• Ventsim | 3D Mine Ventilation Design

     · Ventsim™ DESIGN is the world's best selling mine ventilation software, used and trusted by over 1500 mines, universities, consultants, government and research organisations. Ventsim Design is a complete integrated mine and tunnel ventilation software package for the design and testing of ventilation circuits including airflow, pressure, heat, gases, power, radon, .

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  • The structural roots of Chile's water crisis | Green Left

     · The case of Copiapó Valley, north of Santiago in the Atacama region, shows the heavy damage that mining has inflicted on the environment. Copiapó is one of the driest and most important mining areas of the country. It has the planet's driest desert, with extremely low rainfall: water use depends on exploiting underground aquifers.

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  • Chile's Codelco to restart some mining projects after worker .

     · SANTIAGO, July 24 (Reuters) Chile's stateowned Codelco, the world's top copper miner, expects to gradually restart operations at some of its mining projects on Monday, following the death of two...

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  • Cracks detected around land near mine and sinkhole in Chile

     · SANTIAGO, Aug 18 (Reuters) New cracks were detected in the ground near a sinkhole around a copper mine owned by Canada's Lundin Mining Corp. in Chile, but the company said Thursday that the...

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  • Operating Cost for Miners | SRK Consulting

    This paper will investigate common methodologies of estimating operating costs for mines and present examples from actual operations and why those methods were selected. It will highlight why some methods are superior to others. Finally, we will explore the potential pit falls in cost estimation that often occur and the opportunities that may ...

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  • Photographs taken by Burrow show Cornish miners digging .

     · The photographs, taken in mines across the county by pioneering photographer Burrow, show the harsh conditions in which miners struggled for decades underground.

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  • Mystery Chile sinkhole opens up near underground mine

     · 1X BeyondWords Stunning images have emerged of a massive sinkhole that has opened up near an underground mining operation in northern Chile . The sinkhole, which Chilean officials estimate is 105...

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  • Mystery Chile sinkhole opens up near underground mine

     · BeyondWords Stunning images have emerged of a massive sinkhole that has opened up near an underground mining operation in northern Chile . The sinkhole, which Chilean officials estimate is 105 feet...

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  • WEG Technology in underground mine in Chile | WEG

    Two synchronous motors were custom designed to operate in copper concentrate plant at stateowned Codelco El Teniente Division

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  • Underground Mining in Australia Primary Methods

     · Currently, one of Australia's largest underground mines is Newcrest's Gold, Silver and Copper Cadia Valley Operations, near Orange in NSW. It is estimated that the mine has proven contained metal reserves of approximately 37 million ounces of gold and million tonnes of copper. Cadia's mine alone has employed over 1900 direct and ...

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  • The Chilean Miner Rescue: A Lesson in Global Teamwork

     · Soppe and Breiner flew to Chile on September 3, vowing that "failure is not an option." But the task was daunting: "We had to thread a needle 624 meters down through a five and a half inch diameter hole at the top," said Soppe. "We drilled 40 holes before we hit the mine. The drilling tool was never designed to do something like this.

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  • Lundin's excessive mining caused massive sinkhole, Chile says ...

     · Lundin has temporarily suspended underground operations at its Alcaparrosa mine due to the sinkhole. The mine is a part of Lundin's Candelaria mining complex, loed in Chile's Atacama Region, 20 kilometres south of the city of Copiapo. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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  • Sika at work CHUQUICAMATA UNDERGROUND MINE, CHIlE

    Sika at work CHUQUICAMATA UNDERGROUND MINE, CHIlE. download Report . Comments . Transcription . Sika at work CHUQUICAMATA UNDERGROUND MINE, CHIlE ...

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  • Here are the Types of Underground Mining and Their Appliions

    Longwall Mining. Longwall mining is a method in which a 'long', horizontal 'wall' of ore is excavated from one of its faces. This wall is usually several miles long and hundreds of meters wide. Excavation usually begins from the ore face opposite the entryway, and artificial support is provided to the excavated space (stope).

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  • University of Chile's AMTC progresses autonomy ...

     · This closes a gap in this matter with respect to large mines, many of which already have autonomous vehicles, but which were designed that way from the beginning by the manufacturers, which makes them very expensive and puts them out of the reach of mediumsized mining producers. The University of Chile will be the holder of this industrial ...

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  • Sika at work CHUQUICAMATA UNDERGROUND MINE, CHIlE · .

     · 2 Sika at Work Chuquicamata Underground Mine, Chile Underground Chuquicamata is a strategic mining project for Codelco, the state owned Chilean copper mining company. The project includes the transition of the large openpit mine, which is in operation for 90 years, to an underground mining operation.

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  • How NASA Helped 'The 33' Chilean Miners | NASA

     · In 2010, all eyes were on 33 miners trapped for more than two months under the stone walls of a Chilean copper mine as the world watched and hoped for their safe rescue. Men and women from all over the world provided aid as the Chilean government sought assistance from other organizations for how to help the trapped miners.

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