Session 8

Laboratory testing on static and dynamic behaviours of backfill – part 1Chairman: Maciej Gruszczyński DEM NUMERICAL MODELING OF LONGWALL EXTRACTION OF COAL IN “MYSŁOWICE” COLLIERY Grzegorz Smolnik, PhD, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland A DESIGN PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATION AND PREDICTION OF IN-SITU CEMENTED BACKFILL PERFORMANCE Xiaoming Wei, Lijie Guo, …

Session 7

Backfill reticulation: pumping, piping, hydraulic analysesChairman: David Stone AUTOMATED BACKFILL DIVERTER VALVES AT KIRKLAND LAKE GOLD FOSTERVILLE MINE IMPROVE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY Russell Evans, Kirkland Lake GoldGary Trinker, Product Manager – Mining, Victaulic Company, Easton, PA, USA FILTER REVAMPING, THE ECONOMIC WAY TO GET OLD FILTERS IN TAILINGS DEWATERING BACK …

Session 6

Paste backfill measurements and testing – part 2Chairman: Matt Treinen THE PROPERTIES OF THE BACKFILL MIXTURES BASED ON OWN FINE-GRAINED WASTE Radosław Pomykała, Waldemar Kępys, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland CEMENTED PASTE BACKFILL FAILURE ENVELOPE AT LOW CONFINING STRESS Murray Grabinsky, Andrew Pan, University of Toronto, Toronto, …