可耐福公司(以下简称“可耐福”)在拉脱维亚首都里加附近的Sauriesi生产建筑材料,其原料主要来源于距离该地数公里外的石膏采石场。以前的挖掘工作主要采用钻探和爆破方式。为了减少爆破对周围环境的影响,可耐福公司开始改用非爆破式采矿法。该公司购买了配备有阿特拉斯·科普 Knauf Co. (hereafter referred to as “Knauf”) produces construction materials in Sauriesi, near Riga, the capital of Latvia, mainly from gypsum quarries located a few kilometers from the site. Previous excavations used mainly drilling and blasting methods. To reduce the impact of blasting on the environment, Knauf started converting to non-blast mining methods. The company purchased Atlas Copco