Mining Operations

Follow-up on Construction Ventilation Design and Commissioning Sequence for Chuquicamata Underground Mine Project – November 2018 – Geomin Mine Planning ...Read more

In order to control fragmentation, two important principles must be correctly applied. The proper amount of energy must be applied ...Read more

The video shows a long wall operations. Longwall mining is a fast and mechanized method of coal mining where a large ...Read more

A bucket-wheel excavator (BWE) is a large heavy equipment machine used in surface mining. Their primary function is that of a continuous digging machine ...Read more

Watch an animation video which demonstrates how a Tunnel Boring Machine excavates underground tunnels by cutting through materials in front ...Read more

Block caving is historically one of the lowest cost bulk underground mining methods. It is because of this, a detailed ...Read more

In terms of both equipment and sampling, RC drilling is different from diamond core drilling. The major difference being the ...Read more

Watch the reciprocating motion video of the cutterhead as the MDM5000 bores through hard rock with groundwater inflows at the ...Read more

Normally, core is extracted inside the barrel by advancing the drill by its rotary action. When the depth of drilling ...Read more