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Foam plug successfully inserted in Pike River drift

Will allow the bulk of the drift to be ventilated so recovery works can prgoress.

Noel Dyson
Images taken from a borehole camera of the foam plug being installed.

Images taken from a borehole camera of the foam plug being installed.

The Rocsil plug will provide a separation barrier between the fresh air atmosphere in the drift and the nitrogen and methane atmosphere of the mine workings around the roof fall area. This will allow...

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