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 Address to refer: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/is-mechanisation-of-sas-narrowreef-mines-a-pipe-dream-or-probability-2008-09-26
 Article Headline: Is mechanisation of SA's narrow-reef mines a pipe dream or probability?
 Abstract: Mechanised mining of South Africa’s tabular narrow-reef mineral deposits has been on the to-do list of mining majors for years, but whether or not it can be effectively achieved in deep-level mining is a moot point. Diversified miner Xstrata has indicated that mechanising certain narrow stopes is inadvisable.Xstrata CEO Mick Davis tells Mining Weekly that “some reserves just don’t lend themselves to mechanised mining, given the way the geology is laid down”, and “the only way you can extract the ore economically is by more conventional mining”.
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