Abstract
Coleman Mine, located in Levack Ontario, is a Nickel/Copper producing mine for Vale. It is a mature mine that has been in continuous operation since 1991. The mining method historically consisted mainly of post pillar cut and fill mining method. The paper “The transition from cut and fill mining to bulk mining in the same orebody while maintaining production” by S. Townend (2014), discusses the need for Coleman Mine to transition from selective to bulk mining and highlights the challenges and opportunities that the mine faced.
The purpose of this submission is to present a 10-year update of Coleman Mine’s transition from selective to bulk mining. Since 2014, Coleman has learned from the many challenges initially outlined in the paper and has capitalized on the opportunities. This presentation highlights some additional challenges that were encountered and offers further opportunities that the mine plans to study and implement in the future.