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Underground & Open Pit Mining - Quellaveco mine 2023

The mesh can be rolled out, thus allowing quick installation

Underground & Open Pit Mining - Quellaveco mine 2023

Several rolls are unrolled at the same time

Underground & Open Pit Mining - Quellaveco mine 2023

Workers installing the mesh to protect the overland Girdle-Mine and the Quellaveco Industrial Zone

 

Year of installation

2023

Initial situation

Quellaveco is an area with high rainfall during the rainy season (from December to March). Detachments of blocks or mass landslides due to weather events occur regularly. Blocks from 1 to 1.5 meters in diameter affected the protection of the Overland Belt and consequently stopped the transport and crushing process.

Description

A drape system with Minax 80/4 mesh was installed in the endangered area.

The solution is based on the data provided by the client about the blocks with high landslide potential in the upper slope zone of the Overland Belt.

System height
First section average of 18 meters
Second section average of 40 meters

System length
First section 60 meters
Second section 120 meters

Country/Region

Peru

Engineering

Anglo American Quellaveco – Technical Services Area / geotechnics

Contractor

Desnivel Peru S.A.C.

Protected object

Mine / Quarry

Your local contact

Dane Wagner
 

Dane Wagner

Open Pit Mining / Quarries Business Development Manager

Mining / Tunnels
Geobrugg North America, LLC,10700 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Suite #470-1,97005 Beaverton / United States Open Pit Mining / Quarries Business Development Manager

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