DEFINITION OF CONTEMPORARY METHODS OF FOLLOWING-UP THE ENERGY AND MATERIAL CONSUMPTION IN OPEN PIT MINING

1st International Scientific Conference - SGEM2001, www.sgem.org, SGEM2001 Conference Proceedings/ ISBN: 954-918181-2, June 3-9, 2001, 235- 240pp

ABSTRACT

According to the general and scientific, evaluation, the main limited factor of open pit
mining development in 21st century will be besides the ecology, the consumption of energy and
material in the mineral mining process.
The subject matter of this paper is related to a definition of contemporary methods of
following-up the energy and material consumption what could be considered as the main
scientific - research trend in open pit mining in a sense of total costs reduction and higher
productivity.