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Cut and fill mining is an underground mining technique used to extract ore from steeply dipping or irregular ore bodies. It involves sequentially mining horizontal slices of ore from the bottom upward. Each slice, or cut, is removed, and the void created is then backfilled with waste material or tailings to provide support for the next cut. This process is repeated layer by layer until the entire ore body is extracted. Cut and fill mining is advantageous for its ability to adapt to variable ore

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