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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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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
What are minodes?
Minodes are what we use in multiple places in mXrap if we want to assign information to development. They are just point locations, dotted along your development at regular intervals.
Using the ‘Minode Generator’ App mXrap users can create minodes using their Mine Geometry Model or survey files. Minodes are not generated automatically and should be updated periodically to reflect new development.
Grids
Grids are a dynamic tool used throughout mXrap to form seismic populations, perform calculations and display results. Taking time to set-up site appropriate grids not only makes performing analysis in mXrap more efficient, but it enables others to easily replicate your results. Most sites benefit from a mine and/or orebody wide coarse (sparse) and relatively dense grid, plus additional higher resolution (dense) grids for areas of interest.
Es:Ep Ratio Charts Have Moved
Es:Ep ratio charts can now be found in the ‘Parameter Distribution’ charts for the base filter (Charts > Parameter Distributions) and VSA’s (VSA > Charts > Parameter Distributions).
Select the EsEp option under chart controls to see the cumulative distributions for Es:Ep ratio.