor, rock mechanics, UBC. Courtesy of Erik Eberhardt and Davide Elmo

As mines go deeper and block caving becomes more prevalent, miners are soon going to realize that traditional techniques that form the basis of other mining operations will not necessarily be applicable so far below the earth’s surface.

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