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Geotechnical Design for Underground Metalliferous Mines Course
This course is designed to develop specific underground metalliferous mining geomechanics design competencies for engineers to enhance their contribution to mine site geomechanics programs.
- Perth WA, Australia
- 5 - 9 May 2025
- 08:30 - 12:30 AWST
- Participate online
RaSiM 11
The RaSiM symposium will aim at an exchange of scientific and practical knowledge and experiences related to all aspects of rockburst and mining-induced seismicity.
- Luleå, Sweden
- 24 - 29 August 2025
- All day
- Network internationally
Managing Seismic Risk in Underground Metalliferous Mines Course
This course is designed to introduce mine geotechnical engineers to basic mine seismology concepts and their application in mining. Geotechnical engineers who work on medium to high risk seismic mines would benefit most from this course.
- Perth WA, Australia
- 17 - 21 November 2025
- 08:00 - 12:30 AWST
- Participate online
Deep Mining 2027
Deep Mining 2027 is an international conference which provides a forum for industry and academia to come together and share research, experience and knowledge on best practice in deep and high stress underground mining.
- Perth WA, Australia
- 16 - 18 November 2027
- All day
- Network internationally
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Root Folder Maintenance
We have noticed that many sites have been storing archived survey files and old, unused data in the mXrap root folder.
In general, it is good practice to keep the root clean of any unused/archived data and to make sure your root folder is regularly upgraded.
Long Paths and Root Mapping
There is an old restriction from the 1990s in the Microsoft Windows OS that limits the maximum file path to 260 characters. This limit is too low in modern work environments, and users can easily reach this limit. Example of a root folder that can hit the limit:M:17_Underground Mining173_Geotech111_Data5.4_GeotechnicalSeismicitymXraproot_minesite The start of the path uses 90 out of the 260 limit, leaving only 170 characters for folders and files inside the data folder. Please note
mXrap 6.1.2 – Release notes and Changelogs
This version brings a host of bugfixes and usability improvements to mXrap and the webforms server. It also features performance improvements to scanning and caching survey files. Of interest to users working in languages other than English: a bug causing errors when writing to files containing accented characters has been fixed. You will be prompted to upgrade by a yellow banner at the top of the Apps window. Follow the link to download and install.
Moment Tensor Axis Colour Update
For users that look at moment tensors, please be aware that we are changing the arrow colours and improving the legend. The colours of the moment tensor T and P axes have been updated to align with the colours used in ESG and IMS system: Red for the P axis Blue for the T axis The legend for the moment tensors now has nice labels to allow you to identify the axes, planes and
Developer Updates – January 2025
Recent updates which may be of interest to developers: Caving is now bundled Survey surfaces has moved to !/Base Library for mapping data from lines to points Supporting extended clipping options in 3D views Chart interaction Caving is now bundled The Caving suite is now bundled. If you have custom tools that connect to tools in Caving, please check for any broken links or redirections required. If you need assistance with this or if the
mXrap 6.1 – Release notes and Changelogs
Highlights This version brings several new features to mXrap 6, as well as a host of bugfixes and performance improvements. You will be prompted to upgrade by a yellow banner at the top of the Apps window. Follow the link to download and install. Full user changelogs for this version are available here. 3D Interactive Slicing Slice through a 3D view to get a better view of data deep inside of a mine. Chart Interactions