Block Caving

Block Caving is an underground mass mining method in which a large, usually low‑grade, ore body is undercut at its base to induce its progressive fragmentation and collapse under gravity, allowing the broken ore to be extracted through a network of drawpoints.

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2017–2026

55

Authors

353

  1. RC
    Raúl Castro

    University of Chile, Chile

    10 publications · 335 citations

    10

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  2. GP
    G. P. Chitombo

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    4 publications · 83 citations

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  3. RG
    René Gómez

    University of Concepción, Chile

    5 publications · 157 citations

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  4. SP
    Sergio Palma

    University of Chile, Chile

    4 publications · 101 citations

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  5. RR
    Ramin Rafiee

    University of Shahrood, Iran

    4 publications · 133 citations

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  2. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

    11 publications · 393 citations

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  3. Journal of Mining Science

    6 publications · 129 citations

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