• Mining rock mechanics, rock damage and fracture, prediction and early-warning of mining hazards
  • Bulk industrial solid waste utilization · open-pit mining optimization · mine resource and ecological economics
  • Deep metal mining · mining-induced ground pressure hazard prevention and control · ultra-deep shaft construction
  • Mineral resource development · resource economics · computer-aided optimization of open-pit mining
  • Prevention and control of sudden caving and water inrush in mining-induced rock masses · slope engineering stability
  • Time-dependent deformation and fracturing of brittle rocks · deep underground engineering · rock slope engineering
  • Failure and instability control of mining rock masses · energy-efficient mineral extraction · intelligent mining technologies
  • Comprehensive utilization of mineral resources · rock mass fracture and instability control
  • Mining-induced ground pressure evolution · fluid–solid coupling in fractured rock masses · prevention of sudden collapses and water inrush
  • Filling mining · comprehensive utilization of mineral resources · mining economics
  • Rock mass instability and failure · seepage mechanics · water-induced damage of rocks · mine ground pressure monitoring and control