Two main changes have occurred in open pit mining technology over the past 100 years The most obvious has been the increase in the scale of operations as higher capacity equipment has been developed For instance in the 1920s a mining shovel with a 5 m 3 bucket was exceptional Today large open pits use rope shovels or hydraulic excavators
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