METALLIFEROUS MINE OF THE YEAR

摘要

The Mt Whaleback Mine, operated by BHP Billiton Iron Ore, has been nominated as a finalist in the 4th Annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards Metalliferous Mine of the Year category. Mt Whaleback is the biggest single-pit, open-cut ore mine in the world and has been nominated for making blast hole drilling a more efficient and less costly task. The success of the Six Sigma business excellence team in implementing drilling solutions at the Mt Whaleback site increased monthly drilling metres by up to 18 percent, with a cost saving of 1.3 million dollars.