Methods of creating a conveyor lift route in a deep pit

Abstract

Purpose. Improving the technology of stripping and schemes for creating a steep trench in a deep pit makes it possible to create new cargo flows and develop mining operations. The purpose of the research work is to determine a more attractive scheme for the formation of the conveyor route. The paper compares two technological schemes: the creation of a steep half-trench to the lower horizons with the hilling of rocks and the formation of a working in the rocks in the form of a trench. The above purpose of the work is to substantiate an effective scheme for creating a steep trench for the subsequent placement of a conveyor stack on its base. This will allow moving the rock mass from the lower horizons to the upper ones at a lower cost. The considered schemes for creating the steep trench allowed it possible to determine the volume of preparatory work, the most attractive scheme for creating an inclined working during opening lower horizons in the conditions of the operating open pit of Poltava GOK, which makes it possible to reduce the use of dump trucks inside the open pit. The methods. The method of vertical sections was used for the calculation of the volumes of run-off-mine during the formation of the trench. A geographic information system (GIS), and a software package K-MINE was used for research. The method of comparing the scope of work and creating a conveyor route by options allowed to determine the most appropriate way of doing work. Findings. The parameters of a steep trench and half-trench were studied, including the established scope of work within the steep layers of the western side of the PGOK open pit. Opening with steep trenches allows for the placement of an existing elevator with the placement of a crushing and transfer station containing a mobile crusher from KRUPP. Implementing the scheme with a steep trench in the rocks, the scope of work is 79.555 thousand m3. For the construction of a half-trench, the amount of work is 733,887 thousand m3. Building capital trenches and semi-tranches in the conditions of the open pit of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant, preference is given to semi-trenches, which are created from rocks (without drilling and blasting). The originality. The options and parameters for creating steep trenches for further placement of a conveyor stack on its base are considered. The scheme for moving the rock mass from the lower horizons to the upper ones has been improved, graphical dependencies of the scope of work have been established, and a comparison of technical indicators has been made for creating a steep trench and a half-trench. Practical implimintation. The considered schemes for creating a steep trench allowed to determine the volume of preparatory work, to establish the most attractive scheme for the creation of an inclined work in opening the lower horizons in the conditions of the active open pit of the Poltava GOK, what makes it possible to reduce the use of dump trucks inside the open pit and improve the schemes for moving rock mass.