A hydraulic ore hoisting installation at the Detour Lake Mine QK Zone projects: A feasibilty study.
CIM Bulletin, Vol. 91, No. 1017, 1998
J.G.L. Bekkers and H.J. Glass
Subfaculty Applied Earth Sciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
In order to determine the feasibility of a hydraulic ore hoisting installation, the optimal operating conditions were calculated for applying such a system at the Detour Lake Mine of Placer Dome Ltd. Next, a financial analysis was conducted in order to estimate the cost per tonne for hydraulic hoisting of the ore. Subsequently, the cost per tonne was compared with the hoisting costs associated with a new borehole hoist. Installing a hydraulic ore hoist at Detour Lake Mine was found to be feasible with considerably lower costs per tonne of ore. The applied research method appears to be very functional and can be used to do similar research for other mining operations.
Mots Clés:
Detour Lake Mine, Feasibility studies, Hoisting, Underground mining.
