Debswana builds P441m workshop at Orapa mine

Monday, May 04, 2015

FRANCISTOWN: Project manager at the Orapa Mine workshop has stated that Debswana will spend P441 million to complete its new fleet workshop, which is currently under construction.

Briefing the media during a tour of the facility on Tuesday, Thatayaone Serojane said since the mine has been in operation from 1970, there is correlation between the deepening of the mine and the size of the earthmoving fleet at the operation.

“Cut 2 (the current operation) has a stripping ratio of waste and ore of 1:1. As the pit deepens, this ratio increases and so do the numbers and sizes of the earthmoving fleet,” said Serojane.

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Debswana builds P441m workshop at Orapa mine

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