Herausforderungen im modernen Tagebaubetrieb

The article gives ideas for the further development of planning and operation in surface mining. The key role play integrated approaches, like integrated mine planning considering the cutting resistances, integrated planning and operation, integration of exploration, extraction and processing, and integrated consideration of environmental impacts, e.g. geohydrochemical aspects in dumping. The integration approach to consolidate separate processes can contribute to discover new potentials to guarantee safety, environmental acceptability, public acceptance and economy of the system as a whole. Important bricks in these developments are efficient navigation systems, which are today widely accessible, like GPS, sensors to identify process controlling parameters, e.g. rock characteristics for selective mining and dumping, and powerful information technologies for data storage and processing. Additional topics are new developments in mining machines, mining technologies and automation, which are mentioned only in general, on the example of new cutting tool design.