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Stoping starts at Belinau

SUMATRA Copper & Gold has started shrink stoping from the ninth level upwards on the Belinau underground mine at its Tembang project in the south of Sumatra.

Karma Barndon
Tembang processing plant.

Tembang processing plant.

Shrink stoping uses gravity to draw ore down, which will minimise dilution and deliver high-value ore for milling. In the coming months Sumatra will build up a broken rock inventory to be drawn once...

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