Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The Highland Valley Copper Mine

October 28, 2009 by  
Filed under copper mine


Located in the southern interior of British Columbia, Highland Valley Copper is the largest open pit copper mine in Canada and is one of the largest in the world in terms of tonnage mined and milled. The operation employs approximately 900 people. The pits are mined by conventional truck and shovel method on a 24-hour-a-day basis, 365 days a year. The Valley open-pit contains two in-pit crushers feeding a 12000-tonnes per hour conveying system that delivers ore to stockpiles at the mill. The …

Comments

11 Responses to “The Highland Valley Copper Mine”
  1. cmd793c says:

    are they hiring my dad work ther

  2. doingthatthang says:

    Very interesting.

  3. raskafari7273 says:

    most of the worlds copper comes from chile but any ways awesome video

  4. dutchtrainmanserie22 says:

    Cool

  5. NVanWendy says:

    Except that most mines like to employ women to drive those big dumptrucks!

  6. windrivercountrykid says:

    Please reply soon

  7. windrivercountrykid says:

    Are you in U-TUBE jail??

    I here there is such a place!

  8. windrivercountrykid says:

    Did they give you the Boot DA??

  9. windrivercountrykid says:

    hey–where’s tit’s in a wind tunnel??

  10. crowpeak says:

    this is what real men do for a living DA!

  11. windrivercountrykid says:

    I like it!!

Speak Your Mind

Tell us what you're thinking...
and oh, if you want a pic to show with your comment, go get a gravatar!

Powered by Yahoo! Answers