Mining Engineering Support for Underground Mined Storage Caverns Since 2003, Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) has provided mining engineering support to PBESS for their underground mined [...]
Engineering Support for Start-up of Large Underground Coal Operation—Trinidad, Colorado Starting in 2009 and continuing into 2011, Agapito Associates, Inc. has provided most of the mining [...]
Molybdenum ore is mined by block caving methods at Molycorp’s Questa Mine. AAI has provided geotechnical consulting services to the mine since 1979 as follows: Evaluation of decline rock support [...]
Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) contributed to nearly all phases of the design and construction of an underground butane storage cavern located in Neal, West Virginia. The cavern was built for [...]
Maiden Rock Mine Resistance Ventilation Designs Fairmount Minerals’ Maiden Rock underground sand mine historically delivered air to ventilate diesel-powered equipment at its working faces through [...]
Dynatec/Middle Tennessee Zinc The MTZ mines utilize random room-and-pillar mining method that results in complex ventilation networks. Upon decommissioning, the mechanical ventilation units were [...]
PB Energy Storage Services, Inc. Developed detailed ventilation simulations using VnetPC2007 for the construction progress on a weekly basis. Simulations were used for decision making in the [...]
Agnico-Eagle Mexico, SA de CV AAI prepared estimations of future ventilation fan requirements and ventilation control locations using the simulation package VnetPC2007 for the Agnico-Eagle Pinos [...]
Endeavour Silver Mining, S.A. Endeavour’s Guanacevi mines include one principal mine (El Porvenir) and one small mine (Alex Breccia). Mining is by overhand cut-an-fill in a classic, high-grade [...]
BRS/Uranium One, Inc. AAI performed a series of mine ventilation analyses to facilitate the proposed mine operating in compliance with applicable air quality regulatory standards. Particular [...]