MINING
When exploration of the area is completed, the construction of shafts begins.
When the shaft is sunk and the necessary equipment is installed, it is time for construction of the mine’s underground infrastructure. Then, along the rock salt bed, preparatory shafts are drifted in the mine.
In the beginning, alongside the perimeter of the future shaft, freezing holes are drilled, creating an ice wall in the surrounding massif. This prevents the groundwater from getting into the future shaft during shaft sinking. Drifting is done by drilling and blasting.
When the shaft is sunk and the necessary equipment is installed, it is time for construction of the mine’s underground infrastructure:
Then, along the rock salt bed, preparatory shafts are
drifted in the mine.
The continuous miner goes up from the rock salt bed to the bed which is being developed and begins to cut the ore. The ore comes from the continuous miner by shuttle cars to the belt and then is transported along the conveyor system to the shaft and is raised to the surface by skip hoisting machines.
