Equipment Selection for Surface Mining: A Review
There are several methods of surface mining, including openpit, stripping, dredging and mountaintop removal. This paper focuses on openpit surface mining, which involves removing ore from a large hole in the ground (sometimes referred to as a borrowpit). 1. Burt and Caccetta: Equipment Selection 2 Period 2 Period 3 dumpsite benches are formed Period 1 Figure 1 A mining schedule is divided