THE USE OF SURFACE MINER AT PARAGOMINAS BAUXITE MINE
The main objective to introduction of surface miner (SM2500 Wirtgen) in the Paragominas bauxite Mine is to reduce operating costs and investments, replacing the equipment of current mining system (CAT D11 dozers in scarifi cation process and recovery the pit, CAT 365CL excavator in ore loading and CAT 160M in the square after scarifi cation) with a diff erentiated system, composed mainly by SM 2500.