In actuality, open-pit mining, or open-cast mining, is an internationally accepted mining technique of extracting surface minerals and shallow ore deposits.

Mine design and scheduling software applications has progressed with leaps and bounds since my first open pit mine planning assignment some 15 years ago.

In open-pit mining of lignite, production plans have to be set up for a period of about twenty to thirty years. This is partly due to the close interaction of production plans and investment plans and ...

One of the key mine design features to be considered when transitioning from open-cast to underground mining is the need for ventilation and/or refrigeration systems to ensure safe and feasible ...

Administrative Order No. 2017-10 prohibiting the open-pit method of mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores in the country remains effective at the turn of the year. This is largely due to ...

The surface mine would generate a total of 588,000 palladium oz and 122 million lb of copper.

The Philippines has lifted a four-year-old ban on open-pit mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores, an official said on Tuesday, marking the second landmark policy move this year as the ...

Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions has released the 2011 edition of Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining. This second edition blasthole reference book focuses primarily on the rigs, tools, bits and ...

THE environmental impact of open-pit mining should not pose an obstacle to the practice, which increases the efficiency of mining operations and potentially generates more funding for development, the ...

On February 28, the Government of Honduras announced an end to open-pit mining of any sort. It would later clarify that this did not pertain to pre-existing mining operations. “The approval of ...