Reef Mining Techniques

Non-explosive rock breaking: Mining all of the reef, all of …

Mining all of the reef, all of the time . Conventional lasting means that mining stops to allow for toxic fumes to dissipate and for the rock mass to stabilise after blasting. Chantelle Kotze. 21 January 2020 . Facebook ...

Mining Technology: Overview

In fact, it was a long series of tremors and aftershocks – more than 200 of them – with more advanced mining techniques and equipment becoming necessary as the easy-pickings dwindled. ... (co-operative or public) to make use of mining methods such as puddling, quartz reef mining, deep lead mining, and various forms of sluicing. Some ...

v117n3a8 Narrow-reef mechanized mining layout at …

applications of the narrow-reef mechanized mining layout using various stoping methods. At present, significant work is being conducted within AAP in partnership with Anglo American in developing non-explosive technologies. The layout consists of three main elements: On-reef pre-development Ledging Stoping (scattered breast mining). The on-reef ...

Mining by rock cutting in narrow reefs

Room and pillar mining followed by long hole drilling and blasting of a narrow slot of reef out of the pillars currently appears to offer the best of both worlds - maximum reef recovery with minimum waste dilution. All these mining methods are still dependent on blasting to break the rock.

Extraction of Resources | Geology

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, or reef, which forms the mineralized package of economic interest to the miner.. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain any material …

Planning around the Great Barrier Reef

The mine is an open-cut coal mine less than 10 kilometres from the Great Barrier Reef, and the risk of pollution and irreversible damage to the reef is very real. "The project would have had unacceptable impacts on freshwater in the area and potentially on …

Geological factors influencing the design of a narrow …

Why autonomous mining? How? Quartz-rich Tough! Geological factors play an important role in the design of any autonomous narrow-reef miner in South Africa. Thank you. Questions?

A1 Gold Mine

The A1 gold mine was discovered in 1861 at an outcrop known as Castle Reef and underground mining accessed by two shafts continued until 1992. Historical records show total production of approximately 620,000 ounces of gold. ... Ongoing mining is conducted using air-leg mining techniques targeting the high-grade (+10 g/t Au) ore. The intent is ...

Narrow Reef Mining (NRM)—Innovative Mining Technology …

PDF | On Oct 11, 2023, Vječislav Bohanek and others published Narrow Reef Mining (NRM)—Innovative Mining Technology for Narrow, Sub-Horizontal PGE Ore Bodies | Find, …

Mining : What is Mining? What are the 4 mining methods?

Placer mining is used in river channels, beach sands, or other environments to sift valuable metals from sediments. In-situ mining, primarily used in uranium mining, involves dissolving the existing mineral resource and then processing it on the surface without moving rock from the ground. Mining techniques. Surface mining

Specialised Equipment and Mining Techniques for Narrow Vein Mining …

There are continuing developments in underground narrow vein mining, from innovative mining methods using low-profile equipment to adaptations of current mining methods using equipment such as road-headers. The development of new mining methods and mining equipment has one purpose in mind - to extract narrow reef orebodies keeping dilution to a minimum, whilst …

Can South Africa Implement Mechanized Mining

Since then around 2,000 LP and XLP machines (mainly the former) from all OEMs have been supplied into the narrow-reef mining industry in Southern Africa. Pickering believes the main barrier to a wider acceptance of mechanized mining techniques in Southern Africa does not lie with technology.

v117n3a8 Narrow-reef mechanized mining layout at …

applications of the narrow-reef mechanized mining layout using various stoping methods. At present, significant work is being conducted within AAP in partnership with Anglo American in …

Quartz Reef Mining, Mining Techniques, Surface Mining, …

Quartz Reef Mining. Primary gold typically happens in quartz veins. The removal of gold ore from these tough quartz veins was traditionally referred to as quartz reef mining. A Prussian …

12.9: Reading- Mining

Mining Techniques. Mining techniques can be divided into two common excavation types: surface mining and sub-surface (underground) mining. Today, surface mining is much more common, and produces, for example, 85% of minerals (excluding petroleum and natural gas) in the United States, including 98% of metallic ores.

Narrow Reef Mining (NRM)—Innovative Mining Technology …

Mining technology must be adapted to the conditions of each deposit. The NRE fleet is a unique, innovative, electric robotic solution for underground mining, aiming to increase safety and productivity while reducing capital and operating costs.

12.9: Mining

MINING TECHNIQUES. Mining techniques can be divided into two common excavation types: surface mining and sub-surface (underground) mining. Today, surface mining is much more common, and produces, for example, 85% of …

A hard rock narrow reef mining machine—ARM 1100

Our current mining methods are still dependent on blasting techniques to break the rock. The cyclic nature of mining by blasting places severe constraints on the rate of face advance that can be achieved and consequently the utilization of the invested capital.

How we mine

This is an efficient method to extract the large volumes required to mine the thick Elsburg reef package. The method can be described as a fan drilled radially from the stope access drives, with hole lengths designed so that the resulting area for excavation takes on the shape of a block. Multiples of these fans, or rings, are then drilled and ...

Golden Reef Mining

Extracting minerals with latest techniques. Golden Reef Mining (GRM) is a Zimbabwe based private limited minerals exploration and mining company with a diversified mineral portfolio. The company was established and incorporated in 2007. Golden Reef Mining (Private) Limited is in the business of mining and exploration of selected mineral ...

The optimization of mining method and equipment

For the last hundred years the South African narrow reef mining industry has battled to control working costs in a labour-intensive industry. It is only through the application of appropriate technology that change will occur. It is the stoping method that is at …

The optimization of mining method and equipment

For the last hundred years the South African narrow reef mining industry has battled to control working costs in a labour-intensive industry. It is only through the application of appropriate …

Narrow Reef Mining (NRM)—Innovative Mining …

Narrow Reef Mining (NRM)—Innovative Mining Technology …

The expansion of mining activities around the world due to the increasing population and demand for metals are transforming mining methods. Mining is going deeper and deeper, and deposits of small thicknesses and large inclinations are becoming interesting for mining. Mining technology must be adapted to the conditions of each deposit. The NRE fleet is a unique, innovative, …

Ranking the efficiency of selected platinum mining …

The South African platinum mining industry is using a number of different mining methods, including variations of the same method, to extract the narrow reef tabular platinum deposits of …

Narrow Reef Mining (NRM)—Innovative Mining Technology …

PDF | On Oct 11, 2023, Vječislav Bohanek and others published Narrow Reef Mining (NRM)—Innovative Mining Technology for Narrow, Sub-Horizontal PGE Ore Bodies | Find, read and cite all the...

Ranking the efficiency of selected platinum mining …

The South African platinum mining industry is using a number of different mining methods, including variations of the same method, to extract the narrow reef tabular platinum deposits of the Bushveld Complex.

Non-explosive rock breaking: Mining all of the reef, all of the …

Mining all of the reef, all of the time . Conventional lasting means that mining stops to allow for toxic fumes to dissipate and for the rock mass to stabilise after blasting. Chantelle …

Quartz Reef Mining, Mining Techniques, Surface Mining, Gold Mining

Quartz Reef Mining. Primary gold typically happens in quartz veins. The removal of gold ore from these tough quartz veins was traditionally referred to as quartz reef mining. A Prussian engineer, Jacob Brache was the foremost to feel that quartz reefs …

A hard rock narrow reef mining machine—ARM 1100

Our current mining methods are still dependent on blasting techniques to break the rock. The cyclic nature of mining by blasting places severe constraints on the rate of face advance that …