UNDERGROUND

Cobar in raise bore challenge

A VENTILATION upgrade at Glencore’s CSA mine in the New South Wales town of Cobar from 2014 to 2016 sent mine manager Cobar Management Pty Ltd on a rollercoaster ride of geotechnical challenges and learnings.

Karma Barndon
A camera survey image from the raise bore program.

A camera survey image from the raise bore program.

Management determined that without a shaft extension a 60% airflow increase would be needed or trucking might have to cease on site. It planned a program of vertical development of new lateral and vertical...

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