Suitable for open pit mine slope design practitioners, including engineering geologists, geotechnical engineers, mining engineers and civil engineers and mine managers, this book helps them in meeting stakeholder requirements for pit slopes that are stable, in regards to safety, ore recovery and financial return, for the required life of the mine.

About the Author

Dr. Read has over 40 years experience as a practitioner and consultant in the mining industry, with special interests and expertise in rock slope stability. In 1990 Dr Read began his own geotechnical engineering practice. Since then he has specialised in slope stability and open pit mine slope design and investigation tasks in Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Canada, South Africa, and Zambia. From 1994 to 2004 he was Deputy Chief of CSIRO Exploration & Mining and Executive Manager of the Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies, Brisbane.

Table of Contents

1. Fundamentals of slope design 2. Field data collection 3. Geological model 4. Structural model 5. Rock mass model 6. Hydrogeological model 7. Geotechnical model 8. Data uncertainty 9. Acceptance criteria 10. Slope design methods 11. Design implementation 12. Performance assessment and monitoring 13. Risk management 14. Open pit closure Appendices 1: Groundwater data collection 2: Essential statistical and probability theory 3: Influence of in situ stresses on open pit design 4: Risk management: geotechnical hazard checklists 5: Example regulations for open pit closure.