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Specialty Expressions: BEAM BUILDING

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Beam buildingMiningA process of rock bolting in flat-lying deposits where the bolts are installed in bedded rock to bind the strata together to act as a single beam capable of supporting itself and thus stabilizing the overlying rock. (references)

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