Abstract: The mining of gently inclined medium-thick orebodies is a world-wide technical challenge. The statue quo of the mining of gently inclined medium-thick orebodies in foreign countries is presented. As foreign mines generally have large deposits with high value ores, and possess strong economic power and technical capacity, room- pillar-filling methods are mainly used there. As China has a comparatively weak economic and technical basis,and lacks the fund and technical basis for the equipment introduction and application. Therefore, room-pillar- open stope method is mainly used in mining gently dipping medium-thick orebodies, which is characterized by backward equipment, low input, low efficiency and high dilution and loss. The development trend of the mining method for gently dipping medium-thick Orebodies is forecasted.    

Key words: Gentle inclination, Medium-thick Orebodies, Mining method, Development trend