Jwaneng's Cut 8 gathers momentum
Friday, May 21, 2010
According to the mine's in-house publication, The Bulletin, the tonnage Basil Read has moved since February is against the contract stipulation of 20 million tonnes per annum.
Cut 8 involves the stripping away of 713 million tonnes of waste in order to expose a further 75 million tonnes of ore and 95 million carats at Jwaneng Mine. The current mining operation is expected to have depleted its ore by 2017, thus Cut 8 will add another seven years of mine life at 10 million tonnes of ore processed every year. The project will also extend the existing Jwaneng Mine pit to 650 metres.
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