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Client:
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.Location:
Alaska, United StatesDuration:
15 YearsScope of Work:
Mine Development
Production Mining
Underground Construction
Raiseboring
Mechanized Raise Mining
The Pogo Mine project represented a multidisciplinary, long-term client relationship that included a wide range of services performed over a 15-year span.
The project involved the following:
- Development of three portals
- 107.8 km of underground development and production
- 1.2 km of vertical development
- Underground coarse ore storage, ore access
and ore bin excavation and construction - Highwall development
- Several internal mechanized raise climber raises
- Sump development and installation
- Paste backfill piping system
- 383 m of 4.3 m diameter raiseboring
- Installation of mechanical infrastructure including
mine electrical distribution systems and ore
handling systems - Installation and commissioning of underground
mine air compressors.
|
-40°C SUBARCTIC TEMPERATURES |
107.8 KMS TOTAL EXCAVATION |
383 m RAISEBORED AT 4.3 m DIAMETER |
