Our Mission
The Large Open Pit (LOP) project is an international research and technology transfer project focused on the stability of large slopes associated with open pit mines. It is an industry-sponsored and funded project that was initiated in 2005. The LOP’s sponsors have comprised a diverse group of multinational mining companies, joint venture partners and individual mines representing a majority of the world’s diamond and base metals production. The project’s objective is to develop and transfer of skills to manage the geotechnical risk of large open pits, address critical gaps in our knowledge and understanding of the relationships between the strength and deformability of rock masses, and the likely mechanisms of rock slope failures and landslides in large open pit mines.
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Upcoming 2023 GCE Water Course
Water in Mine Operations and Slope Stability Begins June 19th, 2023! Offered by the Geotechnical Center of Excellence (GCE) at the University [Read more]
Slope Stability 2024
The 2024 Slope Stability Symposium will be held 15-19 April in Nova Lima, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The SS2024 is organized [Read more]
Slope Performance Monitoring Course
The Geotechnical Center of Excellence (GCE) at the University of Arizona has gathered some of the leading professionals in the slope monitoring [Read more]
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