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IT IS little secret that OZ Minerals wants its Carrapateena copper-gold project to be one of the most advanced mining operations in the world. Why then, would its development be any different?

Noel Dyson
Pybar's Sandvik DD422i in operation at Carrapateena.

Pybar's Sandvik DD422i in operation at Carrapateena.

Pybar won the contract to supply labour, plant and material to establish the greenfield underground mine last July. By May it has completed 1202m of development and started mining the conveyor tunnel...

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