What is the mine to mill process in a typical block cave operations? Case study of Northparkes mine.

The animation defines block caving and goes further to describe the mining process from the development stage of block caving all the way to crushing phase and to the Mill. The following key words are explained in the animation.

1. Block cave
2. Orebody
3. Tunnel and decline
4. Shaft
5. Drill and Blasting
6. Jumbo equipment
7. Rock bolt and shotcrete
8. Drawpoint
9. Caving
10. Undercut
11. Drawbell
12. Load haul dump (LHD) equipment
13. Tele remote operation
14. Crushing
15. Conveyor belt
16. Hoisting
17. Mill
18. Subsidence

Author: Northparkes