Blastless technology in a OOO Volsk-Cement chalk quarry applied by OAO Holcim (Rus)

The commissioning of Wirtgen Surface Miner 2500 SM from Wirtgen International GmbH, Germany, in the quarry of the Bolshevik chalk, gaize and clay deposit, which is the raw material base of OAO Volsk-Cement owned by Holcim, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cement and other building materials, is described. The characteristics of raw materials, produced using blastless thin-layer mining technology, are given.

Author: M. Pichler, A.P. Il, Y.B. Pankevich, M.Y. Pankevich

Section: Equipment and technology

Keywords: quarry, explosion-free technology, mining machine