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Ohveshlan Pillay CEng (UK)
Lecturer and SANIRE (South African National Institute of Rock Engineers) Gauteng Chairperson
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Principles to Probability: Rethinking Open Pit Mine Design
As the industry evolves, so must our design philosophy. This presentation revisits the fundamentals of open pit mine design through the lens of simplicity, reliability and risk. It considers how acceptance criteria and geotechnical models can be re-imagined through probabilistic thinking, shifting from deterministic certainty to informed confidence.
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Ohveshlan Pillay CEng (UK)
Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand | SANIRE Gauteng Chairperson
As the industry evolves, so must our design philosophy. This presentation revisits the fundamentals of open pit mine design through the lens of simplicity, reliability and risk. It considers how acceptance criteria and geotechnical models can be re-imagined through probabilistic thinking, shifting from deterministic certainty to informed confidence.
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Ohveshlan Pillay
Ohveshlan is a Chartered Professional Mining Engineer and has over 17 years’ experience with open pit and underground rock engineering. He is currently the Gauteng Branch Chairperson of the South African National Institute of Rock Engineers (SANIRE), a member of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) and a member of the Society of Mining Professors (SOMP) and has presented at International and National Engineering conferences with technical publications. Ohveshlan served as a committee member for the African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in partnership with the South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE). Ohveshlan has joined the University of the Witwatersrand as a lecturer after spending 12 years in various international consulting practices.
Career Journey Highlights
Lecturer in the School of Mining Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand and the
Chairperson of SANIRE (South African National Institute of Rock Engineers) Gauteng Branch.
Registered Chartered Engineer (CEng) with the Engineering Council of the United Kingdom.
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