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Open Pit Mine Planning Fundamentals EP
Open Pit Mine Planning Fundamentals EP
Geometrical Considerations
Parts of a bench
Geometrical Considerations
Geometrical Considerations
Geometrical Considerations
Geometrical Considerations
Geometrical Considerations
Ramp access for the example orebody.
Geometrical Considerations
Minimum width drop cut geometry with shovel alternating from side to side.
Geometrical Considerations
Minimum width drop cut geometry with shovel alternating from side to side.
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Geometrical Considerations
Diagrammatic representation of the expanding mining front. Isometric view of the ramp in waste approaching the orebody.
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Geometrical Considerations
Plan view of an actual pit bottom Showing drop cut and mining Expansion (McWilliams, 1959).
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Geometrical Considerations
Extension of the current Ramp close to the pit wall (McWilliams, 1959).
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Geometrical Considerations
Shovel cut sequence when initiating benching in a hilly terrain (Nichols, 1956).
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Geometrical Considerations
Geometrical Considerations
Interramp slope angles for a slope containing a working bench and a ramp.
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Geometrical Considerations
Overall slope angle for a slope containing two working benches.
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Geometrical Considerations
Geometrical Considerations
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