33 - Open Pit Mining with David Littik
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Open pit mining is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals from an open pit. This method is commonly used in the mining industry. Despite the relatively low operation cost and safer mining operation, it is also one of the most environmentally damaging mining methods. Meet David Littik, a mine engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the mining industry. David talks about the overview of open pit mining operation, pit design, and technology used in the open pit mining. Timestamp: (04:00) Open pit mining (07:49) The advantage and disadvantage of open pit mining (12:45) Parameters used in making pit design (24:10) Technology used in the open pit mining and how it helps to optimize mining operations. The content found on DiscoverMine Radio is for informational purposes only and is not to be considered personal legal or investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell securities or any other product. It is based on opinions, current events, press releases and interviews but is not infallible. It may contain errors and DiscoverMine offers no inferred or explicit warranty as to the accuracy of the information presented. We may hold equity positions in some of the companies featured on this site and therefore are biased and hold an obvious conflict of interest. The information you find on DiscoverMine is to be used at your own risk.
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