Why BLOCK CAVING is an economically viable option for the mining industry
An insight on block caving mining method by David Sprott, Principal and Senior Mining Engineer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. When planning to develop a new mine, or to extend the life of an open pit operation, mine planners have an alternative mining method to consider: block caving. Some deposits are either too deep to economically extract by open pit methods or are of insufficient value to justify other costlier and conventional underground methods. In the right conditions, the advantages of block caving make it an alternative that is now…
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