Most on-land open pit mines that have reached their economical depth are left to flood. In some cases high-wall mining or underground block caving with vertical ore-bodies follows. The technology SMD offer poses a compelling question: If the stripping ratio has become a limitation, or the costs of setting up an underground mine are prohibitive but the rock is cuttable at productive rates – why not continue collecting the orebody using submerged mineral extraction machines?
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