TECHNOLOGY

Sublevel caving starts at Syama

SUBLEVEL caving has started at Australian miner Resolute Mining’s Syama gold mine in Mali, Africa and the full automation of the workings is expected in the first half of 2019.

One of the automated loaders in use at Syama.

One of the automated loaders in use at Syama.

Development of the cave started in 2016 with first development ore being delivered during the March 2017 quarter and first long-hole stoping ore produced during the September quarter. In December Resolute...

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