Rio plans Aker Wirth machine trial

Rio Tinto has announced that a new underground excavation system from Aker Wirth will be ready for full-scale performance verification trials at the Northparkes copper-gold mine in New South Wales, Australia, in 2012.

19 October 2010
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Rio Tinto has announced that the first of three new underground excavation systems would be ready for full-scale performance verification trials at the Northparkes copper-gold mine in New South Wales,

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