Bentonite mineral extraction –Surface mining technique ...
2021-7-15 · Bentonite is mined by surface "open pit" methods. Various types of heavy equipment including bull dozers and rubber-tired scrapers are used to remove the shale rock overlying the bentonite. Topsoil, as well as the underlying material, is cautiously removed and stockpiled. These "overburden" materials as they are called will be placed back and ...
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