Management of the limestone mining and deposition process at the open pit 'Mutalj' for the purpose of achieving the necessary quality

Abstract

The open pit Mutalj is a part of the Lafarge Cement Factory of Beočin and its purpose is to supply the factory with limestone as one of the ore required for cement production. The required quality of the mined limestone is determined by the technological process of creating cement and, before all, the quality of marl as the essential ore. The Mutalj Basin is characterized by the fluctuating quality of limestone. The subject of this work is the methods applied in the mining and deposition in order to secure the required quality of limestone.

Keywords

• mining
• depositing
• limestone quality
• open pit
• mutalj