www.maptek.com CASE STUDY Operating at design capacity, the mine produces 155,000 barrels of bitumen a day. In oil sands mining, a mix of oil and sand is removed from just below the surface using shovels and trucks. This material is mixed with warm water to separate the oil from the sand. Since the oil sand mined at Albian is a very dark and organic material, determining different ore grades and mapping of ore-waste splits was a challenge

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