The Evolution in Design of Longhole Open Stoping at Zinc Corporation Limited/New Broken Hill Consolidated Limited Mines with Particular Reference to Sloped Wall Mining

- Organization:
- The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Pages:
- 9
- File Size:
- 861 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1981
Abstract
The progress of longhole open stoping (LHOS) at Zinc Corporation Limited and New Broken Hill Consolidated Limited (ZC/NBIIC) is described together with the design of a novel sloped wall longhole stoping method which should allow the complete extraction of the orebody without the formation of pillars and with minimal dilution of the ore with sand fill.
Citation
APA:
(1981) The Evolution in Design of Longhole Open Stoping at Zinc Corporation Limited/New Broken Hill Consolidated Limited Mines with Particular Reference to Sloped Wall MiningMLA: The Evolution in Design of Longhole Open Stoping at Zinc Corporation Limited/New Broken Hill Consolidated Limited Mines with Particular Reference to Sloped Wall Mining. The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 1981.