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2. Models offered by mines and quarries
2.1 Shapes and layouts of volumes inherited from mines and quarries
In France, the distinction between mines and quarries is purely legislative. It is defined by the Mining Code: mines for minerals considered to be "régaliens" (a legacy of monarchical times), whose exploitation is governed by concession, and quarries for all other materials, notably those destined for construction.
In fact, the list is not set in stone, and new minerals are added to the list of concessible substances when economic strategy justifies it (by a questionable extension, hydrocarbon storage sites have been added to the list). This distinction is without prejudice to the underground nature of the operation. Only underground operations are considered here, the others being referred...
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Bibliography
Websites
DUFFAUT Pierre 2005 – Engineering of large and deep rock caverns for physics research http://nnn05.in2p3.fr/schedule.html
HOEK Evert https://www.rocscience.com/learning/hoeks-corner
NAKAGAWA Tetsuo, 2005...
Events
SIM Annual Meeting, Société de l'Industrie Minérale, http://www.lasim.org
Annual Congress of ITA-AITES, International Tunnel and Underground Space Association, http://www.ita-aites.org
ACUUS Congress, Associated research centers for the urban underground space, http://www.acuus.qc.ca
Regulations
Mining Code, Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry, 50 p.
Directory
French Tunnel and Underground Space Association, http://www.aftes.asso.fr
CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research, http://www.cern.ch
French Rock Mechanics Committee, http://.cfmr-roches.org
Géostock, formerly Société française de stockage géologique, now part of the Vinci Group, http://www.geostockgroup.com
ISRM, International...
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