OVERVIEW The Kennecott Copper Mine (also known as Bingham Canyon) is about 25 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The mine, in production since 1903, is one of the largest and deepest open-pit mines in the world and employs over 2000 people. Owned by the Rio Tinto Group, it has produced more copper […]
READ MOREMonitoring and Measuring Squeezing Ground Conditions at Gosowong Gold Operation
MONITORING WEAK ROCKMASS OVERVIEW The Gosowong Gold Operation is located on Halmahera Island, about 2,450 kilometres northeast of the national capital, Jakarta. It is an epithermal gold deposit with additional occurrences of silver. The mine uses a combination of cut-and-fill and long hole open stoping (LHOS) mining methods. Currently, PT. Nusa Halmahera Minerals operates two […]
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