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Client:

Xstrata Copper

Location:

Ontario, Canada

Duration:

6 Years

Scope of Work:

Shaft Sinking
Mine Development
Engineering and Technical
Underground Construction
Mass Excavation
Mechanized Raise Mining

Redpath executed a wide variety of services at Kidd Creek Mine, including mine expansion, mechanized raise mining and rehabilitation.

  • Shaft sinking of 1,600 m of concrete-lined ventilation shaft
  • Over 23,000 m of lateral development
  • Mechanized raise crews completed 6,500 m of raise of various dimensions
  • Related underground construction and various surface construction projects
  • Mechanized raise work at depths of up to 2,743 m below surface
  • Raises including ore and waste passes, ore bins, ventilation raises and shaft pilots
  • Rehabilitation of high-stress area of the mine between 1,900 and 2,500 m below surface
  • Scaling, ground support, screening, shotcreting and removal of debris in the access ways
  • Underground construction and technical services to re-establish mine services
  • 6.5 km of Alimak raising of various lengths/sizes, including ore/waste passes and ventilation systems for the new Deep Mine

WORLD'S DEEPEST

CONTINUOUS RAMP FROM SURFACE

300 PERSON

CREW INVOLVED IN PROJECT

23,000 m

LATERAL DEVELOPMENT

 

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