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Rio Tinto will spend C$10m on Sudbury underground mining research centre

Diversified miner Rio Tinto will invest C$10-million over five years to set up a Centre for Underground Mine Construction in Canada, the group announced late on Thursday. The new facility will be based at the Centre for Excellence in Mining...
26th November 2010
 
UNDERGROUND MINING

Rio Tinto gears up for underground excavation trails at NSW mine

Global miner Rio Tinto reported on Wednesday that the first of three new underground excavation systems at the Northparkes mine was ready for full-scale performance verification trails, which would start in 2012. The diversified miner was...
6th October 2010
 
 
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