Prediction of Vibrations Due to Blast at the Hiré Mine, Côte D’Ivoire

Ada Kanon Ghislain; Gbele Ouattara; Ndia Anon Felix

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Prediction of Vibrations Due to Blast at the Hiré Mine, Côte D’Ivoire

Ada Kanon Ghislain, Gbele Ouattara, Ndia Anon Felix

Published in International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 10, Issue 2)

Received: 6 March 2022 Accepted: 26 March 2022 Published: 14 April 2022

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Côte d'Ivoire has, in order to diversify its economic resources, decided to exploit its mineral reserves. Industrial gold mining in Côte d'Ivoire began in 1991 with the opening of the Ity gold mine in the department of Zouan-Hounien, in the west of the country. Several regions of the country have seen mines open. In the Loh-Djiboua region, in the department of Divo, Hiré gold mine opened in 2013. Mine operations consist of mechanical extraction for oxidized ore but also blasting for sulfired ore. Mining operations are then supposed to take place at a minimum distance of five hundred meters from the first dwellings. From the results of the research work, the mining company requests and obtains in 2017, from the State of Côte d'Ivoire, the extension of its operations, in the direction of the city of Hiré, with the possibility of making blast at two hundred and fifty meters from the first dwellings, posing the problem of the proximity of mining blast to the dwellings. The situation appears unprecedented in the mining sector of Côte d'Ivoire. Blast is a source of nuisance, including vibrations. Our study focused on the prediction of vibrations related to shots. Our method of study consisted in first determining, from the formula of Oriard, the constants of the site and to predict from them, the vibrations generated by the explosive blast.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis (Volume 10, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijema.20221002.12
Page(s)	32-38
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Mine, Blast, Habitation, Vibration

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Ada Kanon Ghislain, Gbele Ouattara, Ndia Anon Felix. (2022). Prediction of Vibrations Due to Blast at the Hiré Mine, Côte D’Ivoire. International Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, 10(2), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijema.20221002.12

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Ada Kanon Ghislain; Gbele Ouattara; Ndia Anon Felix. Prediction of Vibrations Due to Blast at the Hiré Mine, Côte D’Ivoire. Int. J. Environ. Monit. Anal. 2022, 10(2), 32-38. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20221002.12

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Ada Kanon Ghislain, Gbele Ouattara, Ndia Anon Felix. Prediction of Vibrations Due to Blast at the Hiré Mine, Côte D’Ivoire. Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2022;10(2):32-38. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20221002.12

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Ada Kanon Ghislain

Polytechnic Doctoral School, National Polytechnic Institute, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Gbele Ouattara

National Polytechnic Institute, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
Ndia Anon Felix

Human and Social Sciences Department, Felix Houphouet Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

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Ada Kanon Ghislain, Gbele Ouattara, Ndia Anon Felix. Prediction of Vibrations Due to Blast at the Hiré Mine, Côte D’Ivoire. Int J Environ Monit Anal. 2022;10(2):32-38. doi: 10.11648/j.ijema.20221002.12

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