Sentence examples for pit operations from inspiring English sources

At the first step, stone pit operations in the province were identified by using geology and topography maps, satellite images and field studies.

In mountainous open pit operations, selection of an appropriate location for dumping waste rock material or building leaching heaps is a major challenge.

Open pit operation type is generally preferred in mining operations due to its applicability on all operable exposed rock grounds, its minimum production loss and high production rate.

He was unsuccessful in attempting to reduce the number of paid holidays taken by county employees, but was instrumental in lowering property tax rates and in negotiating the expansion of a gravel pit operation.

Plans for mining copper, gold and molybdenum by the Pebble Limited Partnership call for an open pit operation nearly as deep as the Grand Canyon that would result in "excavation of almost unfathomable amounts of rock," EPA Region 10 Administrator Dennis McLerran told reporters.

Cinnabar is mined in shaft or open-pit operations and refined by flotation.

This may include pitting operations for stone fruit such as apricots, cherries, or plums or peeling for such fruits as pineapples.

Ekati is now basically an open-pit operation, but first the lake above the pipe had to be fished out and drained.

After the new railway opened in 1915, the company dismantled the Jerome smelter and converted the mine to an open-pit operation.

Or will the mine, two churches and 600 houses be wiped off the map to create a modern open-pit operation that might not last two decades?

After starting work in 1967 with a single mine, the corporation now controls six underground pits and one open-pit operation that stretch across 1,313 hilly acres, extract an estimated 5,000 tons of uranium ore a day and generate an annual turnover of $123 million.