Integration of pre-concentration underground: Reducing mining costs

Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection, MPES 2005 and the 5th International Conference on Computer Applications in the Minerals Industries, CAMI 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 87-100

  Bamber, A S ^a   Klein, B ^a   Morin, M ^a   Scoble, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backfill; Drift and fill methods; Economics; Massive sulphides; Narrow seam; Underground preconcentration

Indexed keywords

BACKFILL; DRIFT AND FILLS; MASSIVE SULPHIDES; NARROW SEAM; PRE-CONCENTRATION;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ECONOMICS; ORE DEPOSITS;

ORES;

EID: 84892639942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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