Alpine gold mine generates US$30,600 additional profit in one blast
Alpine gold mine generates US$30,600 additional profit in one blast
1 PagesBlast Movement Technologies 2 / 67 Bluestone Circuit Seventeen Mile Rocks Queensland, 4073 office@bmt.com.au AUSTRALIA www.bmt.com.au 04/2018 Alpine gold mine generates US$30,600 additional profit in one blast Commodity Ore Grades Geology Powder Factor Location Gold Low * Structured 0.8 kg/m 3 Russia Located in mountainous eastern Russia, this gold mine operates in sub-zero temperatures for most of the year. The large open- pit operation is one of the country’s top producing gold mines. • Gold mineralisation occurs in complex ore bodies of sulphide sandstones and syenite porphyry • Blasts are fired in 5 – 6 metre benches and mined in a single pass • The site contains low grade ore deposits in multiple pits Challenges Solution Dilution and ore
