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Bauxite is spread over the uneven caprock layer after SOBR operations to allow The drill and blast team to easily travel over the uneven caprock layer.  Bauxite is used so that all of the remaining rock material can be mined after blasting.


Bauxite ore being spread over uneven caprock.

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Bauxite ore being spread over uneven caprock.

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