Geomechanics and Ground Control department aims to provide services to mining industry in the following:

Coal mine pillar design and strata mechanics studies
Subsidence prediction and control
Design of rock reinforcement systems
Study of parting behaviour in multiple seam extraction
Design of mining methods for increased safety and productivity
Optimisation of stoping parameters, barrier/crown pillars
Stability evaluation of stopes, shafts and other critical structures in the underground.
Optimisation of bench parameters and pit slope stability for opencast mines
Designing dump slopes, assess their stability & monitoring of pits