The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the hangingwall failure process and its relationship with the ground surface subsidence. Results from numerical analysis using continuous methods indicate that the first tension cracks are formed ...

Rustenburg Platinum Mines, Amandelbult Section, part of the Anglo Platinum Group, is a platinum mine situated in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, 80 km north of Rustenburg, South Africa. Mining of the tabular orebody is done at a stoping height of 1.2 to 1.8 ...