The sale value of chromite ore from an open pit mine is Rs. 6500 per tonne. Cost of mining, excluding stripping cost, is Rs. 2450 per tonne. If the cost of stripping is Rs. 1150 per m3, the breakeven stripping ratio in m3/tonne is
From a hard rock open pit mine, the following data available
Burden : 3 m
Spacing : 4 m
Bench height : 12 m
Sub-drilling : 1 m
Collar stemming : 4 m
Diameter of hole : 150 mm
Density of rock : 2500 kg/m3
Density of explosive : 800 kg/m3
The powder factor in kg/t is
A 15 m3 dragline is deployed in an O.B. bench of an O.C. mine. It works for 40 days at the rate of 6 hrs per shift and 3 shifts a day. The cycle time, bucket fill factor, and operating efficiency of the dragline are respectively 50 s, 0.8, and 75%. The total volume of O.B. in m3 handled by the dragline is
The following data are provided for a surface mine to be excavated by a shovel:
Production target : 10000 te/shift
Available hours per shift : 6 hrs
Shovel loading cycles per hour : 106
Bank density of the material mined : 2400 kg/m3
Swing factor at 120° swing : 0.91
Bucket fill factor : 0.64
Utilization of available time : 83%
No of working days in a year : 300
No of shifts per day : 3
The annual production target in Mte is