Aitik Mine Monitors Pore Pressures Remotely++ +
Aitik Mine Monitors Pore Pressures Remotely++ +
4 PagesCOUNTRY: PROJECT TYPE: Sweden Underground water table monitoring SECTOR: MAIN PRODUCT: Mining Loadsensing | The Wireless Monitoring System SUCCESS STORY AITIK MINE MONITORS PORE PRESSURES REMOTELY++ + 2 SUCCESS STORY | Aitik mine monitors pore pressures remotely++ Challenge Boliden Aitik, situated outside the town of Gällivare in the very north of Sweden, is Sweden’s largest copper mine. Vast quantities of rock are mined and transported around the clock every day at Aitik’s open pit. The deposit consists of chalcopyrite and pyrite yielding copper, gold and silver. Pore pressures around the open pit are a crucial parameter for the pumping strategy as well as for the stability of the slopes. Proper dewatering plans of wet production areas in the pit o
