Open-pit mining
The company's core profile is underground work, but our general licence also covers the open-pit method. In open pits we have carried out excavation and haulage of rock and blasting preparation — with client references confirming work on schedule and without safety violations.
What we do in open pits
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Haul truck carrying broken rockOpen-pit experience
Sheet 022012 — Akzhal site: Gornyak Prospectors' Artel (Kazakhaltyn JSC), winning the tender for excavation and haulage of rock. The client: “performed the work on schedule, without any breach of the obligations undertaken”.
2012 — Dank LLP open pit (Kazakhmys): excavation and haulage of rock. The client: “over the period of the work not a single breach of safety rules or occupational health and safety was recorded”.
2014 — Vesenne-Aralchinskoye deposit: preparation of rock by blasting.
Surface equipment
Sheet 03CAT 330 tracked excavator with a 2.3 m³ bucket, LiuGong 835H wheel loader, CASE 570ST and EBP-9 backhoe loaders. The equipment is serviced by our own mechanical workshop.
Questions and answers
FAQDo you work in open pits?
Yes. Our main specialisation is underground work, but in open pits we carry out excavation, haulage of rock and blasting preparation.
Do you have a licence for open-pit mining?
Yes, general licence No. 12017604 includes opening up and development of deposits by open-pit and underground methods.
See also
Drilling and blasting
Drilling and blasting contractor: drill-and-blast development of workings, blast preparation of rock. Licensed for blasting and explosives storage. Since 2011.
Learn more →Mucking and haulage
Mucking at the face and haulage to orepasses: CAT R1300G LHDs with a 3.1 m³ bucket, underground haul trucks up to 20 tonnes. Own fleet and repair base.
Learn more →Mining works at a deposit
Mining works at a deposit to the client's scope: opening up, development, capital development, extraction and open-pit works. General licence, own fleet.
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