Prominent Hill Operation

Laddertube installation at Prominent Hill Operation in Coober Pedy SA, Australia.

The Situation

The Prominent Hill Mine is a major copper, silver, and gold mine in north west South Australia, 130 km south-east of Coober Pedy.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prominent_Hill_Mine

The Solution

To date Safescape have supplied Prominent Hill with 1,692.6m of Laddertube which has been installed in 43 escapeways, all in 1.1m raisebore holes.

The Outcome

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Oz Minerals
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Australia and New Zealand
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Australia
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Copper, Silver, Gold
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