SURFACE MINING METHODS REFERENCE BULLIVANT DA Current Surface Mining Techniques Journal for the Transportation of Materials in Bulk Bulk Solids Handling vol 7 n6 December 1987 pp827 833 Give a typical example of a mine in South Africa that has used both methods and explain how the methods follow each other Describe briefly how
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