Client: BHP Billiton / Suralco

Job Type: Bauxite Mining and Stockpiling

Project Dates: October, 2007 to March, 2011

Status: completed

Overburden Removal is part of preparation of the mine, where the layer of mud or sand that sits on top of the bauxite layer is removed with excavators, bulldozers and Terex ADT’s. Stripping is done in sections and the removed material is dumped in mined out areas.