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Quebec shaft sinking reaches depth

A group of mining contractors and engineers have completed the sinking of Goldcorp’s Éléonore mine production shaft to a depth of 1180m.

Nadav Shemer
Aerial view of Éléonore's production shaft headframe and hoist building

Aerial view of Éléonore's production shaft headframe and hoist building

JS Redpath, one of the joint venture partners, said the bottoming out of the 7.0m diameter concrete-lined shaft comes on the heels of the earlier completed work for the exploration/ventilation shaft and...

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