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Ivanhoe starts work on Shaft 2 at Platreef
Ivanhoe Mines is initiating early-works construction for Shaft 2 at the Platreef platinum-group-metals, nickel, copper, and gold project on the Northern Limb of South Africa's Bushveld Igneous Complex. Ivanhoe owns 64% of the project through its subsidiary, Ivanplats, and is directing all mine development work. The early-works program includes excavation of a surface box cut to a depth of approximately 29 m below surface and construction of the concrete foundation for the 103-m-tall concrete headframe that will house the shaft's permanent hoisting facilities. Ivanhoe expects the early-works construction to take approximately 12 months to complete. Cost of the work is estimated at R70 million ($5.5 million). Shaft 2 will be located about 100 m northeast of the Platreef project's Shaft 1, where sinking has been underway since July 2016. Shaft 1 has an internal diameter of 725 m and will be used for underground development of the Platreef deposit and ultimately will become the primary ventilation intake shaft during the project's 4-million-mt/y initial production phase.
Ivanhoe starts work on Shaft 2 at Platreef
Ivanhoe Mines is initiating early-works construction for Shaft 2 at the Platreef platinum-group-metals, nickel, copper, and gold project on the Northern Limb of South Africa's Bushveld Igneous Complex. Ivanhoe owns 64% of the project through its subsidiary, Ivanplats, and is directing all mine development work. The early-works program includes excavation of a surface box cut to a depth of approximately 29 m below surface and construction of the concrete foundation for the 103-m-tall concrete headframe that will house the shaft's permanent hoisting facilities. Ivanhoe expects the early-works construction to take approximately 12 months to complete. Cost of the work is estimated at R70 million ($5.5 million). Shaft 2 will be located about 100 m northeast of the Platreef project's Shaft 1, where sinking has been underway since July 2016. Shaft 1 has an internal diameter of 725 m and will be used for underground development of the Platreef deposit and ultimately will become the primary ventilation intake shaft during the project's 4-million-mt/y initial production phase.
Ivanhoe starts work on Shaft 2 at Platreef
2017
Article (Journal)
English
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