Disclosed herein is a remote operating vehicle (ROV) for use in a subterranean mining process, such as to extract material from beneath a rock layer. The ROV may be provided as a number of components each including their own umbilical cord. Each of the components may be lowered through a borehole and assembled together to form the ROV underground. Also disclosed herein is a device and method for in-line monitoring of a mining material to determine the presence of a material of interest in the mining material. The device includes conductive plates that are spaced apart. The device detects the presence of a material of interest as it passes through the spacing between the conductive plates.
Process for mining alluvial deposits
2018-06-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01R Messen elektrischer Größen , MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES / B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen / E02F Baggern , DREDGING / E21B EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING , Erd- oder Gesteinsbohren / E21C Bergbau oder Steinbruchbetrieb , MINING OR QUARRYING / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES / G01V Geophysik , GEOPHYSICS |