Mining Operations

The Komatsu PC8000 is a large hydraulic excavator designed for heavy-duty mining and construction applications. Here are some key points ...Read more

The Copper Mountain is an open pit copper gold porphyry deposit located in British Columbia, Canada, specifically at ...Read more

One technique for recovering uranium, copper, and gold is heap leaching. For each heap, operations typically take two to six ...Read more

Control techniques such as presplitting, trim blasting and line drilling work best in massive rock. In massive rock, one can ...Read more

Frothers play a critical role in the flotation process by stabilizing air bubbles, controlling their size, and enhancing mineral recovery. ...Read more

This shows a 3D animation for different mine design stages of an Open pit mine over the years. This is ...Read more

Inconsistent feed in comminution circuits—driven by variations in ore hardness, size distribution, mineralogy, or specific gravity—can destabilize operations, reduce efficiency, ...Read more

The suitable drilling technique is selected depending upon the depth and size of the borehole, mineral to be investigated, sampling ...Read more

This article was originally published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Cap sensitive explosives, such as dynamite, are initiated by detonating ...Read more