overburden removal

Overburden removal costs increasing in the short term as I described before.

Overburden removal capacity at the mine has been significantly increased.

Overburden removal and coal production were both higher than last year to meet the increase in sales volumes.

Overburden removal and coal mining operations continued during the June 2003 quarter.

Overburden removal was accelerated during the June 2002 quarter.

Of the proposed changes the most significant for the gold industry is the options on expenditure associated with overburden removal.

Amount of area (square meters) to be affected by construction works – vegetation and overburden removal, or other.

The contract involved overburden removal, mining and coal hauling to the port.

Decisions on overburden removal, then, are driven by operational requirements, such as:

Overburden removal, channel-cut sampling and diamond drilling will test this zone.

Discussion about the cost of overburden removal.

For example, if you continue to introduce larger and larger trucks it may only affect the overburden removal cost structure by 10% or so.

BWEs are used for continuous overburden removal in surface mining applications.

Clearing of forest cover and overburden removal for quarry expansion would have the greatest impact on nesting birds.

Overburden removal or "stripping" is currently deductible as a production operating expense when incurred.

A detailed technical study identified significant cost advantages in overburden removal from the implementation of a dragline at Coppabella.

Overburden removal for the quarter was below budget by 8.4% due to mining in the Creek Pit being scaled back.

Overburden removal commenced ahead of schedule.

Operational changes have occurred during the quarter as a result of the dragline becoming the primary unit of equipment for overburden removal.

Overburden removal was accelerated in July to re-establish in-pit inventories and build stockpiles.

Emissions from Overburden Removal 2.

All this overburden removal is part of the method of extraction and is an operating expense."

Currently we need to increase overburden removal but we have some flexibility with coal stocks and can optimise our blending operations.

Overburden removal at current rates will ensure the mine is properly prepared for dragline operations and reduce the risk of possible highwall failures.

Overburden removal from the Diavik A154 open pit mine proceeded satisfactorily during the fourth quarter.