Abstract: During the transition period from open pit to underground mining，a series of difficult problems occur due to the open pit and underground mining unintended mutual interferences，which lead to poor safety condition and low productivity.This problem still has not been solved.Aimed at the normal production model at the bottom of open pit and the hanging-wall of the underground during the period，a coproduction mode of underground induced caving for hanging wall ores was put forward.From the view of extending the time and space needed by the simultaneous mining of open pit and underground，the optimization of open pit boundary and the synergetic production of open pit and underground mining are investigated.Then，the synergetic mining method for open pit and underground are explored.The theoretical analysis and operational experience of Hainan Iron Mine showed that this approach can significantly improve the safety conditions and raise the capacity of ore production in the transition period.

Key words: Transition from open pit to underground mining, Synergetic mining, Induced caving, Optimization of mining boundary