strip ratio definition
strip ratio means the ratio of units of waste material required to be removed to facilitate the mining of one unit of economic material.
strip ratio means the ratio of the volume of overburden moved to the tonnage of coal produced, measured in terms of BCM of overburden per tonne of coal produced. A lower strip ratio is an operational advantage because less overburden has to be removed in order to expose the raw coal;
strip ratio means the ratio between tonnage of waste and ore in an open pit mine. "Sulfide" means a compound of sulfur and some other element.
More Definitions of strip ratio
strip ratio means the ratio of the number of tonnes of waste that must be moved for one tonne of ore to be mined.
strip ratio means the ratio of waste rock mined to gold ore produced; (bb) “TPD” means tonnes per day;
strip ratio means the average number of tonnes of waste rock which must be mined in order to mine one tonne of gold;