Wirtgen offers a technically mature product portfolio for opencast mining with cutting widths ranging from 2.20 m to 4.20 m and cutting depths from 20 cm to 83 cm. The work describes the advantages offered by the Wirtgen surface mining technology and addresses all aspects from cutting technology to material transport.

The versatile manual is complemented by planning guides facilitating the economical operation of the surface miners and application examples showing miners in operation around the globe and in all types of rock.