Dumping oversize rock fragments in orepasses: The impact on the production cycle of a sublevel caving operation
Oversize rock fragments are highly undesired in a sublevel caving (SLC) operation as they affect the production cycle, equipment, and infrastructure. In this study, a field test was carried out in Malmberget mine to analyse the impact of oversize fragments on the production cycle and the costs of di...
Published in: | Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Other Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2023
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25726668.2023.2215560 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/25726668.2023.2215560 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1080/25726668.2023.2215560 |