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SLOPE STABILITY
This technical session would discuss the "designing of open pit slopes with inadequate data". Arguments would be based on case studies of some selected open pit mines in West Africa. Conventionally the methods for slope stability analysis or design are established, which are supported by adequate field data. In cases where inadequate data exists, what do you do when you are to provide technical support? This is the center of the technical talk.
Date: TBC
Venue: Engineers' Centre, Roman Ridge
Time: 5pm
This session would be facilitated by John Isaac Kwofie (JIK). The facilitator is a Geotechnical/Geological Engineer with 24yrs experience in surface mining geotechnics. He has worked on a number of multi-disciplinary projects including four (4) Gold Mine Construction, heap leach pads, raise borings, tailings and fresh water dams; foundations for metallurgical plants and buildings, and road construction. His wider range of experience in surface mining geotechnics includes geotechnical core logging to pit slope design, site investigation, material testing and geotechnical risk management. He is into the consultancy business and lectures engineering geology at the Geology Department of the University of Ghana. His expatraite working experience extends to India and Mali. Currently he is the Country Manager for SRK Consulting Ghana Ltd.