Orebody access

As large deposits amenable to open-pit mining become exhausted, Murray Harcus looks at how block caving will gain importance due to its efficiency and cost-effectiveness

03 May 2011
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Block caving is a method of underground mining that utilises gravity to exploit massive, steeply-dipping orebodies located at depth; particularly those that have disseminated mineralisation or are low

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