This article shows some results of a doctorate thesis about the gravity flow of bulk material in an underground mine. It describes the practices in Brazilian mines and in other countries, focusing on accident data, preventive and corrective actions, in mining operations that use gravity flow to transport fragmented material from the excavation of ore passes in several mining operations, such as in underground mining using cut and fill methods and caving methods.
bulk material; ore pass; underground mining; gravity flow; storage
