Mining Operations

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

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

This is a unique video that shows how a blast is initiated and blasted in underground tunneling. The video also ...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

Interesting blasting video with a high speed camera to see the motion of the ground movement. Source: Steffen Lehmann

The animation shows a block cave operation and multiple loaders hauling and dumping to ore passes.  Author: Chilecodelco

This a cool animation showing drilling and loading procedure for an pen pit mine. Author: Mostrone32

The animation defines block caving and goes further to describe the mining process from the development stage of block caving ...Read more

The video shows bolting a pillar in a underground mine using Sandvik DS411 Robolter. Bolting in underground mining is a ...Read more