Jacopo Seccatore

Doctor en Ingeniería de Minas

Profesor Hora

FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA Y CIENCIAS

ITALIA

Stgo, A, 226

Jacopo Seccatore

Jacopo Seccatore es Ingeniero Civil y Magíster en Geoingeniería por el Politecnico di Torino, Italia en 2010 y obtuvo su doctorado en Ingeniería de Minas por la Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brasil en 2014. Desde 2016 es profesor de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez en Chile, donde dicta clases de métodos y técnicas de explotación minera en subterraneo y superficie. Fundador, ex coordinador y asesor científico del Proyecto Mina Experimental de la Universidad de Sao Paulo. Tiene experiencia en Ingeniería de Explosivos para aplicaciones mineras y civiles, construcción de túneles y espacios subterráneos, Minería a Cielo Abierto y Subterránea. Es consultor del Politécnico di Torino; la Universidad de British Columbia, Canadá; el Consejo Mundial del Oro, Reino Unido; el Proyecto GOMIAM y varias empresas y administraciones públicas de todo el mundo. Es Miembro Titular de la Sociedad Internacional de Ingenieros Explosivos (ISEE), Estados Unidos; de la Orden de Ingenieros, Italia; del Instituto Australasiano de Minería y Metalurgia, Australia y de la Sociedad de Profesores de Minería (Societät der Bergbaukunde). Socio fundador y ex afiliado del Consejo de Administración de la Asociación Brasileña de Ingeniería de Explosivos. Editor Asociado de la Revista Escuela de Minas.

Reduction in Major Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Mineral Comminution Using Ultra-High-Intensity Blasting (UHIB)—A Study for the Chilean Mining Industry</>

Seccatore, J., Contreras, A. & Marin, T., may. 2026, In: Minerals, 16, 5.

Experimental Evaluation of Agricultural Ammonium Nitrate as an Explosive in Underground Artisanal Mining</>

Seccatore, J., Ordóñez Guaycha, C., Montalvo Rodríguez, P., Reyes Céspedes, E., Andrade Rodríguez, L. & Marin, T., mar. 2026, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 16, 6.

Macroscopic and Microscopic Investigation on Microfractures in Blast-Conditioned Rock and the Influence of Particle Size</>

Seccatore, J., Flores, S., Oliden, J., Pozo, G. & Marin, T., ene. 2026, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 16, 2.

Impact of Copper Price Variability Compensation Mechanisms on Cut-Off Grade and Economic Extractability of Small-Scale Copper Deposits</>

Marin, T. & Seccatore, J., 2026, In: Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

Public Mining Governance for Sustainable Artisanal Gold Mining</>

Seccatore, J., Marin, T., Tarra-Almario, J. & Restrepo-Baena, O., oct. 2025, In: Sustainability (Switzerland), 17, 19.

An Analysis of Rock Bolt Dynamic Responses to Evaluate the Anchoring Degree of Fixation</>

Godio, A., Oggeri, C. & Seccatore, J., feb. 2025, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 15, 3.

Influence of blasting charge distribution on the energy required for communition of rock</>

Seccatore, J., Cardu, M. & Marin, T., jul. 2024, In: Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 124, 7, p. 407-414.

The Role of Delays in the Performance of Blasting</>

Seccatore, J., Vigna, S., Marin, T. & Cardu, M., jun. 2024, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 14, 11.

Mapping the Reality of Hg-Free Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining</>

Marin, T., Seccatore, J. & Cheng, Y., sep. 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland), 15, 17.

A review of gold production, mercury consumption, and emission in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)</>

Cheng, Y., Watari, T., Seccatore, J., Nakajima, K., Nansai, K. & Takaoka, M., mar. 2023, In: Resources Policy, 81.

Examining the inconsistency of mercury flow in post-Minamata Convention global trade concerning artisanal and small-scale gold mining activity</>

Cheng, Y., Nakajima, K., Nansai, K., Seccatore, J., Veiga, M. & Takaoka, M., oct. 2022, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 185.

The influence of rock mass fracturing on splitting and contour blasts</>

Cardu, M., Godio, A., Oggeri, C. & Seccatore, J., 2021, In: Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 17, 3, p. 822-833.

Peculiaritiesblasting in undergroundof drilling and small-scale mines</>

Seccatore, J., Gonzalez, P. & Herrera, M., jul. 2020, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 73, 3, p. 387-394.

Chileanmining</>

Espinoza, C., Seccatore, J. & Herrera, M., abr. 2020, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 73, 2, p. 241-246.

Simplified methods of geomechanical analysis for small-scale underground mining</>

Di Lorenzo, A., Pasqua, A., Cardu, M., Godio, A. & Seccatore, J., 2020.

Measuring the reduction of the confinement along the evolution of a burn cut</>

Godio, A. & Seccatore, J., dic. 2019, In: Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 9, 23.

Influence of blasting charges and delays on the energy consumption of mechanical crushing</>

Dragano, M., Seccatore, J., Cardu, M., Marin, T. & Bettencourt, J., abr. 2019, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 72, 2, p. 345-352.

A review of the benefits for comminution circuits offered by rock blasting</>

Seccatore, J., ene. 2019, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 72, 1, p. 141-146.

Socio-technical study of small-scale gold mining in Suriname</>

Seccatore, J. & de Theije, M., feb. 2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 144, p. 107-119.

Quantifying the difficulty of tunnelling by drilling and blasting</>

Cardu, M. & Seccatore, J., nov. 2016, In: Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 60, p. 178-182.

Economic feasibility of responsible small-scale gold mining</>

Marin, T., Seccatore, J., De Tomi, G. & Veiga, M., ago. 2016, In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 129, p. 531-536.

Remarks on some mechanical small-scale tests applied to properties of materials</>

Cardu, M. & Seccatore, J., jun. 2016, In: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 49, 6, p. 2023-2031.

Evidences of the influence of the detonation sequence in rock fragmentation by blasting – Part II</>

Cardu, M., Seccatore, J., Vaudagna, A., Rezende, A., Galvão, F., Bettencourt, J. & de Tomi, G., oct. 2015, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 68, 4, p. 455-462.

Gold losses and mercury recovery in artisanal gold mining on the Madeira River, Brazil</>

Balzino, M., Seccatore, J., Marin, T., De Tomi, G. & Veiga, M., sep. 2015, In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 102, p. 370-377.

Evidences of the influence of the detonation sequence in rock fragmentation by blasting – Part I</>

Cardu, M., Seccatore, J., Vaudagna, A., Rezende, A., Galvão, F., Bettencourt, J. & de Tomi, G., jul. 2015, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 68, 3, p. 337-342.

Reducing mercury pollution by training Peruvian artisanal gold miners</>

Veiga, M., Angeloci, G., Ñiquen, W. & Seccatore, J., may. 2015, In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 94, p. 268-277.

Foreword</>

Filho, F., Salgado, L., Toffoli, S., Filho, F., Kolososki, J., Alves Junior, C., Seccatore, J., de Tomi, G., dos Santos, W. & de Souza, D., 2015, In: Materials Science Forum, 805, p. 3-6.

An estimation of the artisanal small-scale production of gold in the world</>

Seccatore, J., Veiga, M., Origliasso, C., Marin, T. & De Tomi, G., oct. 2014, In: Science of the Total Environment, 496, p. 662-667.

Technical and operational aspects of tunnel rounds in artisanal underground mining</>

Seccatore, J., Magny, L. & de Tomi, G., jul. 2014, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 67, 3, p. 303-310.

A practical approach for the management of resources and reserves in Small-Scale Mining</>

Seccatore, J., Marin, T., De Tomi, G. & Veiga, M., 2014, In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 84, 1, p. 803-808.

Assessing a risk analysis methodology for rock blasting operations</>

Seccatore, J., Origliasso, C. & De Tomi, G., 2013.

Assessing a risk analysis methodology for rock blasting operations</>

Seccatore, J., Origliasso, C. & de Tomi, G., nov. 2012.

Gestão de fragmentação no desmonte de rochas</>

Seccatore, J., de Tomi, G., Munaretti, E. & Dompieri, M., oct. 2011, In: Revista Escola de Minas, 64, 4, p. 525-530.