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UndergroundDry, Pre-mixed Shotcrete Supply for Tunnels and Mines

Hugo Armelin, Neil Duke, Jorge Montegu, Luis Contreras

Tunneling and mining projects use shotcrete primarily as a means of ground support. Immediate application of shotcrete provides stability of the working face, prevent­ing loose rock from initiating movement and thus permit­ting incremental advances of underground openings even in the worst ground conditions (type V