The Highland Valley Copper Mine
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Uploaded by bcbackrider on Oct 24, 2007
Located in the southern interior of British Columbia, Highland Valley Copper is the largest open pit copper mine in Canada and is one of the largest in the world in terms of tonnage mined and milled. The operation employs approximately 900 people.
The pits are mined by conventional truck and shovel method on a 24-hour-a-day basis, 365 days a year. The Valley open-pit contains two in-pit crushers feeding a 12,000-tonnes per hour conveying system that delivers ore to stockpiles at the mill. The Lornex pit has a pit rim crushing/conveying system rated at 4,000-tonnes per hour.
The mill processes approximately 135,000-tonnes of ore per day to produce 1,000,000-pounds of copper per day and approximately 14,000-pounds of molybdemnum per day.
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What kind of shift do the operators run here
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@ JPMorgan; Use to be, weed was worth more than gold, now you can pay 600 a pound it, in bulk sales, not worth growing the shit anymore.
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This is a great video!
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isn't gold about $1500/oz? So a pound of gold is $24000. A pound of weed goes for about $2000.
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what is more valuable from BC; copper or weed? hehe
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wow, thats a huge mine and hole in the earth. how many tons this have benn dug out?!
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@Fuckinrockit - Both
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Hello, I am seeking mining engineers interested in working in either Alaska or Nevada. Interested, please send your resume to rhollins@nicherecruiter.us
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Thank you very much for posting this series of videos. I am a close friend of the original geologist who worked on this discovery. He's 75 now. It was great to be able to show him this tribute.
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my 6 year old loves your video, very nice
resurfaced 2 years ago
When we did the tour my son was 8 and thought is was the coolest thing ever so I can relate.
bcbackrider 2 years ago