Chilean mine disaster and the role of mine design
21 Oct 2010, 19:37senadhira
Chilean mine disaster reminds the importance of the proper and safe mine designing role of the mining engineer. We should not forget that the accident, later became an incident mainly with the blessing of precise surveing of the mine.
Chilean mine design and emergency egress.
Agreed - precise surveying of the mine workings and the appliction of technology using directional drilling techniques from the oil and gas industry to intersect the workings and create the route for establishing contact, sustaining life and eventually providing emergency egress.
The skills of the mining engineer are not only essential to mining but to the petroleum and drilling industry as well.