SHELF PLACER DEPOSITS: A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR WINTER MINING
V.E. Kislyakov, O.A. Korzun, and D.A. Lakin
Institute of Mining, Geology, and Technology, Siberian Federal University, 95 prosp. Krasnoyarskii rabochii, Krasnoyarsk, 660025, Russia
Keywords: Arctic shelf deposits, mining technology, cooling agent, negative settling velocity
Pages: 143-145
Subsection: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC AND PROBLEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF THEIR EXPLORATION
Abstract
The paper concerns urgent problems of resources development in the Arctic shelf. A specially designed technology with the use of a coolant is suggested for winter mining at shelf deposits. The idea of the new technology stems from the concept of negative settling velocity of buoyant particles, which has been investigated in laboratory tests.
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