Opencast mining in the Kuzbass is carried out using gidromehanizatsionnyh technologies that are the most progressive and effective ways to excavate in arrays composed of Neogene-Quaternary deposits. In addition, hydromechanization a single indissoluble chain processes that integrate development, transportation and stacking of disturbed rocks in special facilities – gidrootvaly. Basic technological processes hydromechanization include: the destruction of rock massifs hydro, dredges and non-pressure streams of water pressure or free-flow hydraulic transport; gidrootvaloobrazovanie.
