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Surface miners to cut Colluli costs

Mining with continuous surface miners is expected to deliver significant cost advantages for South Boulder Mines (SBM) and its joint venture partner, the Eritrean Government, at the proposed Colluli potash project in Eritrea.

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Mechanical surface miners are well suited to mining rock salt and other softer materials

Mechanical surface miners are well suited to mining rock salt and other softer materials

SBM has started pit sequence optimisation with its chief mining advisor AMC Consultants after the latter’s mine method analysis work confirmed the suitability of drum-type mechanical miners for extraction...

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