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Mining Methods
Mining Methods
of overburden
Size of the ore body
Shape of the ore body
Grade
Pit
Underground
Solution
Mining
E.g. coal, placer
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Drilling in pit
Crushing in pit
and Pillar
Cut and Fill
Long wall (coal)
Long Wall
Solution Mining
Beneficiation
1.Concentration of ore minerals
removes the ore mineral from the waste
2. Smelting
removes the metal from the ore mineral
by a variety of ways
3. Heap Leaching
removes metal from the ore by solution
Methods of concentrating
Grinding
Types of smelting
Roasting
Hydrometallurgy
Electrotwinning
Smelting
Heap Leaching
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