Innovative technology for mining parallel superimposed inclined tabular deposits

Abstract

Abstract Ore deposits are often parallel superimposed inclined tabular ones with waste rock inclusions between ore beds. The present research aims to develop an innovative safe and efficient technology to reduce the cost of waste rock transportation outside the stoping block and provide a rational flowsheet for mining superimposed beds with original structural elements. The paper proposes a new technological flowsheet for mining superimposed deposits with disposal of waste rocks occurring between beds in previously prepared rooms and establishes new dependencies of room dimensions on the volume of rocks to be disposed. The research results enable expansion of the scope of employment of room mining systems and significant reduction in costs in the working area. The efficiency of ore mining is achieved by creating room crowns from unmined interbedded rocks, disposing broken waste rocks in worked-out spaces and rationally mining the deposits. Implementation of the proposed technology enables reduction of the cost of mining ore from parallel superimposed inclined tabular deposits.