Located in Catamarca Argentina, the Bajo de La Alumbrera open pit mine experienced a large-scale instability along its southwestern wall on May 31, 2017. Itasca performed additional numerical modelling analyses to back-analyze the 2017 instability to predict Factor of Safety (FS) contours and consider options to mine the remaining ore at the bottom of the pit.
Ott Oisalu is a geomechanical engineer with experience in consulting within civil engineering. He has a master’s degree in civil engineering with specialization in mining and geotechnical engineering. Within the degree project, he worked with the Estonian mining industry. He also has previous experience with geotechnical design in the consulting business.
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