RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:China's spreading influence in Eastern Europe worries WestSlangEditor00 wrote: Low grade yes. But open pit mining is by far the cheapest!
You can have 10 g/t but it costs a fortune to get it to surface from UG.
Our company services Detour mine - lower grade but very cheap to mill.
Been running on similar grades for years.
Grams per ton can be deceiving - cost to final product is more importnant.
Das ist eine Frage der Skaleneffekte. 20'000 tpd ist viel zu wenig. Vergleiche bitte mit DGC. DGC hat fast 60'000 tpd.
urai58