| Preface | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Rock Slope Design Considerations | p. 1 |
| Large-Scale Slope Designs--A Review of the State of the Art | p. 3 |
| Collecting and Using Geologic Structure Data for Slope Design | p. 11 |
| Designing Catch Benches and Interramp Slopes | p. 27 |
| Managing and Analyzing Overall Pit Slopes | p. 39 |
| A Slope Height Versus Slope Angle Database | p. 47 |
| Rock-Mass Properties for Surface Mines | p. 59 |
| Failure Mechanisms for High Slopes in Hard Rock | p. 71 |
| Time-Dependent Movements of Open-Pit Slopes | p. 81 |
| The Role and Mitigation of Groundwater in Slope Stability | p. 89 |
| The Influence of Seismic Events on Slope Stability | p. 97 |
| Coupled Geomechanic-Hydrologic Approach to Slope Stability Based on Finite Elements | p. 107 |
| Practical Slope-Stability Analysis Using Finite-Difference Codes | p. 115 |
| Blast Designs to Protect Pit Walls | p. 125 |
| Use of Blast Timing to Improve Slope Stability | p. 131 |
| Large-Diameter and Deep-Hole Presplitting Techniques for Safe Wall Stability | p. 135 |
| Case Studies in Rock Slope Stability | p. 139 |
| The Role of the Geotechnical Group in an Open Pit: Chuquicamata Mine, Chile | p. 141 |
| Slope Stability at Escondida Mine | p. 153 |
| Slope Stability at Collahuasi | p. 163 |
| The Sur Sur Mine of Codelco's Andina Division | p. 171 |
| Design, Implementation, and Assessment of Open-Pit Slopes at Palabora over the Last 20 Years | p. 177 |
| Slope Stability at Aznalcollar | p. 183 |
| Slope Stability at Aitik | p. 203 |
| Practical Rock-Slope Engineering Designs at Barrick Goldstrike | p. 213 |
| Slope Stability and Operational Control at Barrick Goldstrike | p. 219 |
| Pit Slope Design at Orapa Mine | p. 227 |
| Slope Stability Assessment at the Main Cresson Mine | p. 239 |
| Analysis of Stability Loss in Open-Pit Slopes and Assessment Principles for Hard, Tectonically Stressed Rock Masses | p. 251 |
| Coal Mine Highwall Stability | p. 257 |
| Stability of Waste Rock Embankments | p. 265 |
| Site Selection, Characterization, and Assessment | p. 267 |
| Assessment of Embankment Parameters | p. 275 |
| The Mechanism Controlling Angle-of-Repose Stability in Waste Rock Embankments | p. 285 |
| Embankment Hydrology-Storage Water Controls | p. 293 |
| Embankment Hydrology and Unsaturated Flow in Waste Rock | p. 305 |
| Operation and Monitoring Considerations from a British Columbia Mountain Terrain Perspective | p. 311 |
| Reclamation and Surface Stabilization | p. 323 |
| Observational Engineering for Open-Pit Geotechnics: A Case Study of Predictions Versus Performance for the Stability of a High Overburden Embankment over a Soft/Deep Soil Foundation at PT Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg Open-Pit Mine | p. 329 |
| Construction and Operation of a Major Mined-Rock Disposal Facility at Elkview Coal Corporation, British Columbia | p. 345 |
| Steepened Spoil Slopes at Bridger Coal Company | p. 351 |
| Design Objectives for Mine Waste Rock Disposal Facilities at Phosphate Mines in Southeastern Idaho | p. 361 |
| Tailings and Heap Leaching | p. 363 |
| Tailings Dam Stability: Essential Ingredients for Success | p. 365 |
| A Database of Quantitative Risks in Tailing Management | p. 379 |
| Management and Operational Background to Three Tailings Dam Failures in South Africa | p. 383 |
| Tailings Basin Water Management | p. 391 |
| The Gold Ridge Mine Tailings Storage Facility: An Australian Case History | p. 399 |
| Stability Analysis of a Waste Rock Dump of Great Height Founded over a Tailings Impoundment in a High Seismicity Area | p. 405 |
| Stability Issues Related to Tailing Storage and Heap Leach Facilities | p. 411 |
| Case Study: Stability Analysis of the Cresson Valley Leach Facility (Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Company) | p. 419 |
| Radomiro Tomic Secondary Heap Leach Facility | p. 427 |
| Influence of the Direction of Ore Placement on the Stability of Ore Heaps on Geomembrane-Lined Pads | p. 435 |
| Index | p. 439 |
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