EXPLORATION

Improvement push

IMPLEMENTING research and development initiatives and continuous improvement programs has led to Swick Mining Services setting a record of metres drilled by its underground diamond division.

Noel Dyson
Operational records set during FY17.

Operational records set during FY17.

That division drilled 1,122,444m, a 12.8% increase on the prior year. Those R&D and continuous improvement programs led to an 8% improvement in metres per man hour and a 7% improvement in metres per...

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