Itasca Australia Pty Ltd.

Robert Lowther

Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Australia
Itasca Australia Pty Ltd.

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Areas of Expertise

CAD
Drill and Blast
Geomechanical
Geotechnical
Instrumentation
Microseismics
Meshing
Numerical Modeling

Consulting Services

Mining

Robert Lowther

Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Robert Lowther has over 20 years of experience in operations and projects encompassing sub-level caving, block caving, large open pits, hydraulic fracturing, and feasibility studies in both Australia and Papua New Guinea. His areas of interest include cave mining geomechanics, rock slope geomechanics, hydraulic fracturing for cave propagation and seismic hazard reduction, numerical modelling, ground support design for seismically active and strain bursting conditions, surface and underground based deformation monitoring, cave monitoring, and understanding the evolution of damage to mine excavations.

Education

Master of Engineering (Rock Mechanics), 2013
University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Master of Engineering Science (Mining Geomechanics), 2008
University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering), 2000
University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Publications

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