| Benches |
Steps cut back into the walls of an open-pit mine to provide working areas and to allow the desired overall pit wall angle to be achieved.
Steps cut into walls at Barrick's
Betze-Post mine
(Credit: courtesy Barrick Gold)
Benches
Steps cut back into the walls
of an open-pit mine to provide working areas
and to allow the desired overall pit wall angle to be achieved.
Steps cut into walls at Barrick's
Betze-Post mine
(Credit: courtesy Barrick Gold)