OPENING OF DEEP HORIZONS OF CATOCA QUARRY WITH CYCLIC-FLOW TECHNOLOGY AND WITH STEEPLY INCLINED CONVEYOR

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Parent Category: Geo-Technical Mechanics, 2014

Category: Geo-Technical Mechanics, 2014, Issue 117

UDC 622.271.326.012.3:622.647.2:621.867.262.7

Authors:

Levchenko K.S., Doctoral Student (IGTM NAS of Ukraine)

Kazola A.D., Doctoral Student (State H E I "National Mining University")

Abstract.

Key trends of development of diamond mining industry in Republic of Angola are presented. Geological conditions of the Catoca quarry development were analyzed. As a result of the analysis, traffic routs were determined for the weight flows when cyclic-flow technology and steeply inclined conveyors are used. Types of transfer points inside the quarry and on its surface were substantiated. A primary crusher is assumed to be the best for mechanical crushing of the rock mass. A type of conveyor was chosen, and lumpiness of rock mass fed to such conveyor was substantiated. Location of transfer point inside the quarry is determined. Basing on the findings, a scheme for opening deep horizons in the Catoca quarry is proposed which assumes usage of cyclic-flow technology and steeply inclined conveyor. The scheme can increase output of this quarry.

Keywords:

cyclic-flow technology, steeply inclined conveyor, deep horizons of quarry.

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About the authors:

Levchenko Kateryna Sergiivna, Doctoral Student, Engineer in Department of Geomechanics of Mineral Opencast Mining Technology, M.S. Polyakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (IGTM, NASU), Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Kazola Auhushto Dominhush, Doctoral Student, State Higher Education Institution «National Mining University» (State H E I "National Mining University"), Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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